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  • A 90.5dB DR 1MHz BW Hybrid Two Step ADC with CT Incremental and SAR ADCs

    Creator:
    Wang, Yanchao
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    The sensors in real time data processing IoT devices require high resolution and sub-MHz data converters, usually implemented as Incremental ADCs due to the advantages of oversampling technique and low latency. In discrete time incremental (IDT) ADCs, the sampling switch non-linearity, charge injection degrade the resolution, and power hungry OPAMPs...
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  • A P-well GaAs MESFET technology

    Creator:
    Canfield, Philip C.
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    The semiconductor gallium arsenide (GaAs) has many potential advantages over the more widely used semiconductor silicon (Si). These include higher low field mobility, semi-insulating substrates, a direct band-gap, and greater radiation hardness. All these advantages offer distinct opportunities for implementation of new circuit functions or extension of the operating conditions...
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    sum over j accounts for all the residual shallow donors. In addition boron and nitrogen incorporated

  • An artificial neural network approach to laser-based direct part marking of data matrix symbols

    Creator:
    Jangsombatsiri, Witaya
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    Certain applications have recently appeared in industry where a traditional bar code printed on a label will not survive because the item to be tracked has to be exposed to harsh environments. Laser direct-part marking is a manufacturing process used to create permanent marks on a substrate that could help...
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    Jangsombatsiri presented on March 8th, 2004. APPROVED: J. David Porter, Engineering of Industrial and

  • An Econometric Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on Forest Land Value and Broad Land-use Change

    Creator:
    Mihiar, Christopher
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    Climate change affects the choice of land-use not only through its direct effect on the productive potential of land, but also through human actions that alter the landscape. In this dissertation, I estimate current climate's effect on the economic net returns to alternative land-use systems in the United States. Then...
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    approved: David J. Lewis Climate change affects the choice of land-use not only through its direct effect

  • An Empirical Analysis of Climate and Risk on Rural Productive Lands

    Creator:
    Finer, Cassie R.
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    Efficient and effective climate policies require cost estimates supported by empirical analysis at multiple spatial scales. Fine-scale spatial analysis of climate impacts for rural land markets represents a gap in the current climate change economics literature. In this dissertation I estimate relationships between climate, risk and parcel-level land values for...
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    : ______________________________________________________ David J. Lewis Efficient and effective climate policies require cost estimates

  • An Examination of Factors Controlling the Activity of Ammonia- and Nitrite-oxidizers in Diverse Soils

    Creator:
    Giguere, Andrew T.
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    Nitrification is a critical step in the global nitrogen cycle involving the biological oxidation of ammonia (NH₃) to nitrite (NO₂⁻ ) and then to nitrate (NO₃⁻). The first step in nitrification is carried out by NH₃-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and archaea (AOA), and the second by NO₂⁻-oxidizing bacteria (NOB). In addition...
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    : _______________________________________________________________________ Peter J. Bottomley David D. Myrold Nitrification is a critical step

  • An Ising-like model to predict dielectric properties of the relaxor ferroelectric solid solution BaTiO3 - Bi(Zn1/2Ti1/2)O3, An Ising-like model to predict dielectric properties of the relaxor ferroelectric solid solution BaTiO₃ − Bi(Zn₁/₂Ti₁/₂)O₃

    Creator:
    Jackson, Dennis L.
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    We developed a model to investigate the dielectric properties of the BaTiO₃ − Bi(Zn₁/₂Ti₁/₂)O₃ (BT-BZT) solid solution, which is a relaxor ferroelectric and exhibits long range disorder. The model uses ab initio methods to determine all polarization states for every atomic configuration of 2 x 2 x 2 supercells of...
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    Abstract approved: David J. Roundy We developed a model to investigate the dielectric properties of the

  • CMOS low noise amplifier design utilizing monolithic transformers

    Creator:
    Zhou, Jianjun J.
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    Full integration of CMOS low noise amplifiers (LNA) presents a challenge for low cost CMOS receiver systems. A critical problem faced in the design of an RF CMOS LNA is the inaccurate high-frequency noise model of the MOSFET implemented in circuit simulators such as SPICE. Silicon-based monolithic inductors are another...
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    Utilizing Monolithic Transformers. Abstract approved: David J. Allstot Full integration of CMOS low noise

  • Current mode analog and digital circuit design

    Creator:
    Liang, Guojin
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    In this dissertation, two important current mode circuit design subjects have been explored. In the first part, the switched-current circuit technique has been investigated. The fundamental performance and limitations of this technique are explored. One of the major limitations, the signal distortion caused by clock feedthrough has been substantially reduced...
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    for privacy Abstract approved: _ David J. Allsiot In this dissertation, two important current mode

  • Design and computer-aided optimization of RF CMOS power amplifiers

    Creator:
    Gupta, Ravi
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    In recent years, there has been an extensive effort to develop low-cost implementations of radio frequency integrated circuits for consumer applications. This thesis is a research effort in the design and implementation of integrated RF CMOS Power Amplifiers (PAs). A significant challenge in the implementation of RF CMOS ICs is...
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    of RF CMOS Power Amplifiers. Abstract approved: David J. Alistot In recent years, there has