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Fault Analysis of Analog Circuits
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Continuous-time analog circuits for statistical signal processing
… for designing computers using continuous-time analog circuits. Digital computation sacrifices continuous degrees of freedom. A principled approach to recovering them is to view analog circuits as propagating probabilities in a message passing algorithm. Within this framework, analog …
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Design techniques for safe, reliable, and trustworthy analog circuits
… these built-in self-tests (BISTs) for digital circuits is fairly mature, yet analog and mixed signal (AMS) circuits still present a significant challenge for verification and testing. The development of in-field tests for AMS circuits is relatively new. Part of the difficulty is the many …
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Validation and optimization of analog circuits using randomized search algorithms
Analog circuits represent a large percentage of the chips used in mobile computing, communication devices, electric vehicles, and portable medical equipment today. Rapid scaling and shrinking chip geometrics introduce new challenging problems in verification, validation, and optimization of analog …
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Characterization of process variability and robust optimization of analog circuits
… and density improvement in both digital and analog circuits. CMOS millimeter-wave applications operating at more than 50GHz frequencies has become viable in sub-100nm CMOS technologies, providing advantages in cost and high density integration compared to other heterogeneous technologies such …
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On the methodology of assessing hot-carrier reliability of analog circuits
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1999.
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Time-based circuits for communication systems in advanced CMOS technology
… have been challenges to design conventional analog circuits, such as low voltage headroom and the low intrinsic gain of a device. Although ever-decreasing device channel length in CMOS technology has mainly negative effects on analog circuits, it increases device speed and reduces the power …
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Design and prototype of an all digital system for baseband FM multiplex signal demodulation
… densities and operation frequencies of digital circuits is leading to the replacement of many analog circuits by their digital circuit counterparts. This trend can be attributed to the flexibility and robustness provided by digital circuits over analog circuits. One application in which digital …
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Study of substrate noise and techniques for minimization
… a study of the effects of substrate noise on analog circuits in mixed-signal chips and techniques for minimizing these harmful effects on sensitive analog circuits. A microchip built in a 0.25um CMOS epitaxial process was designed, fabricated, and tested for this research. Through the use of …
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Techniques for Analog Multilevel Simulation
… more important in the design and verification of analog circuits and systems. Due to certain limitations in SPICE, new simulation and modeling techniques must be developed for this purpose. This dissertation proposes efficient algorithms for time-domain and frequency-domain simulations of analog …
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Robust Analog Circuit Parameter Optimization with Sampling-Efficient Reinforcement Learning
<p>Design automation of analog circuits has been a longstanding challenge in the integrated circuit field. Recently, multiple methods based on learning or optimization have demonstrated great promise in automating device sizing for analog circuits. However, they often ignore the strong …
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Parameterized model order reduction for nonlinear dynamical systems
The presence of several nonlinear analog circuits and Micro-Electro-Mechanical (MEM) components in modern mixed signal System-on-Chips (SoC) makes the fully automatic synthesis and optimization of such systems an extremely challenging task. The research presented in this thesis concerns the …
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Performance enhancement strategies for design and test Optimization of analog and mixed-signal circuits
There has been an increasing demand for analog circuits, which can be attributed to the ever-increasing number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and advancements in consumer electronics. This surge in demand is coupled with an industry-wide push for smaller chip designs that maintain or even …
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Machine learning for analog/mixed-signal IC design : scaling from circuits to systems
Analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits are widely used in many emerging applications, and the increasing demand calls for a shorter design cycle and time-to-market. Traditionally the design process is dominated by manual efforts and is very time-consuming, which involves design experts …
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A hierarchical bottom-up, equation-based optimization design methodology
… design, optimization, geometric programming, analog circuits, Pareto-optimal.
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A low-power-extended-linear-range magnetic levitator
In this thesis, I designed and built analog circuits to extend the linear range of a magnetic levitator. Analog Devices AD633 multipliers are used to implement nonlinear terms which compensate for the electromagnet and sensor nonlinearities, which were measured experimentally. Implementing the …
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Investigation of the hazards of substrate current injection: transient external latchup and substrate noise coupling
… reduce the substrate noise coupled to sensitive analog circuits. In this work, the effectiveness of different guard ring topologies for the reduction of substrate noise coupling is also investigated.
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