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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Integrated Electronics"”.
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Assembling Integrated Electronics
… concurrency to programming difficulty. Beyond integrated circuits, adjacent problems exist in electronics generally; printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) are similarly static, and the production and recycling of these products is environmentally unsustainable and requires extensive …
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Transient thermal phenomena in phase change material integrated electronics cooling
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-12-01
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Solid-state spin-integrated circuits for quantum sensing and control
… describes the development of solid-state spin-integrated circuits (S3IC) for quantum sensing and control with the overarching goal of creating scalable NV platforms. We present two major experiments that develop S3IC. These expand the application space of NV centers and improve device …
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Modeling and Analysis of a Novel Pneumatic Artificial Muscle and Pneumatic Arm Exoskeleton
… artificial muscle using soft materials including integrated electronics for wearable exoskeletons is proposed. We describe the design, fabrication, and evaluation of the actuator, as well as the manufacturing process used to create it. Compared to traditional pneumatic muscle actuators such as the …
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Design and fabrication of single-mode tunable lasers for regrowth-free monolithically integrated photonic circuits
… reducing the cost of the fabrication itself, the integrated electronics approach can be a source of inspiration with the monolithic integration of multiple photonic components fabricated at the same time to create highly complex circuits while limiting the fabrication complexity. Focusing on a …
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Ferroelectric/piezoelectric flexible mechanical energy harvesters and stretchable epidermal sensors for medical applications
… operation are desired attributes for electronics that directly interface with the human body. The collective results in this dissertation suggest utility in a variety of sensors and energy harvesting components, with lightweight construction, attractive mechanical properties and …
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Characterization of optical interconnects
… interconnects will eventually impede advances in integrated electronics. One technique that has the potential to provide a paradigm shift is optics. This project evaluates the feasibility of optical interconnects for distributing data and clock signals. In adopting this scheme, variation is …
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Imaging and controlling atoms and semiconductor spins with advanced optical microscopy
… microscope substrates with very-large-scale-integrated electronics for compact and scalable semiconductor spin control [2], and (iii) high-throughput coherent structured illumination for controlling ultracold neutral atom arrays [3]. Optical microscopy has allowed revolutionary applications …
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Diagnostics for Periodically Operated Actuators
… pumps and cutting tools. An extension to the Integrated-Electronics-Piezoelectric (IEPE) industry standard for vibration measurements stretches the applications to a wide range of measurands like temperature, pressure or mechanical strain. These stretched capabilities enable a more unified …
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Communication and energy delivery architectures for personal medical devices
Advances in sensor technologies and integrated electronics are revolutionizing how humans access and receive healthcare. However, many envisioned wearable or implantable systems are not deployable in practice due to high energy consumption and anatomically-limited size constraints, necessitating …
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High-Voltage Compliant, Electrode-Invariant Neural Stimulation Electronics Compatible with Low-Voltage, Bulk-CMOS Integration
… current is supplied using specialized, fully-integrated dynamic voltage supplies (DVSs), which are controlled in closed-loop to have an output voltage approximately equal to the voltage of the electrode each supplies stimulus to. The entire stimulus waveform is regulated by a single, …
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New Frontiers in Silicon Terahertz Electronics: Wirelessly Powered THz-ID and Secure THz Links
Advances in silicon integrated electronics have enabled many significant systems and applications in the terahertz (THz) band over the last decade. However, ultra-low-power (<25𝜇W) or battery-less THz transceivers have not been explored yet due to the stringent challenges posed by them. Likewise, …
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Si-based Germanium-Tin (GeSn) Emitters for Short-Wave Infrared Optoelectronics
<p>Conventional integrated electronics have reached a physical limit, and their efficiency has been influenced by the generated heat in the high-density electronic packages. Integrated photonic circuits based on the highly developed Si complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) infrastructure …
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Lab-to-Fab Monolithic 3D Integrated Carbon Nanotube Transistors: Scaling and Reliability
Conventional scaling of silicon integrated electronics can no longer yield improvements that keep pace with the increasing computing demands of abundant-data applications. Moreover, for data intensive computing applications, a majority of system energy is consumed moving data between compute and …
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Driving connectivity : the future of the U.S. telematics industry and its impact to Toyota Motors
… stated by Joe Guglielmi, President of Motorola's Integrated Electronics Systems Sector, in 1998 "... the most important technological advancement of the next decade is the one that will allow consumers to receive computer connectivity, in an easy to operate format, while in the automobile.' …
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Toward single-growth monolithically integrated electro-absorption modulated lasers
… targets for process optimisation. Moreover, the integrated electronics approach provides valuable insights by enabling the monolithic integration of multiple photonic components fabricated simultaneously. This integration technique allows for the creation of highly complex circuits while reducing …
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Stochastic multiphysics modeling of RF MEMS switches
… switches. However, their widespread insertion in integrated electronics is critically dependent on a thorough understanding of two broad issues - manufacturing process variations and failure mechanisms. Variations during fabrication lead to uncertain material and/or geometric parameters causing a …
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Advances in materials strategies, circuit designs, and informatics for wearable, flexible and stretchable electronics with medical and robotic applications
The future of medical electronics should be flexible, stretchable and skin-integrated. While modern electronics become increasing smaller, faster and energy efficient, the designs remain bulky and rigid due to materials and processing limitations. The miniaturization of health monitoring devices in …
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Synthesis and Application of Ceramic Paste for High-Temperature Electronic Packaging
<p>This dissertation research focused on the synthesis and application of ceramic paste for high-temperature applications. An alumina paste material comprising aluminum dihydric phosphate and alumina powder was developed for high-temperature electronic packaging. Nano aluminum nitride and …