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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"On-chip Integration"”.
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Evaluation of on-chip integration of magneto-optic isolators
The recent development of on chip integration of magneto-optic isolators is reviewed. Two major categories of structural designs for waveguide isolator (nonreciprocal mode conversion and nonreciprocal phase shift) have both merits and short comings for integration. The advances in integration …
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Metamodeling Driven IP Reuse for System-on-chip Integration and Microprocessor Design
This dissertation addresses two important problems in reusing intellectual properties (IPs) in the form of reusable design or verification components. The first problem is associated with fast and effective integration of reusable design components into a System-on-chip (SoC), so faster design …
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Configurable and Up-Scalable Microfluidic Life Science Platform for Cell Based Assays by Gravity Driven Sequential Perfusion and Diffusion
… but for this potential to be realized several on-chip integration and operation challenges have to be addressed. Critical issues are addressed in this work by first demonstrating an integrated microfluidic tmRNA purification and real time nucleic acid sequence based amplification (NASBA) …
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Microfluidic Selection and Applications of Aptamers
… has the potential to increase the efficiency of conventional biological and medical protocols, by reducing their consumption of time and resources. Through more efficient surface-based chemical reactions and automation of tedious manual processes, orders of magnitude increases in efficiency across …
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REALIZATION OF TEMPERATURE COMPENSATED ALUMINUM NITRIDE MICRORESONATOR FILTERS WITH BANDWIDTHS BEYOND kt2 LIMIT
… temperature compensated RF filters with fractional bandwidths of ~1%. This presentation will cover the development of miniature filters based on temperature compensated aluminum nitride microresonators that have fractional bandwidths exceeding the microresonator coupling coefficient, kt2, limit …
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Superconducting Nanowire Technology for Microwave and Photonics Applications
Quantum computing and quantum communication are innovative technologies promising to revolutionize several aspects of our societal landscape. However, early cutting-edge experiments are rapidly approaching significant scalability roadblocks. As the qubit count increases, superconducting quantum …
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FIELD-PROGRAMMABLE MICROFLUIDIC TEST PLATFORM FOR POINT-OF-CARE DIAGNOSTICS
Early work in electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) devices has demonstrated their great potential in microfluidics; however, further work is needed to integrate EWOD technology into a system deployable for point-of-care (POC) diagnostics. This research is aimed at providing enabling technologies …
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Control of Nonlinear Properties of van der Waals Materials
… class of materials that exhibit unique optoelectronic properties. They provide a rich playground for which they can be integrated into current on-chip devices due to their nanometer-scale size, and be utilized for studying fundamental physics. Strong coupling of emitters to microcavities provides …
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The Quest for Ideal Quantum Amplifiers
Faithful amplification and detection of weak signals are vital to a wide range of research fields, from quantum computing and dark matter detection to metrology and space communications. The increasingly complex systems for computing, metrology, and communication require more robust, performant, …
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The design of sensor interface circuits for electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
… Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) has gained attention in biomedical applications—such as DNA, antigen–antibody, and virus detection—due to its label-free nature and high sensitivity. The development of EIS circuits with low power consumption, reduced complexity, and faster measurement times has been …
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Diamond nanophotonic devices for quantum information processing and sensing
The nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in diamond has in recent years emerged as a promising solid state system for quantum information processing and sensing applications. However, using NV centers to build up quantum networks for these applications faces several challenges, such as the lack of …
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Development of Integrated "Chip-Scale" Active Antennas for Wireless Applications
With the rapid expansion of wireless communication services, ultra-miniature, low cost RF microsystems operating at higher carrier frequencies (e.g. 5-6 GHz) are in demand for various applications. Such applications include networked wireless sensor nodes and wireless local area data networks …
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Design and Performance Evaluation of Network-on-Chip Communication Protocols and Architectures
… down of transistor technology allows microelectronics manufacturers such as Intel and IBM to build always more sophisticated systems on a single microchip. The classical interconnection solutions based on shared buses or direct connections between the modules of the chip are becoming obsolete as …
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Entwurf, Aufbau und Charakterisierung eines mikromechanischen Gleichspannungswandlers
… eine Alternative zu etablierten rein elektronischen Wandlern für den Spezialfall der kapazitiven oder piezoelektrischen Verbraucher dar. Durch ihre kleine Bauform und den Verzicht auf Induktivitäten bietet sie den Vorteil der On-Chip-MEMS- und CMOS-Integration und ermöglicht die …
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3D modeling and integration of current and future interconnect technologies
… the circuit design phase. A full phase simulation for performance estimation of a large-scale circuit not only require a massive computational resource but also need a lot of time to produce acceptable results. The estimation of performance/signal integrity of sub-nanometer circuits mostly …
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Self-rolled-up microtubes for on-chip microfluidic DNA storage and passive electronics applications
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01
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SiGe BiCMOS RF ICs and Components for High Speed Wireless Data Networks
The advent of high-fT silicon CMOS/BiCMOS technologies has led to a dramatic upsurge in the research and development of radio and microwave frequency integrated circuits (ICs) in silicon. The integration of silicon-germanium heterojunction bipolar transistors (SiGe HBTs) into established "digital" …
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Magnetoelectric Composites for On-Chip Near-Resonance Applications
… is defined as the change in dielectric polarization (P) of a material under an applied magnetic field (H) or an induced magnetization (M) under an external electric field (E). ME materials have attracted number of investigators due to their potential for improving applications such as magnetic …