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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"complex circuits"”.
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Switching density analysis for power and reliability in VLSI circuits
… fabricate multi-million transistor integrated circuits. With such a large number of devices in a single package, new design and analysis issues have emerged. The power consumption of these giga-scale integrated circuits becomes a serious concern for packaging, heat dissipation, and energy …
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MoS₂ electronics : technology, high yield circuits and applications
… so far is limited to single or few-device- scale circuits built on exfoliated flakes due to the many challenges associated with the uniformity and yield control in both material growth and device technologies. This thesis addresses issues which are crucial for realizing reliable, and high-yield …
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An efficient test generation algorithm for behavioral descriptions of digital devices
… for behavioral dataflow descriptions of digital circuits written in VHDL. The algorithm accepts input descriptions containing multiple process statements and concurrent signal assignment statements. The fault model based on previous research includes micro-operation and control faults. The test …
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Photonic Crystal Lorentz Force Magnetometer for Out-of-Plane Magnetic Field Sensing
… with the goal of integrating increasingly complex circuits onto compact devices, such as smart phones and wearables. In this work, a Lorentz force magnetometer was designed based on the concept of a photonic crystal directional coupler (PCDC) for magnetic field sensing perpendicular …
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Undergraduate engineering students’ understanding of complex circuit concepts: An investigation of the intersection of students’ prior knowledge, design of learning environments and the nature of the content
… students’ conceptual understanding of electric circuits discuss this concept as difficult to not only teach but for students to grasp. This difficulty has been attributed to the fact that students tend to hold inaccurate pre-conceptions of electricity which becomes problematic as the level of …
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A novel approach to embedding memory with crosstalk logic circuits for high performance applications
… with the logic to get built-in memory logic circuits that operate based on the crosstalk computing logic. These circuits are called Crosstalk Built-in Memory Logic (CBML) circuits which exploit the detrimental interconnect crosstalk and astutely turn this unwanted effect into a computing …
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CAD oriented database for integrated circuit layouts
Modern integrated circuit layouts are so complex that databases often have to deal with a million or more geometric objects. For circuit and layout designers to be able to cope with such complex circuits, we (tool designers) must provide more and more support in such areas as design rule checking, …
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A fast multi-purpose circuit simulator using the latency insertion method
… increase in the density of interconnects and the complexity of high-speed packages, signal integrity becomes an important aspect in the design of modern devices. Circuit designers are constantly in need of robust circuit simulation methods that are able to capture the complicated electromagnetic …
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High-Efficiency Soft-Switched Pulsed Plasma Bias Supply System
… leading to either low-voltage waveforms or complex circuits to achieve higher pulse voltages. This work presents a simple, compact, and efficient method for generating a pulsed bias voltage for plasma processing. The approach involves synthesizing the pulsed waveform at a low, convenient …
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Loading as a design parameter for genetic circuits
… have been several forms of synthetic genetic circuits that have been modeled and experimentally validated. Examples include the toggle switch, repressilator, various configurations of oscillators, and even logic gates. A major goal in synthetic biology is to combine these modules to construct …
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Behavioural simulation of mixed analogue/digital circuits.
… have made possible the implementation of complex electronic systems on a single chip. This often requires both analogue and digital signal processing. It is essential to simulate such IC's during the design process to detect errors at an early stage. Unfortunately, the simulators that are …
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Sequential Equivalence Checking of Circuits with Different State Encodings by Pruning Simulation-based Multi-Node Invariants
… still faces much challenge, especially for those complex circuits that have different state encodings and few internal signal equivalences. In this thesis, we propose a novel simulation-based multi-node inductive invariant generation and pruning technique to check the equivalence of sequential …
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p-GaN Platform for Next-Generation GaN Complementary Transistors and Circuits
Gallium nitride (GaN) integrated circuits (ICs) are receiving increasing attention because they offer compactness, reduced parasitics, and higher performance compared to discrete transistors or printed circuit board (PCB) integration. The p-GaN platform exhibits tremendous potential in power ICs …
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Evaluation of phase change materials for reconfigurable interconnects
… and feasibility of such a technology in complex circuits. It will take some time before this approach can be considered for production.
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The Application of Mineral Processing Techniques to the Scrap Recycling Industry
… order to further analyze eddy current separator circuits, tree analysis was attempted for single eddy current separators, as well as more complex circuits mimicked using locked cycle tests. The circuits used in the locked cycle test were a rougher-cleaner, a rougher-scavenger, and a …
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Static analysis for circuit families
… compatible way. To be able to cope with more complex circuits, well-understood higher-level abstraction mechanisms are needed. Verilog is already equipped with promising generative constructs making it possible to concisely describe a family of circuits as a parameterized module; however these …
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Design and fabrication of single-mode tunable lasers for regrowth-free monolithically integrated photonic circuits
… fabricated at the same time to create highly complex circuits while limiting the fabrication complexity. Focusing on a component at the core of photonic circuits: the tunable single-mode laser, this work is a contribution to the development of components that can be fabricated without …
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Toward single-growth monolithically integrated electro-absorption modulated lasers
… technique allows for the creation of highly complex circuits while reducing overall fabrication complexity. This research focuses on a key component at the heart of photonic circuits: the tunable single-mode laser. The aim is to contribute to the development of components that can be …
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Determination of a novel mine tracer gas and development of a methodology for sampling and analysis of multiple mine tracer gases for characterization of ventilation systems
… respective airflow paths, analyzing multiple or complex circuits. This would be impossible to do simultaneously with only one tracer. Three different tracer gases, carbon tetrafluoride, octofluoropropane, and perfluoromethlycyclohexane, were selected and evaluated on various GC columns through …