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Design And Development Of Embedded DSP Controllers For Power Electronic Applications
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Power applications like motor drives, inverters have complex algorithms that can be used to improve their efficiency. More often reduced manufacturing cost takes precedence over better efficiency. DSPs with their high ... -
Hourly Weather Forecast Analysis
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Today, internet becomes one of the most important resources for useful information. However, since the authentic of the information is difficult to verify, one also has to take precaution when getting information from the ... -
Simulation And Characterization Of ZnSe/BeTe Resonant Tunneling Diode On Silicon
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)ZnSe/BeTe resonant tunneling diodes were grown on silicon with a ZnxBe1-xTe buffer layer using MBE (Molecular Beam epitaxy).These devices were processed and characterized. The devices showed multiple NDR (negative differential ... -
A Simulation Tool Suite For The Modeling And Optimization Of Multiple Quantum Well Structures
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)This thesis aims to develop a suite of computational tools for design, analysis, and simulation of semiconductor multiple quantum well structures with a user-friendly GUI. The research project focuses on the electrical and ... -
Analysis And Characterization Of Thermal Effects In Analog Circuits
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Dielectrically Isolated Bipolar Junction Transistors (DIBJTs) are used in industry for high speed and high power applications. These devices suffer from thermal heating and are subjected to change in their characteristics. ... -
Phase Locked Loop For Radiation Hardened Environment
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)This thesis describes a Phase Locked Loop (PLL) design for operation within a radiation environment. Specific design architecture and techniques were implemented to help mitigate radiation effects that degrade PLL performance. ... -
Collision Response For Virtual Laparoscopic Surgery
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)During laparoscopic surgery the surgeon operates inside the abdomen guided by the 2D imagery of the operating area. This image is obtained via a camera inserted through a small incision. Laparoscopic surgery, in contrast ... -
The Design And Analysis Of Optical Scanners For Optical Coherence Tomography
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)A miniature fiber optic scanner capable of two-dimensional scanning for medical imaging is designed and developed. The scanner is actuated externally using an electromagnet. Nickel gel, a soft ferromagnetic material, is ... -
Simulation And E-beam Patterning Of Single Electron Transistor
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Electron beam lithography is gaining widespread use as semiconductor industry. Current optical lithography techniques are limited to resolution of few hundreds of nanometers and suffer from diffraction problems. The focus ... -
Analysis Of Electromagnetic Field In A Switched Reluctance Machine From An Energy Conversion Perspective
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)With the recent advancement in power electronics and digital signal processors, switched reluctance machine (SRM) attracts more attention in high speed and harsh environment applications due to its rugged and robust ... -
Real-time Data Monitoring And Manipulation For Wireless Sensor Networks
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)The growth of Wireless Sensor Network research has brought about the need for tools to help developers rapidly develop applications for various platforms. In the pursuit of these capabilities, this work deals with the ... -
Shared Data Acquisition System For Real-time Power Systems Applications
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Digital signal processing chip (DSP's) can be used to perform data analysis computation and have very good performance in real-time system. Digital filters can be designed with consideration of both magnitude and phase ... -
A Piecewise Linear Classifier
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)A piecewise linear network is discussed which classifies N-dimensional input vectors. The network uses a distance measure to assign incoming input vectors to an appropriate cluster. Each cluster has a linear classifier for ... -
Adaptive Sampling With Mobile WSN
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)The spatiotemporally varying network topology of mobile sensor networks makes it very suitable for applications such as reconstruction of environmental fields through sampling at locations that maximally reduce the largest ... -
An Emission Model For Lunar Regolith Surfaces Based On Matrix Doubling Method
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)An emission model based on Matrix Doubling Method is implemented for the calculation of emission signatures from the lunar regolith surfaces. The matrix doubling method is used to solve the radiative transfer equations ... -
Optical Amplifiers For 10 Gb/s WDM Recirculating Loop Testbed
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)This Master's thesis deals with building experimental setup for characterization of novel nonlinear optical devices for fiber communication. The first part of the thesis deals with the description of the theoretical basis ... -
Wireless Sensor Network Testbed: Measurement And Analysis
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Energy conservation is critical in Wireless Sensor Networks. Replacing or recharging batteries is not an option for sensors deployed in hostile environments. Generally communication electronics in the sensor utilizes most ... -
Nonlinear Control Of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Devices
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Different actuation principles have been developed for MEMS but electrostatic actuators are the most common. A significant drawback in the use of electrostatic actuators for some applications is their nonlinear voltage to ... -
Modeling And Performance Evaluation Of A Power Electronic-based Controlled Fuel Cell System
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)In fuel cell applications, design of an appropriate controller and selection of an Ultra-Capacitor require a suitable model of fuel-cell-systems that can adequately represent the significant characteristics of the system. ... -
Recirculating Loop Testbed For All Optical 2R Regeneration
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)This Master's thesis deals with building a recirculating loop testbed intended for proof-of-principle demonstration of multichannel all-optical 2R regenerator proposed in [1]. The proposed multichannel 2R regeneration ...