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Improved SNR to detect the unknown characteristic frequency by SR
(The Institution of Engineering and TechnologyWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2018-09)
Scattering of Ocean Surfaces in Microwave Remote Sensing by Numerical Solutions of Maxwell Equations
(2018)
Sea-surface scattering has long been studied using various analytical methods. These analytical methods include the two scale method (TSM), the small-slope approximation (SSA), the small-perturbation method (SPM), the ...
Quantifying Security: Methods, Challenges and Applications
(2018)
Data and cyber security, whether defined from the point of view of corporations, individuals, or Internet hosts/networks, have been studied from a variety of perspectives, ranging from theoretical models, to measurement ...
Modifying Single-Molecule Fluorescence with a Plasmonic Optical Antenna: Theory, Methodology, and Measurement
(2018)
Nanophotonics is the study and technological application of light on the nanometer scale. This dissertation brings together two disparate branches of nanophotonics: plasmonics and single-molecule super-resolution microscopy. ...
A CMOS Digital Beamforming Receiver
(2018)
As the demand for high speed communication is increasing, emerging wireless techniques seek to utilize unoccupied frequency ranges, such as the mm-wave range. Due to high path loss for higher carrier frequencies, beamforming ...
Millimeter-scale RF Integrated Circuits and Antennas for Energy-efficient Wireless Sensor Nodes
(2018)
Recently there has been increased demand for a millimeter-scale wireless sensor node for applications such as biomedical devices, defense, and surveillance. This form-factor is driven by a desire to be vanishingly small, ...
Design of Digital FMCW Chirp Synthesizer PLLs Using Continuous-Time Delta-Sigma Time-to-Digital Converters
(2018)
Radar applications for driver assistance systems and autonomous vehicles have spurred the development of frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar. Continuous signal transmission and high operation frequencies in ...
Hybrid Electric Powertrain Design and Control with Planetary Gear Sets for Performance and Fuel Economy
(2018)
Planetary gear sets (PGs) play a key role in hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) design by enabling a variety of unique architectures using a limited number of powertrain components. Leveraging the capability of this mechanical ...
Energy Efficient Hardware Design for Securing the Internet-of-Things
(2018)
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a rapidly growing field that holds potential to transform our everyday lives by placing tiny devices and sensors everywhere. The ubiquity and scale of IoT devices require them to be extremely ...
Hardware Mechanisms for Efficient Memory System Security
(2018)
The security of a computer system hinges on the trustworthiness of the operating system and the hardware, as applications rely on them to protect code and data. As a result, multiple protections for safeguarding the hardware ...