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FPGA Prototyping For Fast And Efficient Verification Of ASIC H.264 Decoder
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)To improve compression efficiency, recent video compression standards such as H.264 use complex algorithms and various modes that demand more computational power. Consumer electronics industry requires a low power, compact ... -
A Frequency Domain Approach For Time-reversal Of Microwave Impulses
(Electrical Engineering, 2009-09-16)In this thesis, a compact and low-cost electronic circuit system is designed for time-reversal of microwave impulses with nanosecond and sub-nanosecond temporal durations. A frequency domain approach is adopted in order ... -
A Functional Link Network Using Ordered Basis Functions
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-09-17)A new function approximation and classification network based on Functional Link Network (FLN) with orthonormal Polynomial Basis Functions (PBF) is presented. By using an iterative Gram-Schmidt procedure, the PBF's are ... -
FUTURE OF JPEG XT: PRIVACY AND SECURITY
(2016-05-10)JPEG is de facto the most important and popular image format since 1992 which provides compressed images to a great extent. JPEG XT, the latest standardization of the JPEG committee, provides some amazing features like: ... -
Generalization Of Widely Linear Filtering Concepts For Equalization And Interference Suppression In PAM/QAM Systems
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)In PAM/QAM transmission systems, standard Minimum Mean Square Error (MMSE) linear (LE) or Decision Feedback Equalization (DFE) equalization methods are often used to suppress the detrimental effects inter-symbol and/or ... -
Generation Planning And Market Operation Strategies In The Southwest Power Pool Energy Imbalance Service Market
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)The transition of the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) from its traditional operation under tariff towards the new market environment has significant impact on the utilities in the SPP footprint, both in terms of planning and ... -
GPIO Design, Layout, Simulation And ESD Clamp Placement Calculator
(Electrical Engineering, 2014-09-17)Input/Output (IO) circuits enable interface between logic circuitry and the actual or raw information to be processed. They also help to isolate the integrated circuit from the unsafe, unknown and noisy environment. IOs ... -
Guided-mode Resonance Devices: Omnidirectional Reflectors, Wideband Absorbers, Sensors And Narrowband Filters
(Electrical Engineering, 2014-03-10)In this thesis, a series of guided-mode resonance (GMR) devices are developed and optimized in the optical spectral region. Some of these devices are designed by inverse algorithms such as genetic algorithm and particle ... -
Guided-mode resonant filters and reflectors: principles, design, and fabrication
(2016-05-10)Thin-film structures incorporating wavelength-scale gratings provide functionalities for applications in various optical systems. Previously, spectral filters, wideband reflectors, and polarizers have been identified as ... -
Guided-mode Resonant Solar Cells And Flat-top Reflectors: Analysis, Design, Fabrication And Characterization
(Electrical Engineering, 2014-07-14)This dissertation addresses the guided-mode resonance (GMR) effect and its applications. In particular, this study presents theoretical analysis and corresponding experiments on two important GMR devices that can be broadly ... -
H-infinity Output Feedback Control: Application To Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)This dissertation presents new necessary and sufficient conditions for static output-feedback control of linear time-invariant systems using the H-Infinity approach. Simplified conditions are derived which only require the ... -
H.264 Standard Based Side Information Generation In Wyner-ziv Coding
(Electrical Engineering, 2010-07-19)The traditional video coding involves a high complexity encoder and relatively low complexity decoder. The complexity of the encoder is mainly due to motion estimation [3] and other prediction techniques employed . There ... -
H.265 (HEVC) BITSTREAM TO H.264 (MPEG 4 AVC) BITSTREAM TRANSCODER
(2015-12-01)With every new video coding standard the general rule of thumb has been to maintain same video quality at a reduced bit rate of about 50% as compared to the previous standard. H.265 is the latest video coding standard ... -
Hardware in the Loop Test Stand for Battery Management System Validation in Shipboard Controls
(2023-08-24)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/1/2024** ABSTRACT: Traditionally, large-scale power systems have relied on power generation always exceeding the total load demand. Though this is most often the case, ... -
Hardware Platform For Research In Helicopter UAV Control
(Electrical Engineering, 2008-09-17)The topic discussed in this work addresses the current research being conducted at the Automation & Robotics Research Institute in the areas of UAV helicopter instrumentation targeted towards aerobatic flight control and ... -
HDR VIDEO COMPRESSION USING H.265 (HEVC) MAIN 10 PROFILE
(2016-05-10)Increasing the resolution of the video has been the main interest in the television industry for a long time. More recently the industry is studying techniques to increase the range of luminance and color representation ... -
Heterogeneous Transcoding for Next Generation Multimedia Video Codecs for Efficient Communication
(2020-11-30)Innovations in the communication systems and technology are growing tremendously and the growth seen is unimaginable in the last forty years. In multimedia communication systems, technology has transformed from analog ... -
High Detectivity Pyroelectric Infrared Detector
(Electrical Engineering, 2011-07-14)The sensors which measure physical quantities by sensing them as thermal quantities and then converting the thermal signals into electrical signals are called thermal sensors. One such type of thermal sensor is a pyroelectric ... -
A High Fill Factor CMOS Image Sensor For IR Camera Applications
(Electrical Engineering, 2010-11-01)In this thesis, a unit cell for high-SNR applications is presented. The proposed circuit is significantly smaller than other circuits that perform dark current subtraction because less circuitry is used inside the unit ... -
High Grade Control Of Linear Induction Motor Drives
(Electrical Engineering, 2008-04-22)Linear induction machines (LIM) have been widely utilized in military, transportation, aerospace due to the impressive advantages such as simple configuration, easy maintenance and high acceleration/deceleration. However, ...