Browsing PhD Dissertations - DO NOT EDIT by Author "Carter, Ronald L."
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Low Phase Noise Voltage-controlled Oscillator Design
Zhu, Zhipeng (Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Two kinds of voltage-controlled oscillators (VCO) - active inductor based VCO and LC cross-coupled VCO - are studied in this work. Although the phase noise performance is not competitive, the proposed active inductor based ... -
Power Management Integrated Circuits Design, Functionality Analysis And Applications
Li, Zheng (Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Power management is playing a significant role in modern electronics. Good power management is especially important for portable devices that rely on batteries. By smartly managing how the power is directed to different ... -
Power-Derived Thermal Characterization of SiGe HBTs and Design of Timing Circuit using a Phase Locked-Loop
Shah, Valay Dineshbhai; 0000-0003-1355-1787 (2016-05-24)Silicon Germanium (SiGe) hetero-junction bipolar transistors (HBTs) have been designed to cater the demand of high speed circuits having speed applications in wireless, optical communication and space electronics. Due to ... -
The Self-heating Effects Of Bipolar Juction Transistors On The Functionality Of A Current Feedback Amplifier
Xie, Xuesong (Electrical Engineering, 2010-11-01)Self-heating effects strongly affect the performance of modern silicon-on-insulator (SOI) bipolar junction transistors. This research work does an extensive analysis of self-heating effects on large-signal behavior, ... -
Thermal Characterization Of Dielectrically Isolated Bipolar Junction Transistor
Kim, Daewoo (Electrical Engineering, 2009-09-16)Since the integrated circuit (IC) was invented in 1960, the operating speed of semiconductor devices has steadily increased and the number of semiconductor devices in an IC chip has grown by a size reduction of the devices. ... -
Thermal Effects And Analysis Of High Frequency Devices In Analog Integrated Circuit Design
Rahman, Ardasheir Sayek (Electrical Engineering, 2013-03-20)Heterojunction Bipolar Junction Transistors (HBTs) are used in various high frequency applications in modern day technology. These devices produce high trans-conductance which is need for high frequency application. Their ... -
The Thermal Effects Of Self Heating Of Transistors On Analog Amplifier Design And Evaluation
Sinha, Kamal Ranjan (Electrical Engineering, 2009-09-16)Electrothermal effects play a major role in the performance of modern silicon-on-insulator (SOI) bipolar junction transistors (BJTs). This research work examines the influence of electrothermal feedback within a single ... -
Thermal Effects On Analog Integrated Circuit Design
Hossain, Md Mahbub (Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Analog Integrated Circuit design (IC) is a big challenge in this modern age. Thermal effect has a substantial role in analog ICs performance. Thermal effects on analog IC design have been investigated in this dissertation ...