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A Throughput Fast Measurement Method For Two-Antenna Equipped Wireless Mimo Terminals, Penghui Shen, Quan Yu, Daryl G. Beetner, Yihong Qi Jan 2023

A Throughput Fast Measurement Method For Two-Antenna Equipped Wireless Mimo Terminals, Penghui Shen, Quan Yu, Daryl G. Beetner, Yihong Qi

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

According to the Third Generation Partnership Project Specification, a Period of 8-12.8 H is Required to Evaluate the Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) Performance of a Wireless Terminal for a Single Frequency Point and Channel Model Combination. the Following Article Proposes a Semi-Simulation, Semi-Measurement-Based MIMO throughput Modeling Scheme Which Can Reduce the 8-12.8-H Measurement Time to 40-60 Min, Corresponding to More Than a Ten Times Improvement of the Test Efficiency, Without Loss of the Test Accuracy.

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Chemical Reaction Networks In A Laplacian Framework, J.J.P. Veerman, T. Whalen-Wagner, Ewan Kummel Jan 2023

Chemical Reaction Networks In A Laplacian Framework, J.J.P. Veerman, T. Whalen-Wagner, Ewan Kummel

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

The study of the dynamics of chemical reactions, and in particular phenomena such as oscillating reactions, has led to the recognition that many dynamical properties of a chemical reaction can be predicted from graph theoretical properties of a certain directed graph, called a Chemical Reaction Network (CRN). In this graph, the edges represent the reactions and the vertices the reacting combinations of chemical substances. In contrast with the classical treatment, in this work, we heavily rely on a recently developed theory of directed graph Laplacians to simplify the traditional treatment of the so-called defi- ciency zero systems of CRN theory. …

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A Methodology For Predicting Improved Dipole Source Configurations From Near-Field Scan Data, Hossein Rezaei, Xin Yan, David J. Pommerenke, Daryl G. Beetner Jan 2023

A Methodology For Predicting Improved Dipole Source Configurations From Near-Field Scan Data, Hossein Rezaei, Xin Yan, David J. Pommerenke, Daryl G. Beetner

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Equivalent sources found from near-electric and magnetic field scans are often used to predict and solve interference problems. While there are many ways to represent the source, the user lacks the ability to determine which of the many possible source configurations is more likely to represent the "true" source, and thus accurately represent field data outside the measurement area and in the presence of typical measurement errors. A methodology is proposed for estimating which of many possible dipole source representations of near-field scan data are likely to give better estimates of fields outside the measurement scan plane when utilizing imperfect …

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Chemical Classification By Monitoring Liquid Evaporation Using Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometer With Microwave Photonics, Abhishek Prakash Hungund, Bohong Zhang, Anand Nambisan, Wassana Naku, Rex E. Gerald, Jie Huang Jan 2023

Chemical Classification By Monitoring Liquid Evaporation Using Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometer With Microwave Photonics, Abhishek Prakash Hungund, Bohong Zhang, Anand Nambisan, Wassana Naku, Rex E. Gerald, Jie Huang

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Identification of liquids is essential in chemical analysis, safety, environmental protection, quality control, and research. A novel liquid identification system based on Microwave Photonics (MWP) measured time transient evaporation signals is investigated. An extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometer (EFPI) based optical probe using single-mode fiber (SMF) is proposed to monitor evaporation of different liquids. The MWP system is used to measure the optical path changes during liquid evaporation due to its high sensitivity, selectivity, and Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR). The measured S21 continuous wave (CW) time Magnitude and Phase signals were processed to extract features such as histogram and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) …

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Filter-Based Fault Detection And Isolation In Distributed Parameter Systems Modeled By Parabolic Partial Differential Equations, Hasan Ferdowsi, Jia Cai, Sarangapani Jagannathan Jan 2023

Filter-Based Fault Detection And Isolation In Distributed Parameter Systems Modeled By Parabolic Partial Differential Equations, Hasan Ferdowsi, Jia Cai, Sarangapani Jagannathan

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper covers model-based fault detection and isolation for linear and nonlinear distributed parameter systems (DPS). The first part mainly deals with actuator, sensor and state fault detection and isolation for a class of DPS represented by a set of coupled linear partial differential equations (PDE). A filter based observer is designed based on the linear PDE representation using which a detection residual is generated. A fault is detected when the magnitude of the detection residual exceeds a detection threshold. Upon detection, several isolation estimators are designed using filters whose output residuals are compared with predefined isolation thresholds. A fault …

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Thermal Diffusivity Materials Characterization Via Active Microwave Thermography, Logan M. Wilcox, Kristen M. Donnell Jan 2023

Thermal Diffusivity Materials Characterization Via Active Microwave Thermography, Logan M. Wilcox, Kristen M. Donnell

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Active microwave thermography (AMT) is a relatively new nondestructive evaluation method which is proposed in this work for thermal materials characterization. Specifically, AMT is investigated as a single-sided measurement option for out-of-plane thermal diffusivity (a parameter traditionally measured using a two-sided technique). Simulation and measurement results support the use of AMT for such a characterization for materials backed by an electromagnetically absorptive material. Both lossless and lossy materials may be measured, with better accuracy for lossless materials. The effect of heating time was also considered. The results indicate that for the 50 W system used here, 100 seconds of electromagnetic …

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Dipole-Moment-Based Reciprocity For Practical Desensitization Identification And Mitigation, Shengxuan Xia, Hanfeng Wang, Yansheng Wang, Zhonghua Wu, Chulsoon Hwang, Jun Fan Jan 2023

Dipole-Moment-Based Reciprocity For Practical Desensitization Identification And Mitigation, Shengxuan Xia, Hanfeng Wang, Yansheng Wang, Zhonghua Wu, Chulsoon Hwang, Jun Fan

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Radio frequency interference can degrade the receiving sensitivity of antennas. The interference is usually caused by certain coupling structures, such as layouts without adequate grounding for the radio frequency signal return path. Those structures can be modeled as a set of equivalent dipole moments when they are electrically small. Herein, the dipole moment model-based coupling framework is applied to a practical cellphone design case to devise an engineering solution. The coupling framework incorporates dipole moments as radiation sources and a coupling model based on the reciprocity theorem. Unfortunately, near-field scan probes often lack access to all locations, owing to the …

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Esd Events To Wearable Medical Devices In Healthcare Environments—Part 1: Current Measurements, Mehdi Kohani, Javad Meiguni, David J. Pommerenke, Michael G. Pecht Jan 2023

Esd Events To Wearable Medical Devices In Healthcare Environments—Part 1: Current Measurements, Mehdi Kohani, Javad Meiguni, David J. Pommerenke, Michael G. Pecht

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Wearable medical devices are widely used for monitoring and treatment of patients. Electrostatic discharge can render these devices unreliable and cause a temporary or permanent disturbance in their operation. In a healthcare environment, severe electrostatic discharge (ESD) can occur while a patient, lying down or sitting on a hospital bed with a wearable device, discharges the device via a grounded bedframe. To protect the devices from ESD damage, the worst-case discharge conditions in the usage environment need to be identified. Previous studies by authors revealed that such events could be more severe than the conventional human metal model (HMM). However, …

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Distributed Detection Over Blockchain-Aided Internet Of Things In The Presence Of Attacks, Yiming Jiang, Jiangfan Zhang Jan 2023

Distributed Detection Over Blockchain-Aided Internet Of Things In The Presence Of Attacks, Yiming Jiang, Jiangfan Zhang

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Distributed detection over a blockchain-aided Internet of Things (BIoT) network in the presence of attacks is considered, where the integrated blockchain is employed to secure data exchanges over the BIoT as well as data storage at the agents of the BIoT. We consider a general adversary model where attackers jointly exploit the vulnerability of IoT devices and that of the blockchain employed in the BIoT. The optimal attacking strategy which minimizes the Kullback-Leibler divergence is pursued. It can be shown that this optimization problem is nonconvex, and hence it is generally intractable to find the globally optimal solution to such …

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Development Of A Matlab-Based Structural Analysis Toolbox For Sensor Placement In A Multi-Domain Physical System, Arnold A. Fernandes, Kartikeya J.P. Veeramraju, Jonathan W. Kimball Jan 2023

Development Of A Matlab-Based Structural Analysis Toolbox For Sensor Placement In A Multi-Domain Physical System, Arnold A. Fernandes, Kartikeya J.P. Veeramraju, Jonathan W. Kimball

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper discusses a Bond Graph (BG) Structural Analysis Toolbox developed in MATLAB® (MATSAT) that performs causal analysis on the BG and assists the user in the sensor selection process for a multi-domain physical system. MATSAT contains modules for performing the Sequential Causality Assignment Procedure (SCAP) and Causal Path Search (CaPS). The modules can be combined to check for structural properties such as structural observability (SO) for any sensor set. The working of MATSAT is shown for standard systems. Verification of SCAP, CaPS, and necessary and sufficient SO conditions is shown.

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Three-Terminal Noise Source Extraction From A Qi-Based Wireless Power Transfer System For Predicting Conducted Emissions, Srinath Penugonda, Siqi Bai, Varittha Sanphuang, Nevin Altunyurt, Hongseok Kim, Daryl G. Beetner, Jun Fan Jan 2023

Three-Terminal Noise Source Extraction From A Qi-Based Wireless Power Transfer System For Predicting Conducted Emissions, Srinath Penugonda, Siqi Bai, Varittha Sanphuang, Nevin Altunyurt, Hongseok Kim, Daryl G. Beetner, Jun Fan

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

An equivalent method to extract a three-terminal noise source from a Qi-based wireless power transfer system is proposed in this article. This method is capable of extracting a source for both the positive (P) and negative (N) lines with respect to the third terminal (the ground chassis or reference plane). The extracted sources are independent of the setup configuration and can be used to predict currents or voltages on the P and N lines on a setup that is different from the extraction setup. In the following article, a three-terminal model independent of the setup configuration is first extracted. The …

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Aerial Lidar-Based 3d Object Detection And Tracking For Traffic Monitoring, Baya Cherif, Hakim Ghazzai, Ahmad Alsharoa, Hichem Besbes, Yehia Massoud Jan 2023

Aerial Lidar-Based 3d Object Detection And Tracking For Traffic Monitoring, Baya Cherif, Hakim Ghazzai, Ahmad Alsharoa, Hichem Besbes, Yehia Massoud

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The proliferation of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology in the automotive industry has quickly promoted its use in many emerging areas in smart cities and internet-of-things. Compared to other sensors, like cameras and radars, LiDAR provides up to 64 scanning channels, vertical and horizontal field of view, high precision, high detection range, and great performance under poor weather conditions. In this paper, we propose a novel aerial traffic monitoring solution based on Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology. By equipping unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with a LiDAR sensor, we generate 3D point cloud data that can be used for …

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Personalizing Student Graduation Paths Using Expressed Student Interests, Nicolas Dobbins, Ali R. Hurson, Sahra Sedigh Jan 2023

Personalizing Student Graduation Paths Using Expressed Student Interests, Nicolas Dobbins, Ali R. Hurson, Sahra Sedigh

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper proposes an intelligent recommendation approach to facilitate personalized education and help students in planning their path to graduation. The goal is to identify a path that aligns with a student's interests and career goals and approaches optimality with respect to one or more criteria, such as time-to-graduation or credit hours taken. The approach is illustrated and verified through application to undergraduate curricula at the Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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A Physics-Based Model For Snapback-Type Esd Protection Devices, Xin Yan, Seyed Mostafa Mousavi, Li Shen, Yang Xu, Wei Zhang, Sergej Bub, Steffen Holland, Daryl G. Beetner Jan 2023

A Physics-Based Model For Snapback-Type Esd Protection Devices, Xin Yan, Seyed Mostafa Mousavi, Li Shen, Yang Xu, Wei Zhang, Sergej Bub, Steffen Holland, Daryl G. Beetner

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A simplified physical-based model for deep-snapback transient voltage suppressors (TVS) is developed in this article. While based on physics, the number of parameters and components is minimized, so the model can be tuned easily from available measurements of the packaged TVS. SPICE convergence issues seen in previous snapback device models are eliminated by adding nonlinear damping components to the model. No convergence issues were seen among any of the simulations performed for this study, which includes transmission-line pulse tests with multiple levels and rise times. The proposed model was used to represent two different TVS devices and was validated in …

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Rafid: A Lightweight Approach To Radio Frequency Interference Detection In Time Domain Using Lstm And Statistical Analysis, Luke A. Smith, Vishesh Kumar Tanwar, Maciej Jan Zawodniok, Sanjay Kumar Madria Jan 2023

Rafid: A Lightweight Approach To Radio Frequency Interference Detection In Time Domain Using Lstm And Statistical Analysis, Luke A. Smith, Vishesh Kumar Tanwar, Maciej Jan Zawodniok, Sanjay Kumar Madria

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Recently, the utilization of Radio Frequency (RF) devices has increased exponentially over numerous vertical platforms. This rise has led to an abundance of Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) continues to plague RF systems today. The continued crowding of the RF spectrum makes RFI efficient and lightweight mitigation critical. Detecting and localizing the interfering signals is the foremost step for mitigating RFI concerns. Addressing these challenges, we propose a novel and lightweight approach, namely RaFID, to detect and locate the RFI by incorporating deep neural networks (DNNs) and statistical analysis via batch-wise mean aggregation and standard deviation (SD) calculations. RaFID investigates the …

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System Level Pdn Impedance Optimization Utilizing The Zeros Of The Decoupling Capacitors, Yifan Ding, Shuang Liang, Francesco De Paulis, Matteo Cocchini, Samuel Connor, Matthew Doyle, Albert E. Ruehli, Chulsoon Hwang, James L. Drewniak Jan 2023

System Level Pdn Impedance Optimization Utilizing The Zeros Of The Decoupling Capacitors, Yifan Ding, Shuang Liang, Francesco De Paulis, Matteo Cocchini, Samuel Connor, Matthew Doyle, Albert E. Ruehli, Chulsoon Hwang, James L. Drewniak

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

System-Level Power Distribution Network (PDN) Impedance Optimization Utilizing the Zeros of the Decoupling Capacitors (Decaps) is Discussed in This Paper. an Example of a Practical PDN Application is Proposed to Validate the Poles and Zeros Algorithm (P&Z) Presented. the System-Level PDN is with the Printed Circuit Board (PCB), Package (PKG), and Chip, as Well as the Low-Frequency Decaps on the PCB and the On-PKG Decoupling Capacitors. the PDN Optimization Results Are Compared with Those from the Genetic Algorithm (GA) to Show the Reasonableness and Validity of the P&Z Algorithm.

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On The Permittivity Of Xt-Cf20, Aaron Harmon, Wei Zhang, Victor Khilkevich Jan 2023

On The Permittivity Of Xt-Cf20, Aaron Harmon, Wei Zhang, Victor Khilkevich

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In This Work, the Permittivity of a 3D-Printed Carbon Fiber-Loaded Anisotropic Material, XT-CF20, is Examined Further. the Microstructure of XT-CF20 is First Examined Via Optical Imaging and is Shown to Be Composed of Inclusions that Are Aligned with the Print Direction of the Sample. the Permittivity Tensor for the Aligned Microstructure is Then Measured using a Capacitive Measurement Technique and Simulations Are Provided to Demonstrate the Validity of This Measurement Method. the Simulated Permittivity Values for XT-CF20 Samples with Varying Infill Structures Are Then Presented and Compared to the Measured Permittivity Values of Said Samples. an Error of Less Than …

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Roughness Losses Computation Through The Partial Elements Equivalent Circuit Method, Fabrizio Loreto, Daniele Romano, Giulio Antonini, Albert E. Ruehli, Mauro Lai Jan 2023

Roughness Losses Computation Through The Partial Elements Equivalent Circuit Method, Fabrizio Loreto, Daniele Romano, Giulio Antonini, Albert E. Ruehli, Mauro Lai

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Conductor Loss Caused by Conductor Surface Roughness is a Critical Aspect in the Design of High-Speed Electronic Systems Since It Significantly Affects their Performances. Well-Established Roughness Models Have Been Proposed over the Years but They Have Been Applied Only to the Transmission Line Models of Interconnects. Typically, the Roughness Models Are Used to Modify the Per-Unit-Length Impedance of the Transmission Line Which is Extracted by 2D Model Methods. The Aim of This Work is to overcome This Limitation Thus Making It Possible to Model Roughness Conductors in the Framework of 3D Full-Wave Methods. More Precisely, it is Presented How to …

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A Thermal-Aware Dc-Ir Drop Analysis For 2.5d Ic, Shengxuan Xia, Baris M. Dogruoz, Yansheng Wang, Songping Wu, Siqi Bai, Chulsoon Hwang, Zhonghua Wu Jan 2023

A Thermal-Aware Dc-Ir Drop Analysis For 2.5d Ic, Shengxuan Xia, Baris M. Dogruoz, Yansheng Wang, Songping Wu, Siqi Bai, Chulsoon Hwang, Zhonghua Wu

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

With the Trend of Higher Integration, 3D/2.5D IC Solutions Such as CoWoS (Chip-On-Wafer-On-Substrate) Have Become More Popular in Recent Years. Power Integrity (PI) is Always a Critical Part of the Design Especially When the Power Consumption Requirements Are Important Specs for High-Performance Computing. DC-IR Drop is One of the Criteria within Power Integrity Considerations. However, Ordinary Electrical-Only Simulation for DC-IR Drop Will Be an Underestimation Because It Neglects the Copper Conductivity Dropping Due to the Temperature Rising. Thus, an Engineering Solution for Electrical-Thermal Co-Simulation is Important to Help to Provide Both an Accurate PI Analysis and the Proper Mitigations of …

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Coupling Path Analysis For Smart Speaker Intentional Electromagnetic Interference Attacks, Tanner Fokkens, Shengxuan Xia, Aaron Harmon, Chulsoon Hwang Jan 2023

Coupling Path Analysis For Smart Speaker Intentional Electromagnetic Interference Attacks, Tanner Fokkens, Shengxuan Xia, Aaron Harmon, Chulsoon Hwang

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This Paper Shows an Improved Understanding of the Coupling Path for Intentional Electromagnetic Interference (IEMI) Attacks on Smart Speaker Devices. This Includes a Method for Finding the Ideal Attack Angle and Locating the Region Sensitive to the Coupled EMI. in Previous Works, It Was Shown to Be Possible to Send RF Commands to a Smart Speaker and Have These Commands Be Interpreted as Voice Commands by the Microphone. However, the Attack Still Had Some Limited Understanding in Terms of the Coupling Path Location and Long-Distance Attack Potential. using the Improved Understanding of the Attack, a Longer Attack Distance is Achieved …

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On Finding An Equivalent Force To Mimic The Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor Vibration, Yifan Ding, Jianmin Zhang, Mingfeng Xue, Shengyin Ding, Benjamin Leung, Eric A. Macintosh, Chulsoon Hwang Jan 2023

On Finding An Equivalent Force To Mimic The Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor Vibration, Yifan Ding, Jianmin Zhang, Mingfeng Xue, Shengyin Ding, Benjamin Leung, Eric A. Macintosh, Chulsoon Hwang

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor (MLCC) Can Vibrate Due to the Piezoelectric Effect When There is AC Noise on the Power Rail. the Vibration of the Capacitor Will Generate a Force on the PCB and Thus Cause the PCB Vibration and Audible Problems May Occur. the Work in This Paper Finds an Equivalent Force with Similar Behavior to the MLCC-Generated Force. the Force is Controllable and Knowable and Thus Can Mimic the Capacitor Vibration on the PCB.

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Decomposition Measurement For Antenna Gain And Radio Sensitivity Of Wireless Receiving System, Chaoqiang Zang, Lidong Chi, Fuhai Li, James L. Drewniak, Gang Feng, Yihong Qi Jan 2023

Decomposition Measurement For Antenna Gain And Radio Sensitivity Of Wireless Receiving System, Chaoqiang Zang, Lidong Chi, Fuhai Li, James L. Drewniak, Gang Feng, Yihong Qi

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A General Procedure for Decomposition Measurements for Receiver Antenna Gain and Radio Sensitivity based on Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) Reporting is Proposed in This Paper. This Procedure Standardizes the Measurement Steps for Eliminating Nonlinear Error in RSSI Reporting. after Path Loss Calibration and RSSI Uncertainty Calibration, the Real Performance of the Antenna and the Radio Working in the Actual Environment of Wireless Receiving System Can Be Measured. the Antenna Gain is Obtained from the Difference between RSSI Reporting and Transmit Power, and the Radio Sensitivity is Obtained from the Transmit Power. This Method Helps to Improve the Development Efficiency …

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A Statistical Shmoo For A Decision Feedback Equalizer (Dfe), Junyong Park, Donghyun Kim Jan 2023

A Statistical Shmoo For A Decision Feedback Equalizer (Dfe), Junyong Park, Donghyun Kim

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This article proposes a statistical shmoo for a Decision Feedback Equalizer (DFE). A statistical shmoo shows a Bit-Error Rate (BER) distribution of a system depending on conditions such as a threshold voltage and sampling time. The previous statistical eye diagram can be converted to a statistical shmoo except for the case of a DFE. In the shmoo, rows and columns represent different threshold voltages and sampling times, respectively. Thus, the DFE operation also depends on each row and column. Furthermore, a DFE may have error propagations because of substantial noise. Therefore, this article proposes a statistical shmoo for an ideal …

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Cascaded Sapphire Fiber Bragg Gratings Inscribed By Femtosecond Laser For Molten Steel Studies, Dinesh Reddy Alla, Deva Prasad Neelakandan, Farhan Mumtaz, Rex E. Gerald, Laura Bartlett, Ronald J. O'Malley, Jeffrey D. Smith, Jie Huang Jan 2023

Cascaded Sapphire Fiber Bragg Gratings Inscribed By Femtosecond Laser For Molten Steel Studies, Dinesh Reddy Alla, Deva Prasad Neelakandan, Farhan Mumtaz, Rex E. Gerald, Laura Bartlett, Ronald J. O'Malley, Jeffrey D. Smith, Jie Huang

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This research reports a distributed fiber optic high-temperature sensing system tailored for applications in the steel industry and various other sectors. Recent advancements in optical sensor technology have led to the exploration of sapphire crystal fibers as a solution for sensing in harsh environments. Utilizing a femtosecond (fs) laser, cascaded fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) were meticulously fabricated within a multimode sapphire optical fiber. These FBGs endowed the system with distributed sensing capabilities and underwent rigorous testing under extreme temperatures, reaching up to 1,800 °C. The study delves into the investigation of the FBG reflection spectrum, facilitated by the development of …

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Towards Robust Consensus For Intelligent Decision-Making In Iot Blockchain Networks, Charles Rawlins, S. (Sarangapani) Jagannathan Jan 2023

Towards Robust Consensus For Intelligent Decision-Making In Iot Blockchain Networks, Charles Rawlins, S. (Sarangapani) Jagannathan

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Distributed consensus is the core aspect of blockchain protocol security design. Recent protocols like IOTA have improved concurrency and scalability over Proof-of-work (PoW) with Bitcoin but have core design decisions that are inefficient for limited devices and do not take advantage of previous network experience to reduce calculations. This work proposes the first blockchain consensus protocol based on active machine-learning decisions, called Proof-of-history (PoH). PoH is setup as a distributed reinforcement-learning task for monitoring classification and training of blockchain transactions with an inner deep classifier. Early theoretical analysis and simulations show that PoH is robust to uncoordinated byzantine attacks through …

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Deep-Learning-Based Accurate Beamforming Prediction Using Lidar-Assisted Network, Omar Rinchi, Ahmad Alsharoa, Ibrahem Shatnawi Jan 2023

Deep-Learning-Based Accurate Beamforming Prediction Using Lidar-Assisted Network, Omar Rinchi, Ahmad Alsharoa, Ibrahem Shatnawi

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Beamforming optimization can enhance the next-generation wireless networks. However, finding the optimal beamforming in real-time is hard due to the need for large beam training overhead. The problem can be more challenging in dynamic environments with small coherence channel time. In this paper, we propose an accurate beam prediction solution using light detection and ranging (LiDAR)-assisted radio frequency (RF) system. More specifically, we propose a deep-learning model based on long-sort term memory (LSTM) to predict future beam indices from a set of pre-defined beam steering codebook. In addition to solving the beamforming overhead problem, the proposed deep learning approach is …

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Accelerated Statistical Eye Diagram Estimation Method For Efficient Signal Integrity Analysis, Junyong Park, Youngwoo Kim, Donghyun Kim Jan 2023

Accelerated Statistical Eye Diagram Estimation Method For Efficient Signal Integrity Analysis, Junyong Park, Youngwoo Kim, Donghyun Kim

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This article proposes an accelerated statistical eye diagram estimation method for efficient signal integrity (SI) analysis. An eye diagram is a critical metric in the SI analysis, however obtaining an eye diagram is time-consuming in simulation. The required time might be a few weeks depending on the complexity. Because the eye diagram is obtained by superposition of the received waveforms. Statistical eye diagram estimation methods were proposed to make the eye diagram acquisition efficient, however, it still has a limited improvement due to a large number of convolution operations. To address this limitation, the proposed method includes two approaches: (i) …

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Nanobubble-Induced Aggregation Of Ultrafine Particles: A Molecular Dynamics Study, Eric Bird, Zhi Liang Jan 2023

Nanobubble-Induced Aggregation Of Ultrafine Particles: A Molecular Dynamics Study, Eric Bird, Zhi Liang

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Nanobubble-induced aggregation (NBIA) of fine and ultrafine particles in liquid is a promising method for enhancing floatation rates in mineral processing, cleaning contaminants from water, and reviving marine ecosystems. Although the current experimental techniques can measure the nanobubble capillary force between two surfaces with controlled approach speed, they are not capable of imaging NBIA dynamics of fine/ultrafine particles by real-time observation with nanoscale spatial resolution. In this work, we use molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to study dynamics of NBIA of Ag particles in a Lennard-Jones fluid system. The molecular-level modeling allows us to study microscopic details of NBIA dynamics that …

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