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A Novel Frequency Based Current-To-Digital Converter With Programmable Dynamic Range, Xiaoyan Yu
A Novel Frequency Based Current-To-Digital Converter With Programmable Dynamic Range, Xiaoyan Yu
Doctoral Dissertations
This work describes a novel frequency based Current to Digital converter, which would be fully realizable on a single chip.
Biological systems make use of delay line techniques to compute many things critical to the life of an animal. Seeking to build up such a system, we are adapting the auditory localization circuit found in barn owls to detect and compute the magnitude of an input current.
The increasing drive to produce ultra low-power circuits necessitates the use of very small currents. Frequently these currents need to accurately measured, but current solutions typically involve off-chip measurements. These are usually slow, …
Reconfigurable Rf Front End Components For Multi-Radio Platform Applications, Chunna Zhang
Reconfigurable Rf Front End Components For Multi-Radio Platform Applications, Chunna Zhang
Doctoral Dissertations
The multi-service requirements of the 3G and 4G communication systems, and their backward compatibility requirements, create challenges for the antenna and RF front-end designs with multi-band and wide-band techniques. These challenges include: multiple filters, which are lossy, bulky, and expensive, are needed in the system; device board size limitation and the associated isolation problems caused by the limited space and crowd circuits; and the insertion loss issues created by the single-pole-multi-through antenna switch.
As will be shown, reconfigurable antennas can perform portions of the filter functions, which can help solve the multiple filters problem. Additionally, reconfigurable RF circuits can decrease …