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A MAC Protocol For Harsh Industrial IoT Applications
Heavy industries such as mining, constructions and transportation manufacturing are currently facing many dilemmas due to the critical and harsh conditions that they collide with during their operations. Such environments ... -
Many-to-many allocations in systems of self-interested agents: Some dominant strategy solutions
(2016-01-27)In a multi-agent system where each agent acts in its respective self-interest, the problem of many-to-many allocations is explored. The question for the regulator making the allocations is: what should be the allocation ... -
MAP Decoding of Correlated Sources over Soft-Decision Orthogonal Multiple Access Fading Channels with Memory
(2014-09-25)We consider the joint source-channel coding (JSCC) problem where the real valued outputs of two correlated memoryless Gaussian sources are scalar quantized, bit assigned, and transmitted, without applying any error correcting ... -
Method to Improve the Conversion Gain Flatness of Transformer-Coupled Mixers
(2016-08-08)A 4-10 GHz, on-chip balun based current commutating mixer is proposed. Tunable resistive feedback is used at the transconductance stage for wideband response, and interlaced stacked transformer is adopted for good balance ... -
Method to Improve the Linearity of Active Commutating Mixers Using Dynamic Current Injection
(2016-08-08)A double balanced (DBM) CMOS mixer providing high linearity is presented in this paper. A cross-coupled pair used in the IF stage of the mixer to dynamically inject current into the to mixer provide a high linearity. The ... -
MHz Resonant DC-DC Converters with First Cycle Control
Faster dynamic response and higher power density are the major achievements obtained by increasing the switching frequency of power supplies. However, switching frequencies are limited by topology, control, semiconductor ... -
Microgrid Control Based on an Adaptive Notch Filter Power Processor
(2016-02-29)Recent environmental policies and higher needs of energy have led to the huge growth in renewable sources consumptions. Consuming renewable energies however, is not always free of challenges. Many studies have been done ... -
Microwave Overlay Capacitor Fabrication on Printed Circuit Boards
A technique for making varactors in the form of parallel plate overlay capacitors, using barium strontium titanate (BST): a ferroelectric, polymer composite thick film, has been developed in this work. BST was selected due ... -
MIMO-aware Medium Access Control in IEEE 802.11 Networks
(2009-01-27)Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) are dynamically self-organized and self-configured, where the nodes in the network automatically establish an ad hoc network and maintain mesh connectivity. These properties make WMNs a key ... -
Model-Based Segmentation and Recognition of Continuous Gestures
(2010-09-27)Being one of the most active research topics in the computer vision field, automatic human gesture recognition is receiving increasing attention driven by its promising applications, ranging from surveillance and human ... -
Modeling & Development of Wirelessly Coupled Loops for Chip-to-Antenna Communications
(2013-09-10)This thesis examines the use of two coupled loops as an alternative method of connection for high frequency signals between passive elements on microwave laminates and integrated circuits; replacing traditional interconnect ... -
Modeling and evaluation of multi-core multithreading processor architectures in SystemC
(2007-08-13)Processor design has evolved over the years to take advantage of new technology and innovative concepts in order to improve performance. Diminishing returns for improvements based on current techniques such as exploiting ... -
Modeling and Experimental Investigation of Non-Adiabatic Optical Fiber Taper
(2014-09-18)Mode coupler is an important category of device in the eld of optical sensing and communication. Non-adiabatic ber taper has attracted much attention in recent years as mode coupling device due to its simple fabrication ... -
Modeling cooperative gene regulation using Fast Orthogonal Search
(2008-08-22)A number of computational methods have suggested means by which gene transcription – the process through which RNA is created from DNA – is activated, but there are factors at work that no model has been able to fully ... -
Modifying the Three-Phase Synchronous Reference Frame Phase-Locked Loop to Remove Unbalance and Harmonic Errors
(2008-12-17)As an increasing number of distributed power generation systems (DPGS) are being connected to the utility grid, there is a growing requirement for the DPGS to be able to ride through short grid disturbances. This requires ... -
Molecular Code Division Multiple Access: Gaussian Mixture Modeling
(2016-04-19)Communications between nano-devices is an emerging research field in nanotechnology. Molecular Communication (MC), which is a bio-inspired paradigm, is a promising technique for communication in nano-network. In MC, molecules ... -
MOSFET Current Source Gate Drivers and Topologies for High Efficiency and High Frequency Voltage Regulator Modules
(2009-04-23)With fast development of semiconductor industry, the transistors in microprocessors increase dramatically, which follows the Moore’s law. As a result, the operating voltages of the future microprocessors follow the trend ... -
MOSFET Current Source Gate Drivers, Switching Loss Modeling and Frequency Dithering Control for MHz Switching Frequency DC-DC Converters
(2008-02-29)The power density of a switching converter is dependent on the size of the power circuit components. Converters are operated in the hundreds of kHz to achieve high power density since the size of the converter reactive ... -
MRI-Guided Prostate Motion Tracking using Multislice-to-Volume Registration
(2010-07-13)MRI-guided prostate needle biopsy requires compensation for organ motion between target planning and needle placement. Two questions are studied and answered in this work: is rigid registration sufficient in tracking the ... -
Multi-scale thermal and circuit analysis for nanometre-scale integrated circuits
(2008-09-27)Chip temperature is increasing with continued technology scaling due to increased power density and decreased device feature sizes. Since temperature has significant impact on performance and reliability, accurate thermal ...