Browsing University of Waterloo by Supervisor "Sachdev, Manoj"
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Analysis of Microcontroller Embedded SRAMs for Applications in Physical Unclonable Functions
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-30)The growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) market has motivated widespread proliferation of microcontroller- (MCU) based embedded systems. Suitable due to their abundance, low cost, low power consumption and small ... -
Backplane Circuit Design with Amorphous Silicon Thin-Film Transistors for Flexible Displays
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-20)In recent years, rapid advancement in LED fabrication has enabled the possibility of using GaN micro-LEDs to be the light media in a display panel. It has superior performance in many aspects when compared with OLED ... -
Circuit Design of SRAM Physically Unclonable Functions
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-06)A Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) is an entity that reliably provides a unique response to a given challenge and cannot be easily duplicated physically. PUFs are an alternative to using non-volatile memory (NVM) for ... -
A Comparative Analysis for Low-voltage, Low-power, and Low-energy Flip-flops
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-01)Recently, several flip-flops have been proposed to increase their speed while reducing their power and energy consumption. Flip-flop power is dependent on data activity and in many applications data activity is between ... -
A Comparative Analysis of 6T and 10T SRAM Cells for Sub-threshold Operation in 65 nm CMOS Technology
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-27)The aggressive approach of the integrated electronics industry towards scaling and the growing trend of low-power applications have led to major research interest in ultra-low power integrated circuits. One of the integrated ... -
Design of SRAM Based Dosimetry Used for Neutron and Proton Detection
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-27)Radiation causes soft errors in memory devices, and a variety of research has been focused on techniques to reduce these soft errors. In this thesis, instead of mitigating soft errors, we present an SRAM based dosimeter ... -
An Energy-Efficient System with Timing-Reliable Error-Detection Sequentials
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-26)A new type of energy-efficient digital system that integrate EDS and DVS circuits has been developed. In these systems, EDS-monitored paths convert the PVT variations into timing variations. Nevertheless, the conversion ... -
Investigating Input Offset Reduction with Timing Manipulation in Low Voltage Sense Amplifiers
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-18)Static Random Access Memories (SRAMs) are ubiquitous in modern computer systems. They provide a fast and relatively compact method of data storage. SRAM cells are read from and written to using analog differential bitline ... -
Low-Leakage ESD Power Supply Clamps in General Purpose 65 nm CMOS Technology
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-20)Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is a well-known contributor that reduces the reliability and yield of the integrated circuits (ICs). As ICs become more complex, they are increasingly susceptible to such failures due to the ... -
Modified Differential Cascode Voltage Switch Logic Optimized for Sub-threshold Voltage Operation
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-20)Ultra-low sub-threshold voltage research has become increasingly important with the recent shift in consumer electronics towards low power designs for mobile, wearable, and implantable technologies. These applications are ... -
Realization of Non-Volatile Memory in Amorphous Silicon Thin-Film Transistors
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-19)The integration of memory circuits in thin-film transistors (TFTs) is essential to extend the functionalities of large-area applications such as flat-panel displays, imagers etc. Intensive research is being conducted with ... -
Secure and Unclonable Integrated Circuits
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)Semiconductor manufacturing is increasingly reliant in offshore foundries, which has raised concerns with counterfeiting, piracy, and unauthorized overproduction by the contract foundry. The recent shortage of semiconductors ... -
STT-MRAM characterization and its test implications
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-24)Spin torque transfer (STT)-magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) has come a long way in research to meet the speed and power consumption requirements for future memory applications. The state-of-the-art STT-MRAM ... -
Subthreshold SRAM Design for Energy Efficient Applications in Nanometric CMOS Technologies
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-23)Embedded SRAM circuits are vital components in a modern system on chip (SOC) that can occupy up to 90% of the total area. Therefore, SRAM circuits heavily affect SOC performance, reliability, and yield. In addition, most ...