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High-Performance Reconfigurable Piezoelectric Resonators and Filters for RF Frontend Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-08)A conventional RF frontend module consists of many filters where each filter is allocated for a specific frequency band. These filters are connected through multiplexing switch networks to support multi-band wireless ... -
A High-Performance Three-Phase Grid-Connected PV System Based On Multilevel Current Source Inverter
(University of Waterloo, 2013-02-22)Current Source Inverter (CSI) topology is gaining acceptance as a competitive alternative for grid interface of renewable energy systems due to its unique and advantageous features. Merits of CSI over the more popular ... -
High-Performance, Energy-Efficient CMOS Arithmetic Circuits
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-16)In a modern microprocessor, datapath/arithmetic circuits have always been an important building block in delivering high-performance, energy-efficient computing, because arithmetic operations such as addition and binary ... -
High-Q Millimeter Wave RF Filters and Multiplexers
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-04)For a long period of time, millimeter waves (mm-Wave) were considered unsuitable for wireless data transmission due to high attention while propagating in the atmosphere. Over the past few years, due to the vigorous ... -
High-Q Multi-band Filters
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-05)Recent development of multifunctional communication systems capable of processing large amount of data has triggered the demand for novel payload configurations with advanced filtering functions. To increase the payload ... -
High-Q On-chip Passive Components and Low-Phase-Noise CMOS Bridge Oscillator Design
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-30)High-Q passives are the key design components for a proposed resonator circuit. This thesis focuses on designing and optimizing passive components (transmission lines, capacitors, and inductors) implemented in a production ... -
A High-Resolution CMOS Single-Photon-Counting Spectrographic X-Ray Imager
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-01)Digital X-ray imagers for clinical mammography and computed tomography (CT) have been recently taking advantage of the noise-rejection properties of single-photon-counting (SPC) architectures. However, conventional SPC ... -
A High-Resolution Direct-Conversion CMOS X-Ray Imager with Code-Division-Multiplexed Readout
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-21)This thesis presents the design and characterization of a high-spatial-resolution direct-conversion X-ray imager built using complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology integrated with an amorphous-selenium ... -
High-Speed Analog-to-Digital Converters for Broadband Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-15)Flash Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs), targeting optical communication standards, have been reported in SiGe BiCMOS technology. CMOS implementation of such designs faces two challenges. The first is to achieve a ... -
High-Speed Clocking Deskewing Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-10)As the CMOS technology continues to scale into the deep sub-micron regime, the demand for higher frequencies and higher levels of integration poses a significant challenge for the clock generation and distribution design ... -
High-Speed Elliptic Curve and Pairing-Based Cryptography
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-25)Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), independently proposed by Miller [Mil86] and Koblitz [Kob87] in mid 80’s, is finding momentum to consolidate its status as the public-key system of choice in a wide range of applications ... -
High-Volume-Rate Ultrasound for Quantitative Assessments of Vascular Function
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-12)Free flap surgery is a common reconstructive technique to repair tissue damage after trauma or cancer removal. This complex procedure involves the transfer of tissue, along with its associated blood supply, from one ... -
Highly Efficient Planar Antenna System Based on the Planar Waveguide Technology for Low Cost Millimeter-Wave Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2011-11-11)This thesis investigates the integration of planar antennas, such as Dielectric Resonator Antennas (DRAs) to the planar waveguide structure, specifically the Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) for high radiation efficiency ... -
Highly Scalable and Secure Mobile Applications in Cloud Computing Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-25)Cloud computing provides scalable processing and storage resources that are hosted on a third-party provider to permit clients to economically meet real-time service demands. The confidentiality of client data outsourced ... -
Hillock-free and atomically smooth InSb QWs grown on GaAs substrates by MBE
(Elsevier, 2019-05-01)Comprehensive studies on the surface morphological evolution of AlInSb metamorphic buffers and InSb QWs grown on top were conducted as a function of the GaAs (0 0 1) substrate offcut angles. We confirmed our earlier ... -
Histopathology Image Analysis and NLP for Digital Pathology
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)Information technologies based on ML with quantitative imaging and texts are playing an essential role, particularly in general medicine and oncology. DL in particular has demonstrated significant breakthroughs in Computer ... -
Hit and Bandwidth Optimal Caching for Wireless Data Access Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-10)For many data access applications, the availability of the most updated information is a fundamental and rigid requirement. In spite of many technological improvements, in wireless networks, wireless channels (or bandwidth) ... -
A HoloLens Framework for Augmented Reality Applications in Breast Cancer Surgery
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-01)This project aims to support oncologic breast-conserving surgery by creating a platform for better surgical planning through the development of a framework that is capable of displaying a virtual model of the tumour(s) ... -
HopliteBuf FPGA Network-on-Chip: Architecture and Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-22)We can prove occupancy bounds of stall-free FIFOs used in deflection-free, low-cost, and high-speed FPGA overlay Network-on-chips (NoCs). In our work, we build on top of the HopliteRT livelock-free overlay NoC with an ... -
HopliteRT Source Queuing Bound Correction
(2020)We present a correction to the analytical source queuing bound for HopliteRT [1], [2], which addresses the counter-example put forward in Section IV-D of [3] by taking the effect of the in-flight jitter suffered by data ...