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Deployment and Debugging of Real-Time Applications on Multicore Architectures
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-29)It is essential to enable information extraction from software. Program tracing techniques are an example of information extraction. Program tracing extracts information from the program during execution. Tracing helps ... -
DER Utilization for Voltage-Sag Mitigation by Applying Different Network Partitioning Techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-18)Power quality (PQ) has been gaining increased attention in relation to Active Distribution Systems (ADSs), especially with regard to voltage-related PQ problems (i.e., voltage variation events). Voltage variation events, ... -
Derivative Compressive Sampling with Application to Inverse Problems and Imaging
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-30)In many practical problems in applied sciences, the features of most interest cannot be observed directly, but have to be inferred from other, observable quantities. In particular, many important data acquisition devices ... -
Design and Analysis of a Novel Split and Aggregated Transmission Control Protocol for Smart Metering Infrastructure
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-23)Utility companies (electricity, gas, and water suppliers), governments, and researchers recognize an urgent need to deploy communication-based systems to automate data collection from smart meters and sensors, known as ... -
Design and Analysis of an Adjacent Multi-bit Error Correcting Code for Nanoscale SRAMs
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-02)Increasing static random access memory (SRAM) bitcell density is a major driving force for semiconductor technology scaling. The industry standard 2x reduction in SRAM bitcell area per technology node has lead to a ... -
Design and Analysis of Beamforming in mmWave Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-09)To support increasing data-intensive wireless applications, millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication emerges as the most promising wireless technology that offers high data rate connections by exploiting a large swath of ... -
Design and Analysis of Cryptographic Pseudorandom Number/Sequence Generators with Applications in RFID
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-22)This thesis is concerned with the design and analysis of strong de Bruijn sequences and span n sequences, and nonlinear feedback shift register (NLFSR) based pseudorandom number generators for radio frequency identification ... -
Design and Analysis of Green Mission-Critical Fiber-Wireless Broadband Access Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-19)In recent years, the ever-increasing environmental friendliness concern has made energy efficiency in telecom networks as an important theme in their operations. Meanwhile, mission-critical (MC) services and systems (such ... -
Design and Analysis of Intelligent Fuzzy Tension Controllers for Rolling Mills
(University of Waterloo, 2002)This thesis presents a fuzzy logic controller aimed at maintaining constant tension between two adjacent stands in tandem rolling mills. The fuzzy tension controller monitors tension variation by resorting to electric ... -
Design and Analysis of Low-power SRAMs
(University of Waterloo, 2006)The explosive growth of battery operated devices has made low-power design a priority in recent years. Moreover, embedded SRAM units have become an important block in modern SoCs. The increasing number of transistor ... -
Design and Analysis of Medium Access Control Protocols for Broadband Wireless Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2009-12-22)The next-generation wireless networks are expected to integrate diverse network architectures and various wireless access technologies to provide a robust solution for ubiquitous broadband wireless access, such as wireless ... -
Design and Analysis of Metastable-Hardened, High-Performance, Low-Power Flip-Flops
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-17)With rapid technology scaling, flip-flops are becoming more susceptible to metastability due to tighter timing budgets and the more prominent effects of process, temperature, and voltage variation that can result in frequent ... -
Design and Analysis of Security Schemes for Low-cost RFID Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-23)With the remarkable progress in microelectronics and low-power semiconductor technologies, Radio Frequency IDentification technology (RFID) has moved from obscurity into mainstream applications, which essentially provides ... -
Design and applications of single-photon devices based on waveguides coupled to quantum emitters
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-28)Engineering photon-photon interactions is fundamentally challenging because photons in vacuum do not interact with each other. While their interactions can be mediated using optical nonlinearities, these effects are ... -
Design and Characterization of an 8x8 Lateral Detector Array for Digital X-Ray Imaging
(University of Waterloo, 2011-02-01)X-ray imaging has become one of the most pervasive and effective means of diagnosis in medical clinics today. As more imaging systems transition to digital modes of capture and storage, new applications of x-ray imaging, ... -
Design and Characterization of Silicon-on-Insulator Passive Polarization Converter with Finite-Element Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2005)As optical fiber systems evolve to higher data rates, the importance of polarization control and manipulation steadily increases. Polarization manipulating devices, such as polarization splitters and converters, can be ... -
Design and Cryptanalysis of Lightweight Symmetric Key Primitives
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-23)The need for lightweight cryptographic primitives to replace the traditional standardized primitives such as AES, SHA-2 and SHA-3, which are unrealistic in constrained environments, has been anticipated by the cryptographic ... -
Design and Development of a Power Modulator for Insulation Testing
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Variable speed drives allow for more precise speed control of induction motors, are of high power factor, and offer fast response characteristics, compared to older technologies, such as motor-generator sets and eddy current ... -
Design and Development of a Self-contained and Non-Invasive Integrated System for Electricity Monitoring Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-30)Growing interest in improving the energy consumption efficiency in residential and commercial buildings has led to the emergence of intelligent energy management systems. This growing technology allows the transformation ... -
Design and Development of IGBT-Based Pulse Voltage Generator for Insulation Testing
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-21)With the desire for energy conservation and lower costs, the application of pulse-width modulated (PWM) voltage source converter (VSC) drives has grown at an exponential rate. However, due to their high switching frequency ...