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Effect of Layer Transfer and Plasma Etching on The Behavior of Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Field-Effect Transistor Arrays
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-30)The application of two-dimensional (2D) layered transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) for high-performance large-area memory applications requires establishing long-term electrical stability through an understanding of ... -
Effective Privacy-Preserving Mechanisms for Vehicle-to-Everything Services
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-28)Owing to the advancement of wireless communication technologies, drivers can rely on smart connected vehicles to communicate with each other, roadside units, pedestrians, and remote service providers to enjoy a large amount ... -
Effects of Corona Discharges on Silicone Rubber Samples under Severe Environmental Conditions
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-13)Silicone rubber (SiR) material has been utilized as a replacement to ceramic insulators. The impetus for increasing SiR applications in outdoor insulators is its unique hydrophobicity. However, SiR insulators are subjected ... -
Effects of Distorted Voltages on the Performance of Renewable Energy Plant Transformers
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-12)The significant global growth in renewable energy production has led to increasing concerns about the problems associated with electrical equipment in power plants connected with this type of energy. The crucial electrical ... -
Effects of Power System Harmonics on Distribution Transformer Insulation Performance
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-28)Floating feeder resonances are one of the new challenges being put forward by the renewable energy based distributed generation (DG) installations. Generally, the harmonic injection from DGs are within IEEE standard ... -
Effects of Using Examples on Structural Model Comprehension: A Controlled Experiment
(University of Waterloo, 2013-12-03)We present a controlled experiment for the empirical evaluation of Example-Driven Modeling (EDM), an approach that systematically uses examples for model comprehension and domain knowledge transfer. We conducted the ... -
The Efficacy of Source Rate Control in Achieving Fairness in Wireless Mesh Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-18)The use of 802.11-based wireless mesh networks (WMNs) as an alternative network backbone technology is growing rapidly. The primary advantages of this approach are ease of deployment and lower cost. However, such networks ... -
Efficiency and Linearity Improvement of Sub-6GHz Digital Beam-forming Transmitters
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-16)The fifth generation (5G) cellular network promises to bring higher data capacity, faster transmission speed, and lower latency. 5G employs massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) architecture which enables many ... -
Efficiency Improvement for III-V Nitride Micro Light-Emitting Diodes
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-10)As a solid-state lighting source with high luminance and long life-time, the gallium nitride/ indium gallium nitride (GaN/InGaN) light-emitting diode (LED) is considered as a promising technology for many applications, ... -
Efficient Analysis for Nonlinear Effects and Power Handling Capability in High Power HTSC Thin Film Microwave Circuits
(University of Waterloo, 2000)In this study two nonlinear analysis methods are proposed for investigation of nonlinear effects of high temperature superconductive(HTSC) thin film planar microwave circuits. The MoM-HB combination method is based on ... -
Efficient Authentication, Node Clone Detection, and Secure Data Aggregation for Sensor Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-20)Sensor networks are innovative wireless networks consisting of a large number of low-cost, resource-constrained sensor nodes that collect, process, and transmit data in a distributed and collaborative way. There are numerous ... -
An Efficient Computation of Convex Closure on Abstract Events
(University of Waterloo, 2005)The behaviour of distributed applications can be modeled as the occurrence of events and how these events relate to each other. Event data collected according to this event model can be visualized using process-time ... -
Efficient Cryptographic Algorithms and Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-14)As the next evolutionary step in digital communication systems, mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) and their specialization like wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been attracting much interest in both research and industry ... -
Efficient Lattice Decoders for the Linear Gaussian Vector Channel: Performance & Complexity Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-26)The theory of lattices --- a mathematical approach for representing infinite discrete points in Euclidean space, has become a powerful tool to analyze many point-to-point digital and wireless communication systems, ... -
Efficient Method for Geometry Independent Multipactor Modelling
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-20)As modern satellite communication systems move toward multi-carrier high power communications, there is an increased need for high-power RF devices in the space industry. However, at high-power some RF devices have exhibited ... -
An Efficient Motion Estimation Method for H.264-Based Video Transcoding with Arbitrary Spatial Resolution Conversion
(University of Waterloo, 2007-07-19)As wireless and wired network connectivity is rapidly expanding and the number of network users is steadily increasing, it has become more and more important to support universal access of multimedia content over the ... -
Efficient Packet-Drop Thwarting and User-Privacy Preserving Protocols for Multi-hop Wireless Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-02)In multi-hop wireless network (MWN), the mobile nodes relay others’ packets for enabling new applications and enhancing the network deployment and performance. However, the selfish nodes drop the packets because packet ... -
An efficient scheduling for diverse QoS requirements in WiMAX
(University of Waterloo, 2007-02-22)WiMAX is one of the most important broadband wireless technologies and is anticipated to be a viable alternative to traditional wired broadband techniques due to its cost efficiency. Being an emerging technology, WiMAX ... -
An Effort Prediction Framework for Software Defect Correction
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-29)Developers apply changes and updates to software systems to adapt to emerging environments and address new requirements. In turn, these changes introduce additional software defects, usually caused by our inability to ... -
Electrical Design for Manufacturability Solutions: Fast Systematic Variation Analysis and Design Enhancement Techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-12)The primary objectives in this research are to develop computer-aided design (CAD) tools for Design for Manufacturability (DFM) solutions that enable designers to conduct more rapid and more accurate systematic variation ...