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Electrically Small Particles for Energy Harvesting in the Infrared and Microwave Regimes
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-25)Harnessing energy from clean and sustainable resources is of crucial importance to our planet. Several attempts through different technologies have been pursued to achieve efficient and sustainable energy production systems. ... -
Electrically Small Probe for Near-field Detection Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-31)The microwave near-field detection technique is of interest to many researchers for characterizing materials because of its high sensitivity. It is based on sensing buried objects by producing an evanescent field.The ... -
Electrically thin lenses and reflectors
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-16)In physics, specially in optics, ray models are commonly used to simplify problems and further design devices for a diverse variety of applications. This diversity runs from mass-oriented products, such as cameras, to more ... -
Electricity Market Participation and Investment Planning Frameworks for Energy Storage Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-31)The recent trend of increasing share of renewable energy sources (RES) in the generation mix has necessitated new operational and planning studies because of the high degree of uncertainty and variability of these sources. ... -
Electro-optic rotating half-waveplate for a quantum dot fine-structure eraser
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-28)Quantum dots are a promising source of entangled photon pairs. Recent advances have shown nearly dephasing-free entanglement from quantum dots embedded in semiconductor nanowires. An outstanding challenge with these ... -
Electrochemical Growth and Characterization of ZnO Nanowires
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-15)ZnO semiconductor materials, especially nanostructured materials, have potential applications in large-area electronics, photonics and optoelectronics due to their unique electrical and optical properties. ZnO nanowires ... -
Electromagnetic Dimensionality of Deterministic Multi-Polarization MIMO Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2007-12-05)Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems are viewed as the last available supply for the ever-growing demand on higher data rates in modern wireless communication systems. Smart exploitation of the traditional wireless ... -
Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-28)The advent of rectenna systems has opened the door for many applications, with the main goal of harvesting electromagnetic waves. Many designs have been presented to provide a high conversion efficiency. Some works have ... -
Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting Surfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-11)The concept of wireless power transfer (WPT) was successfully demonstrated in the early years of the 20th century. One promising application of using the WPT concept is the WPT transmission utilizing a large array of solar ... -
Electromagnetic Energy Transduction Using Metamaterials and Antennas
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-29)The advent of rectenna systems almost half a century ago has enabled numerous applications in a number of areas, with the main goal of recycling the ambient microwave energy. In previously presented rectennas, microstrip ... -
Electromagnetic Fault Injection On Two Microcontrollers: Methodology, Fault Model, Attack and Countermeasures
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-14)Cryptographic algorithms are being applied to various kinds of embedded devices such as credit card, smart phone, etc. Those cryptographic algorithms are designed to be resistant to mathematical analysis, however, passive ... -
Electromagnetic Wave Transmission through Sub-wavelength Channels and Bends Using Metallic Wires
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-31)Techniques and technologies to transfer electromagnetic energy through sub-wavelength channels have been researched extensively in the past few years because their application in different areas such as sub-wavelength ... -
Electromagnetic-Theoretic Analysis and Design of MIMO Antenna Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2011-12-20)Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems are a pivotal solution for the significant enhancement of the band-limited wireless channels’ communication capacity. MIMO system is essentially a wireless system with multiple ... -
Electronic and Optical Properties of Silicon Nanowires: Theory and Modeling
(University of Waterloo, 2012-10-03)Narrow silicon nanowires host a rich set of physical phenomena. Understanding these phenomena will open new opportunities for applications of silicon nanowires in optoelectronic devices and adds more functionality to silicon ... -
Electronically Tunable Filters
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-17)Microwave filters are essential building blocks in communications systems. As the communications industry evolves, smaller and more flexible filters with a high quality factor (high-Q) are in great demand. The deployment ... -
Electrostatic discharge protection circuit for high-speed mixed-signal circuits
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-10)ESD, the discharge of electrostatically generated charges into an IC, is one of the most important reliability problems for ultra-scaled devices. This electrostatic charge can generate voltages of up to tens of kilovolts. ... -
Electrostatic Discharge Protection Devices for CMOS I/O Ports
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)In modern integrated circuits, electrostatic discharge (ESD) is a major problem that influences the reliability of operation, yield and cost of fabrication. ESD discharge events can generate static voltages beyond a few ... -
Embedded Systems Security: On EM Fault Injection on RISC-V and BR/TBR PUF Design on FPGA
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-06)With the increased usage of embedded computers in modern life and the rapid growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), embedded systems security has become a real concern. Especially with safety-critical systems or devices ... -
Emerging semiconductor nanostructure materials for single-photon avalanche diodes
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-02)Detecting of light at the single photon level has a far-reaching impact that enables a broad range of applications. In sensing, advances in single-photon detection enable low light applications such as night-time operation, ... -
An Empirical Investigation to Understand the Difficulties and Challenges of Software Modellers When Using Modelling Tools
(ACM, 2018-10)Software modelling is a challenging and error-prone task. Existing Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) tools provide modellers with little aid, partly because tool providers have not investigated users' difficulties through ...