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High Optical Throughput and Low-Cost Spectral Sensing Using Photonic Structures
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-27)Spectral sensing is an accurate means of probing the environment in a non-invasive manner. One of the most common instruments to acquire spectral data is a spectrometer. Spectrometers continue to improve in throughput ... -
A High Performance DDR4 Memory Controller on FPGA
(University of Waterloo, 2024-02-22)We introduce a high-performance DDR4 SDRAM memory controller synthesizable design for AMD/Xilinx's FPGA devices. Due to limitations in operating frequency, the design on FPGA presents additional challenges compared to ASIC: ... -
High Performance Digital Circuit Techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2009-11-06)Achieving high performance is one of the most difficult challenges in designing digital circuits. Flip-flops and adders are key blocks in most digital systems and must therefore be designed to yield highest performance. ... -
High Performance Elliptic Curve Cryptographic Co-processor
(University of Waterloo, 2003)In FIPS 186-2, NIST recommends several finite fields to be used in the elliptic curve digital signature algorithm (ECDSA). Of the ten recommended finite fields, five are binary extension fields with degrees ranging ... -
High Performance Integrated Beam-Steering Techniques for Millimeter-Wave Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-13)Recently, the research and development of low cost and highly efficient millimeter-wave (mmWave) systems with beam-steering capabilities have significantly advanced to address the ever-increasing demand for future wireless ... -
High Performance WLAN Using Smart Antenna
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-25)The need for higher data rates in WLANs boosts drastically because tremendous consumer interest in emerging multimedia applications, such as HDTV, has been increased. Currently, the IEEE 802.11a/b/g WLANs provide a limited ... -
High Performance, Low Cost Lateral Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Photodetector for Large Area Indirect X-Ray Imaging
(University of Waterloo, 2013-10-28)The most promising technology for radiography is active matrix flat panel imaging systems (AMFPI). However, AMFPI systems are relatively expensive in comparison with conventional computed radiography (CR) systems. Therefore ... -
High Power Analysis of Filters and Diplexers
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-11)The ever-increasing popularity and usage of communication devices has resulted in power density becoming more demanding due to crowding of frequency spectrums and narrowing of bandwidths. Consequently, the power-handling ... -
High Q Tunable Filters
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-28)Microwave tunable filters are key components in radar, satellite, wireless, and various dynamic communication systems. Compared to a traditional filter, a tunable filter is able to dynamically pass the required signal and ... -
High Resolution/Wideband on-Chip Phase-Shifting
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-17)A new active LO phase shifter was introduced and implemented in a 2x2 wide band MIMO receiver. The chip was designed with STMicroelectronics 90nm technology. The main advantages of the proposed phase shifter over previous ... -
High Voltage Grounding Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2011-02-10)Minimization of Construction Costs of Substation Grounding Grids: In every electrical installation, one of the most important aspects is adequate grounding; in particular, the grounding of high-voltage substations to protect ... -
High-Efficiency Millimeter-Wave Front-Ends for Large Phased-Array Transmitters
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-26)The ever-increasing demand for wireless broadband connectivity requires infrastructure capable of supporting data transfer rates at multi-Gbps. To accommodate such heavy traffic, the channel capacity for the given spectrum ... -
High-Frame-Rate Ultrasound Imaging Innovations for Complex Flow Quantification
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-07)Vascular pathology such as atherosclerosis or arterial stiffening involves significant disruption in the blood flow dynamics found in the vasculature, with complex behavior such as jets and swirling typically seen in ... -
High-level Information Fusion for Constrained SMC Methods and Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-22)Information Fusion is a field that studies processes utilizing data from various input sources, and techniques exploiting this data to produce estimates and knowledge about objects and situations. On the other hand, human ... -
High-Performance Piezoelectric Nanogenerators Based on Hybrid Perovskite Nanomaterials for Energy-Harvesting
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-21)With the increasing drive to create self-powering nano/micro-electromechanical systems (NEMS/MEMS), maximizing the output performance of piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs) is essential. Organic-inorganic halide perovskites ... -
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 ...