Electronics: circuits and components

Graphene is presented and analyzed as a replacement for silicon.

This book describes the design of fully digital multistandard transmitter front-ends which can directly drive one or more switching power amplifiers, thus eliminating all other analog components.

This book presents a novel approach to the analysis and design of all-digital phase-locked loops (ADPLLs), technology widely used in wireless communication devices.

This book addresses key aspects of analog integrated circuits and systems design related to system level electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection.

This book is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students as well as practicing engineers who are involved in design and analysis of radio frequency (RF) circuits.

The book brings together the following issues:Theory of deterministic, random and discrete signals reproducible in oscillatory systems of generators;Generation of periodic signals with a specified spectrum, harmonic distortion factor and random signals with specified probability density function and spectral density;Synthesis of oscillatory system structures;Analysis of oscillatory systems with non-linear elements and oscillation amplitude stabilization systems;It considers the conditions and criteria of steady-state modes in signal generators on active four-pole elements with unidirectional and bidirectional transmission of signals and on two-pole elements; analogues of Barkhausen criteria;Optimization of oscillatory system structures by harmonic distortion level, minimization of a frequency error and set-up time of the steady state mode;Theory of construction of random signal generators;Construction of discrete and digital signal generators;Practical design of main units of generators;Practical block diagrams of both analog and digital signal generators.

This book is an accessible guide to adaptive signal processing methods that equips the reader with advanced theoretical and practical tools for the study and development of circuit structures and provides robust algorithms relevant to a wide variety of application scenarios.

Optimal Design of Distributed Control and Embedded Systems focuses on the design of special control and scheduling algorithms based on system structural properties as well as on analysis of the influence of induced time-delay on systems performances.

Using memristors one can achieve circuit functionalities that are not possible to establish with resistors, capacitors and inductors, therefore the memristor is of great pragmatic usefulness.

The methodology described in this book is the result of many years of research experience in the field of synthesizable VHDL design targeting FPGA based platforms.

The work in this thesis proposes the innovative use of modern technologies and mathematical techniques to analyse and control future power systems.

This book provides an overview of recent advances in memory interface design at both the architecture and circuit levels.

This book describes innovative techniques to address the testing needs of 3D stacked integrated circuits (ICs) that utilize through-silicon-vias (TSVs) as vertical interconnects.

This book describes various methods to enhance the directivity of planar antennas, enabling the next generation of high frequency, wireless communication.

This book applies to the scientific area of electronic design automation (EDA) and addresses the automatic sizing of analog integrated circuits (ICs).

This book provides a unified treatment of Flip-Flop design and selection in nanometer CMOS VLSI systems.

As part of the effort to increase the contribution of solar cells (photovoltaics) to our energy mix, this book addresses three main areas: making existing technology cheaper, promoting advanced technologies based on new architectural designs, and developing new materials to serve as light absorbers.

Today's semiconductor memory market is divided between two types of memory: DRAM and Flash.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to integrated optical waveguides for information technology and data communications.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art, data flow-based techniques for the analysis, modeling and mapping technologies of concurrent applications on multi-processors.

Electroacoustic transducers (EAT) are devices, which transform electric energy to energy of acoustic fluctuations.

Aimed at electronics industry professionals, this 4th edition of the Boundary Scan Handbook describes recent changes to the IEEE1149.

This book provides analysis and discusses the design of various MOSFET technologies which are used for the design of Double-Pole Four-Throw (DP4T) RF switches for next generation communication systems.

This book discusses the trade-offs involved in designing direct RF digitization receivers for the radio frequency and digital signal processing domains.

This book describes how engineers can make optimum use of the two industry standard analysis/design tools, SystemC and SystemC-AMS.

This book describes analytical models and estimation methods to enhance performance estimation of pipelined multiprocessor systems-on-chip (MPSoCs).

This book is based on the 18 tutorials presented during the 22nd workshop on Advances in Analog Circuit Design.

This book is dedicated to the analysis and design of analog CMOS nonlinear function synthesizer structures, based on original superior-order approximation functions.

This book describes techniques to verify the authenticity of integrated circuits (ICs).

This book brings together a selection of the best papers from the fifteenth edition of the Forum on specification and Design Languages Conference (FDL), which was held in September 2012 at Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.

This book contains a selection of papers presented at the 17th AISEM ("e;Associazione Italiana Sensori e Microsistemi"e;) National Conference on Sensors and Microsystems, held in Brescia, 5-7 February, 2013.

This book equips readers with tools for computer architecture of high performance, low power, and high reliability memory hierarchy in computer systems based on emerging memory technologies, such as STTRAM, PCM, FBDRAM, etc.

This book provides embedded software developers with techniques for programming heterogeneous Multi-Processor Systems-on-Chip (MPSoCs), capable of executing multiple applications simultaneously.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of modern networks design, from specifications and modeling to implementations and test procedures, including the design and implementation of modern networks on chip, in both wireless and mobile applications.

This book enables circuit designers to reduce the errors introduced by the fundamental limitations (noise, bandwith, and signal power) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) in negative-feedback amplifiers.

This book offers fascinating insights into the key technical and scientific developments in the history of radar, from the first patent, taken out by Hulsmeyer in 1904, through to the present day.

This book first provides a comprehensive coverage of state-of-the-art validation solutions based on real-time signal tracing to guarantee the correctness of VLSI circuits.

The book summarizes and compares recent advancements in the development of novel lateral power transistors (LDMOS devices) for integrated circuits in power electronic applications.

The road vehicle of the future will embrace innovations from three major automotive technology fields: driver assistance systems, vehicle networking and alternative propulsion.

Tin (Sn) whiskers are electrically conductive, single crystal eruptions that grow from Sn film surfaces.

This volume examines the advances of invasive monitoring by means of biosensors and microdialysis.

Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) are expected to promote new applications for the ambulatory health monitoring of chronic patients and elderly population, aiming to improve their quality of life and independence.

Introduction to Thin Film Transistors reviews the operation, application and technology of the main classes of thin film transistor (TFT) of current interest for large area electronics.

This book explains and demonstrates with an exhaustive set of design examples, how common types of radio frequency(RF) amplifiers (classes A, B, AB, C, D, E, F, G and H) can be designed, and then have their performance characteristics evaluated and optimized with SPICE.

This book introduces the origin of biomedical signals and the operating principles behind them and introduces the characteristics of common biomedical signals for subsequent signal measurement and judgment.

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Maschinen werden immer selbständiger, autonomer, intelligenter.

This SpringerBrief presents novel methods of approaching challenging problems in the reconstruction of accurate 3D models and serves as an introduction for further 3D reconstruction methods.