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Zhang, Chenyan (author)Modern communication systems have a strong need for low-cost and high-stability frequency references. Although low-cost crystal oscillators can easily be realized and are available to the market in large quantities, crystal oscillators with frequency stability in the ppb(10^{-9}) range over a wide temperature range are only available at high...master thesis 2022
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Lasisi, S.O. (author), Benson, T.M. (author), Greenaway, M.T. (author), Gradoni, G. (author), Cools, K. (author)We demonstrate how the coupling of a full-wave time-domain boundary element method (BEM) solver with a circuit solver can be used to model 1) the generation of high frequency oscillations in resonant tunneling diode (RTD) oscillators, and 2) the mutual coupling and synchronization of non-identical RTDs with significant differences in frequencies...journal article 2022
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Bunk, Yannick (author)The development of a high-fidelity fluid-structure interaction tool for the simulation of aircraft flight dynamics in the subsonic flow regime is presented. The tool combines a high-fidelity large-eddy simulation code with an immersed boundary method, a multibody solver and a loose coupling scheme between fluid and solid. The development of the...master thesis 2022
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Gürleyük, C. (author), Pan, S. (author), Makinwa, K.A.A. (author)This article presents a 16-MHz RC frequency reference implemented in a standard 180-nm CMOS process. It consists of a frequency-locked loop (FLL) in which the output frequency of a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) is locked to the frequency-phase characteristic of a Wien bridge RC filter. Since it is made from on-chip resistors and...journal article 2022
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Kim, Kwantae (author), Gao, C. (author), Graca, Rui (author), Kiselev, Ilya (author), Yoo, Hoi Jun (author), Delbruck, Tobi (author), Liu, Shih Chii (author)This article presents the first keyword spotting (KWS) IC that uses a ring-oscillator-based time-domain processing technique for its analog feature extractor (FEx). Its extensive usage of time-encoding schemes allows the analog audio signal to be processed in a fully time-domain manner except for the voltage-to-time conversion stage of the...journal article 2022
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Loram, Ian (author), Gollee, Henrik (author), van de Kamp, C. (author), Gawthrop, Peter (author)Objective: To explain the 0.2-2Hz oscillation in human balance. Motivation: Oscillation (0.2-2 Hz) in the control signal (ankle moment) is sustained independently of external disturbances and exaggerated in Parkinson's disease. Does resonance or limit cycles in the neurophysiological feedback loop cause this oscillation? We investigate two...journal article 2022
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Wang, Zhongkai (author), Choi, Minsoo (author), Wright, John (author), Lee, Kyoungtae (author), Liu, Zhaokai (author), Yin, Bozhi (author), Han, Jaeduk (author), Du, S. (author), Alon, Elad (author)We present a ring-oscillator-based sub-sampling phase-locked loop (PLL) using a generator-based design flow. A hybrid loop with a delta-sigma ($\Delta \Sigma$) modulator is applied to reduce the loop filter (LF) area and the control ripple. The generator automatically produces the ring oscillator and PLL to meet the provided specifications. The...conference paper 2022
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Barzgari, Mohammad (author), Ghafari, A. (author), Meghdadi, Masoud (author), Medi, Ali (author)This article presents the theory and implementation of a quadrature and differential RF front-end receiver. Combining balun, low-noise amplifier (LNA), mixer, and oscillator in a single stage, the proposed circuit, named the Blixator, is well suited for low-power applications. The baseband's transimpedance amplifier (TIA) also shares part of...journal article 2022
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van den Berg, S.C. (author), Scharff, R.B.N. (author), Rusak, Z. (author), Wu, J. (author)We present OpenFish: an open source soft robotic fish which is optimized for speed and efficiency. The soft robotic fish uses a combination of an active and passive tail segment to accurately mimic the thunniform swimming mode. Through the implementation of a novel propulsion system that is capable of achieving higher oscillation frequencies...journal article 2022
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Chen, Y. (author), Gong, J. (author), Staszewski, R.B. (author), Babaie, M. (author)In this article, we present a 4.5-5.1-GHz fractional-N digitally intensive phase-locked loop (DPLL) capable of maintaining its performance in face of a large supply ripple, thus enabling a direct connection to a switched-mode dc-dc converter. Supply pushing of its inductor-capacitor (LC) oscillator is suppressed by properly replicating the...journal article 2022
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Gong, J. (author), Charbon-Iwasaki-Charbon, E. (author), Sebastiano, F. (author), Babaie, M. (author)This article presents a low-jitter and low-spur charge-sampling phase-locked loop (CSPLL). A charge-domain sub-sampling phase detector is introduced to achieve a high phase-detection gain and to reduce the PLL in-band phase noise. Even without employing any power-hungry isolation buffers, the proposed phase detector dramatically suppresses...journal article 2022
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Tidal dissipation from free drift sea ice in the Barents Sea assessed using GNSS beacon observationsVasulkar, A.N. (author), Verlaan, M. (author), Slobbe, D.C. (author), Kaleschke, Lars (author)One of the major challenges facing global hydrodynamic tidal models is the modelling of the interaction between sea ice and tides in high-latitude waters. Recent studies have shown strong seasonal correlation between sea ice and tides. Hence, it is important to accurately model the effect of sea ice in a tidal model. Presence of sea ice leads...journal article 2022
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Ramesh Reddy, L. (author), Milano, Daniel (author), Walker, John (author), Viré, A.C. (author)The hydrodynamic characteristics are crucial for accurately analysing floating offshore wind systems. In this paper, the added mass and damping coefficients of a semisubmersible floater are examined around the natural periods of the surge, heave, and pitch motion, using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The OpenFOAM CFD setup is validated...journal article 2022
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Hehner, Marc T. (author), Gatti, Davide (author), Kotsonis, M. (author), Kriegseis, Jochen (author)Two different plasma actuation strategies for producing near-wall flow oscillations, namely the burst-modulation and beat-frequency mode, are characterized with planar particle image velocimetry in quiescent air. Both concepts are anticipated to work as non-mechanical surrogates of oscillating walls aimed at turbulent flow drag reduction,...journal article 2022
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Bian, Jianjun (author), Nicola, L. (author)The oscillation of a graphene flake on a substrate with undulated surface is investigated by classical molecular dynamics simulation. The gradient in amplitude of the undulation is found to provide the driving force for the motion of the graphene flake, which slides on top of a graphene layer that well conforms to the substrate. The...journal article 2022
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Gong, J. (author), Chen, Y. (author), Charbon-Iwasaki-Charbon, E. (author), Sebastiano, F. (author), Babaie, M. (author)This article presents a 4-to-5GHz LC oscillator operating at 4.2K for quantum computing applications. The phase noise (PN) specification of the oscillator is derived based on the control fidelity for a single-qubit operation. To reveal the substantial gap between the theoretical predictions and measurement results at cryogenic temperatures, a...journal article 2022
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Patra, B (author)Quantum computers can provide exponential speedup in solving certain computational problems pertaining to drug discovery, cybersecurity, weather forecasting, etc. Although a quantum computer with just 50-qubits has been shown to surpass the computing power of the best supercomputers in specific applications, millions of qubits would be required...doctoral thesis 2021
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Verzijl, Hubald (author)<i>Neuropathic pain</i> (NP) affects approximately seven to ten percent of the general population. Seventeen percent of NP patients scored their life as “worse than death”. A myriad of causes may underlie NP, such as stroke or spinal cord injury. Also, damage or disease of the <i>peripheral nervous system</i> (PNS) may result in NP. One of the...master thesis 2021
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Overdevest, Joram (author)This thesis contains two contributions to the stabilization of visually guided robotic lampreys: the head stabilization method and the head-led target tracking design. Both approach the problem that camera inputs, attached to the head segment, are disturbed due to the participation of the head in the locomotion gait of the robot. Head...master thesis 2021
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Zwaneveld, Gabriëlle (author)Tijdens dit project wordt in de Rudin-Keisler (partiële) ordening een ruit van ultrafilters geconstrueerd. Tijdens deze constructie wordt gebruik gemaakt van een speciaal soort onafhankelijke familie. Het zijn namelijk de inverse beelden van de congruentieklassen 1 mod 2 en 0 mod 2 onder functies, die allemaal uit dezelfde oneindige familie van...bachelor thesis 2021