This Project presents an easily testable design for Programmable Logic Arrays (PLAs). The design is made in such a way to make the PLAs fully testable. This is achieved by adding extra logic. The extra logic added consists of one shift register, two o . . .

It is sometimes difficult to purchase an IC to perform the exact function one desires. Generic motor controller parts are usually available, but they contain many useless functions and lack others for specific applications. This project covers the des . . .

The research described in this report is the application of numerical and parameter identification techniques to the pressure and flow data from a group of maximal expiratory flow tests to estimate the mechanical properties of the lungs (pleural press . . .

VHDL is a hardware description language that can be used to model a digital system. It contains elements that can be used to describe the behavior or structure of the digital system, with the provision for specifying its timing explicitly. A top down . . .

This project examines a practical method for the compression of images using the discrete cosine transform (DCT). The basics of image compression are examined, including a general description of transform coding. The DCT is analyzed from two different . . .

An X-band design using NE4210S01 's scattering parameters, the input and output matching networks were designed to create four Maximum Gain Amplifiers which are combined with four 90 Degree hybrid couplers, designed using Microstrip Line Technology, t . . .

This project is considered as a portion of the XCoNet (Xilinx Chip on the Net). The main goal of XCoNet project is to connect Xilinx FPGAs to the Internet directly so that the chip can be re-configured and upgraded by receiving the configuration bitst . . .

The aim of the project is to study state of the a1t in the design, development and applications of RF MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) devices, with primary emphases on RF MEMS switches, in the context of its imminent insertion and deployment i . . .

The Project is to investigate the current techniques for fingerprint recognition. This target can be mainly decomposed into image preprocessing, feature extraction and feature match. For each sub-task, some classical and up-to-date methods in literatu . . .

This report focuses on issues affecting the performance of Numerical Algorithms on general-purpose processors (Pentium 4, Athlon) and the Centered DFT/IDFT method developed by Dr. John W. Adams of California State University, Northridge. The foundatio . . .

In the power amplification area, there are various classes of power amplifiers with different efficiencies. The Class D (switch-mode) amplifier is getting more popular because of its high efficiency. This project is a comparative study of class D ampl . . .

FPGA (field programmable Gate Array) has played increasingly important roles in the military and aerospace applications today since its dramatic improvement over speed and density. Xilinx, a world leader in FPGA and programmable devices, offers a vast . . .

The primary purpose of this project is to see how the following software tools solve a non-linear control problem; � Matlabs Fuzzy Logic Toolbox � Design Rule Verification Software � FuzzyTECH Design Tool � National Instruments Lab VIEW - Fuzzy Tool F . . .

This project introduces a speech synthesis system that is to vocalize entries (words) from a laptop computer. The system has a limited yet expandable vocabulary of 256 words that can be entered via a standard computer keyboard in the same manner that . . .

This work presents an algorithm for finding a minimal amount of added logic to make Programmable Logic Arrays (PLAs) fully testable. The design-for-testability method is based on the work presented in Saluja-Kinoshita-Fujiwara, 83 [l]o Nevertheless, t . . .

It has been reported by Alcoa that alloy 7055-T7751 is 25% stronger than alloy 7075-T6 and that corrosion resistance of alloy 7055-T7751 is between that of alloys 7150-T6 and 7150-T77. Mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of these alloys wer . . .

This project is aimed at analyzing the fading effects of a communication channel on transmitted signals in a cellular communication system. The radio channel available for communications places certain basic limitations on the performance of any wirel . . .

The project deals with the conceptualization, development and production of a robotic system. This robotic system consists of three mobile vehicles and a monitoring terminal. The three mobile robots are equipped with computing, navigation, sensing, an . . .

The limited capability of conventional controllers to control complicated, dynamical, systems has motivated research into so-called intelligent control systems. In this project, a genetic algorithm is used to tune a fuzzy logic controller by finding a . . .

Due to day-to-day technological advancements in VLSI industry, there is a constant challenge for shrinking the limits of ASICs/FPGA chips in terms of area, power and speed. On top of all these technological advancements, the end user requirements are . . .

This project presents a modification of Deczky's IIR filter design algorithm [1] to design IIR digital filters with peak-constrained least-squared (PCLS) errors. It is based on modifying the weighting function according to the peak error values in the . . .

This paper provides details about Flexible AC Transmission Systems. Various FACTS devices and their modelling and control parameters are discussed in this paper throughout Chapter one and two. This paper explains the analysis of these devices in respe . . .

In recent years, Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radars (ISAR) has been used to detect man-made targets and to distinguish them from naturally occurring background or different types within the same class of targets. The purpose of this project is to asses . . .

The purpose of this project is to develop, construct and verify the functionality of a satellite ground station that is capable of tracking, receiving, and transmitting both analog and digital signals. A satellite ground station is a station located o . . .

In a modern era, most of the consumer and industrial electronic devices use High Speed data transfer. High speed data transfer can be achieved with different protocols like I2C, SPI, AGP, PCI, and PCIE. A 32x 32 photo detector data acquisition system . . .

This project explains a Capacitance model for Gallium Nitride MESFET, with a new Concept of Charge Conversion. For a different charges of gate, source and drain terminals depending upon the voltage values of the drain source voltage, the charge of the . . .

One dimensional physics based analytical modeling of SiC MISFET has been developed. The drain-source current, transconductance, and gate-source capacitance have been evaluated. The main objective of this project is to study the frequency response thro . . .

From 1985 processor designers are using pipeline to cover the instructions execution on each other and increase their design speed. They call this overlap between instructions, "instruction level parallelism" because instructions are calculated in par . . .

The objective of the graduate project is to design a Two-stage Power amplifier operating at 19GHz with transistor MGF4841CL by Mitsubishi Manufacturer. For this design, Lange coupler was used to couple both stages. The selection of the device was made . . .

Preceding a couple of years, a lot of work has been done for wide band gap materials such as Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Gallium Nitride (GaN). Silicon Carbide (SiC) as a wide band gap material is used in many applications due to its high temperature, h . . .

A Physics based analytical model of ion implanted SiC MESFET has been developed considering the high temperature annealing effects. The diffusion of implanted impurities has been calculated with appropriate activation energy of impurity atoms. The imp . . .

When a computer is used to analyze a digital filter, a nodal analysis is applied to obtain a system transfer function. While other approaches have been used in the past, the sparse matrix technique is the most efficient for solving the nodal matrix eq . . .

The report has been written for a three stage Low Noise Amplifier whose operating frequency is 21 GHz. The aim of the project is to obtain a gain exceeding 30 dB as well as a noise figure minimum i.e. below 2 dB. For obtaining these results, the trans . . .

The goal of this project is to provide a 6-axis Aircraft Attitude Indicator solution based on Android OS and cutting edge MPU-6000 chip by Invensense. Mentor Graphics emerging Inflexion UI technology to create 3D environment for Android devices has be . . .

The advent of technology has completely revolutionized the healthcare industry and made it possible to treat rare and incurable diseases using engineering. Digitalization is making it much easier to monitor, medicate and treat patients using assistive . . .

The electrocardiogram (ECG) is one of the more useful powerful biomedical signals used for diagnosing various disease states of the heart. The acquisition of a real-time ECG signal requires expensive tools and machines like the CARDIART. The ECG signa . . .

The title of this project is Minimum Noise Amplifier at 24 GHz Frequency. The main goal is to achieve minimum possible noise after cascading all of the stages. There are three stages in the design, the first and second stage are minimum noise amplifie . . .

This project report presents the concept, rationale, and results for the environment characterization pertaining to an aircraft communications ground test. The overall objective of this effort was to explore the supposition that an aircraft communicat . . .

Abstract Design of a 5.8 GHz Two-Stage Low Noise Amplifier By Yashika Parwath Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Efficient communication systems are essential in the modern-day world. There are various blocks that constitute a communication s . . .

In this project, the algorithm of the Reed-Solomon code encoder and decoder is discussed, followed by the implementations of (255, 223) Reed-Solomon codes. The encoder takes a 223-byte date block and generates a 255-byte code block to be transmitted o . . .

The following thesis project is based on designing a Ku-Band Oscillator operating at 14 GHz for satellite communication applications. A suitable MESFET transistor in the common gate configuration was employed to achieve a negative resistance (energy g . . .

This project investigates the theories of the eigenface face recognition algorithm by Pentland and Turk and demonstrates its effectiveness in hardware. It uses MATLAB to simulate the mathematical theories and implements the algorithm in FPGA and micro . . .

By more technology advance in the past few years there has been a huge increase in automated speed limitation enforcement equipments, such as speed cameras. Most of these devices work with a sensor. Therefore, there is a need to install new expensive . . .

In a modern era, most of the consumer and industrial electronic devices use High Speed data transfer. High speed data transfer can be achieved with different protocols like I2C, SPI, AGP, PCI, and PCIE. A 32x 32 photo detector data acquisition system . . .

This study concentrates on analytical modeling of silicon carbide MESFET device using MATH Lab software. In this study, an analytical simulation has been proposed to find the characteristics of SIC MESFET, firstly the complete theory and physics of th . . .

The objective of this project is to improve the accuracy of the Global Positioning System (GPS) on the Brain Computer Interface (BCI) Wheelchair at California State University, Northridge. In optimal conditions, the GPS can have an accuracy of one or . . .

A Matlab simulation modelling was performed in this project to observe the effects of twodimensional electron gases in Aluminum Gallium Nitride (AlxGa1 -xN) /Gallium Nitride (GaN) based heterojunction. These heterostructures are suitable for high elec . . .

This project is a biomedical application of pattern recognition. The objective of this project is to be able to accurately predict which of two colors, red or blue, is seen by the subject by analyzing the EEG signals and patterns present for each colo . . .

The problem of designing Finite Impulse Response (FIR) digital filters belongs to the class of optimization problems known as linear programming (LP) problems. These problems can be solved by an iterative procedure known as the simplex method. The met . . .

Virtex-4 PFGA Burn In test is one of the most important tests which determine the overall reliability of FPGA (Field Programmable Gateway Array). The main purpose of the Burn In board is to test Virtex-4 FPGA chip at 125 Degree Celsius, by doing this . . .