Measurement and Regulation of On-chip Power Supply Noise a Dissertation Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Committee on Graduate Studies of Stanford University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

Energy-efficient I/o Interface Design with Adaptive Power-supply Regulation a Dissertation Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Committee on Graduate Studies of Stanford University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

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Cmos Luminescence Detection Lab-on-chip: Modeling, Design, and Characterization a Dissertation Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Committee on Graduate Studies of Stanford University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

...............................................................................................iv Acknowledgment....................................................................................vi List of Tables..........................................................................................xi List of Figures...............................................................................

Implementable Schemes for Lossy Compression a Dissertation Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Committee on Graduate Studies of Stanford University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

An Estimation Approach to Clock and Data Recovery a Dissertation Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Committee on Graduate Studies of Stanford University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

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Recognizing Phonemes and Their Distinctive Features in the Brain a Dissertation Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Committee on Graduate Studies of Stanford University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy