Design Techniques for On-chip Global Signaling over Lossy Transmission Lines
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Dedication To Mom and Dad iii Acknowledgements Any single work was impossible without the invaluable support of many people. I am especially very grateful to my research advisor Prof. Michael Flynn for his encouragement and support. I am so lucky that I had a chance to work with him. I really learned a lot to be a good student and a good person even though not enough yet. I also thank all the other committee members, Prof. and Prof. Kim Winick for their invaluable suggestions and time.
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