A capsule robot that moves utilizing the internal force between the shell and the sliding mass and the friction between the shell and the environment is named “internal force-static friction” capsubot. The new driving mode is used in the active gastrointestinal examination robot system, which is a novel and meaningful attempt. In this paper, for the operation mechanism and movement characterist...

This paper proposes an investigation of 1200 V rated transistors with the twofold purpose of assessing their performance and robustness under representative operational conditions and of extracting guidelines for the design of reliable multi-chip power electronics modules based on SiC technology. It includes a thorough analysis of the devices steady-state and switching characteristics, as well ...

The requirements for high speed driver amplifiers present a tough challenge to circuit designers. The two key requirements are a very broad instantaneous bandwidth and very good phase linearity. Allied to the broad band requirement is the need for constant gain and output power with frequency. Achieving all of these simultaneously requires careful consideration and understanding of the issues i...

In this paper, we propose and fabricate a new active pixel circuit design integrated on active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) display. Moreover, we have developed a thin film transistor (TFT) based on microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si) active layer for a more efficient process and a better uniformity of driving transistor characteristics. The experimental results show that the emiss...

This thesis work explores the use of equalization techniques to improve throughput and reduce power consumption of on-chip interconnect. A theoretical model for an equalized on-chip interconnect is first suggested to provide mathematical formulation for the link behavior. Based on the model, a fast-design space exploration methodology is demonstrated to search for the optimal link design parame...

This paper presents a simple alternative of automatic luminous control for electronic ballasts operating in selfsustained oscillating mode feeding fluorescent lamps to energy saving. The luminous flux level control is based on a signal from a lighting dependent resistor, which measures the luminous flux level. The dimming feature is obtained using switching frequency variation. Thus, the circui...

An accurate behavioral model of a DAC-embedded opamp (DAC-opamp) is developed for a yield-ensuring LCD column driver design. A lookup table for the V-I curve of the unit differential pair in the DAC-opamp is extracted from a circuit simulation and is later manipulated through a random error insertion. Virtual ground assumption simplifies the output voltage estimation algorithm. The developed be...

Processor manufacturers have turned to parallelism to continue to improve processor performance, and the bandwidth demands of these systems have risen. Silicon photonics can lower the energy-per-bit of core-to-core and core-to-memory interconnects to help alleviate bandwidth bottlenecks. In this thesis, methods of controlling the amount of charge entering the PiN-diode structure of a photonic r...