be accounted for. Based on the lumped-model analysis and taking into account the parasitic effects and velocity-saturation effect of MOS transistors, a novel analytical model is developed which includes both switching and non-switching gates. The proposed model is employed to analyze on-chip decoupling

Abstract- Gate-sizing is an effective technique to optimize CMOS circuits for dynamic power dissipation and performance while dual-V,h (threshold voltage) CMOS is ideal for leakage power reduction in low voltage circuits. This paper focuses on simultaneous dual-V,h assignment and gate

ii iv vTo my parents vi vii Acknowledgements I would first and foremost extend my whole-hearted gratitude to my advisors, An-drea Arpaci-Dusseau and Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau. Andrea and Remzi are the reason that I had the opportunity for this exceptional Ph.D. journey. To this day, I still re-member the moment when they took me as their student and the joy and hope in my heart. Andrea and Remzi have showed me what systems research is like and how much fun and challenging it can be. Before this journey with them, I had always liked and believed in the beauty of mathematics and theory. My initial interest in systems research happened when I took Remzi’s Advanced Operating Systems

-eling for STA. Croix and Wong proposed a current source drive models (CSDM) which model every gate by a voltage-dependent current source and capacitor [1]. However, some effects, such as internal charge sharing and multiple input simultaneous switching (MISS) can not be captured by such a simple model

Differential terahertz (THz) time-domain spectroscopy (TDS) is a technique for decreas-ing noise levels in THz thin film characterization experiments. Characterizing thin films in the GHz to THz range is critical for the development of fast integrated circuits and photonic systems

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Abstract — In the context of IEEE 802.11b network testbeds, we examine the differences between unicast and broadcast link properties, and we show the inherent difficulties in precisely estimating unicast link properties via those of broadcast beacons even if we make the length and transmission rate

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film characterization using terahertz differential

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