Browsing by Contributor "Madrenas Boadas, Jordi"
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A large-scale spiking neural networks emulation architecture
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-09-09)
Master thesis
Open AccessThe purpose of this work is to design a new version (called SNAVA+) of the architecture SNAVA, an SNN hardware emulator implemented on a XilinX Kintex-7 FPGA. SNAVA+ increases the capabilities of SNAVA in order to have a ... -
AER-RT: Interfaz de Red con Topología en Anillo para SNN Multi-FPGA
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-07-08)
Master thesis
Open Access[ANGLÈS] This thesis presents AER-RT network interface, a network interface designed to work together a Multiprocessor System (MPS) and create an efficient and scalable multi-chip SNN network. The objective of AER-RT is ... -
Analysis of power management techniques for the santos neuromorphic SoC
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-03-29)
Bachelor thesis
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Covenantee: Technische Universität Dresden -
Arquitectura escalable SIMD con conectividad jerárquica y reconfigurable para la emulación de SNN
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-09-29)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessA biological neural system consists of millions of highly integrated neurons with multiple dynamic functions operating in coordination with each other. Its structural organization is characterized by highly hierarchical ... -
Arquitecturas y circuitos CMOS para el control, generación y procesado de señal de MEMS
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2008-11-01)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessEn esta tesis se muestran arquitecturas y circuitos CMOS para el control de actuadores electroestáticos MEMS y para la generación y procesado de las señales proveniente de microsistemas. <br/>En el primer capítulo se ... -
Contributions to the measurement of electrical impedance for living tissue ischemia injury monitoring
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2005-02-28)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessAquesta tesi es centra en el desenvolupament i l'ús d'una sonda miniaturitzada de silici per a la mesura de la impedància elèctrica de teixits vius tous. El propòsit d'aquestes mesures d'impedància és la monitorització ... -
Desenvolupament de software i algorisme per a xarxes neuronals spiking bioinspirades
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2009-10)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
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Desenvolupament dʼun element translineal dʼalt ample de banda per al processat de senyal de MEMS i dels seus circuits associats
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2010-03)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessLa realització dʼaquest projecte parteix del mètode de control de lʼestàtica i la dinàmica per actuadors electrostàtics MEMS per posicionament analògic proposat per Daniel Fernández i Jordi Madrenas en el paper “Position, ... -
Design of a charge injection compensation system for MEMS electrostatic actuators
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2010)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessThe main goal of this project is to implement and experimentally verify various control algorithms for MEMS electrostatic actuators. Those algorithms include a charge injection compensation subsystem. The hardware ... -
Design of Low Noise Readout Amplifiers for Monolithic Capacitive CMOS-MEMS Accelerometers
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-09-09)
Master thesis
Open Access[ANGLÈS] This thesis report describes the design process, the implementation and the simulation and measurement results of two different readout circuits to be used with two monolithic MEMS accelerometers fabricated by ... -
Design, fabrication, characterization and reliability study of CMOS-MEMS Lorentz-Force magnetometers
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-06)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessToday, the most common form of mass-production semiconductor device fabrication is Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology. The dedicated Integrated Circuit (IC) interfaces of commercial sensors are ... -
Disseny VHDL de la unitat de control d'un acceleròmetre
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-05-28)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open Access[ANGLÈS] An accelerometer is an instrument that calculates acceleration forces, using his inertial movement towards some known coordinates. There are quite a few technologies and designs and all of them have as a prime ... -
Dynamic Histogram Thresholding for Pixel Classification Algorithms
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-07-15)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open Access
Covenantee: Concordia University. Faculty of Engineering and Computer ScienceSometimes pictures are not taken in the optimal conditions. Contrast, dynamic range or illumination can be factors which makes a taken capture not have all the information from the real world. Several techniques work in ... -
Efficient multiprocessing architectures for spiking neural network emulation based on configurable devices
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-06-12)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe exploration of the dynamics of bioinspired neural networks has allowed neuroscientists to understand some clues and structures of the brain. Electronic neural network implementations are useful tools for this exploration. ... -
Estudi, modelació i síntesi sobre FPGA d'un sistema de detecció de contorns per a imatges HDR
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2012-06-26)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open Access
Covenantee: Concordia University[ENGLISH] The purpose of this study was to perform the hardware description in VHDL language of an Edge Detection system based in Sobel operator and Multifiltering for a Virtex-5 FPGA. The procedure of the algorithm was ... -
FPGA implementation of a contrast enhancement algorithm with discriminative filtering
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Concordia University, 2013-07-18)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Concordia University. Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science[ANGLÈS] This project is the continuation of a research work focused on improving the current popular techniques for contrast enhancement in images. There are stills produced under very poor acquisition conditions, such ... -
Full custom design of a TDC core for laser rangefinder application
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-09-09)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open Access[ANGLÈS] A topology to implement a time-to-digital converter in 130 nm technology for a laser rangefinder application is proposed in this work. Its architecture comprises a delay line as a fine measurement and a synchronous ... -
Graphical representation of data for a multiprocessor platform emulating spiking neural networks
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2010-07)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessResearch in the eld of simulating large-scale spiking neural networks (SNN) has been carried out within the frame of Perplexus a European-funded re- search project based on a university consortium. In this project, a ... -
High performance readout circuits and devices for Lorentz force resonant CMOS-MEMS magnetic sensors
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-03-05)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessIn the last decades, sensing capabilities of martphones have greatly improved since the early mobile phones of the 90’s. Moreover, wearables and the automotive industry require increasing electronics and sensing sophistication. ... -
Implementation of a multiprocessor array for spiking neural network emulation on FPGA
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-01)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
