Browsing by Contributor "Aragonès Cervera, Xavier"
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A Low-Power High-Resolution Delta-Sigma ADC IP in 22 nm CMOS Technology for Smart Sensing Applications
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-09-08)
Master thesis
Restricted access - confidentiality agreementThe present project comprises the third generation of $\Delta\Sigma$ ADCs developed at the IMB-CNM with the design of a 16-bit 50-kHz $\Delta\Sigma$ modulator circuit as a mixed-signal IP block in the 22-nm 0.8-V FD-SOI ... -
Analysis of the high frequency substrate noise effects on LC-VCOs
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-01-29)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessLa integració de transceptors per comunicacions de radiofreqüència en CMOS pot quedar seriosament limitada per la interacció entre els seus blocs, arribant a desaconsellar la utilització de un únic dau de silici. El soroll ... -
Characterization of 28 nm FDSOI MOS and application to the design of a low-power 2.4 GHz LNA
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-05)
Master thesis
Open AccessIoT is expected to connect billions of devices all over world in the next years, and in a near future, it is expected to use LR-WPAN in a wide variety of applications. Not all the devices will require of high performance ... -
Characterizing variability and mismatch in FDSOI-28nm technology: application to a ROSC array IC
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-04)
Master thesis
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Design of a 12-bit ramp ADC in 250 nm for image sensor ICs
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-12)
Master thesis
Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
Covenantee: Imasenic Advanced ImagingThis thesis presents the design of a 12-bit single slope ADC embedded in an image sensor integrated circuit (IC) that takes advantage of the signal-dependent photon-shot noise characteristic inherent in image sensors. It ... -
Design of a 16-bit 50-kHz low-power SC delta-sigma modulator for ADC in 0.18um CMOS technology
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-07-18)
Master thesis
Open AccessA general purpose 16 Bits Sigma-Delta modulator ADC for double precision audio 50 kHz bandwidth, targeted for Low-power operation, involving no additional digital circuit compensation, no bootstrapping techniques and ... -
Design of a 3.125 Gbps CameraLink interface for machine vision cameras
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-05)
Master thesis
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Design of a CMOS power amplifier and built-in sensors for variability monitoring and compensation
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-10)
Master thesis
Open AccessThis research thesis aims to develop a system composed by a a CMOS power amplifier and built-in sensors for variability monitoring and compensation. The integration of monitoring systems with high frequency analog circuits ... -
Design of a CMOS temperature sensor in 180 nm for image sensor ICs
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-01)
Master thesis
Restricted access - confidentiality agreementA temperature sensor based on a diode-connected BJT will be designed for the −40 ºC to +100 ºC temperature range and an accuracy of ±1.5 ºC after a one–point calibration. The sensor will be developed from a theoretical ... -
Design of a rail-to-rail OTA in 65 nm CMOS technology for a particle detector sensor
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-02)
Master thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Universitat de Barcelona. Institut de Ciències del CosmosIn the context of particle accelerators for experimental physics, the different detectors convert the energy of a determined particle into an electrical current. This electrical current is then processed using a readout ... -
Design of a RF communication receiver front-end for ultra-low power and voltage applications in a FDSOI 28nm technology
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-05-31)
Master thesis
Open AccessThe advances in the semiconductor and wireless industry have enabled the expansion of new paradigms, which have given rise to concepts like Internet of Things (IoT). Apart from qualities like size, speed or cost, the ... -
Design of an Output Interface for an In-Memory-Computing CNN Accelerator
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-11-27)
Master thesis
Open AccessAnalog in-memory computing accelerators are one of the most promising solutions to reduce data movement limitations in deep neural networks (DNNs). While analog in-memory computing accelerators have been studied in many ... -
Design of CMOS Active Inductors and their use in tuned narrowband and wideband-extension Low Noise Amplifier
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-06)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessThe evolution of CMOS technology has allowed the integration of communication systems on a single chip. A Low-Noise Amplifier (LNA) is the first block in an integrated receiver and its design is critical for the system ... -
Design of low-dropout regulator for ultra low power on-chip applications
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-02-05)
Master thesis
Open AccessLow Drop Out (LDO) voltage regulators are commonly used to supply low-voltage digital circuits such as microprocessor cores. These digital circuits normally are continuously changing from one mode of operation to another. ... -
Design, fabrication and characterization of Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonators
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-06)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: University of Colorado Colorado SpringsThe constant demand for higher speed and larger bandwidths together with the massive development of personal communications systems, navigation, satellite communications as well as personal computer and data processing ... -
Development of an automated environment for characterization and durability test of integrated antennas for automobiles
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-07)
Master thesis
Open AccessDuring the last years, the automobile is transforming into a fully-communicated system, supporting all kind of communication types and standards (digital and analog radio, telephone, GPS and/or other positioning standards, ... -
Development of Analogue circuits for the BETA ASIC HERD-FIT detector
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-05)
Master thesis
Open AccessThe Electronics Instrumentation Service of the Insittute of Cosmos Science of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB-SiUB) is focused on developing ultrafast readout electronics for high-energy physics and medical imaging. In ... -
Diseño y fabricación de líneas de retardo en LTCC
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-10-28)
Master thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Francisco AlberoIn this master's Thesis, a new structure of differential delay line in LTCC was designed, exploiting the benefits that offer this technology for telecommunications and the stacking capability of multiple layers, which let ... -
Disseny d'un convertidor Temps a Digital per a sensor d'imatge CMOS
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-07-08)
Bachelor thesis
Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
Covenantee: Imasenic Advanced ImagingNowadays the importance of image sensing for the optimization of industry processes, medicine, security, etc is unquestionable. This sensing is mostly implemented by an array of pixels that acquire information from the ... -
Experimental characterization of Random Telegraph Noise in FDSOI technology and its application for security primitives
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-06)
Master thesis
Open AccessThe shrinking of transistors and consequent decrease in operational voltage, specially for Ultra-Low Voltage (ULV) applications such as IoT, has driven current technology to be very sensitive to the effects of random ...
