This dissertation is focused on the design, fabrication, and characterization of novel metamaterials in microwave and terahertz regions with the following outcomes: A planar &micro / -negative metamaterial structure, called double-sided SRR (DSRR), is proposed in the first part of this study. DSRR combines the features of a conventional split ring resonator (SRR) and a broadside-coupled SRR (BC-SRR) to obtain much better miniaturization at microwave frequencies for a given physical cell size. In addition to DSRR, double-sided multiple SRR (DMSRR), double-sided spiral resonator (DSR), and double-sided U-spiral resonator (DUSR) have been shown to provide smaller electrical sizes than their single-sided versions under magnetic excitation. In the second part of this dissertation, a novel multi-band tunable metamaterial topology, called micro-split SRR (MSSRR), is proposed. In addition to that, a novel magnetic resonator structure named single loop resonator (SLR) is suggested to provide two separate magnetic resonance frequencies in addition to an electric resonance in microwave region. In the third part, two different frequency tunable metamaterial topologies called BC-SRR and gap-to-gap SRR are designed, fabricated and characterized at terahertz frequencies with electrical excitation for the first time. In those designs, frequency tuning based on variations in near field coupling is obtained by in-plane horizontal or vertical displacements of the two SRR layers. The values of frequency shifts obtained for these tunable metamaterial structures are reported to be the highest values obtained in literature so far. Finally, in the last part of this dissertation, novel double-sided metamaterial based sensor topologies are suggested and their feasibility studies are presented.

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Electrically conductive adhesives (ECA) are an alternative to tin/lead solders for attaching Surface Mount Devices (SMD) in electronic assemblies. ECAs are mixtures of a polymer binder (for adhesion) and conductive filler (for electrical conductivity). They bring more conductivity, higher strength, less weight and longer durability than metal alloys. ECAs can offer numerous advantages such as fewer processing steps, lower processing temperature and fine pitch capability. Multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) were used as conductive fillers in this research because of their novel electronic and mechanical properties. The high aspect ratio of the nanotubes makes it possible to percolate at low loadings to obtain good electrical and mechanical properties. Replacing the metal filler with CNTs in the adhesive made the ECA light weight, corrosion resistant, reduced processing temperature, lead free, electrically conductive and high mechanical strength. The MWCNTs at different loadings were mixed with epoxy and epoxy: heloxy to form a composite mixture. Different loadings, additives and mixing methods were used to obtain good electrical and mechanical properties and pot life. Pressure dispensing, screen and stencil printing were the processing techniques used for making the samples. The volume resistivity, contact resistance, die shear and lap shear tests were conducted on different surface finished Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) like silver, tin and Electro less Nickel Immersion Gold (ENIG). The results are summarized and compared with traditional methods.

Microelectromechanical resonators have found widespread applications in timing, sensing and spectral processing. One of the important performance metrics of MEMS resonators is the temperature sensitivity of their frequency. The main objective of this dissertation is the compensation and control of the temperature sensitivity of silicon resonators through engineering of device geometry and structural composition. This has been accomplished through formation of composite platforms or novel geometries based on dispersion characteristics of guided acoustic waves in single crystalline silicon (SCS) microstructures. Furthermore, another objective of this dissertation is to develop efficient longitudinal piezoelectric transduction for in-plane resonance modes of SCS resonators that have lithographically-defined frequencies, to reduce their motional resistance (Rm). A uniformly distributed matrix of silicon dioxide pillars is embedded inside the silicon substrate to form a homogenous composite silicon-oxide platform (SilOx) with nearly perfect temperature-compensated stiffness moduli. Temperature-stable micro-resonators implemented in SilOx platform operating in any desired in- and out-of-plane resonance modes show full compensation of linear temperature coefficient of frequency (TCF). Overall frequency drifts as small as 80 ppm has been achieved over the industrial temperature range (-40°C to 80°C) showing a 40x improvement compared to uncompensated native silicon resonators. A 27 MHz temperature-compensated MEMS oscillator implemented using SilOx resonator demonstrated sub-ppm instability over the industrial temperature range. Besides this, a new formulation of different resonance modes of SCS resonators based on their constituent acoustic waves is presented in this dissertation. This enables engineering of the acoustic resonator to provide several resonance modes with mechanical energy trapped in central part of the resonator, thus obviating narrow tethers traditionally used for anchoring the cavity to the substrate. This facilitates simultaneous piezoelectric-transduction of multiple modes with different TCFs through independent electrical ports, which can realize highly accurate self-temperature sensing of the device using a beat frequency (fb) generated from linear combination of different modes. Piezoelectrically-transduced multi-port silicon resonators implemented using this technique provide highly temperature-sensitive fb with a large TCF of ~8500 ppm/°C showing 100x improvement compared to other Quartz/MEMS counterparts, suggesting these devices as highly sensitive temperature sensors for environmental sensing and temperature-compensated/oven-controlled crystal oscillator (TCXO/OCXO) applications. Another part of this dissertation introduces a novel longitudinal piezoelectric transduction technique developed for implementation of low Rm silicon resonators operating in lithographically defined in-plane modes. Aluminum nitride films deposited on the sidewalls of thick silicon microstructures provides efficient electromechanical transduction required to achieve low Rm. 100 MHz SCS bulk acoustic resonators implemented using this transduction technique demonstrates Rm of 33Ω showing a 100x improvement compared to electrostatically transduced counterparts. Low-loss narrow-band filters with tunable bandwidth and frequency have been implemented by electrical coupling of these devices, showing their potential for realization of truly reconfigurable and programmable filter arrays required for software-defined radios.

This thesis is devoted to the research and development of low processing temperature lead-free interconnect materials for microelectronic packaging applications with an emphasis on fundamental studies of nanoparticles synthesis, dispersion and oxidation prevention, and nanocomposites fabrication. Oxide-free tin (Sn), tin/silver (96.5Sn3.5Ag) and tin/silver/copper (96.5Sn3.0Ag0.5Cu) alloy nanoparticles with different sizes were synthesized by a low temperature chemical reduction method. Both size dependent melting point and latent heat of fusion of the synthesized nanoparticles were obtained. The nano lead-free solder pastes/composites created by dispersing the SnAg or SnAgCu alloy nanoparticles into an acidic type flux spread and wet on the cleaned copper surface at 220 to 230 ¡æ. This study demonstrated the feasibility of nano sized SnAg or SnAgCu alloy particle pastes for low processing temperature lead-free interconnect applications in microelectronic packaging. Surface functionalized silver nanoparticles and silver fakes were used as fillers for electrically conductive adhesives (ECAs) applications. During the curing of epoxy resin (150 ¡æ), the surfactants were debonded from the particles and at the same time the oxide layers on the particle surfaces were removed which facilitated the sintering of Ag nanoparticles. The contact interfaces between fillers were significantly reduced and an ultra highly conductive ECA with a resistivity of 5 ¡Á 10-6 ohm.cm was obtained. To enhance the adhesion of carbon nanotube (CNT) films to substrates, an ultra highly conductive ECA were used as a media to transfer the CNT films to copper substrates. The polymer wetted along the CNTs during curing process by the capillary force. An ohmic contact was formed between the copper substrates and the transferred CNTs. This process could overcome the serious obstacles of integration of CNTs into integrated circuits and microelectronic device packages by offering low processing temperatures and improved adhesion of CNTs to substrates. The transferred CNTs can be used to simultaneously form electrical and mechanical connections between chips and substrates.

Effective cochlear implant fitting (or programming) is essential for providing good hearing outcomes, yet it is a subjective and error-prone task. The initial objective of this research was to automate the procedure using the auditory nerve electrically evoked compound action potential (the ECAP) and machine intelligence. The Nucleus?? cochlear implant measures the ECAP via its Neural Response Telemetry (NRT™) system. AutoNRT™, a commercial intelligent system that measures ECAP thresholds with the Nucleus Freedom™ implant, was firstly developed in this research. AutoNRT uses decision tree expert systems that automatically recognise ECAPs. The algorithm approaches threshold from lower stimulus levels, ensuring recipient safety during postoperative measurements. Clinical studies have demonstrated success on approximately 95% of electrodes, measured with the same efficacy as a human expert. NRT features other than ECAP threshold, such as the ECAP recovery function, could not be measured with similar success rates, precluding further automation and loudness prediction from data mining results. Despite this outcome, a better application of the ECAP threshold profile towards fitting was established. Since C-level profiles (the contour of maximum acceptable stimulus levels across the implant array) were observed to be flatter than T-level profiles (the contour of minimum audibility), a flattening of the ECAP threshold profile was adopted when applied as a fitting profile at higher stimulus levels. Clinical benefits of this profile scaling technique were demonstrated in a 42 subject study. Data mining results also provided an insight into the ECAP recovery function and refractoriness. It is argued that the ECAP recovery function is heavily influenced by the size of the recruited neural population, with evidence gathered from a computational model of the cat auditory nerve and NRT measurements with 21 human subjects. Slower ECAP recovery, at equal loudness, is a consequence of greater neural recruitment leading to lower mean spike probabilities. This view can explain the counterintuitive association between slower ECAP recovery and greater temporal responsiveness to increasing stimulation rate. This thesis presents the first attempt at achieving completely automated cochlear implant fitting via machine intelligence; a future generation implant, capable of high fidelity auditory system measurements, may realise the ultimate objective.

Orientador: Walmir de Freitas Filho / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T13:40:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Morais_CeciliadeFreitas_M.pdf: 1237482 bytes, checksum: caa2c7e10679e865b870669fb557c361 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: Um dos distúrbios mais freqüentes acarretados pela partida direta de grandes motores de indução é o afundamento de tensão decorrente das elevadas correntes de energização drenadas pelos mesmos durante a fase inicial de aceleração. Essas variações da magnitude de tensão podem deteriorar a operação de cargas sensíveis, geradores e relés digitais existentes em instalações industriais. Portanto, sempre que um novo motor de indução é conectado em uma instalação industrial, os engenheiros de planejamento estão interessados em saber se esse procedimento irá resultar em níveis aceitáveis de afundamentos de tensão. O impacto da partida do motor de indução na qualidade de energia pode ser avaliado por estudos que exigem complexas e numerosas simulações de transitórios eletromagnéticos, o que demanda um considerável tempo de mão de obra altamente especializada. Nesse contexto, o objetivo dessa dissertação de mestrado é desenvolver métodos analíticos e gráficos confiáveis e práticos que auxiliem os engenheiros de planejamento nos projetos de instalação e de partida de motores de indução em instalações industriais com cargas sensíveis a variações de tensão. Tais métodos foram desenvolvidos para análise de motores de indução do tipo gaiola de esquilo com partida direta, tendo em vista que esse é um esquema bastante adotado devido ao seu baixo custo e simplicidade. Os métodos analíticos são desenvolvidos através da solução dos modelos matemáticos de regime permanente e dinâmicos dos diversos componentes da instalação industrial. A precisão dos métodos analíticos propostos é verificada através da comparação dos respectivos resultados com aqueles obtidos através de simulações de transitórios eletromagnéticos. O objetivo dos métodos gráficos é facilitar a compreensão das informações relacionadas ao comportamento dinâmico da tensão através de gráficos semelhantes aos tipicamente utilizados na análise de qualidade de energia (e.g., ITIC - Information Technology Industry Council) / Abstract: One of the most common disturbances caused by the starting of large induction motors is the voltage sag that occurs due to the high inrush current. These variations in voltage and current magnitude can deteriorate the operation of generators, sensitive loads and digital relays in industrial facilities. Therefore, whenever a new induction motor is connected to the system, planning engineers want to know if the motor starting would result in acceptable voltage sag levels. The impact of the induction motors starting on the power quality can be assessed by studies that require numerous and complex electromagnetic transient simulations, which is very time-consuming. In this context, the objective of this work is to develop simple graphical and analytical methods to assist planning engineers when analyzing the installation of new induction motors in industrial facilities. This work will focus on squirrel-cage induction motors with direct start, since this scheme is extremely adopted due to its low cost and simplicity. The analytical methods are developed through the solution of the steady state and dynamic models of the several components of the industrial facility. The accuracy of the analytical methods proposed is validated through comparison with the results obtained by repetitive electromagnetic transient simulations. The objective of the methods is to facilitate the understanding of the information obtained about the dynamic behavior of the voltage through charts typically used in the analysis of power quality (e.g., ITIC - Information Technology Industry Council). / Mestrado / Energia Eletrica / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica

Orientador: Pedro Antonio Muniz Vazquez / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Quimica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T17:56:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Vidal_LucianoNassif_D.pdf: 1273955 bytes, checksum: 79e28497883fdc3e8ebe5907183a15d9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: O presente trabalho aborda o desenvolvimento de metodologias para o cálculo das intensidades absolutas do espalhamento Raman vibracional produzido por moléculas em fase gasosa. Com o objetivo de reduzir a demanda por recursos computacionais nestes cálculos, foram desenvolvidas duas novas famílias de funções de base compactas pela aplicação do método de polarização elétrica de Sadlej às bases para uso com potenciais efetivos de caroço SBKJC e de Stuttgart-Colônia. Utilizando estas novas funções de base, as intensidades Raman podem ser obtidas com a mesma qualidade das bases Sadlej-pVTZ, que são referência no cálculo destas propriedades, porém com um custo computacional sensivelmente menor. Além disso, como estes pseudopotenciais foram modelados para descrever os efeitos relativísticos sobre os elétrons internos, as polarizabilidades e intensidades Raman obtidas no nível Hartree-Fock com estas novas bases concordam, dentro de um erro médio de 6%, com seus respectivos valores relativísticos Dirac-Hartree-Fock/Sadlei-pVTZ com hamiltoniano de Dirac-Coulomb. Também foi desenvolvida uma metodologia para o estudo das intensidades das transições Raman fundamentais, de combinação e sobretom, que inclui as correções para a anarmonicidade cúbica do potencial, introduzidas através de uma transformação de contato. Os resultados obtidos para a molécula de acetileno e seus isotopômeros deuterados mostram que a anarmonicidade mecânica exerce grande influência sobre as intensidades Raman, particularmente das transições de segunda ordem. Excetuando as transições de combinação, em geral, as correções de anarmoniciadade melhoram a concordância dos valores teóricos com os experimentais. Uma terceira parte deste trabalho trata do efeito Raman em condições ressonantes, onde uma expressão para estas intensidades foi derivada, implementada no programa PLACZEK e aplicada no cálculo do espectro Raman da molécula de trans-butadieno nas vizinhanças de sua transição eletrônica 1Bu. Este estudo mostrou que as aproximações utilizadas com maior frequência para simplificar o cálculo desta propriedade afetam significativamente as seções de choque desta molécula, sugerindo que estas aproximações devem ser evitadas em estudos desta natureza. / Abstract: In this work new methodologies for the calculation of absolute vibrational Raman intensities of gaseous systems are presented. In order to reduce the computational requirements in these calculations two families of compact basis functions were generated from the effective core potential valence basis sets SBKJC and Stuttgart-Cologne through the Sadlej's electric polarization procedure. The Raman intensities evaluated with the new bases are close to those obtained with the well successful Sadlej-pVTZ basis but the computational requirements are significatively reduced. Furthermore, since the effective core potentials SBKJC and Stuttgart-Cologne were developed to account for the relativistic effects on the inner electrons, the polarizabilities and Raman intensities evaluated at the Hartree-Fock level with the new bases agree with the relativistic Dirac-Hartree-Fock values, obtained using the Dirac-Coulomb Hamiltonian and the Sadlej-pVTZ set, within the mean error of 6%. In the second part of this work a methodology was developed for the study of fundamental, combination and overtone Raman transitions including a treatment based on the contact transform formalism for the mechanical anharmonicity from the cubic potential energy terms. The results obtained for acetylene and its deutered isotopomers show that anharmonicity effects on the Raman intensities can be very strong, particularly in the second order transitions. With the exception of the combination transitions, in general the corrections for mechanical anharmonicity improve the agreement between ab initio and experimental values. The resonance Raman scattering is the subject of the third part of this work where an expression for the resonance cross section was derived, implemented in the PLACZEK program and applied to the calculation of the resonance Raman spectrum of the trans-butadiene molecule in the region of its. / Doutorado / Físico-Química / Doutor em Ciências

O objetivo deste trabalho foi de estudar processos de transporte eletrônico em dispositivos a base de semicondutores orgânicos através de técnicas avançadas, como ressonância magnética detectada eletricamente (RMDE) e espectroscopia de impedância elétrica em corrente alternada. Além destas, medidas de ressonância paramagnética eletrônica (RPE) convencional também foram realizadas de forma a complementar as medidas de RMDE. Os dispositivos e materiais estudados foram: (hole-only e PLED) de MEH-PPV, polianilina e OLED multicamadas de Alq3 e -NPD. A técnica de RMDE mede a variação de condutividade da amostra na condição de ressonância magnética, permitindo relacionar processos microscópicos com os seus efeitos nos processos de transporte eletrônico. Os estudos de RPE e RMDE em polianilina mostraram uma transição entre os tipos de spin observados em função da temperatura. Os resultados obtidos indicam que o sinal de RPE se deve principalmente a estados de superfície, enquanto a técnica de RMDE permite observarmos também estados do volume, dependendo da forma de preparação dos dispositivos e dos parâmetros utilizados nas medidas. O sinal de RMDE foi atribuído ao hopping de pólarons intercadeias poliméricas. Nos dispositivos de MEH-PPV, o sinal de RMDE apresenta duas componentes, uma foi atribuída à fusão de pólarons negativos para formar bipólarons negativos e a outra foi atribuída à fusão de pólarons positivos. A deficiência na emissão de luz de alguns dos PLEDs estudados foi atribuída ao desbalanceamento de injeção de cargas, que pode ser observado pela diferença de intensidade entre as componentes do sinal. Nos OLEDs a base de Alq3, medidas de espectroscopia de impedância elétrica em função da voltagem dc (Vdc) mostraram um acúmulo de cargas nas interfaces internas do dispositivo, em baixas tensões. Entretanto, para valores mais altos de Vdc, quando começa o processo de recombinação, foi observado um fenômeno pouco estudado na literatura, conhecido como capacitância negativa. Possíveis abordagens a este problema foram propostas / The subject of this work is the investigation of electronic transport processes in organic semiconductors based devices using advanced techniques, such as electrically detected magnetic resonance (EDMR) and ac electrical impedance spectroscopy. Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) measurements were also carried out to complement the EDMR results. The studied devices and materials were: MEH-PPV hole-only devices and PLEDs, polyaniline and multilayer Alq3 and -NPD based OLEDs. EDMR measures the sample conductivity variation during magnetic resonance condition, which allows relating microscopic processes to its effects on electronic transport processes. EPR and EDMR investigations on polyaniline showed a transition between two kinds of observed spins as a function of temperature. The results indicate that EPR probes especially surface paramagnetic states, while EDMR allows observing both surface and bulk paramagnetic states, depending on how devices are prepared and on some measurement parameters. The EDMR signal was assigned to interchain hopping of pólarons. On MEH-PPV devices, the EDMR signal was composed of two lines, one was attributed to negative pólarons fusion to form negative bipólarons and the other was assigned to positive pólarons fusion. The light emitting deficiency presented by some of the PLEDs investigated was assigned to a misbalanced charge injection, what could be observed by the difference between the intensity of the two components. Impedance spectroscopy measurements on Alq3 based OLEDs as a function of the dc voltage (Vdc) showed charge accumulation at the inner interfaces of the device at low Vdc values. However, at higher Vdc values, when recombination starts to take place, a strange phenomenon, usually called negative capacitance, was observed. Possible approaches were proposed

Pour faire cohabiter les nombreuses technologies radios, les terminaux mobiles nécessitent une miniaturisation de plus en plus poussée des antennes. Toutefois, les performances d'antennes ont des limites fondamentales liées à leurs dimensions physiques. La littérature met en évidence que les réseaux superdirectifs permettent de dépasser la limite de Harrington sur la directivité et que des antennes adaptées par des circuits non-Foster peuvent dépasser la limite de Bode-Fano sur la bande passante. Les contributions essentielles de ce travail de thèse consistent en la conception deréseaux d'antennes superdirectifs et d'antennes adaptées par des circuits non-Foster comme solutions possibles pour l'amélioration des performances des Antennes Electriquement Petites (AEP). Dans une première partie, un convertisseur d'impédance négative est réalisé pour obtenir des condensateurs de valeurs négatives de façon à adapter des antennes miniatures sur une large bande de fréquence. Dans la deuxième partie de ces travaux, les limites théoriques des réseaux d'antennes superdirectifs sont évaluées et une approche simple et pratique permettant la conception de ces réseaux à partir d'éléments parasites est proposée. L'intégration des AEP superdirectives sur des cartes de circuit imprimé est étudiée et les difficultés de mesure de ce type d'antenne sont évaluées. A partir de ces résultats, une nouvelle stratégie pour réaliser des réseaux compactes 3D ou planaires à polarisation linéaire ou circulaire en utilisant des éléments superdirectifs est présentée. / For supporting different wireless technologies, mobile terminals require significant miniaturization of antennas. However, antennas performance has some fundamental limits related to their physical dimensions. The available theory shows that superdirective arrays can exceed Harrington’s limit on antenna directivity and non-Foter matched antennas can surpass Bode-Fano limit on antenna bandwidth. Therefore, this work focuses on the design of superdirective antenna arrays and non-Foster matched antennas as possible solutions for improving the performance of Electrically Small Antennas (ESAs). In the first part: a Negative Impedance Converter (NIC) is designed to have a very small negative capacitor. The circuit is evaluated in terms of gain, stability and linearity. Then, the circuit is used to match several small antennas in the UHF band. In the second part: the theoretical limits of superdirective antenna arrays are studied. A simple and practical approach to design parasitic antenna arrays is proposed. The integration of superdirective ESAs in Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) is studied and the difficulties of measuring this type of antennasare evaluated. A new strategy for the design of 3D or planar compact arrays, with linear or circular-polarization, using superdirective elements is presented.