Pyroelectric Detector (PED) models are developed considering the classical heat balance equation to simulate the detector’s response under specified radiation conditions. Studies on the behaviour of a PED are presented under the conditions of step function and a pulsed load. Finite Element Methods (FEMs) have been used to obtain 3D models of the resulting temperature field in a Lithium Tantalate (LiTaO3) pyroelectric crystal, incorporated in a complete commercial detector, taking into account details of its geometry and thermal connectivity. The novelty is the achieved facility to predict the response to pulsed radiation, which is valuable for the engineering of pulsed-source sensor systems requiring detection at room temperature. In this thesis, we present a signal processing (SP) algorithm, which combines the principle of Quadrature Synchronous Demodulation (QSD) and Gated Integration (GI), to achieve an improved signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in pulsed signal measurements. As a first step, the pulse is bracketed by a gating window and the samples outside the window are discarded. The gate duration is calculated to ensure that the periodic signal at the output has an 'apparent' duty factor close to 0.5. This signal is then fed continuously for QSD to extract the magnitude and phase of its fundamental component, referenced to a sinusoidal signal with period defined by the gate length. An improved SNR performance results not only from the increase of the average signal energy, but also from the noise suppression inherent to the QSD principle. We introduce this method as Gated Quadrature Synchronous Demodulation (GQSD), emphasizing the synergy between GΙ and QSD.

A novel collision source method has been developed to solve the Linear Boltzmann Equation (LBE) more efficiently by adaptation of the angular quadrature order. The angular adaptation method is unique in that the flux from each scattering source iteration is obtained, with potentially a different quadrature order used for each. Traditionally, the flux from every iteration is combined, with the same quadrature applied to the combined flux. Since the scattering process tends to distribute the radiation more evenly over angles (i.e., make it more isotropic), the quadrature requirements generally decrease with each iteration. This method allows for an optimal use of processing power, by using a high order quadrature for the first few iterations that need it, before shifting to lower order quadratures for the remaining iterations. This is essentially an extension of the first collision source method, and is referred to as the adaptive collision source (ACS) method. The ACS methodology has been implemented in the 3-D, parallel, multigroup discrete ordinates code TITAN. This code was tested on a variety of test problems including fixed-source and eigenvalue problems. The ACS implementation in TITAN has shown a reduction in computation time by a factor of 1.5-4 on the fixed-source test problems, for the same desired level of accuracy, as compared to the standard TITAN code. / Ph. D.

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 23-26, 2000 / Town & Country Hotel and Conference Center, San Diego, California / When designing transmitters for quadrature modulation schemes, the designer always tries to achieve good balance and symmetry of the in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) branches of the modulator in terms of amplitude, phase, and offsets. Perfect balance between modulators is ideal but rarely if ever achieved. The Advance Range Telemetry (ARTM) program has placed indirect specifications on the remnant carrier and sideband levels which are controlled by modulator imbalance. These specifications will govern the ARTM programs first generation of Feher’s patented quadrature phase shift keying, version B (FQPSK-B) [9] airborne telemetry transmitters. The ARTM Program has also adopted test procedures for quantifying these modulation imbalances. This paper looks at the effects of modulator imbalances on spectral occupancy and bit error probability of the airborne telemetry link. It also outlines how these imbalances influence the levels in one of the ARTM specifications. Recommendations are presented based on the measured data for higher bit rate telemetry systems.

Ce mémoire contient quelques résultats sur l'intégration numérique. Ils sont liés à la célèbre formule de quadrature de K. F. Gauss. Une généralisation très intéressante de la formule de Gauss a été obtenue par P. Turán. Elle est contenue dans son article publié en 1948, seulement quelques années après la seconde guerre mondiale. Étant données les circonstances défavorables dans lesquelles il se trouvait à l'époque, l'auteur (Turán) a laissé beaucoup de détails à remplir par le lecteur. Par ailleurs, l'article de Turán a inspiré une multitude de recherches; sa formule a été étendue de di érentes manières et plusieurs articles ont été publiés sur ce sujet. Toutefois, il n'existe aucun livre ni article qui contiennent un compte-rendu détaillé des résultats de base, relatifs à la formule de Turán. Je voudrais donc que mon mémoire comporte su samment de détails qui puissent éclairer le lecteur tout en présentant un exposé de ce qui a été fait sur ce sujet. Voici comment nous avons organisé le contenu de ce mémoire. 1-a. La formule de Gauss originale pour les polynômes - L'énoncé ainsi qu'une preuve. 1-b. Le point de vue de Turán - Compte-rendu détaillé des résultats de son article. 2-a. Une formule pour les polynômes trigonométriques analogue à celle de Gauss. 2-b. Une formule pour les polynômes trigonométriques analogue à celle de Turán. 3-a. Deux formules pour les fonctions entières de type exponentiel, analogues à celle de Gauss pour les polynômes. 3-b. Une formule pour les fonctions entières de type exponentiel, analogue à celle de Turán. 4-a. Annexe A - Notions de base sur les polynômes de Legendre. 4-b. Annexe B - Interpolation polynomiale. 4-c. Annexe C - Notions de base sur les fonctions entières de type exponentiel. 4-d. Annexe D - L'article de P. Turán. / This mémoire contains some results about numerical integration. They are related to the famous quadrature formula of K. F. Gauss. A very interesting generalization of the formula of Gauss was obtained by P.Turán. It is contained in a paper that was published in 1948, only a few years after the second world war. Due to adverse circunstances he was in at the time, the author (Turán) left many details for the reader to fill in. Otherwise, the article of Turán inspired a multitude of research, and his formula has been extended in many ways and several papers have been written on this subject. However, there is no single book or paper where one can nd a clear and comprehensive account of the basic results pertaining to Turán's formula. Thus, I would like my Master's mémoire to contain enough details that can enlighten the reader and present an exposition of much that has been done on this subject. Here is how we have arranged the contents of the mémoire. 1-a. The original formula of Gauss for polynomials - statement along with a proof. 1-b. Turán's point of view - detailed account of the results contained in his paper. 2-a. A formula for trigonometric polynomials analogous to that of Gauss. 2-b. A formula for trigonometric polynomials analogous to that of Turán. 3-a. Two formulae for entire functions of exponential type, analogous to the one of Gauss for polynomials. 3-b. A formula for entire functions of exponential type, analogous to that of Turán. 4-a. Annexe A - Basic facts about Legendre polynomials. 4-b. Annexe B - Polynomial interpolation. 4-c. Annexe C - Basic facts about entire functions of exponential type. 4-d. Annexe D - Paper of P. Turán.

In this thesis, the author presents and analyzes two 4-dimensional Constant Envelope Quadrature-Quadrature Phase Shift Keying constellations. Optimal demodulators for the two constellations are presented, and one of them was designed and implemented by the author. In addition, a novel expanded 16-dimensional CEQ2PSK constellation that doubles the number of points without decreasing the distance between points or increasing the peak energy is generated by concatenating the aforementioned constellations with a particular method and restrictions. This original 16-dimensional set of symbols is set-partitioned and used in a multidimensional Trellis-Coded Modulation scheme along with a convolutional encoder of rate 2/3. Effective gain of 2.67 dB over uncoded CEQ2PSK constellation with low complexity is achieved theoretically. A coding gain of 2.4 dB with 8 dB SNR is obtained by using Monte Carlo simulations. The TCM systems and demodulators were tested under an Additive White Gaussian Noise channel by using Matlab's Simulink block diagrams.

This thesis, for the first time in the literature, presents the effect of quadrature error compensation on the performance of a fully decoupled MEMS gyroscope and provides experimental data on the sources of quadrature error. Dedicated quadrature error cancellation electrodes operating with only differential DC potentials are designed. Gyroscopes with intentionally placed imperfections are fabricated with SOG based SOI process which provides higher yield and uniformity compared to SOG process. Tests show that the fully closed loop system with quadrature cancellation operates as expected. Gyroscope performance is improved up to 7.8 times for bias instability, 10 times for angle random walk (ARW) and 800 times for output offset with quadrature cancellation. The actual improvement is higher since some sensors cannot be operated without quadrature cancellation and they are not included in improvement calculations. The best obtained performance is bias instability of 0.39

Ce mémoire contient quelques résultats sur l'intégration numérique. Ils sont liés à la célèbre formule de quadrature de K. F. Gauss. Une généralisation très intéressante de la formule de Gauss a été obtenue par P. Turán. Elle est contenue dans son article publié en 1948, seulement quelques années après la seconde guerre mondiale. Étant données les circonstances défavorables dans lesquelles il se trouvait à l'époque, l'auteur (Turán) a laissé beaucoup de détails à remplir par le lecteur. Par ailleurs, l'article de Turán a inspiré une multitude de recherches; sa formule a été étendue de di érentes manières et plusieurs articles ont été publiés sur ce sujet. Toutefois, il n'existe aucun livre ni article qui contiennent un compte-rendu détaillé des résultats de base, relatifs à la formule de Turán. Je voudrais donc que mon mémoire comporte su samment de détails qui puissent éclairer le lecteur tout en présentant un exposé de ce qui a été fait sur ce sujet. Voici comment nous avons organisé le contenu de ce mémoire. 1-a. La formule de Gauss originale pour les polynômes - L'énoncé ainsi qu'une preuve. 1-b. Le point de vue de Turán - Compte-rendu détaillé des résultats de son article. 2-a. Une formule pour les polynômes trigonométriques analogue à celle de Gauss. 2-b. Une formule pour les polynômes trigonométriques analogue à celle de Turán. 3-a. Deux formules pour les fonctions entières de type exponentiel, analogues à celle de Gauss pour les polynômes. 3-b. Une formule pour les fonctions entières de type exponentiel, analogue à celle de Turán. 4-a. Annexe A - Notions de base sur les polynômes de Legendre. 4-b. Annexe B - Interpolation polynomiale. 4-c. Annexe C - Notions de base sur les fonctions entières de type exponentiel. 4-d. Annexe D - L'article de P. Turán. / This mémoire contains some results about numerical integration. They are related to the famous quadrature formula of K. F. Gauss. A very interesting generalization of the formula of Gauss was obtained by P.Turán. It is contained in a paper that was published in 1948, only a few years after the second world war. Due to adverse circunstances he was in at the time, the author (Turán) left many details for the reader to fill in. Otherwise, the article of Turán inspired a multitude of research, and his formula has been extended in many ways and several papers have been written on this subject. However, there is no single book or paper where one can nd a clear and comprehensive account of the basic results pertaining to Turán's formula. Thus, I would like my Master's mémoire to contain enough details that can enlighten the reader and present an exposition of much that has been done on this subject. Here is how we have arranged the contents of the mémoire. 1-a. The original formula of Gauss for polynomials - statement along with a proof. 1-b. Turán's point of view - detailed account of the results contained in his paper. 2-a. A formula for trigonometric polynomials analogous to that of Gauss. 2-b. A formula for trigonometric polynomials analogous to that of Turán. 3-a. Two formulae for entire functions of exponential type, analogous to the one of Gauss for polynomials. 3-b. A formula for entire functions of exponential type, analogous to that of Turán. 4-a. Annexe A - Basic facts about Legendre polynomials. 4-b. Annexe B - Polynomial interpolation. 4-c. Annexe C - Basic facts about entire functions of exponential type. 4-d. Annexe D - Paper of P. Turán.

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International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 26-29, 1998 / Town & Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center, San Diego, California / The architecture of the High Rate (600 Mega-bits per second) Digital Demodulator (HRDD) ASIC capable of demodulating BPSK and QPSK modulated data is presented in this paper. The advantages of all-digital processing include increased flexibility and reliability with reduced reproduction costs. Conventional serial digital processing would require high processing rates necessitating a hardware implementation other than CMOS technology such as Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) which has high cost and power requirements. It is more desirable to use CMOS technology with its lower power requirements and higher gate density. However, digital demodulation of high data rates in CMOS requires parallel algorithms to process the sampled data at a rate lower than the data rate. The parallel processing algorithms described here were developed jointly by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The resulting all-digital receiver has the capability to demodulate BPSK, QPSK, OQPSK, and DQPSK at data rates in excess of 300 Mega-bits per second (Mbps) per channel. This paper will provide an overview of the parallel architecture and features of the HRDR ASIC. In addition, this paper will provide an overview of the implementation of the hardware architectures used to create flexibility over conventional high rate analog or hybrid receivers. This flexibility includes a wide range of data rates, modulation schemes, and operating environments. In conclusion it will be shown how this high rate digital demodulator can be used with an off-the-shelf A/D and a flexible analog front end, both of which are numerically computer controlled, to produce a very flexible, low cost high rate digital receiver.

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 20-23, 2003 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / For simpler implementations of ultra high bit rate systems, combined analog/digital techniques, described here in, provide implementations with the smallest number of component count utilizing minimal “real-estate” and smallest DC power. While digital implementations with tradition Read Only Memory (ROM) and Digital to Analog Converters (DAC’s) have been proven in several commercial, NASA -CCSDS recommended, and U.S. DoD-IRIG standardized Feher’s QPSK (FQPSK) [2,3] products, such implementations can be further simplified, and in particular for ultra high bit rate product applications. Several waveform generating techniques such as linear approximation, analog approximation and mixed analog and linear approximations are investigated using preliminary simulation results.