As seismic waves travel through the earth, the visco-elasticity of the earth's medium will cause energy dissipation and waveform distortion. This phenomenon is referred to as seismic absorption or attenuation. The absorptive property of a medium can be described by a quality factor Q, which determines the energy decay and a velocity dispersion relationship. Four new ideas have been developed in this thesis to deal with the estimation and application of seismic absorption. By assuming that the amplitude spectrum of a seismic wavelet may be modeled by that of a Ricker wavelet, an analytical relation has been derived to estimate a quality factor from the seismic data peak frequency variation with time. This relation plays a central role in quality factor estimation problems. To estimate interval Q for reservoir description, a method called reflectivity guided seismic attenuation analysis is proposed. This method first estimates peak frequencies at a common midpoint location, then correlates the peak frequency with sparsely-distributed reflectivities, and finally calculates Q values from the peak frequencies at the reflectivity locations. The peak frequency is estimated from the prestack CMP gather using peak frequency variation with offset analysis which is similar to amplitude variation with offset analysis in implementation. The estimated Q section has the same layer boundaries of the acoustic impedance or other layer properties. Therefore, the seismic attenuation property obtained with the guide of reflectivity is easy to interpret for the purpose of reservoir description. To overcome the instability problem of conventional inverse Q filtering, Q compensation is formulated as a least-squares (LS) inverse problem based on statistical theory. The matrix of forward modeling is composed of time-variant wavelets. The LS de-absorption is solved by an iterative non-parametric approach. To compensate for absorption in migrated seismic sections, a refocusing technique is developed using non-stationary multi-dimensional deconvolution. A numerical method is introduced to calculate the blurring function in layered media, and a least squares inverse scheme is used to remove the blurring effect in order to refocus the migrated image. This refocusing process can be used as an alternative to regular migration with absorption compensation. / Science, Faculty of / Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of / Graduate

Silicon CMOS Technology is now the preferred process for low power wireless communication devices, although currently much noisier and slower than comparable processes such as SiGe Bipolar and GaAs technologies. However, due to ever-reducing gate sizes and correspondingly higher speeds, higher Ft CMOS processes are increasingly competitive, especially in low power wireless systems such as Bluetooth, Wireless USB, Wimax, Zigbee and W-CDMA transceivers. With the current 32 nm gate sized devices, speeds of 100 GHz and beyond are well within the horizon for CMOS technology, but at a reduced operational voltage, even with thicker gate oxides as compensation. This thesis investigates newer techniques, both from a systems point of view and at a circuit level, to implement an efficient transceiver design that will produce a more sensitive receiver, overcoming the noise disadvantage of using CMOS Silicon. As a starting point, the overall components and available SoC were investigated, together with their architecture. Two novel techniques were developed during this investigation. The first was a high compression point LNA design giving a lower overall systems noise figure for the receiver. The second was an innovative means of matching circuits with low Q components, which enabled the use of smaller inductors and reduced the attenuation loss of the components, the resulting smaller circuit die size leading to smaller and lower cost commercial radio equipment. Both these techniques have had patents filed by the University. Finally, the overall design was laid out for fabrication, taking into account package constraints and bond-wire effects and other parasitic EMC effects.

This master´s thesis deals with the differential filters working in the current mode. It is dealt with the design methodologies of these filters and conversion circuits from voltage to current mode. Own work deals with 4 types of differential participation of structures. In this work there has been used programs SNAP and OrCAD. These programs were used for simulations of filters to proposed proper design. Results from this thesis is showed by graphs.

Les méta-surfaces permettent de contrôler efficacement es rayonnements électromagnétiques en manipulant la phase, l'amplitude et la polarisation des ondes. Pour de nombreuses applications, telles que des fonctions d’agilité, de commutations et de détection, des surfaces de haute performance sont nécessaires. L’objectif de cette thèse est d'explorer des méthodes innovantes permettant d'améliorer les facteurs de qualité des méta-surfaces dans les domaines micro-ondes et optique. La limitation des méta-surfaces est généralement liée aux pertes par rayonnement et à l'absorption non radiative. L'étude se concentre sur des solutions permettant la suppression des pertes de rayonnement en utilisant des concepts de mode sombre et de résonance de Fano. Un mécanisme d'excitation direct de mode sombre dans un résonateur individuel basé sur l’adaptation de symétrie est proposé. La possibilité d'améliorer l'efficacité de la réponse magnétique en optique est présentée. L'analyse de l'excitation par résonance de Fano dans un système de résonateurs couplés identiques est également réalisée sur la base du formalisme de la théorie des modes couplés. Deux configurations générales correspondant à l'arrangement spatial symétrique et énantiomères des résonateurs sont considérées. Dans le premier cas, le système de cavité formé par les méta-surfaces très proches fournit des caractéristiques spectrales très étroites et une sensibilité efficace élevée par rapport aux cavités Fabry-Perot conventionnelles. Dans le second cas, les caractéristiques de conception permettent de contrôler la suppression des pertes de rayonnement, permettant d'augmenter considérablement le facteur de qualité de la résonance de Fano. / Metasurfaces allows an effective control of electromagnetic radiation by manipulating phase, amplitude and polarization of electromagnetic waves. For numerous applications including tunable, switchable and sensing functionalities, high performance metasurfaces are required. The goal of this thesis is to explore innovative methods enabling to improve the quality factors of metasurfaces in microwave and optical domains. The limitation of metasurfaces is generally related to radiation losses and non-radiative absorption. The study is focused on solutions allowing the suppression of radiative losses by using concepts of dark mode and Fano resonance. A direct dark mode excitation mechanism in individual resonator based on symmetry matching is proposed. The possibility to enhance magnetic response efficiency in optical frequency range is presented. Analysis of Fano resonance excitation in a system of identical coupled resonators is also performed on the basis of coupled mode theory formalism. Two general configurations are considered corresponding to symmetric and enantiomeric space arrangement of resonators. In the first case, cavity system formed by near-field coupled metasurfaces provides sharp spectral characteristics and high efficient sensitivity compared to conventional Fabry-Perot cavities. In the second case the design features enables to control suppression of radiation losses, allowing to considerably increase Fano resonance quality factor.

A major limitation of silica-based high-Q microcavities is the lack of functionalities such as gain, plasmonic resonance, and second-order nonlinearity. Silica possesses third order nonlinearity but cannot produce second order nonlinearity, plasmonic resonances, or fluorescence emission. The key to overcome this deficiency is to develop versatile methods that can functionalize the surface of a silica microsphere with appropriate nanomaterials. The goal of this thesis is to present and characterize an electrostatic self-assembly based approach that can incorporate a large number of functional materials onto the surface of a silica resonator with nanoscale control. We consider several types of functional materials: polar ionic self-assembled multilayer (ISAM) films that possess second order nonlinearities, Au nanoparticles (NPs) that support plasmonic resonances, and fluorescent materials such as CdSe/ZnS core/shell QDs. A major part of this thesis is to investigate the relationship between cavity Q factors and the amount of nanomaterials deposited onto the silica microspheres. In particular, we fabricate multiple functional microspheres with different ISAM film thickness and Au NPs density. We find that the Q factors of these microspheres are mainly limited by optical absorption in the case of the ISAM film, and a combination of optical absorption and scattering in the case of the Au NPs. By controlling the number of polymer layers or the NPs density, we can adjust the Q factors of these functional microspheres in the range of 106 to 107. An agreement between theoretical prediction and experimental data was obtained. The results may also be generalized to other functional materials including macromolecules, dyes, and non-spherical plasmonic NPs. We also study the adsorption of Au NPs onto spherical silica surface from quiescent particle suspensions. The surfaces consist of microspheres fabricated from optical fibers and were coated with a polycation, enabling irreversible nanosphere adsorption. Our results fit well with theory, which predicts that particle adsorption rates depend strongly on surface geometry. This is particularly important for plasmonic sensors and other devices fabricated by depositing NPs from suspensions onto surfaces with non-trivial geometries. We use two additional examples to illustrate the potential applications of this approach. First, we explored the possibility of achieving quasi-phase-matching (QPM) in a silica fiber taper coated with nonlinear polymers. Next, we carry out a preliminary investigation of lasing in a silica fiber coated with CdSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dots (QDs). / Ph. D.

Energy distribution in a conventional magnetic component is generally not at a designer's disposal. In a conventional toroidal inductor, the energy density is inversely proportional to the square of the radius. Thus, a designer would be unable to prescribe uniform field distribution to fully utilize the inductor volume for storing magnetic energy. To address this problem a new inductor design, called a "constant-flux" inductor, is introduced in this thesis. This new inductor has the core and windings configured to distribute the magnetic flux and energy relatively uniformly throughout the core volume to achieve power density higher than that of a conventional toroidal inductor. The core of this new inductor design is made of concentric cells of magnetic material, and the windings are wound in the gaps between the cells. This structure is designed to avoid crowding of the flux, thus ensuring lower core energy losses. In addition, the windings are patterned for shorter length and larger area of cross-section to facilitate lower winding energy losses. Based on this approach, a set of new, constant flux inductor/transformer designs has been developed. This design set is based on specific input parameters are presented in this thesis. These parameters include the required inductance, peak and rms current, frequency of operation, permissible dc resistance, material properties of the core such as relative permeability, maximum permissible magnetic flux density for the allowed core loss, and Steinmetz parameters to compute the core loss. For each constant flux inductor/transformer design, the winding loss and core loss of the magnetic components are computed. In addition, the quality factor is used as the deciding criterion for selection of an optimized inductor/transformer design. The first design presented in this thesis shows that for the same maximum magnetic field intensity, height, total stored energy, and material, the footprint area of the new five-cell constant-flux inductor is 1.65 times less than that of an equivalent conventional toroidal inductor. The winding loss for the new inductor is at least 10% smaller, and core loss is at least 1% smaller than that in conventional inductors. For higher energy densities and taller inductors, an optimal field ratio of the dimensions of each cell (α = Rimin/Rimax) and a larger number of cells is desired. However, there is a practical difficulty in realizing this structure with a larger number of cells and higher field ratio α. To address this problem, an inductor design is presented that has a footprint area of a three-cell constant-flux inductor (α = 0.6) that is 1.48 times smaller in comparison to an equivalent conventional toroidal inductor. For the same maximum magnetic flux density, height, material, and winding loss, the energy stored in this new three-cell constant-flux inductor (α = 0.6) is four times larger than that of an equivalent conventional toroidal inductor. Finally, new designs for application-specific toroidal inductors are presented in this thesis. First, a constant-flux inductor is designed for high-current, high-power applications. An equivalent constant-flux inductor to a commercially available inductor (E70340-010) was designed. The height of this equivalent inductor is 20% less than the commercial product with the same inductance and dc resistance. Second, a constant-flux inductor design of inductance 1.2 µH was fabricated using Micrometal-8 for the core and flat wire of 0.97 mm x 0.25 mm for the conductor. The core material of this inductor has relative permeability < 28 and maximum allowed flux density of 3600 Gauss. The dc resistance of this new, constant flux inductor was measured to be 14.4 mΩ. / Master of Science

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Silicon CMOS Technology is now the preferred process for low power wireless communication devices, although currently much noisier and slower than comparable processes such as SiGe Bipolar and GaAs technologies. However, due to ever-reducing gate sizes and correspondingly higher speeds, higher Ft CMOS processes are increasingly competitive, especially in low power wireless systems such as Bluetooth, Wireless USB, Wimax, Zigbee and W-CDMA transceivers. With the current 32 nm gate sized devices, speeds of 100 GHz and beyond are well within the horizon for CMOS technology, but at a reduced operational voltage, even with thicker gate oxides as compensation. This thesis investigates newer techniques, both from a systems point of view and at a circuit level, to implement an efficient transceiver design that will produce a more sensitive receiver, overcoming the noise disadvantage of using CMOS Silicon. As a starting point, the overall components and available SoC were investigated, together with their architecture. Two novel techniques were developed during this investigation. The first was a high compression point LNA design giving a lower overall systems noise figure for the receiver. The second was an innovative means of matching circuits with low Q components, which enabled the use of smaller inductors and reduced the attenuation loss of the components, the resulting smaller circuit die size leading to smaller and lower cost commercial radio equipment. Both these techniques have had patents filed by the University. Finally, the overall design was laid out for fabrication, taking into account package constraints and bond-wire effects and other parasitic EMC effects.

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