Thesis (M.S.C.I.T.)--Regis University, Denver, Colo., 2006. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 25, 2007). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2008. / Vita. The entire thesis text is included in file. Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed January 22, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.

Orientador: Paulo José Amaral Serni / Co-orientador: Diego Colón / Banca: Claudionor Francisco do Nascimento / Banca: Átila Madureira Bueno / Resumo: Na indústria de cabos a qualidade do cabo de rede (LAN) só é conhecida no final da linha de produção, medindo a desempenho do cabo pronto (produto acabado). Há portanto uma deficiência no sistema de qualidade, incapaz de avaliar os materiais intermediários antes de comporem o cabo pronto. Este trabalho propõe uma ferramenta matemática para o tratamento das medições de reflexão (perda de retorno) em alta frequência de tais semi-elaborados, de forma a orientar a fábrica sobre a qualidade dos mesmos antes de avançarem na linha de produção. O método usa a área entre as curvas de perda de retorno do par e a norma de qualidade, sendo este valor chamado área de margem (AM). Verificou-se pelo método de correlação de Spearman que há uma correlação alta entre o valor de AM dos pares e AM do cabo pronto, com chance de erro menor que 1%. Utilizando a AM para selecionar os pares trançados, foram reunidos núcleos cujo desempenho foram diferenciados. Para avaliação automática da AM, foi desenvolvido também o programa SATLER para tratamento matemático das medidas / Abstract: In cable industry, the LAN network cables quality is knew only in the end of prodution line, measuring the performance of finished cable. So thus, there is a deficiency on quality system, unable to evaluate the intermediate materials before cable layup. This paper proposes a new mathematical tool for handling signal reflection measurements (Return Loss) in high frequencies over the semi-finished ones, in order to guide factory about the quality before going forward on production flow. This method uses the between curves of return loss of twisted pair and the curve of normative limits, being this area the "Margin Area" (MA). It was verified a great correlation (using Spearman method) between pairs MA and final cable's MA, with and errors chance bellow 1%. Using such MA to select twisted pairs, there were laid up stranded cores with different performances. For automatic MA evaluation, it was also developed the software SATLER for mathematical processing of measurements / Mestre

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This thesis implements the expert system technology in broadband network cable plant design to provide an automated design tool for the design engineer. Under this scheme, the knowledge of the cable plant design engineer can be captured and adapted into a manageable form. The various processes of this system include design rule checking, automatically blueprint layout, signal quality analysis and report generator. As we know, the broadband cable plant design shares 50% of the installation budget at the same time, it is a critical issue in the reliability, the extendability, and the manageability of the network system. It is important that the design can be verified before beginning installation. This is the goal of broadband cable plant design expert system tries to address.

Cette thèse porte sur l’analyse et la modélisation des interactions électromagnétiques sur des torons aéronautiques constitués de câbles multiconducteurs représentatifs de la réalité industrielle. En effet les évolutions technologiques (introduction de matériaux composites, augmentation des fonctions électriques,..) conduisent à revoir les niveaux d’exigence des couplages électromagnétiques sur torons de câbles. Ainsi, les outils de dimensionnement de ces couplages s’avèrent indispensables pour décider des choix technologiques d’architectures des câblages.Dans ce contexte, les codes numériques basés sur la théorie des lignes de transmission permettent de calculer les couplages électromagnétiques au sein de torons multiconducteurs. Ces modèles numériques doivent être alimentés par la description géométrique des sections droites de toron. Un outil logiciel de génération de sections droites de toron a étévalidé dans un premier temps par comparaison à une référence bibliographique, puis par une étude expérimentale d’un toron réel d’A380. Cette étude de suivi de positionnement de conducteur dans le toron a mis en évidence que le cheminement des câbles au sein du toron dépendait de leur rigidité. Ainsi, la bifilaire torsadée non blindée est le câble dont le cheminement est le moins maîtrisé. De plus, ce type de câble très couramment utilisé pour transmettre desdonnées en mode différentiel, est à l’origine de couplages spécifiques qu’il est essentiel d’analyser pour correctement les modéliser. Par conséquent, le premier cas étudié est composé d’une bifilaire torsadée agresseur et d’une monofilaire victime. Les simulations numériques ont montré que les courants induits le long de la monofilaire victime présentaient un motif propre à la torsade de la bifilaire agresseur. Ce motif a été expliqué par une approche analytique et confirmé par expérimentations. La prise en compte des torsades dans une simulation numérique induisant des temps de calculs prohibitifs, un modèle simplifié de câble torsadé basé sur un moyennage des paramètres linéiques a été développé et validé. L’effet des extrémités dé-torsadées résultant de la connectorisation a également été évalué d’un point de vue numérique et expérimental. Les cas d’étude ont ensuite été complexifiés à des couplages entre bifilaires torsadées jusqu’à traiter un toron réel de plus de 60 conducteurs. Un banc expérimental a été développé. La modélisation numérique de ce toron complexe a été réalisée et les résultats numériques de couplages électromagnétiques confrontés aux données expérimentales. En vue de réduire considérablement les temps de calculs, le modèle simplifié a étéappliqué à ce toron. Sa potentialité a été démontrée. Une analyse statistique de la dispersion des couplages lectromagnétiques au sein de ce toron complexe a finalement été abordée. / This thesis focuses on the analysis and the modeling of electromagnetic interactions on aeronautical bundles made of multicore cables representative of the industrial reality. Indeed, technological changes (introduction of composite materials, increased electrical functions, ...) force to reconsider the requirement levels of electromagnetic coupling on cable bundles. Thus, the design tools of these electromagnetic couplings are essential to help to technological choices of architectureswiring. In this context, numerical software based on transmission line theory can calculate the electromagnetic coupling in complex bundles. These numerical models need the geometric description of bundles cross sections. A software tool for generating bundles cross sections was initially validated by comparison to a bibliographic reference, followed by anexperimental study of a real bundle arised from an A380. This analysis of conductors positioning along the bundle showed that the cable routing depends on the cable stiffness. Thus, the unshielded twisted cable appears to be the cable which routing is less controlled. In addition, this type of cable most commonly used to tr nsmit data in differential mode can generate specific couplings which are important to analyze for correctly modeling this cable. Therefore, the first case studied is composed of a twisted pair cable aggressor and a single victim wire. Numerical simulations have shownthat the induced currents along the victim wire had a behavior specific to the twist of the twisted pair cable aggressor. This pattern has been explained by an analytical approach and confirmed by experiments. Taking into account twists in numerical simulation leads to prohibitive computational time. Therefore, a simplified model based on averagingparameters per unit length of twisted cable was developed and validated. The effect of untwisted ends resulting from connection was also assessed numerically and experimentally. Case studies were complicated to coupling between twisted pair cabl es and finally to a real bundle with more than 60 wires. An experimental bench was developed. Numerical modeling of the complex bundle has been carried out and numerical results of electromagnetic couplings compared to experimental data. In order to significantly reduce the computation time, the simplified model was applied to this bundle. Itsefficiency has been demonstrated. A statistical analysis of the dispersion of electromagnetic couplings within this complex bundle was finally addressed.

The object of this research is to develop robust wire-line systems which demonstrate high performance while simultaneously consuming low power. The main focus of this work is the Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) system, which is the primary circuit of any modern wire-line transceiver. Different techniques starting from circuit-level to system-level have been investigated in this work to improve the performance of multi-gigabit CDRs. A 62 GHz bandwidth amplifier has been presented to address the need for a scalable amplifier for CDR needs. A new technique has been proposed to improve the radiation immunity of latches, to reduce the BER in CDRs occurring due to package radiations. An injection-lock based clock recovery method was investigated as an alternative to PLL based CDRs as they can be used for burst-mode wire-line communication. The investigation yielded the vulnerability of the method to jitter (false-locking and high jitter transfer), the attenuation of which is critical to commercial CDRs. A novel false-lock detector system has been proposed and demonstrated for the first time as a robust solution to the issue of false-locking of CDRs due to repetitive patterns. The implementation of the final CDR system required the use of an L-C tank VCO, the components of which are generic for all commercial CDRs. A new systematic layout technique for the VCO has been proposed and demonstrated in this work to substantially improve the layout area and the associated parasitics, approximately by 70 %. This new layout addresses a critical yet often neglected part of VCO design. Furthermore, a new concept has been proposed to optimize static dividers with respect to their power consumption and number of devices.

M. Tech. (Department of Process Control and Computer Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Technology), Vaal University of Technology. / The telecommunication and utility cable monitoring system was implemented to protect the cable tampering. Cable tampering occurs despite the fact that methods have been developed, to solve and decrease cable tampering cases such as cable tampering prevention campaigns at the national and international level, organizing security patrols, replacing existing cable with fiber cables and I-Watch system installation. The objective of the research was to design and implement a cable tampering monitoring system which is able to monitor, detect, pinpoint the location and give the distance from the sensor at which the cable tampering took place. The system is an improvement on the traditional cable anti-theft monitoring system, the method of tracking resonance signal frequency was implemented. The system incorporates a sensing circuit which detects a change on the capacitance value of the cable and converts it into an equivalent frequency value, Field-Programable Gate Array (FPGA) board is utilized to convert the frequency into the cable length (the distance from sensor of cable which was taken away), after detecting an anomaly on the cable (tampered with) the output of the system is divided into two parts which are display mode and messaging mode. For display mode, the system uses a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) which displays the GPS Coordinates of the location where the cable tampering took place and the distance from sensor of the cable which has been tampered with. In the messaging mode, the FPGA activates the GSM module and the module sends alert flag message to the user when the cable is tampered with.