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    Variability and reliability analysis of carbon nanotube technology in the presence of manufacturing imperfections 

    García Almudéver, Carmen (Date of defense: 2014-07-29)

    In 1925, Lilienfeld patented the basic principle of field effect transistor (FET). Thirty-four years later, Kahng and Atalla invented the MOSFET. Since that time, it has become the most widely used type of transistor in ...

    Variability-aware architectures based on hardware redundancy for nanoscale reliable computation 

    Aymerich Capdevila, Nivard (Date of defense: 2013-12-16)

    During the last decades, human beings have experienced a significant enhancement in the quality of life thanks in large part to the fast evolution of Integrated Circuits (IC). This unprecedented technological race, along ...

    Voltage-source-inverters with legs connected in parallel 

    Capellá Frau, Gabriel José (Date of defense: 2015-03-26)

    The number of applications that require the use of power converters has been continually increasing in the last years on account of environmental and economical concerns. The power to be processed by these converters has ...

    Wireless power transfer : fueling the dots 

    Bou Balust, Elisenda (Date of defense: 2017-07-17)

    Resonant Inductive Coupling Wireless Power Transfer (RIC-WPT) has been proven to provide very high power transfer efficiencies (above 80%) for moderate distances, and is hence foreseen as a key technology to enable wireless ...