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Item Open Access Low-field chip-based Overhauser dynamic nuclear polarization platforms(2026) Yang, Qing; Anders, Jens (Prof. Dr.)Item Open Access Methodology to qualify batteries for safety-critical vehicle applications(2025) Conradt, Rafael; Birke, Kai Peter (Prof. Dr.-Ing.)Item Open Access Radiation mitigation techniques for EIVE satellite mission payload computer(2022) Bischof, TobiasDie Satellitenmission ’Exploratory In-orbit Verification of an E/W-band link’ (EIVE) demonstriert die breitbandige Datenübertragung von der niedrigen Erdumlaufbahn zur Erde mit Datenraten von bis zu 15 Gbits−1.Umden korrekten Betrieb des EIVE-Satelliten sicherzustellen und die Strahlungseinwirkungen auf die Schaltung von EIVE zu reduzieren, sind Strahlungsminderungstechniken für den Nutzlastcomputer erforderlich. Daher untersucht diese Arbeit die Strahlungsminderungstechniken, Mechanismen für den Schutz des FPGA-Konfigurationsspeichers und implementiert robuste Kodierungsmechanismen der E/W-Band-Validierungsdateien. Die Untersuchungen und die implementierten Ansätze stehen dabei im Einklang mit den Leistungsbeschränkungen der Mission.Item Open Access Generating pattern sequences for the pseudo-exhaustive test of MOS-circuits(1988) Wunderlich, Hans-Joachim; Hellebrand, SybilleA method based on linear feedback shift registers over finite fields is presented to generate for a natural number n a pattern sequence with minimal length detecting each m-multiple stuck-open faults for M≤n. A hardware architecture is discussed generating this sequence, and for n=1 a built-in self-test (BIST) approach is presented that detects all combinations of multiple combinational and single stuck-open faults. The sequences are of minimum length, and can be produced either by software, by an external chip, or be a BIST-structure. Using the latter, the hardware overhead would be of the same magnitude as a conventional pseudorandom architecture.Item Open Access Position sensor and control system for micro hydraulic drives in surgical instruments(Stuttgart : Fraunhofer Verlag, 2019) Comella, Laura; Bauernhansl, Thomas (Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing.)This work is focused on the research and development of a sensor that permits the control of the movement of a hydraulically driven laparoscopic instrument tip and opens the way towards a new interpretation of surgical instruments. In the new vision the instrument is able to execute automatically preprogrammed tasks, without the constant involvement of the surgeon in the instrument control. After an analysis on the state of the art for laparoscopic instruments and a revision of the relevant literature on sensors for displacement measurement, the coaxial cylindrical capacitive method was identified as the most suitable solution for the application analyzed. This sensor configuration can be integrated directly into the hydraulic cylinder without the need of additional parts. The feasibility of the coaxial cylindrical capacitive sensor is theoretically analyzed, validated with FEA simulation and then characterized experimentally. Relevant is the fact that the tests are run with two different hydraulic cylinders, a mini hydraulic and a micro hydraulic cylinder, to demonstrate the scalability of the sensor and its adaptability to instruments of different size. The experimental results match the simulations and confirm the sensor´s behavior also on experimental level. The sensor is than integrated in a closed loop system to test its suitability for controlling the position of the instrument tip in a scenario as close as possible to the real one. For this reason, a hydraulic drive, which permits the movement of the instrument tip, is designed. The full hydraulic drive system is modeled and this model is used to design a feedback control. The designed controller is initially proven through simulation. Afterwards it is tested with experiments proving the correspondence between simulated and real world behavior of the system.Item Open Access 15 Gbit/s integrated laser diode driver using 0.3 μm gate length quantum well transistors(1992) Wang, Zhigong; Berroth, Manfred; Nowotny, Ulrich; Gotzeina, Werner; Hofmann, Peter; Hülsmann, Axel; Kaufel, Gudrun; Köhler, Klaus; Raynor, Brian; Schneider, JoachimAn integrated laser diode driver was realised using enhancement/depletion 0.3 μm recessed-gate AlGaAs/GaAs quantum well transistors. Fully-open eye diagrams were observed at bit rates up to 10 Gbit/s with 50 Ω loads. The maximum DC and modulation current were 25 and 45 mA, respectively. The power consumption is less than 450 mW.Item Open Access Power quality mitigation via smart demand-side management based on a genetic algorithm(2022) Eisenmann, Adrian; Streubel, Tim; Rudion, KrzysztofIn modern electrical grids, the number of nonlinear grid elements and actively controlled loads is rising. Maintaining the power quality will therefore become a challenging task. This paper presents a power quality mitigation method via smart demand-side management. The mitigation method is based on a genetic algorithm guided optimization for smart operational planning of the grid elements. The algorithm inherits the possibility to solve multiple, even competing, objectives. The objective function uses and translates the fitness functions of the genetic algorithm into a minimization or maximization problem, thus narrowing down the complexity of the addressed high cardinality optimization problem. The NSGA-II algorithm is used to obtain feasible solutions for the auto optimization of the demand-side management. A simplified industrial grid with five different machines is used as a case study to showcase the minimization of the harmonic distortion to normative limits for all time steps during a day at a specific grid node, while maintaining the productivity of the underlying industrial process.Item Open Access Digital pre- and post-equalizers for in-car data transmission over plastic optical fibers(2014) Voigt, Yixuan; Speidel, Joachim (Prof. Dr.-Ing. )Lately, a hot topic in the automobile industry is the development of the in-vehicle infotainment communication network based on the media oriented system transport (MOST) standard, where a cost-effective optical physical layer composed of light emitting diodes (LED), plastic optical fibers (POF) and positive-intrinsic-negative photodiodes (PIN PD) is used by the in-car network. The latest MOST150 standard has specified a transmission speed of 150 Mbit/s, while the next MOST generation is targeted at multi-Gbit/s. Obviously, the very limited bandwidth of the current physical layer will weigh on the future MOST generations. However, it is important to evaluate the potential of the current physical layer, for the reason that the car-manufacturers may continue using the low-cost and easily operable POFs and LEDs. The objective of this dissertation is to increase the data-rate for the next MOST generation from 150 Mbit/s to 2 ∼ 3 Gbit/s, based upon the current MOST150 optical physical layer. The main emphasis lies in investigating electronic signal processing techniques to detect the multi-level pulse-amplitude modulated (MPAM) signal transmitted through the noisy dispersive POF-based optical channel. To be specific, four different transmission schemes are studied respectively: the post-equalization scheme using either linear or decision-feedback equalizer, the joint pre- and post-equalization scheme, the non-linear Tomlinson-Harashima precoding (THP) scheme, and the bidirectional decision feedback equalization (BiDFE) scheme. In the BiDFE scheme, a novel trellis-based BiDFE (TB-BiDFE) equalizer is proposed. Their performances are investigated by means of theoretical analysis and computer simulations. As will be shown, with the help of electronic equalizers and error-correcting code, the final bitrate is able to reach 3 Gbit/s over a 10 m standard step-index POF, despite the use of a low-cost LED transmitter.Item Open Access Novel characterization techniques for the study of the dynamic behavior of silicon carbide power MOSFETs(2022) Salcines, Cristino; Kallfass, Ingmar (Prof. Dr.-Ing.)This dissertation provides insight into the dynamic behavior of SiC power MOSFETs from their inherent static IV and CV characteristics. While conventional dynamic measurements extracted from a DPT or a similar dynamic test-bench yield accurate quantitative data, the static IV and CV characteristics of a power semiconductor device offer more qualitative information to delve into the root mechanisms responsible for its dynamic behavior. Conventional characterization techniques are limited to power levels way below those which the power device withstands in the application. As a result, the static IV and CV characteristics attained by available measurement solutions are reduced to a limited scope of bias conditions insufficient to infer information about the dynamic behavior of the power device. This work tackles this gap and proposes novel measurement techniques that enable the characterization of the static IV and CV characteristics of SiC power MOSFETs at the full range of bias conditions the power device goes through in the application. Iso-thermal IV characteristics of a commercially available SiC power MOSFET are measured up to 40 kW power (instantaneous 50 A and 800 V) at junction temperatures ranging from 25°C to 175 °C. The CV characteristics are mapped at drain-source and gate-source bias combinations of VDS = 0 - 40 V and VGS = 0 - 20 V, respectively, at junction temperatures ranging from 25°C to 150 °C. The results of these measurements reveal unique insights into the electrical characteristics of SiC power MOSFETs which impact their performance in the application and explain unclear phenomena observed in their dynamic behavior. On the one hand, the intrinsic capacitances of the SiC power MOSFET extend their non-linearity, function of both VGS and VDS, to the saturation region of the power device. Moreover, they are also affected by the junction temperature of the power device. The impact of these in the voltage commutation speed of the device under different switching conditions is thoroughly analyzed in the thesis. On the other hand, the IV characteristics of the SiC power MOSFET reveal the existence of short channel effects that drastically affect the transconductance of the power device in its high voltage saturation region. Furthermore, the measurements show a positive temperature coefficient of the drain current in the high voltage saturation region of the SiC power device, attributed to the density of trap energy states in the SiC/SiO2 interface. These effects effectively lower the plateau voltage of the device and lead to faster current commutation speeds in the application than those expected from the datasheet values. The insights revealed by the proposed characterization techniques are intended to help fine-tune semiconductor technology processes and improve the accuracy of simulation models to achieve a higher grade of optimization in the design of future SiC-based energy conversion circuits.Item Open Access Digital self-interference cancellation using FPGA for in-band full-duplex radios(2023) Roge, Swapnil SunilConventionally, the transmission and the reception of signals in a particular wireless communication system is performed using the half-duplex method, wherein the transmitter and the receiver signals are either time-multiplexed or frequency-multiplexed. However, in case of an in-band full-duplex system, the bidirectional communication of signals is performed simultaneously in the same frequency band, which improves the spectral efficiency of these systems by a factor of two as compared to the traditional half-duplex systems. Therefore, the in-band full-duplex communication systems can double the data rate provided by the half-duplex communication systems, thereby making the former a matter of interest across the wireless research community. However, the in-band full-duplex systems have theirownset of disadvantages. The major challenge is the self-interference imposed by the high-power transmitter signal on the incoming low-power receiver signal, which further degrades the latter and negatively impacts its estimation. Out of the various methodologies to mitigate the self-interference from the receiver signal, this work focuses on the digital self-interference cancellation techniques. In this thesis, the effects of the self-interference signal on the receiver signal are examined. Furthermore, the different digital self-interference cancellation methods employed for suppressing the self-interference are comparatively analysed. Finally, the field-programmable gate array based implementation of the various digital self-interference cancellation algorithms and their respective performance results are presented as well.