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    Design and Evaluation of a Reliable Switching Method for Network-on-Chips

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Allivand, Yassin (Author) ; Miremadi, Ghassem (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Growth in the number of transistors on a single die has made Network-on-Chips more vulnerable to transient faults such as Crosstalks, SEUs and MBUs. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the effects of virtual channel structures on the performance and the power consumptions of NoCs in the presence of transient faults. Evaluations have been carried out by different switch architectures and experimental conditions, i.e., different traffic and fault injection rates. In this regard, we have measured the power and latency of the switch both in different buffer allocation mechanisms and different switching methods. The evaluated switching methods in this work vary from Virtual Cut through (VCT) to... 

    One-dimensional adiabatic circuits with inherent charge recycling

    , Article Electronics Letters ; Volume 51, Issue 14 , July , 2015 , Pages 1056-1058 ; 00135194 (ISSN) Khorami, A ; Sharifkhani, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Institution of Engineering and Technology  2015
    Abstract
    A new switching method for the stabilisation of a one-dimensional capacitor array tank for the stepwise charging of a load capacitor is presented. In this method, the tank capacitor configuration is rearranged in a circular manner once the charging process of a load capacitor finishes and before the charging process of a new load capacitor begins. Unlike previously reported methods, this method does not require backward switching for the stabilisation of tank capacitor voltages. Hence, the proposed method reduces the number of charging process steps by a factor of up to 2 compared with the conventional method. Moreover, since the tank recycles its charge inherently, the capacitive load can... 

    Low-power DAC with charge redistribution sampling method for SAR ADCs

    , Article Electronics Letters ; Volume 52, Issue 3 , 2016 , Pages 187-188 ; 00135194 (ISSN) Yazdani, B ; Khorami, A ; Sharifkhani, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Institution of Engineering and Technology 
    Abstract
    A sampling and switching method for a binary weighted digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) in successive approximation register (SAR) analogue-to-digital converters (ADCs) is presented. This sampling method is proposed to reduce the switching energy. Thanks to the proposed switching method, only one reference voltage (Vcm = 1/2 Vref) is required which helps to improve the precision of the DAC along with energy reduction compared with those methods that use more than one reference voltage. The switching energy and area of the DAC reduce by 97.66% and 50% compared with the conventional binary weighted DAC  

    Low power DAC with single capacitor sampling method for SAR ADCs

    , Article Electronics Letters ; Volume 52, Issue 14 , 2016 , Pages 1209-1210 ; 00135194 (ISSN) Yazdani, B ; Khorami, A ; Sharifkhani, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Institution of Engineering and Technology  2016
    Abstract
    An ultra-efficient switching method for successive approximation register ADCs is proposed. In this method, the input signals are sampled in a special fashion to reduce the switching energy. Owing to the sampling method, only one reference voltage (Vq=Vref/4) is required to implement the switching steps. Therefore, in addition to reduction in the switching energy (due to the lower supply voltage), the precision of the DAC is improved. The proposed method reduces the switching energy and area by 99.41 and 50%, respectively, compared with the conventional method. © 2016 The Institution of Engineering and Technology  

    Low-power bottom-plate sampling capacitor-splitting DAC for SAR ADCs

    , Article Electronics Letters ; Volume 52, Issue 11 , 2016 , Pages 913-915 ; 00135194 (ISSN) Yazdani, B ; Khorami, A ; Sharifkhani, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Institution of Engineering and Technology  2016
    Abstract
    A highly energy-efficient switching method for capacitor-splitting digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) in successive approximation register (SAR) analogue-to-digital converters (ADCs) is presented. In the proposed DAC, a bottom-plate sampling method is introduced which requires only one reference voltage (Vcm = 1/2Vref) during the entire DAC switching steps. Therefore, in addition to the switching energy reduction, the precision of the DAC is increased since only one reference voltage is used. The DAC average switching energy and the area are reduced by 98.44% and 50% compared with the conventional binary weighted DAC  

    Reliabilty Optimization of a Nonrepairable k out of n System with Composition of Warm and Cold Standby Components and Consideration of Switching

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Iran Manesh, Ali (Author) ; Eshraghnia Jahromi, Abdolhamid (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Due to reliability importance in military and industrial sectors, increasing of reliability is inevitable. One of the most important ways to increase the reliability of a system is to use cold and warm standby components. In this thesis, the analysed system is a nonrepairable k out of n system consist of hot, warm and cold components. Considering the importance of switch operation in this system the imapcts of switches on the overall system reliability has been analysed. The behavior of components and switches oby exponential distribution. The hazard rate for hot, warm and cold components is shown respectively by, and. Also the hazard rate of switch for cold to warm is shown by and for... 

    A high energy-efficiency and low-area switching scheme for SAR ADCs

    , Article Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing ; 18 November , 2020 Momeni, M ; Sharifkhani, M ; Yazdani, S. B ; Sharif University of Technology
    Springer  2020
    Abstract
    A high energy-efficiency and low-area switching method is proposed for the successive approximation register analog-to-digital converters. In the proposed scheme, the threshold voltage for comparison is derived from the charge sharing technique and using a voltage source connected to the bottom plates of the digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) capacitors. The switching method achieves an average DAC switching energy and DAC area reduction of 99.15% and 84.27%, respectively, with respect to the conventional method. The differential nonlinearity and integral nonlinearity of the proposed scheme are 0.1288 LSB and 0.1207 LSB, respectively. In addition, in the proposed method, the number of DAC... 

    A high energy-efficiency and low-area switching scheme for SAR ADCs

    , Article Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing ; Volume 106, Issue 2 , 2021 , Pages 449-457 ; 09251030 (ISSN) Momeni, M ; Sharifkhani, M ; Yazdani, S. B ; Sharif University of Technology
    Springer  2021
    Abstract
    A high energy-efficiency and low-area switching method is proposed for the successive approximation register analog-to-digital converters. In the proposed scheme, the threshold voltage for comparison is derived from the charge sharing technique and using a voltage source connected to the bottom plates of the digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) capacitors. The switching method achieves an average DAC switching energy and DAC area reduction of 99.15% and 84.27%, respectively, with respect to the conventional method. The differential nonlinearity and integral nonlinearity of the proposed scheme are 0.1288 LSB and 0.1207 LSB, respectively. In addition, in the proposed method, the number of DAC... 

    Providing Methods for Reducing and Estimating the Power Consumption of Wireless Networks on Chip

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Shirdel, Mojeeb (Author) ; Tabandeh, Mahmoud (Supervisor) ; Rahemi, Bijan (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In recent years, the possibility of building large systems on chip, called SoC is provided. By scaling the technology, designing Socs will face numerous challenges. The Noc paradigm, has resolved many of the SoC’s problems, by deploying network properties in the structures of on chip interconnections. Today, with advances in the semiconductor industry, we can implement broadband wireless antennas, which are integrated on chip. Such NoCs are called WNoC. Due to immaturity of WNoCs, there still exist big challenges, providing routing algorithm and controlling shared medium via MAV layers, for them. In this project, we will provide a routing algorithm based on tag switching, and then, after... 

    Optimization of BLDC Motor Drivers with Electric Bicycle Application

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Bahrami, Mansour (Author) ; Mokhtari, Hossein (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Electric motors used in electrical vehicles are varied, but in light electric vehicles such as electric motors and electric bikes, with limited space, permanent magnet motors due to their high power density and efficiency are very useful. These motors are divided into two types: trapezoidal and sinusoidal due to the waveform of the Back EMF voltage. The trapezoidal type, also known as the brushless DC motor , is more commonly used in light electric vehicles due to the simplicity of the control system and the lower cost. The control system of the BLDC motor is very important in its performance. Providing a controller for these engines that at low cost improves their performance is considered... 

    An isolated bidirectional integrated plug-in hybrid electric vehicle battery charger with resonant converters

    , Article Electric Power Components and Systems ; Volume 44, Issue 12 , 2016 , Pages 1371-1383 ; 15325008 (ISSN) Ebrahimi, S ; Akbari, R ; Tahami, F ; Oraee, H ; Sharif University of Technology
    Taylor and Francis Inc  2016
    Abstract
    Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles draw electricity from the electrical grid and store energy in their batteries. To increase charge availability for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, on-board chargers can be used, which should be small in size and lightweight. In this article, an on-board bidirectional soft-switched battery charger is proposed that utilizes a phase-shift-controlled dual-bridge series resonant converter with isolation. The bidirectional characteristic of proposed charger makes it suitable for vehicle-to-grid operation (i.e., injecting power from the vehicle to the grid) in smart grids. A switching control scheme is also proposed to provide soft-switching operation for all...