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Several high-performance lab instruments suitable for manual assembly have been developed using low-pin-count 32-bit microcontrollers that communicate with an Android tablet via a USB interface. A single Android tablet app accommodates…
Single-electron transistors (SETs) have been extensively used as charge sensors in many areas such as quantum computations. In general, the signals of SETs are smaller than those of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices,…
Conventional silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are well established as light detectors with single-photon-detection capability and used throughout high energy physics, medical, and commercial applications. The possibility to produce single…
In comparison to the conventional complementary pull-up and pull-down logic structure, the pass transistor logic (PTL) family reduces the number of transistors required to perform logic functions, thereby reducing both area and power…
This work presents a fully discrete, low cost digital isolator requiring no specialized ICs and implemented entirely with general purpose transistors and a two layer PCB embedded air core transformer. The design avoids vendor lock in and…
A monolithic pixel sensor in deep-submicron Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) CMOS technology has been designed, manufactured and characterised. This technology is of significant interest for applications in particle tracking and imaging. The…
The paper discusses an application of the field effected transistor (FET) as a voltage controlled resistance which can be done in under-graduate labs either as a routine experiment or as a project.
CMOS-transistors circuits have been used as a conventional approach for designing an analog multiplier in modern era of industrial electronics. However, previous studies have shown, that based on the working region of transistors, such as…
In this review, we present an overview of four proof-of-concept of single-atom transistors based on four technologies : Atom doping, Single electron transistors, Single-atom metallic wire and Multilevel atomic-scale switching. Techniques…
We developed a simple, flexible, low-cost, and computer-controlled cryogenic temperature measurement system for undergraduate instructional laboratories. An Arduino microcontroller board measures the voltage across a silicon diode to…
Single-electron transistors would represent an approach for less power consuming microelectronic devices if room-temperature operation and industry-compatible fabrication were possible. We present a concept based on stripes of small,…
How difficult can it be to implement a PID controller? The answer is twofold. Implementing the PID control law is simple and computationally inexpensive. However, this basic form will not work in practical applications. The primary reason…
This study presents the design, simulation, and experimental characterization of a superconducting transmon qubit circuit prototype for potential applications in dark matter detection experiments. We describe a planar circuit design…
The present thesis follows a three years' work in design, realization and operation of electronic circuits for the readout of particle and radiation sensors, carried out in close collaboration with the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare…
In this paper, we demonstrate by simulation the general usability of an electrostatically doped and electrically reconfigurable planar field-effect transistor (FET) structure. The device concept is partly based on our already published and…
3D integrated circuit (3D-IC) technology gained acceptance due to the ability to achieve extremely high level of integration, where hundreds of ICs are stacked vertically. Such level of integration can result in local power dissipation of…
The operation of a digital logic inverter consisting of one p- and one n-type graphene transistor integrated on the same sheet of monolayer graphene is demonstrated. The type of one of the transistors was inverted by moving its Dirac point…
Turbidity is a physical property related to the scattering of light by particles that are suspended in a liquid. Commercial turbidimeters are priced at the range of hundreds to thousands of dollars. Considering this scenario, it is proposed…
The Particle Flow Analysis approach retained for the future ILC detectors requires high granularity and compact particle energy deposition. A Glass Resistive Plate Chamber based Semi-Digital calorimeter can offer both at a low price for the…
Bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) have been at the core of linear electronics from its beginnings. Although their properties can be well represented transport model equations, design and analysis approaches have, to a good extent, been…