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Input current estimation is indispensable in the sensorless control algorithms for the problem of power factor compensation (PFC) of an AC-DC boost converter. The system estimator design is challenged by the bilinear form dynamics and…
Superconducting (SC) diodes are key passive building blocks for future SC electronics. However, realizing their active counterparts is essential for functional logic. Here, we demonstrate deterministic nonvolatile electrical switching of…
This paper introduces an automatic control method designed to enhance the operation of electric vehicles, besides the speed tracking objectives, by including reliability and lifetime requirements. The research considers an automotive power…
By means of catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD) in-situ grown monolayer graphene field-effect transistors (MoLGFETs) and bilayer graphene transistors (BiLGFETs) are realized directly on oxidized silicon substrate without the need to…
We demonstrate the design, fabrication, and characterization of wafer-scale, zero-bias power detectors based on two-dimensional MoS$_2$ field effect transistors (FETs). The MoS$_2$ FETs are fabricated using a wafer-scale process on 8 $\mu$m…
Resonant converters are often being used for high power and high voltage applications to achieve high efficiency, high power density and low EMI. In this paper, we will use a resonant converter for a completely different application. We…
Silicon carbide is a wide-bandgap semiconductor with an emerging CMOS technology platform and it is widely deployed in high power and harsh environment electronics. This material is also attracting interest for quantum technologies through…
This paper describes a 8 bits, 20 Msamples/s pipeline analog-to-digital converter implemented in 0.6 \mu m CMOS technology with a total power dissipation of 75.47 mW. Circuit techniques used include a precise comparator, operational…
Hybrid switched-capacitor converters (HSCC) offer great potential for high efficiency and power density compared to purely capacitor- or inductor-based converters. However, the recent proliferation of HSCC topologies has made it difficult…
The increase in the number of readout channels in new detectors, like the Micro Pattern Gas Detectors (MPGD), in the order of several millions, requires a large amount of electrical power to supply the front-end electronics, up to hundreds…
This paper presents a fully-integrated CMOS temperature sensor for densely-distributed thermal monitoring in systems on chip supporting dynamic voltage and frequency scaling. The sensor front-end exploits a sub-threshold PMOS-based circuit…
Superconductor electronics fabrication technology developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory enables the development of VLSI digital circuits with millions of Josephson junctions per square centimeter. However, conventional DC and multi-phase AC…
For high-bias operation devices such as silicon carbide (SiC) power devices, early detection of failure mechanisms is essential to ensure reliability. This requires a method to map high electric fields with high spatial resolution, which…
Present semiconductor research is increasingly focusing on either higher speeds or higher linearity or both. Applications range from consumer, industrial, healthcare and military. Typically such circuits are fabricated in today's…
Fully-processed SiC power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) emit light during switching of the gate terminal, while both drain and source terminals are grounded. The emitted photons are caused by defect-assisted…
We report on the status and development of polarization-sensitive detectors for millimeter-wave applications. The detectors are fabricated on single-crystal silicon, which functions as a low-loss dielectric substrate for the microwave…
Optically-active point defects in various host materials, such as diamond and silicon carbide (SiC), have shown significant promise as local sensors of magnetic fields, electric fields, strain and temperature. Current sensing techniques…
Silicon-based waveguide plasmon detectors have a great research interest because of CMOS compatibility and integration capability with other plasmonic integrated circuits. In this paper, a balanced metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) integrated…
Semiconductor tunable barrier single-electron pumps can produce output current of hundreds of picoamperes at sub ppm precision, approaching the metrological requirement for the direct implementation of the current standard. Here, we operate…
Solar micro-inverters are becoming increasingly popular as they are modular, and they posses the capability of extracting maximum available power from the individual photovoltaic (PV) modules of a solar array. For realizing micro-inverters…