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281. |  Digital Logic Testing and Simulation, 2nd Edition By: Alexander Miczo Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 22-JUL-2003 Insert Date: 20-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Digital Logic Testing and Simulation, 2nd Edition
Your road map for meeting today's digital testing challenges
Today, digital logic devices are common in products that impact public safety, including applications in transportation and human implants. Accurate testing has become more critical to reliability, safety, and the bottom line. Yet, as digital systems become more ubiquitous and complex, the challenge of testing them has become more difficult. As one development group designing a RISC stated, "the work required to . . . test a chip of this size approached the amount of effort required to design it." A valued reference for nearly...
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282. |  Verilog Coding for Logic Synthesis By: Weng Fook Lee Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 17-APR-2003 Insert Date: 20-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Verilog Coding for Logic Synthesis
Provides a practical approach to Verilog design and problem solving.
Bulk of the book deals with practical design problems that design engineers solve on a daily basis.
Includes over 90 design examples.
There are 3 full scale design examples that include specification, architectural definition, micro-architectural definition, RTL coding, testbench coding and verification.
Book is suitable for use as a textbook in EE departments that have VLSI courses
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283. |  Low-Voltage SOI CMOS VLSI Devices and Circuits By: James B. Kuo; Shih-Chia Lin Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 01-OCT-2001 Insert Date: 20-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Low-Voltage SOI CMOS VLSI Devices and Circuits
A practical, comprehensive survey of SOI CMOS devices and circuits for microelectronics engineers
The microelectronics industry is becoming increasingly dependent on SOI CMOS VLSI devices and circuits. This book is the first to address this important topic with a practical focus on devices and circuits. It provides an up-to-date survey of the current knowledge regarding SOI device behaviors and describes state-of-the-art low-voltage CMOS VLSI analog and digital circuit techniques.
Low-Voltage SOI CMOS VLSI Devices and Circuits covers the entire field, from basic concepts to the most...
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284. |  Broadband Packet Switching Technologies: A Practical Guide to ATM Switches and IP Routers By: H. Jonathan Chao; Cheuk H. Lam; Eiji Oki Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 15-SEP-2001 Insert Date: 20-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Broadband Packet Switching Technologies: A Practical Guide to ATM Switches and IP Routers
The effective design of high-speed, reliable switching systems is essential for moving the huge volumes of traffic and multimedia over modern communications networks. This book explains all the main packet-switching architectures, including all theoretical and practical topics relevant to the design and management of high-speed networks. Delivering the most systematic coverage available of the subject, the authors interweave fundamental concepts with real-world applications and include engineering case studies from wireless and fiber-optic communications.
Market: Hardware and Software...
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285. |  Software Defined Radio: Baseband Technologies for 3G Handsets and Basestations Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 13-FEB-2004 Insert Date: 20-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Software Defined Radio: Baseband Technologies for 3G Handsets and Basestations
The impending advent of GSM in the early 1990s triggered massive investment that revolutionised the capability of DSP technology. A decade later, the vastly increased processing requirements and potential market of 3G has triggered a similar revolution, with a host of start-up companies claiming revolutionary technologies hoping to challenge and displace incumbent suppliers.
This book, with contributions from today's major players and leading start-ups, comprehensively describes both the new approaches and the responses of the incumbents, with detailed descriptions of the design...
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286. |  Analog VLSI Circuits for the Perception of Visual Motion By: Alan A. Stocker Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 12-MAY-2006 Insert Date: 20-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Analog VLSI Circuits for the Perception of Visual Motion
Although it is now possible to integrate many millions of transistors on a single chip, traditional digital circuit technology is now reaching its limits, facing problems of cost and technical efficiency when scaled down to ever-smaller feature sizes. The analysis of biological neural systems, especially for visual processing, has allowed engineers to better understand how complex networks can effectively process large amounts of information, whilst dealing with difficult computational challenges.
Analog and parallel processing are key characteristics of biological neural networks....
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287. |  Software Defined Radio: Enabling Technologies By: Walter H.W. Tuttlebee; Walter Tuttlebee Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 15-JUL-2002 Insert Date: 20-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Software Defined Radio: Enabling Technologies
Software defined radio (SDR) is one of the most important topics of research, and indeed development, in the area of mobile and personal communications. SDR is viewed as an enabler of global roaming and as a unique platform for the rapid introduction of new services into existing live networks. It therefore promises mobile communication networks a major increase in flexibility and capability.
SDR brings together two key technologies of the last decade - digital radio and downloadable software. It encompasses not only reconfiguration of the air interface parameters of handset and...
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288. |  OFDM Baseband Receiver Design for Wireless Communications By: Tzi-Dar Chiueh; Pei-Yun Tsai Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 04-DEC-2007 Insert Date: 20-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: OFDM Baseband Receiver Design for Wireless Communications
Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) access schemes are becoming more prevalent among cellular and wireless broadband systems, accelerating the need for smaller, more energy efficient receiver solutions. Up to now the majority of OFDM texts have dealt with signal processing aspects. To address the current gap in OFDM integrated circuit (IC) instruction, Chiueh and Tsai have produced this timely text on baseband design.
OFDM Baseband Receiver Design for Wireless Communications covers the gamut of OFDM technology, from theories and algorithms to architectures and circuits....
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289. |  Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 28-APR-2008 Insert Date: 20-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 |
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is concerned with the efficient numerical solution of the partial differential equations that describe fluid dynamics. CFD techniques are commonly used in the many areas of engineering where fluid behavior is an important factor. Traditional fields of application include aerospace and automotive design, and more recently, bioengineering and consumer and medical electronics. With Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics Techniques, 2nd edition, Rainald Löhner introduces the reader to the techniques required to achieve efficient CFD solvers, forming a bridge...
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290. |  Digital Compensation for Analog Front-Ends: A New Approach to Wireless Transceiver Design By: Prof François Horlin; André Bourdoux Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 09-JUN-2008 Insert Date: 20-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Digital Compensation for Analog Front-Ends: A New Approach to Wireless Transceiver Design
The desire to build lower cost analog front-ends has triggered interest in a new domain of research. Consequently the joint design of the analog front-end and of the digital baseband algorithms has become an important field of research. It enables the wireless systems and chip designers to more effectively trade the communication performance with the production cost.
Digital Compensation for Analog Front-Ends provides a systematic approach to designing a digital communication system. It covers in detail the digital compensation of many non-idealities, for a wide class of emerging...
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291. |  Signal Integrity and Radiated Emission of High-Speed Digital Systems By: Spartaco Caniggia; Francescaromana Maradei Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 15-DEC-2008 Insert Date: 20-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Signal Integrity and Radiated Emission of High-Speed Digital Systems
Before putting digital systems for information technology or telecommunication applications on the market, an essential requirement is to perform tests in order to comply with the limits of radiated emission imposed by the standards.
This book provides an investigation into signal integrity (SI) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) problems. Topics such as reflections, crosstalk, switching noise and radiated emission (RE) in high-speed digital systems are covered, which are essential for IT and telecoms applications. The highly important topic of modelling is covered which can reduce...
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292. |  Classification, Parameter Estimation and State Estimation: An Engineering Approach Using MATLAB By: Ferdinand van der Heijden; Robert Duin; Dick de Ridder; David M. J. Tax Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 08-NOV-2004 Insert Date: 20-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Classification, Parameter Estimation and State Estimation: An Engineering Approach Using MATLAB
Classification, Parameter Estimation and State Estimation is a practical guide for data analysts and designers of measurement systems and postgraduates students that are interested in advanced measurement systems using MATLAB. 'Prtools' is a powerful MATLAB toolbox for pattern recognition and is written and owned by one of the co-authors, B. Duin of the Delft University of Technology.
After an introductory chapter, the book provides the theoretical construction for classification, estimation and state estimation. The book also deals with the skills required to bring the theoretical...
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293. |  Speech, Image, and Language Processing for Human Computer Interaction By: Uma Tiwary; Tanveer Siddiqui Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 30-APR-2012 Insert Date: 18-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Speech, Image, and Language Processing for Human Computer Interaction Human Computer Interaction is the study of relationships among people and computers. As the digital world is getting multi-modal, the information space is getting more and more complex. In order to navigate this information space and to capture and apply this information to appropriate use, an effective interaction between human and computer is required. Such interactions are only possible if computers can understand and respond to important modalities of human interaction. Speech, Image, and Language Processing for Human Computer Interaction aims to indentify the emerging research areas in...
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294. |  Wireless Radio-Frequency Standards and System Design By: Gianluca Cornetta; David Santos; Jose Vazquez Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-JAN-2012 Insert Date: 18-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Wireless Radio-Frequency Standards and System Design Radio-frequency (RF) integrated circuits in CMOS technology are gaining increasing popularity in the commercial world, and CMOS technology has become the dominant technology for applications such as GPS receivers, GSM cellular transceivers, wireless LAN, and wireless short-range personal area networks based on IEEE 802.15.1 (Bluetooth) or IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee) standards. Furthermore, the increasing interest in wireless technologies and the widespread of wireless communications has prompted an ever increasing demand for radio frequency transceivers.Wireless Radio-Frequency Standards and...
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295. |  Research, Practice, and Educational Advancements in Telecommunications and Networking By: Michael Bartolacci; Steven Powell Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-JAN-2012 Insert Date: 18-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Research, Practice, and Educational Advancements in Telecommunications and Networking The study of telecommunications and networking allows us to understand existing modes of communication and information transfer while also developing new methods for managing, modeling, and regulating the exchange of information.Research, Practice, and Educational Advancements in Telecommunications and Networking offers multidisciplinary perspectives on architectures and systems for effective, efficient communication across different types of infrastructures, which include online and wireless networks. Collecting research on mobile ad hoc networks, VoIP, and mobile recommendation systems,...
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296. |  By: Jose Garcia-Rodriguez; Miguel Cazorla Quevedo Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 12-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 14-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Robotic Vision
Robotic systems consist of object or scene recognition, vision-based motion control, vision-based mapping, and dense range sensing, and are used for identification and navigation. As these computer vision and robotic connections continue to develop, the benefits of vision technology including savings, improved quality, reliability, safety, and productivity are revealed.
Robotic Vision: Technologies for Machine Learning and Vision Applications is a comprehensive collection which highlights a solid framework for understanding existing work and planning future research. This book...
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297. |  Graph Theory for Operations Research and Management By: Reza Farahani; Elnaz Miandoabchi Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 14-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Graph Theory for Operations Research and Management
While typically many approaches have been mainly mathematics focused, graph theory has become a tool used by scientists, researchers, and engineers in using modeling techniques to solve real-world problems.
Graph Theory for Operations Research and Management: Applications in Industrial Engineering presents traditional and contemporary applications of graph theory in the areas of industrial engineering, management science, and applied operations research. This comprehensive collection of research introduces the useful basic concepts of graph theory in real world applications.
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298. |  Fundamentals of Statistical Signal Processing, Volume III: Practical Algorithm Development By: Steven M. Kay Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 08-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Fundamentals of Statistical Signal Processing, Volume III: Practical Algorithm Development The Complete, Modern Guide to Developing Well-Performing
Signal Processing Algorithms
In Fundamentals of Statistical Signal
Processing, Volume III: Practical Algorithm Development,
author Steven M. Kay shows how to convert theories of statistical
signal processing estimation and detection into software algorithms
that can be implemented on digital computers. This final volume of
Kay’s three-volume guide builds on the comprehensive
theoretical coverage in the first two volumes. Here, Kay helps
readers develop strong intuition and expertise in designing
well-performing algorithms that solve...
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299. |  Essentials of Mobile Handset Design By: Abhi Naha; Peter Whale Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 30-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 05-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Essentials of Mobile Handset Design
Discover what is involved in designing the world's most popular and advanced consumer product to date - the phone in your pocket. With this essential guide you will learn how the dynamics of the market, and the pace of technology innovation, constantly create new opportunities which design teams utilize to develop new products that delight and surprise us. Explore core technology building blocks, such as chipsets and software components, and see how these components are built together through the design lifecycle to create unique handset designs. Learn key design principles to reduce...
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300. |  By: A. Galip Ulsoy; Huei Peng; Melih Çakmakci Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 30-APR-2012 Insert Date: 05-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Automotive Control Systems
This engineering course book introduces advanced control systems for vehicles, including advanced automotive concepts and the next generation of vehicles for ITS. For each automotive control problem considered, the authors emphasise the physics and underlying principles behind the control system concept and design. This is an exciting and rapidly developing field for which many articles and reports exist but no modern unifying text. An extensive list of references is provided at the end of each chapter for all the topics covered. It is currently the only textbook, including problems and...
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