Dissertation in the field of Electronic circuit design, Matthew Turnquist
The title of thesis is Integrated DC-DC Converters for Adaptive Ultra-Low-Energy Processors
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To continue the strong growth in ultra-portable electronics (e.g. wearable devices), increasing device operation time and/or functionality are critical goals. As battery technology continues it very-moderate development, the challenges in meeting these goals are mainly circuit-level challenges focused around reducing energy consumption. Research work presented in this thesis addresses the previous challenges by introducing new DC-DC converters and new DC-DC/processor co-design methodologies. There are three main focus areas within the thesis: DC-DC converters, adaptive processors, and DC-DC converter/adaptive processor systems. The results obtained in this work can help in the development of future DC-DC converters and can be utilized future integrated circuits for ultra-portable electronics. This work significantly improves on state-of-the-art integrated circuits within the respective field.
Opponent: Professor Joseph Shor, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Supervisor: Professor Kari Halonen, Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Department of Micro- and Nanosciences