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Although most modern monolithic solid state operational amplifiers (op-amps) are internally compensated, externally compensated units provide an invaluable degree of freedom to analog designers. As a result, these op-amps offer true 'general purposeness,' since allowing the user to choose the amplifier's compensation can drastically improve performance in many applications. This thesis proposes...

The laser array waveguide designed and simulated in this thesis is highly mode discriminant and able to take advantage of spatially dispersive high-power pumping sources, such as, semiconductor laser diode arrays. The waveguide measures 5cm x 0.5cm and consists of an array of five 4Am x 4Am single mode Nd +3 doped glass lasers embedded in double cladding to improve total pumping efficiency. The...

This thesis reports the achievement of a two-species apparatus for use in an upcoming experiment with fermionic ultracold atomic gases. First, we describe the construction of a laser system capable of cooling and trapping gaseous lithium-6 atoms in a 3D Magneto-Optical Trap. Second, we discuss the realization of a 2D Magneto-Optical Trap which, in our experiment, acts as a high-flux source of c...

This thesis describes an embedded undersampling system for capturing analog waveforms and monitoring signal integrity throughout a signal path. It is intended for use in Gigabit serial products, such as crosspoints and other networking products. Design reuse and simple components were the most important design parameters. The system has a small layout, a simple digital interface, and does not r...

This thesis examines the issues and value-added, from both the technical and economic perspective, of solving the information integration problem in the retail banking industry. In addition, we report on an implementation of a prototype for the Universal Banking Application using currently available technologies. We report on some of the issues we discovered and the suggested improvements for f...

Thesis projects are a challenging task for students as well as their supervisors. In most cases, students have not managed such large projects before. Many supervisors are good researchers, but have not received training in pedagogy and project management. This means that students as well as supervisors often lack best practices in managing thesis projects. This paper fills this gap by providin...

This thesis presents a tool for validating descriptions of distributed algorithms in the IOA language using an interactive theorem prover. The tool translates IOA programs into Larch Shared Language speci cations in a style which is suitable for formal reasoning. The framework supports two common strategies for establishing the correctness of distributed algorithms: Invariants and simulation re...

This thesis describes a software distribution and maintenance system that reduces administration costs while increasing survivability. Contributions include design, implementation, and analysis. The system applies automation wherever possible and takes maximum advantages of economies of scale. The implementation extends an existing replication tool to provide multiplatform support, user assiste...