Browsing by Advisor "Bhat, Navakanta"
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Biologically Inspired Electronic Nose: Innovations and Developments
The olfactory system is a highly efficient and complex network for detecting and interpreting a wide range of chemical signals. It consists of specialized sensory cells located in the nasal mucosa that detect odor molecules ... -
Design, Analysis And Characterization Of Torsional MEMS Varactor
(2010-10-11)Varactors form an important part of many communication circuits. They are utilized in oscillators, tunable matching networks, tunable filters and phase-shifters. This thesis deals with the design, analysis, characterization ... -
Development of CMOS-Compatible, Microwave-Assisted Solution Processing of Nanostructured Zine Ferrite Films for Gigahertz Circuits
(2018-04-16)The development of radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), especially the dream of integrating analog, digital and radio frequency (RF) components on the same chip that is commonly known as System-on-a-Chip (SoC), is ... -
Development of Nanosensors and Microfluidics towards Raman Spectroscopic Applications
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) has become a powerful method for detection of diverse analytes ranging from solution of picomolar concentration to single molecule and single cell analysis. The distinctive nature ... -
Development of Recessed-gate Normally-off Al(x)Ga(1-x)N/GaN HEMTs for Power Applications
The push for higher efficiency and power density in power electronics has accelerated the development of AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs). The formation of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) at the ... -
Device Structure And Material Exploration For Nanoscale Transistor
(2013-07-03)There is a compelling need to explore different material options as well as device structures to facilitate smooth transistor scaling for higher speed, higher density and lower power. The enormous potential of nanoelectronics, ... -
Diabetogenesis and Albumin Molecular Modifications Newer Biological Insights and Clinical Implications
To address the many unmet scientific needs in diabetes care (pathogenesis pathways, earliest diagnosis, efficient monitoring, safer and better therapies and importantly prevention approaches), our research focussed on: (a) ... -
Electrochemical Biosensors based on Novel Receptors for Diabetes Management
(2018-01-15)To address the challenge of accurate, low cost and robust biosensors for diabetes management and early detection of diabetes complications, we have developed novel, robust sensing chemistry (or receptors) for electrochemical ... -
Electrochemical Continuous Glucose Monitoring Sensor for Effective Management of Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus, marked by elevated blood glucose levels, has been a leading contributor to global morbidity and mortality. The prolonged elevated blood glucose levels can lead to secondary complications such as renal ... -
Engineering Nano-Electronic Devices using 2-D Materials: CMOS Logic to Biosensing
Technology scaling has driven the development of semiconductor technology that forms a ubiquitous part of daily utilities such as smartphones, computers, and wearables. However, efforts to continue scaling have met ... -
Experimental Studies on Extremely Small Scale Vibrations of Micro-Scale Mechanical and Biological Structures
(2018-05-14)Experimental vibration analysis of mechanical structures is a well established field.Plenty of literature exists on macro scale structures in the fields of civil, mechanical and aerospace engineering, but the study of ... -
Exploration of Displacement Detection Mechanisms in MEMS Sensors
(2017-11-14)MEMS Sensors are widely used for sensing inertial displacements. The displacements arising out of acceleration /Coriolis effect are typically in the range of 1 nm-1 m. This work investigates the realization of high resolution ... -
Exploration of Materials and Platforms for the Development of a Label-free Electrochemical DNA Sensor
The aim of the studies presented in this thesis was to explore various materials and platforms for the detection of DNA in order to develop a cost-effective, repeatable and reproducible electrical/electrochemical DNA sensor. ... -
Exploration of New Materials and Processes for Ion Sensitive Field Effect Transistors
Ion Sensitive Field Effect Transistors (ISFETs) find applications as front end transducers in the biomedical domain as a biosensor. The favourable characteristics of ISFETs like sensitivity, speed, miniaturization, easy ... -
Gas Sensor-Studies On Sensor Film Deposition, ASIC Design And Testing
(2009-04-29)The widespread use of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) for cooking and as fuel for automobile vehicles requires fast and selective detection of LPG to precisely measure the leakage of gas for preventing the occurrence of accidental ... -
High-k Dielectrics For Metal-Insulator-Metal Capacitors
(2016-11-23)Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors are used for analog, RF, and DRAM applications in ICs. The International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) specifies continuing increase in capacitance density (> 7 fF/ ... -
Investigating Microwave-Synthesized Nanoferrites as Core Materials for RF On-Chip Inductors
On-chip inductors play a major role in radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), finding applications in radio frequency microelectromechanical systems (RF MEMS), power-electronics, and biomedical MEMS. Despite advancements ... -
Low Power Receiver Architecture And Algorithms For Low Data Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks
(2013-09-03)Sensor nodes in a sensor network is power constrained. Transceiver electronics of a node in sensor network consume a good share of total power consumed in the node. The thesis proposes receiver architecture and algorithms ... -
Materials, Processes and Device Design for High Performance, Sub-thermionic MoS2 FETs
The shrinking of the field-effect transistor (FET), commonly termed CMOS scaling, has revolutionised the semiconductor industry and impacted most aspects of human life. However, this decades-long successful trend of scaling ... -
Microwave synthesis of superparamagnetic cobalt-ferrite thin films for RF CMOS applications
In the era of 5G technologies, the emphasis is on getting all the devices, active or passive to work in high frequencies. Higher efficiency chips can be obtained by combining both the active and passive devices on a single ...