Browsing Electronic & Electrical Eng (Theses and Dissertations) by Title
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3-dimensional solder paste inspection using Structured Light techniques
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2002)Re-modelling of three-dimensional solder paste constructed from optical profilometry has gathered ever-increasing attention in different inspection and process control sectors of the electronics Printed Circuit Board ... -
A generalized method for quantification of cognitive radio benefits within wireless systems
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2009)For most of the history of wireless communications, the primary enabler of enhanced radio communications capability and utility has been continual improvement in the implementing technology and the corresponding ability ... -
A quasi three dimensional numerical model for terrain propagation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2002)Numerical modeling techniques provide a powerful tool for the optimization of modern land mobile radio communications systems. Mathematically, propagation over terrain constitutes a three-dimensional vector field problem ... -
A semiclassical approach to quantum Brownian motion in Wigner's phase space
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2010)In this thesis, the recent semiclassical approach to quantum Brownian motion of Coffey et al. [Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 9, 3361 (2007)] is studied in detail. This approach is based on a semiclassical extension of Wigner's ... -
Accurate modelling and synthesis of the Lead 11 ECG signal
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2012)This thesis is a study of Lead II ECG signal synthesis. The principal problem of EGG signal synthesis is two fold, the first concerns the accuracy of the instrument used to deliver the synthesised signal and the second ... -
Active speaker localisation and tracking using audio and video
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Ad hoc key management
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2006)This dissertation analyses the problem of providing Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) in an ad hoc network. A novel solution is proposed designed and implemented that facilitates both types of KMI that are deployed in ... -
Algorithmic level low-power VLSI design applied to RGB to HSI conversion
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2001)The growing demand for portable applications such as cellular phones, portable digital assistants (PDAs) and notebooks has resulted in a requirement for integrated circuits (ICs) which consume less power while delivering ... -
Amplifier front-end design in dry-electrode electrocardiography
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2011)This thesis presents an analytical approach to some key issues related to the design of biopotential amplifiers for use in long-term ambulatory recording of the electrocardiogram (ECG) employing pasteless or dry electrodes. ... -
An indoor resource optimisation for TDMA incorporating a convex space building configuration and accurate ray-tracing
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2004)The contents of this work are designed for planning wireless telecommunication systems in indoor environments with application intended for time division multiple access (TDMA) systems. The term resource optimisation ... -
An investigation of novel and next generation semiconductor and piezoelectric materials using Raman spectroscopic characterisation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2012)Raman spectroscopy is an increasingly prevalent material characterisation technique and this work explored its application to several novel semiconductor and piezoelectric materials. Raman spectroscopy is non-destructive ... -
Application of capacitive sensors to inverse problems in electrostatics
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2003)The electrostatic imaging problem is an inverse electrostatic problem Involving the reconstruction of an inhomogeneous dielectric medium from a set of remote electrostatic field measurements. In this thesis we propose ... -
Application of matrix methods for investigation of silicon based layered structures
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2012)This work is dedicated to the theoretical and experimental investigation of the influence of nano- and microstructuring of silicon systems on their linear optical response. The wavelengths of the light are comparable to ... -
Art of decision : exploring citizenship through art and technology
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2008)This thesis represents a step forward in the creation of art for social change by presenting an interdisciplinary approach that informs the creation of artwork to raise awareness of citizenship. It presents a body of work ... -
Audio signal analysis for classification and source localization in e-learning applications.
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2008)E-learning provides an opportunity for the students in a classroom to receive and participate in lectures broadcasted from a remote location. For convenience and scalability it is preferable to have a microphone array ... -
Auditory scene synthesis using virtual acoustic recording and reproduction
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Automated Creation of Intra-Video Social Comments
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Discipline of Electronic & Elect. Engineering, 2023)Live video comments, or ?danmu?, are an emerging social feature on Asian online video platforms. These time-synchronous comments are overlaid on the video playback and uniquely enrich the viewing experience, engaging ... -
Automatic recognition of ageing speakers
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Binaural impulse response rendering for immersive audio
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Bleed-through document image restoration
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2014)
