Date Available
3-22-2011
Year of Publication
2010
Degree Name
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE)
Document Type
Thesis
College
Engineering
Department
Electrical Engineering
First Advisor
Henry G. Dietz, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Ingrid St. Omer, Ph.D.
Abstract
Many new fabrication technologies, from nanotechnology and MEMS to printed organic semiconductors, center on constructing arrays of large numbers of sensors, actuators, or other devices on a single substrate. The utility of such an array could be greatly enhanced if each device could be managed by a programmable controller and all of these controllers could coordinate their actions as a massively-parallel computer. Kentucky Architecture nanocontroller array with very low per controller circuit complexity can provide efficient control of nanotechnology devices.
This thesis provides a detailed description of the control hierarchy of a digital system needed to build "nanocontrollers" suitable for controlling millions of devices on a single chip. A Verilog design and FPGA prototype of a nanocontroller system is provided to meet the constraints associated with a massively-parallel programmable controller system.
Recommended Citation
Vummannagari, Akshay, "VERILOG DESIGN AND FPGA PROTOTYPE OF A NANOCONTROLLER SYSTEM" (2010). University of Kentucky Master's Theses. 20.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/20
