Microelectronics and Signal Processing

This book is about general and specific areas involved in electrical and electronics engineering which comprises broad subjects such as MEMS and Microfluidics, VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing. This book discusses the recent trends in various aspects of research areas for diverse applications like biomedical, biochemical, and power source systems. It also discusses modelling, simulating, and prototyping of the different electronic-based systems for carrying out varied applications. With this book, the readers will understand the multiplatform fundamentals guiding electrical and biomedical devices that form the current features such as automation, integration, and miniaturization of a particular device. This book showcases a unique platform as it covers the different areas of research in this trending era as a benchmark. This book is a link between the electronics and cutting-edge technologies that are being used for numerous applications representing the physical and virtual developments of electronic devices. Therefore, this book will mostly uphold the innovation and originality involved in the development of miniaturized devices, and proposing new methods, emphasizing with different areas of electrical and electronics engineering. This book entitles various approaches involved in electrical, biomedical, and electronics for modern distribution of research strategies and covers the state-of-art research themes. These include signal sensing, signal simulators, 3D printing technology, power systems, data acquisition systems, instrumentation, electrochemical sensing, electromechanical measurements, and signal analysis. The book will provide the academic perspectives of the cutting-edge R&D outputs from the faculty members and Ph.D. students, amalgamating the newer cross-dimensional areas, such as cyber-physical systems, nanoelectronics, smart-sensors, point-of-need devices, etc. The book will become a benchmark to the readers to understand the academic aspect of the contemporary work and the way forward on how this will lead to help the society-at-large.

Sanket Goel is currently working as Head and Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Hyderabad, India.

1. Van der Waals (VdW) Hetero structures based on Transition Metal Di-Chalcogenides (TMD) -Current Status and Prospects in Broad-Band Photo-detector Applications. 2. 3D Printing; A State of the Art Approach in Electrochemical Sensing. 3. Optimized electrical interface for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) storage system: Modeling, Development and Implementation. 4. A Review on Recent Advancements in a Chamber-based Microfluidic PCR Devices. 5. A Classification and Evaluation of Approximate Multipliers. 6. Optical MEMS Accelerometers: A Review. 7. A 60-GHz SiGe HBT Receiver Front-End for Biomedical Application. 8. Tunnel Field Effect Transistors for Ultra-Low-Voltage and Ultra-Low-Power VLSI Applications. 9. The Role of PMU for Frequency Stability in Hybrid Power Systems. 10. A modular ZigBee-based IoT platform for reliable health monitoring of industrial machines using ReFSA. 11. A Study on Time-Frequency Analysis of Phonocardiogram Signals. 12. A Study on the Performance of Solar Photovoltaic Systems in the Underwater Environment. 13. A review on Brain Tumor Segmentation Algorithms using recent deep neural network architectures and a gentle introduction to deep neural network concepts. 14. LabView based simulation modeling of building load management for peak load reduction.