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Massachusetts Institute of Technology \\
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\\[\bigskipamount]
Proposal for Thesis Research in Partial Fulfillment\\
of the Requirements for the Degree of\\
Doctor of Philosophy\\

{\em Note: This form should be followed by supervisor and reader
agreements.}  
 
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For more information on the thesis requirement, see Department
Memorandum 3802, available from the EECS Graduate Office, Room 38-444.
The completed thesis proposal should be submitted to that same office.
  

Title: 

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Date of submission: 

Expected Date of Completion: 

Laboratory where thesis will be done: 

Brief Statement of the Problem:



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Massachusetts Institute of Technology \\
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\\[\bigskipamount]
Proposal for Thesis Research in Partial Fulfillment\\
of the Requirements for the Degree of\\
Doctor of Philosophy
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Title: A Novel Design of a Delay-Line Pulse Integrator

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Submitted by:   & A. B. Cook                & \brule{2.5in} \\
                & Ashdown House, Room 675   & (Signature of author) \\
                & Cambridge, MA 02139
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Date of submission: March 10, 1992

Expected Date of Completion: September 1992

Laboratory where thesis will be done: Research Laboratory of Electronics

Brief Statement of the Problem:

Recirculating quartz delay lines have frequently been employed for pulse
integration in radar systems.  A novel modulation and feedback system is
proposed which should permit much longer effective integration time to
be achieved with the same stability margin as in present designs.  A
bread-board model will be constructed.

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