Managing signal and power integrity using power transmission lines and alternative signaling schemes

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Dedicated to my parents and grandparents iv Swaminathan for his guidance and support. I took Professor Swaminathan's Microwave Design class in 2010 and was so interested in the material that I decided to join his research group. I am grateful for his valuable advice and insight and for giving me the opportunity to work on cutting edge research. I would also like to extend my thanks to Professor David Keezer for helping me throughout the years, especially when conducting lab measurements. Also, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to my dissertation committee members, Professors Saibal Mukhopadhyay, Professor Raychowdhury, and Professor Sitaraman for their time and their valuable comments regarding my research. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to my lab mates at the Mixed Signal Design group. I would like to thank Dr. Junki Min and Dr. Sang-Min Han for their valuable insight and discussions. I have been very fortunate to have worked alongside incredibly intelligent colleagues who have helped me along the way, many of whom I have seen graduate -