Our group conducts research on the design of integrated circuits for wireless communication. We design RF, microwave, and mm-wave devices, circuits, and systems.
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Lowest Power 60 GHz CMOS Front-End [pdf] | ISSCC 2008 | B. Afshar, Y. Wang, A. M. Niknejad |
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CMOS 60 GHz PA with > 12dBm Psat [pdf] | ISSCC 2008 | D. Chowdhury, P. Reynaert, A. M. Niknejad |
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0.66 THz Gain/Bandwidth Distributed Amplifier [pdf] | ISSCC 2008 | A. Arbabian and A. M. Niknejad |
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World's First 104 GHz CMOS Amplifier [pdf] | ISSCC 2007 | B. Heydari, M. Bohsali, E. Adabi, A.M. Niknejad |
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5.8 GHz 1V CMOS PA [pdf] | RFIC 2007: Best Student Paper Award | P.Haldi, D. Chowdhury, G. Liu, A.M. Niknejad |
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World's First 60 GHz CMOS Amplifier | ISSCC 2004: Technology Directions Award |
C. H. Doan, S. Emami, A. M. Niknejad, and R. W. Brodersen |
| Sub mW UWB LNA | RFIC 2005: Best Student Paper Award | S. B.-T. Wang, A. M. Niknejad, and R. W. Brodersen |
Current Projects Include:
- High Data Rate CMOS 60 GHz Transceiver Design
- Cognitive Universal Radio (COGUR)
- CMOS Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications
- Active Device Compact Modeling
- Electromagnetics of Passive Devices for mm-Wave Applications
Current Graduate Students:
| Student | Degree Goal/Year | Research Topics |
|---|---|---|
| Sohrab Emami | Ph.D./2008 | 60 GHz CMOS mixers, frequency dividers, and multipliers (co-advised with Brodersen) |
| Mounir Bohsali | Ph.D./2008 | 60 GHz CMOS Power Amplifiers |
| Babak Heydari | Ph.D./2008 | mm-Wave Modeling and Design; 60 GHz Low Noise Amplifiers |
| Wei-Hung Chen | Ph.D./2008 | COGUR Project: Broadband highly linear RF CMOS Amplifiers |
| Zhiming Deng | Ph.D./2008 | Frequency Synthesis; Microwave VCOs ; Phase Noise; CMOS LNB for satellite communications |
| Nuntachai Poobuapheun | Ph.D./2008 | COGUR Project: Highly linear broadband front-end designs for software defined or multiband cognitive radios |
| Omar Bakr | Ph.D./2009 | Beam forming WLAN transceiver. |
| Ehsan Adabi | Ph.D./2010 | 60 GHz Phase Shifters and Switches |
| Bagher (Ali) Afshar | Ph.D./2010 | 60 GHz CMOS Front-Ends |
| Cristian Marcu | Ph.D./2011 | 60 GHz PLL and frequency synthesis |
| Amin Arbabian | Ph.D./2011 | UWB and mm-wave CMOS imager; sub-THz CMOS |
| Debopriyo Chowdhury | Ph.D./2011 | 60 GHz Power Amplifiers; Transformers for mmw-ave and RF design |
| Maryam (Sahar) Tabesh | Ph.D./2012 | 60 GHz I/Q Modulator/DAC |
| Jiashu Chen | Ph.D./2013 | CMOS LNB Downconverter |
| Jung-Dong Park | Ph.D./2012 | 60 GHz Passive Devices |
| Reza Zamani | M.S./2008 | Digital RF Power Amplifiers |
Post-Graduates and Industrial Visitors:
| Toshiya Mitomo | 2007-2008 | Toshiba |
| Kyeongtae Moon | 2007-2008 | MewTel Technology Inc. |
| Dr. Patrick Reynaert | 2006-2007 | Now assistant professor at Leuven |
| Dr. Ichiro Seto | 2005-2006 | Toshiba |
| Prof. Ana Cunha | 2005-2006 | Federal University ofBahia |
| Dr. Hirotaka Tamura | 2006 | Fujitsu |
Previous Graduate Students:
| Mohan Dunga | Ph.D./2008 | Modeling of Nanoscale Transistors; BSIM Multi-Gate/FinFET Model; Modeling of 1/f noise in small transistors; Modeling of stress/strain (co-advised with Hu) |
| Gang Liu | Ph.D./2007 | RF CMOS Power Amplifiers (co-advised with King) |
| Axel Berny | Ph.D./2006 | Wideband RF VCOs (co-advised with Meyer) |
| Yuen Hui Chee | Ph.D./2006 | RF CMOS Low Power Transmitters (co-advised with Rabaey) |
| Stanley Bo Wang | Ph.D./2006 | CMOS UWB LNA Design; UWB Antenna Modeling (co-advised with Brodersen) |
| Matthew Muh | M.S./2005 | 60 GHz Push-Push VCO Design |
| Mark Chew | M.S./2004 | RFID Passive Component Design |
| Hanching Fuh | M.S./2003 | CMOS Power Amplifiers |
| Eddie Ng | M.S./2003 | SiGe and CMOS mm-wave design |