PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

• A. M. Niknejad, Electromagnetics for High-Speed Analog and Digital Communication Circuits, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
• A. M. Niknejad and H. Hashemi (editors), mm-Wave Silicon Technology: 60 GHz and Beyond, Springer, 2008
• M. Dunga, C.-H. Lin, A. M. Niknejad, C. Hu, "BSIM-CMG: A Compact Model for Multi-Gate Transistors," in FinFETs and Other Multi-Gate Transistors, J.-P. Colinge (editor), Springer, 2007.
• A. M. Niknejad, "RF Building Blocks for the Next-Gen Wireless Systems," in Wireless Technologies: Circuits, Systems, and Devices, K. Iniewski (editor), CRC Press, 2007.
• A. M. Niknejad, R G. Meyer, Design, Simulation and Applications of Inductors and Transformers for Si RF ICs, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, c2000.

CONFERENCE

• A. Arbabian and A. M. Niknejad, "A tapered cascaded multi-stage distributed amplifier with 370GHz GBW in 90nm CMOS," RFIC Digest of Papers, June 2008, pp. 57-60. (Best Student Paper Award: 2nd Place)
• Y. Wang, B. Afshar, T.-Y. Cheng, G. Vincent, A. M. Niknejad, "A 2.5mW inductorless wideband VGA with dual feedback DC-offset correction in 90nm CMOS technology," RFIC Digest of Papers, June 2008, pp. 91-94.
  
• E. Adabi and A. M. Niknejad, "Broadband variable passive delay elements based on an inductance multiplication technique," RFIC Digest of Papers, June 2008, pp. 445-448.
• C. Marcu and A. M. Niknejad, "A 60 GHz High-Q Tapered Transmission Line Resonator in 90nm CMOS," International Microwave Symposium (IMS), June, 2008.
  
• C.-H. Lin, M. Dunga, D. Lu, A. M. Niknejad, C. Hu, "Statistical Compact Modeling of Variations in Nano MOSFETs," International Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems and Applications, April 2008, pp. 165-166.
• A. Arbabian, A. M. Niknejad, "A Broadband Distributed Amplifier with Internal Feedback Providing 660GHz GBW in 90nm CMOS", ISSCC Dig. Tech. Papers, pp. 196-197, Feb. 2008.
• D. Chowdhury, P. Reynaert, A. M. Niknejad, "A 60GHz 1V +12.3dBm Transformer-Coupled Wideband PA in 90nm CMOS", ISSCC Dig. Tech. Papers, pp. 560-561, Feb. 2008.
• Bagher Afshar, Yanjie Wang, Ali M. Niknejad, "A Robust 24mW 60GHz Receiver in 90nm Standard CMOS", ISSCC Dig. Tech. Papers, pp. 182-183, Feb. 2008.
• D. Lu, D. V. Mohan, C.-H. Lin, A. M. Niknejad, C. Hu, "A Multi-Gate MOSFET Compact Model Featuring Independent-Gate Operation," Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), Dec. 2007, pp. 565-568.
• A. Niknejad, S. Emami, B. Heydari, M. Bohsali, E. Adabi, "Nanoscale CMOS for mm-Wave Applications", 2007 IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, October 2007.
• B. Heydari, P. Reynaert, E. Adabi, M. Bohsali, B. Afshar, M. A. Arbabian, A. M. Niknejad, "A 60-GHz 90-nm CMOS cascode amplifier with interstage matching," Microwave Integrated Circuit Conference (EuMIC), Oct. 2007, pp. 88-91.
• B. Heydari, M. Bohsali, E. Adabi, A. M. Niknejad, "A 60 GHz Power Amplifier in 90nm CMOS Technology," Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2007, Sept. 2007, pp. 769-772.
• E. Adabi, A. M. Niknejad, "CMOS Low Noise Amplifier with Capacitive Feedback Matching," Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2007, Sept. 2007, pp. 643-646.
• P. Reynaert, A.M. Niknejad, "Power combining techniques for RF and mm-wave CMOS power amplifiers,"
  33rd European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), Sept. 2007, pp. 272-275.
• A. Cathelin, B. Martineau, N. Seller, S. Douyere, J. Gorisse, S. Pruvost, Ch. Raynaud, F. Gianesello, S. Montusclat, S. P. Voinigescu, A. M. Niknejad, D. Belot, J. P. Schoellkopf, "Design for millimeter-wave applications in silicon technologies," 33rd European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), Sept. 2007, pp. 464-471.
• W. Chen, G. Liu, B. Zdravko, A. Niknejad, “Noise and Distortion Cancellation, ” RFIC Digest of Papers, June 2007, pp. 61-64.
• P.Haldi, D. Chowdhury, G. Liu, A.M. Niknejad, “A 5.8 GHz Linear Power Amplifier in a Standard 90nm CMOS Process using a 1V Power Supply, ” RFIC Digest of Papers, June 2007, pp. 431-434 (Best Student Paper Award)
• E. Adabi, B. Heydari, M. Bohsali and A. M. Niknejad, “30 GHz CMOS Low Noise Amplifier, ” RFIC Digest of Papers, June 2007, pp. 625-628
• B. Heydari, E. Adabi, M. Bohsali, B. Afshar, M. A. Arbabian, A. M. Niknejad, “Internal Unilateralization Technique for CMOS mm-Wave Amplifiers, ” RFIC Digest of Papers, June 2007, pp. 463-466.
• M.V. Dunga, C.-H. Lin, D.D. Lu, W. Xiong, C.R. Cleavelin, P. Patruno, J.-R. Huang, F.-L. Yang, A.M. Niknejad and C. Hu, "BSIM-MG: A Versatile Multi-Gate FET Model for Mixed-Signal Design," 2007 VLSI Technology Symposium, June 12-14, 2007, Kyoto, Japan (Best Student Paper Award).
• B. Heydari, M. Bohsali, E. Adabi, A.M. Niknejad, “Low-Power mm-Wave Components up to 104GHz in 90nm CMOS,” ISSCC Dig. Tech. Papers, Feb. 2007, pp. 200-201, 597.
• S. Emami, C.H. Doan, A.M. Niknejad, R.W. Brodersen, “A 60GHz CMOS Front-End Receiver,” ISSCC Dig. Tech. Papers, Feb. 2007, pp. 190-191.
• C.-H. Lin, M.V. Dunga, A. M. Niknejad, C. Hu, "A Compact Quantum-Mechanical Model for Double-Gate MOSFET,"
  Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT), 2006, pp. 1272-1274.
• N. Poobuapheun, W-H. Chen, Z. Boos, A. M. Niknejad, “ A 1.5V 0.7-2.5GHz CMOS Quadrature Demodulator for Multi-Band Direct-Conversion Receivers” Proceedings of CICC, 2006, pp. 797-800.
• G. Liu, T-J. King, A. M. Niknejad, “A 1.2V, 2.4GHz Fully Integrated Linear CMOS Power Amplifier with Efficiency Enhancement,” Proceedings of CICC, 2006, pp. 141-144.
• B. Afshar, A. M. Niknejad, “ X/Ku Band CMOS LNA Desi gn Techniques,” Proceedings of CICC, 2006, pp. 389-392.
• C. H. Doan, S. Emami, A. M. Niknejad, and R. W. Brodersen, “A 60-GHz down-converting CMOS single-gate mixer,” RFIC Digest of Papers, 2005, pp.163-166.
• S. B.-T. Wang, A. M. Niknejad, and R. W. Brodersen, “A sub-mW 960-MHz ultra-wideband CMOS LNA,” RFIC Digest of Papers, 2005, pp. 35-38. (Best Student Paper Award)
• Y. H. Chee, A. M. Niknejad, J. Rabaey, “A 89-μW 1.9-GHz CMOS oscillator using FBAR resonator,” RFIC Digest of Papers, 2005, pp. 123-126.
• H. Dogan, R. G. Meyer, A. M. Niknejad, “A DC-2.5GHz wide dynamic-range attenuator in 0.13 μm CMOS technology,” VLSI Circuits Digest of Technical Papers, 2005.
• A. M. Niknejad, C. H. Doan, S. Emami, M. Dunga, X. Xi, J. He, R. Brodersen, C. Hu, “Next generation CMOS compact models for RF and microwave applications (Invited),” RFIC Digest of Papers, 2005, pp. 141-144.
• Z. Deng and A. M. Niknejad , "Dual-Mode Voltage-Controlled Oscillator with Injection Lock," Proc. EDSSC 2005.
• J. He, J. Xi, M. Chan, H. Wan, M. Dunga, B. Heydari, A. M. Niknejad, C. Hu, “Charge-based core and the model architecture of BSIM5, ” Quality of Electronic Design, 2005, pp. 96-101.
• X. Xi, J. He, M. Dunga, C.-H. Lin, B. Heydari, H. Wan, M. Chan, A. M. Niknejad, C. Hu, “The next generation BSIM for sub-100nm mixed-signal circuit simulation, ” Proceedings of CICC, 2004, pp. 13-16.
• C. H. Doan, S. Emami, A. M. Niknejad, R.W. Brodersen, “Millimeter-wave CMOS device modeling and simulation,” Proceedings of ISCAS, 2004, pp. V-524 - V-527.
• P. Su, S.K.H. Fung, P. Wyatt, H. Wan, M. Chan, A. Niknejad and C. Hu, “A unified model for partial-depletion and full depletion SOI circuit designs: Using BSIMPD as a foundation,” Proceedings of CICC, 2003.
• C.-H. Lin, P. Su, Y. Taur, X. Xi, J. He, A. M. Niknejad, M. Chan, C. Hu, “Circuit performance of double-gate SOI CMOS,” Semiconductor Device Research Symposium, 2003, pp. 266-267.
• C.-H. Lin, J. He, X. Xi, H. Kam, A. M. Niknejad, M. Chan, C. Hu, “The impact of scaling on volume inversion in symmetric double-gate MOSFETs,” Semiconductor Device Research Symposium, 2003, pp. 148-149.
• A. Bevilacqua and A. M. Niknejad, “An ultra wideband CMOS low noise amplifier for 3.1-10.6 GHz wireless receivers,” ISSCC Digest of Technical Papers, 2004, pp. 382-383.
• C. H. Doan, S. Emami, A. M. Niknejad, and R. W. Brodersen, “Design of CMOS for 60GHz applications,” ISSCC Digest of Technical Papers, 2004, pp. 440 - 538. (Technology Directions Award)
• A. D. Berny, A. M. Niknejad, R. G. Meyer, “A 1.8 GHz LC VCO with 1.3 GHz tuning range and mixed-signal amplitude calibration,” VLSI Circuits Digest of Technical Papers, 2004, pp. 54-57.
• A. M. Niknejad, C. H. Doan, S. Emami, D. Sobel, R. W. Brodersen “60 GHz CMOS radio for Gb/s wireless LAN,” RFIC Digest of Papers, 2004, pp. 225-228.
• M. Y. Bohsali and A. M. Niknejad, “Microwave performance of monolithic silicon passive transformers,” RFIC Digest of Papers, 2004, pp. 647-650.
• S. Emami, C. H. Doan, A. M. Niknejad, R. W. Brodersen, “Large-signal millimeter-wave CMOS modeling with BSIM3,” RFIC Digest of Papers, 2004 pp. 163-166.
• H. Dogan, R.G. Meyer, A. M. Niknejad, “A DC-10GHz linear-in-dB attenuator in 0.13 micron CMOS technology,” Proceedings of CICC, 2004, pp. 609-612.
• S. B.-T Wang, A. M. Niknejad, R. W. Brodersen, “Modeling omnidirectional small antennas for UWB applications,” Antennas and Propagation Society Symposium, 2004, pp. 1295-1298.
• Y. H. Chee, A. M. Niknejad, J. Rabaey, “A class A/B low power amplifier for wireless sensor networks,” Proceedings of ISCAS, 2004, pp. IV-409 - IV-412.
• A. Berny, A. Niknejad and R. Meyer, “A wideband low-phase-noise CMOS VCO,” Proceedings of CICC, 2003, pp. 555-558 .
• P. Su, S.K.H. Fung, H. Wan, A. Niknejad, M. Chan, C. Hu, “An impact ionization model for SOI circuit simulation,” IEEE International SOI Conference, 2002 , pp. 201-202.
• A. M. Niknejad, “Modeling of passive elements with ASITIC,” RFIC Digest of Papers, 2002, pp. 303-306.
• A. M. Niknejad, J. L. Tham, and R. G. Meyer, “Fully-integrated low phase noise bipolar differential VCOs at 2.9 and 4.4 GHz,” Proceedings of ESSCIRC, 1999, pp. 198-201.
• A. M. Niknejad, R. G. Meyer, “Analysis and optimization of monolithic inductors and transformers for RF ICs,” Proceedings of CICC, 1997, pp. 375-8.

LETTERS

• A.M. Niknejad, M. Bohsali, E. Adabi, and B. Heydari, "Integrated circuit transmission-line transformer power combiner for millimetre-wave applications," Electronics Letters, vol. 43, issue 5, March 2007, pp. 290-291.
• Z. Deng, A.M. Niknejad, "9.6/4.8 GHz dual-mode voltage-controlled oscillator with injection locking, " Electronics Letters, vol. 42, Nov. 9 2006, pp. 1344-1343.
• P. Haldi, G. Liu, and A.M. Niknejad, "CMOS compatible transformer power combiner," Electronics Letters, vol. 42, issue 19, Sept. 2006, pp. 1091-1092.

JOURNAL

• Chowdhury, D.; Reynaert, P.; Niknejad, A. M., "Transformer-Coupled Power Amplifier Stability and Power Back-Off Analysis," IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 55, issue 6, June 2008, pp. 507-511.
  
• W.-H. Chen, G. Liu, Z. Boos, A. M. Niknejad, "A Highly Linear Broadband CMOS LNA Employing Noise and Distortion Cancellation," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 43, pp. 1164-1176, May 2008.
• P. Haldi, D. Chowdhury, P. Reynaert, G. Liu, A. M Niknejad, "A 5.8 GHz 1 V Linear Power Amplifier Using a Novel On-Chip Transformer Power Combiner in Standard 90 nm CMOS," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 43, pp.1054-1063, May 2008.
• Y. Wang, A. M. Niknejad, V. Gaudet, K. Iniewski, "A CMOS IR-UWB Transceiver Design for Contact-Less Chip Testing Applications," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 55, Issue 4, April 2008, pp. 334 - 338.
• G. Liu, P. Haldi, T.-J. King, and A. M. Niknejad, "Fully Integrated CMOS Power Amplifier with Efficiency Enhancement at Power Back-Off", IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 60 - 70, March, 2008.
• B. Heydari, M. Bohsali, E. Adabi, A. M. Niknejad, "Millimeter-Wave Devices and Circuit Blocks up to 104 GHz in 90 nm CMOS," IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, vol. 42, No. 12, pp. 2893 - 2903, Dec., 2007.
• N. Poobuapheun, W.- H. Chen, Z. Boos, A.M. Niknejad, "A 1.5-V 0.72.5-GHz CMOS Quadrature Demodulator for Multiband Direct-Conversion Receivers", IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 42, Issue 12, pp. 1669 - 1677, August 2007.
• S. B. T. Wang, A. M. Niknejad, R. W. Brodersen, "Design of a Sub-mW 960-MHz UWB CMOS LNA," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 41, Nov. 2006, pp. 2449-2456.
• M. V. Dunga, M.V., C.-H. Lin, X. Xi, D. Lu, A. M. Niknejad, C. Hu, “Modeling Advanced FET Technology in a Compact Model,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 53, Sept. 2006 pp. 1971 - 1978
• Y.H. Chee, A.M. Niknejad, J. Rabaey, “ An Ultra-Low-Power Injection Locked Transmitter for Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 41, Aug. 2006, pp. 1740 - 1748.
• J.M. Rabaey, F. De Bernardinis, A.M. Niknejad, B. Nikolic, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, “Embedding mixed-signal design in systems-on-chip,” Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 94, June 2006, pp. 1070-1088.
• S. B. T. Wang, A. M.Niknejad, R. W. Brodersen, “Circuit modeling methodology for UWB omnidirectional small antennas,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 24, April 2006, pp. 871-877
• A. D. Berny, A. M. Niknejad, R. G. Meyer, “A 1.8-GHz LC VCO with 1.3-GHz tuning range and digital amplitude calibration,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 40,  April 2005, pp. 909-917.
• C. H. Doan, S. Emami, A. M. Niknejad, and R. W. Brodersen, “Millimeter-wave CMOS design,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 40,  Jan. 2005, pp. 144-155.
• A. Bevilacqua and A. M. Niknejad, “An ultra wideband CMOS low noise amplifier for 3.1-10.6 GHz wireless receivers,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 39, Dec. 2004, pp. 2259-2268.
• K. L. Scott, T. Hirano, H. Yang, H. Singh, R. T. Howe, A. M. Niknejad, “High-performance inductors using capillary based fluidic self-assembly,” J. of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 13, April 2004, pp. 300-309.
• S. Lam, H. Wan, P. Su, P. W. Wyatt, C. L. Chen, A. M. Niknejad, C. Hu, P.K. Ko, M. Chan, “RF characterization of metal T-gate structure in fully-depleted SOI CMOS technology,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 24, April 2003, pp. 251-253.
• P. Su, S.K.H. Fung, P.W. Wyatt, W. Hui, A.M. Niknejad, M. Chan, C. Hu, “On the body-source built-in potential lowering of SOI MOSFETs,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 24, Feb. 2003, pp. 90-92.
• A. M. Niknejad, R. G. Meyer, “Analysis of eddy current losses over highly conductive substrates,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Jan. 2001, vol. 49 (no.1), pp. 166-76.
• A. M. Niknejad, R. G. Meyer, “Analysis, design, and optimization of spiral inductors and transformers for Si RF ICs,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Oct. 1998, vol. 33 (no.10), pp. 1470-81.
• A. M. Niknejad, R. Gharpurey, and R. G. Meyer, “Numerically stable green function for modeling and analysis of substrate coupling in integrated circuits,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, April 1998, vol.17 no.4, pp. 305-15.  

Workshop (invited)

• A. M. Niknejad, M. Dunga, B. Heydari, H. Wan, C.-H. Lin, S. Emami, C. Doan, X. Xi, J. He and C. Hu, “Challenges in compact modeling for RF and microwave applications (Invited),” Workshop on Compact Modeling, 2005.
• A. M. Niknejad, M. Chan, C. Hu, X. Xi, J. He, P. Su, Y. Cao, H. Wan, M. Dunga, C. Doan, S. Emami, and C.-H. Lin, “Compact modeling for RF and microwave integrated circuits (Invited),” Workshop on Compact Modeling, 2003.
• M. Dunga, X. Xi, J. He, I. Polishchuk, Q. Lu, M. Chan, A. M. Niknejad, and C. Hu, “Modeling of direct tunneling current in multi-layer gate stacks,” Workshop on Compact Modeling, 2003.
• J. He, X. Xi, M. Chan, A. M. Niknejad, and C. Hu , “An advanced surface-potential-plus MOSFET model,” Workshop on Compact Modeling, 2003.
• M. Chan, C.-H. Lin, J. He, Y. Taur, A. M. Niknejad, and C. Hu, “A framework for modeling double-Gate MOSFETs,” Workshop on Compact Modeling, 2003.