Abstract:
There are plenty of intriguing physical phenomena around us: from wave propagation in ocean to the movement of roller-coasters. These everyday examples can be used as inspiration in analog and RF circuit design. In this talk, we will show three examples of novel circuits that can achieve a much better performance compared to the conventional circuit topologies. The examples are focused on high speed, broadband, and low noise circuits.
Bio:
Prof. Afshari received his Ph.D. EE from Caltech in ۲۰۰۶ and joined the ECE department of Cornell University. Ten years later, he joined the EECS department of the university of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His team is engaged in the theoretical foundations, design and experimental validation of analog, RF, mm-wave, and THz integrated devices, circuits and systems for a variety of applications including communications, imaging, and sensing. His work is funded by federal agencies such NSF, DARPA, ONR, and ARL as well as industry such as Intel, TI, Raytheon, and Qualcomm. He has been the recipient of several awards and honors, including a ۲۰۰۸ DARPA Young Faculty Award, a ۲۰۱۰ NSF CAREER Award, a first place at Stanford-Berkeley-Caltech Innovation Challenge in ۲۰۰۵, and several best paper awards at the leading conferences in his field. He has also served as a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society. He is selected as one of ۵۰ most distinguished alumni of Sharif University. His doctoral students have also received several prestigious awards and fellowships, including the ۲۰۱۸, ۲۰۱۷, ۲۰۱۲, ۲۰۱۱, and ۲۰۱۰ Solid-State Circuit Society Predoctoral Achievement Award, ۲۰۱۱, ۲۰۱۳, and ۲۰۱۷ IEEE MTT-S Microwave Engineering Graduate Fellowships, Cornell Best Ph.D. Thesis Award in ۲۰۱۱ and ۲۰۱۴, as well as many best paper awards. The Ph.D. graduates of his group are the leaders of the field including faculty members at UC Davis, MIT, UC Irvine, Penn State university, and University of Minnesota, and companies such as IBM, Bell Labs, Qualcomm and Broadcom.