Book Chapters

1. S. Jeon, A. Babakhani, and A. Hajimiri, " Integrated Phased Arrays," in Advanced Millimeter-wave Technologies, Duixian Liu et al. (editors), A John Wiley and Sons Ltd Publications, 2009.

 

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

1. H. Rahmani and A. Babakhani, " 3GHz Wireless Power Receiver with an On-chip Antenna for Millimeter-size Biomedical Implants in 180nm SOI CMOS," in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symposium, Jun 2017.

2. Y. Sun and A. Babakhani, " Wirelessly Powered Implantable Pacemaker with On-Chip Antenna, " in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symposium, Jun 2017.

3. B. Jamali and A. Babakhani, " A Fully Integrated Injection-Locked Picosecond Pulse Receiver for 0.29psrms-Jitter Wireless Clock Synchronization in 65nm CMOS, " in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symposium, Jun 2017.

4. Y. Sun, M. Razavi, F. Raissi Shabari, B. D. Greet, D. Burkland, M. John, B. Aazhang, and A. Babakhani, " Novel Wireless Pacemaker Without Need for On Board Battery, " in Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions, May 2017.

5. H. Rahmani and A. Babakhani, " A Fully Integrated Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting Circuit with an on-Chip Antenna for Biomedical Implants in 180 nm SOI CMOS, " in IEEE Sensors, Nov 2016.

6. A. Babakhani, " High-Power THz Pulse Radiation With GHz Repetition Rate In Silicon, " in Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Sep. 2016. (Invited Keynote Talk)

7. M. Assefzadeh and A. Babakhani, " Broadband 0.03-1.032THz Signal Generation And Radiation Based On A Fully-Integrated 4x2 Impulse Radiating Array In 90nm SiGe BiCMOS, " in Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Sep. 2016. (Finalist for Best Paper Award)

8. M. Assefzadeh and A. Babakhani, " Broadband THz Spectroscopic Imaging based on a Fully Integrated 4x2 Digital-to-Impulse Radiating Array with a Full-Spectrum of 0.03-1.03THz in Silicon, " in IEEE Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits, Jun. 2016.

9. P. Chen, M. Hosseini, and A. Babakhani, " An Integrated Germanium-Based Optical Waveguide Coupled THz Photoconductive Antenna in Silicon, " in the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CELO), Jun. 2016.

10. M. Assefzadeh, B. Jamali, A. Gluszek, A. Hudzikowski, J. Wojtas, F. Tittel, and A. Babakhani, " Terahertz Trace Gas Spectroscopy Based on a Fully-Electronic Frequency-Comb Radiating Array in Silicon, " in the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CELO), Jun. 2016.

11. M. Assefzadeh and A. Babakhani, " Broadband Beam-forming of Terahertz Pulses with a Single-Chip 4x2 Array in Silicon, " in IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium, Jun. 2016. (Best Paper Award-2nd Place)

12. P. Chen and A. Babakhani, " A 4ps Amplitude Reconfigurable Impulse Radiator with THz-TDS Characterization Method in 0.13µm SiGe BiCMOS, " in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symposium, May 2016. (Best Paper Award-2nd Place)

13. M. Assefzadeh and A. Babakhani, " A Fully-Integrated Digitally-Programmable 4x4 Picosecond Digital-to-Impulse Radiating Array in 65nm Bulk CMOS, " in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symposium, May 2016.

14. X. Yang and A. Babakhani, " A Single-Chip In-Band Full-Duplex Low-IF Transceiver with Self-Interference Cancellation, " in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symposium, May 2016. (Finalist for Best Paper Award)

15. B. Jamali and A. Babakhani, " Sub-picosecond Wireless Synchronization Based on a Millimeter-Wave Impulse Receiver with an On-chip Antenna in 0.13µm SiGe BiCMOS, " in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symposium, May 2016.

16. Y. Sun and A. Babakhani, " A Wirelessly Powered Injection-Locked Oscillator with On-Chip Antennas in 180nm SOI CMOS, " in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symposium, May 2016.

17. M. Assefzadeh and A. Babakhani, " Multi-Order Transmission Line-Radial Stub Networks for Broadband Impedance Matching and Power Combining in a Watt-Level Silicon Power Amplifier, " in Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems, Mar. 2016.

18. M. Assefzadeh and A. Babakhani, " Picosecond Digital-to-Impulse Generator in Silicon, " in IEEE Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF, Jan. 2016. (Best Paper Award)

19. H. Aggrawal and A. Babakhani, " An Ultra-Wideband Impulse Receiver for sub-100fsec Time-Transfer and sub-30µm Localization, " in IEEE Radio and Wireless Symp. Dig. Papers, Jan. 2016. (Finalist for Best Paper Award)

20. B. Jamali and A. Babakhani, " A 0.2-2.6GHz Instantaneous Frequency-to-Voltage Converter in 90nm CMOS, " in IEEE Radio and Wireless Symp. Dig. Papers, Jan. 2016.

21. H. Aggrawal and A. Babakhani, " Ultra-Wideband Pulse-Based Directional Modulation, " in IEEE International Microwave and RF Conference, Dec. 2015. (Finalist for Best Paper Award)

22. C. Chen and A. Babakhani, " Wireless Synchronization of mm-wave Arrays in 65nm CMOS, " in IEEE CICC Symp. Dig. Papers, Sept. 2015.

23. A. Babakhani, " Picosecond Impulse Radiating Arrays in Silicon, " in in International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Aug. 2015. (Invited Keynote Talk)

24. A. Babakhani, " Single-Chip Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Transceivers, " in 57th Annual Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance, Jul. 2015. (Invited Keynote Talk)

25. A. Babakhani, " Picosecond Impulse Radiating Arrays in Silicon, " in International Symposium on Microwave/Terahertz Science and Application, Jul. 2015. (Invited Keynote Talk)

26. M. Assefzadeh and A. Babakhani, " A 9-psec Differential Lens-Less Digital-to-Impulse Radiator with 150-fs-Resolution Delay Line in Silicon, " in IEEE RFIC Symp. Dig. Papers, Jun. 2014.

27. X. Yang and A. Babakhani, " A 4.6-5.35GHz Transceiver with 38dB On-Chip Self-Interference Cancelation at 10kHz Offset Frequency, " in IEEE RFIC Symp. Dig. Papers, May 2015. (Finalist for Best Paper Award)

28. P. Chen and A. Babakhani, " A 30GHz Impulse Radiator with On-Chip Antennas for High-Resolution 3D Imaging, " in IEEE Radio and Wireless Symp. Dig. Papers, Jan. 2015. (Best Paper Award)

29. X. Yang and A. Babakhani, " A 2.5Gb/s 0.38mm2 Optical Receiver with Integrated Photodiodes in 0.18µm CMOS SOI, " in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symposium, Jun. 2014.

30. H. Aggrawal and A. Babakhani, " A 40GS/s Track-and-Hold Sampler with 62dB SFDR3 in 45nm CMOS SOI, " in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symposium, Jun. 2014. (Finalist for Best Paper Award, 4th Prize)

31. M. Assefzadeh and A. Babakhani, " An 8-psec 13dBm Peak EIRP Digital-to-Impulse Radiator with an On-chip Slot Bow-Tie Antenna in Silicon, " in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symposium, Jun. 2014. (Best Paper Award)

32. X. Yang and A. Babakhani, " Picosecond Wireless Synchronization Using an Optically Locked Voltage Controlled Oscillator (OL-VCO), " in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symposium, Jun. 2014.

33. X. Yang, M. Tavakkoli, W. Chapman, and A. Babakhani, " Detecting Asphaltenes by a Miniaturized Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Sensor, " in International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC), Jan. 2014.

34. P. Bhatnagar, M. Alauddin, P. Seifi, J. A Bankson, D. Kirui, H. Huls, D. A. Lee, A. Babakhani, M. Ferrari, K. C. Li, and L. JN Cooper, " Imaging Of Genetically-Engineered Primary Human T-Cells with Multi-Modal Contrast Nanoparticles, " in MRS, Symposium I: Multiscale Materials in the Study and Treatment of Cancer, Dec. 2013.

35. X. Yang and A. Babakhani, " Impact of Layout on the Performance of Photodiodes in 0.18µm CMOS SOI, " in IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), Sept. 2013, pp. 343-346.

36. C. Chen, P. Seifi, and A. Babakhani, " A Silicon-Based, Fully Integrated Pulse Electron Paramagnetic Resonance System for mm-Wave Spectroscopy, " in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symposium, Jun. 2013.

37. X. Yang, P. Seifi, and A. Babakhani, " A Single-Chip Dual-Mode CW/Pulse Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer in 0.13µm SiGe BiCMOS, " in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symposium, Jun. 2013.

38. X. Yang and A. Babakhani, " Optical Waveguides and Photodiodes in 0.18µm CMOS SOI with No Post-processing, " in Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) Conference, Mar. 2013.

39. M. Ferriss, J. Plouchart, A. Natarajan, A. Rylyakov, B. Parker, A. Babakhani, S. Yaldiz, B. Sadhu, A. Valdes-Garcia, J. Tierno, and D. Friedman, " An Integral Path Self-calibration Scheme for A 20.1-26.7GHz Dual-loop PLL in 32nm SOI CMOS, " in IEEE Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits (VLSI), Jun. 2012, pp. 176-177.

40. B. Sadhu, M. A. Ferriss, J. O. Plouchart, A. S. Natarajan, A. V. Rylyakov, A. Valdes-Garcia, B. D. Parker, S. Reynold, A. Babakhani, S. Yaldiz, L. Pileggi, R. Harjani, J. Tierno, and D. Friedman, " A 21.8-27.5GHz PLL in 32nm SOI Using G_m Linearization to Achieve -130dBc/Hz Phase Noise at 10MHz Offset from a 22GHz Carrier, " in IEEE RFIC Symp. Dig. Papers, Jun. 2012, pp. 75-78 .

41. A. Babakhani, D. Liu, M. Sanduleanu, and S. Reynolds, " A Near-field Millimeter-wave Dielectric Imaging Technique with Sub-wavelength Spatial Resolution, " in International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Oct. 2011.

42. J. Lavaei, A. Babakhani, A. Hajimiri, and J. C. Doyle, "Passively Controllable Smart Antennas," in IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dec., 2010.

43. A. Babakhani, J. Lavaei, J. C. Doyle, and A. Hajimiri, "Finding Globally Optimum Solutions in Antenna Optimization Problems," in IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium, Jul., 2010.

44. J. Lavaei, A. Babakhani, A. Hajimiri, and J. C. Doyle, "Programmable Antenna Design Using Convex Optimization," in 19th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, Jul., 2010.

45. J. Lavaei, A. Babakhani, A. Hajimiri, and J. C. Doyle, "A Study of Near-Field Direct Antenna Modulation Systems Using Convex Optimization," in American Control Conference, Jun., 2010.

46. J. Lavaei, A. Babakhani, A. Hajimiri, and J. C. Doyle, "Solving Large-Scale Linear Circuit Problems via Convex Optimization," in Proc. 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Dec. 2009.

47. A. H. Chang, A. Babakhani, and A. Hajimiri, " Near-Field Direct Antenna Modulation (NFDAM) Transmitter at 2.4 GHz," in IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium, Jun. 2009.

48. A. Babakhani, D. B. Rutledge, and A. Hajimiri, "A Near-Field Modulation Technique Using Antenna Reflector Switching," in IEEE ISSCC Dig. Tech. Papers, Feb. 2008, pp.188-189 (Highest Rank in the Subcommittee Review).

49. S. Jeon, Y. Wang, H. Wang, F. Bohn, A. Natarajan, A. Babakhani, and A. Hajimiri, "A Scalable 6-to-18GHz Concurrent Dual-Band Quad-Beam Phased-Array Receiver in CMOS," in IEEE ISSCC Dig. Tech. Papers, Feb. 2008, pp.186-187.

50. Y. Wang, S. Jeon, A. Babakhani, and A. Hajimiri, "A 6-to-18 GHz Tunable Concurrent Dual-Band Receiver Front End for Scalable Phased Arrays in 130nm CMOS," in IEEE RFIC Symp. Dig. Papers, Jun. 2008, pp. 343-346.

51. H. Wang, S. Jeon, Y. Wang, F. Bohn, A. Natarajan, A. Babakhani, and A. Hajimiri, "A Tunable Concurrent 6-to-18GHz Phased-Array System in CMOS," in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symposium, Jun. 2008, pp. 687 - 690.

52. A. Babakhani, D. B. Rutledge, and A. Hajimiri, "Millimeter-Wave Phased Arrays in Silicon With Integrated Antennas," in IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium, Jun. 2007, pp. 4369 - 4372.

53. A. Hassibi, A. Babakhani, and A. Hajimiri, "A Spectral-Scanning Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Integrated System," in IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, Sept. 2007, pp.123-126.

54. A. Babakhani, X. Guan, A. Komijani, A. Natarajan, and A. Hajimiri, "A 77 GHz 4-Element Phased Array Receiver with On-Chip Dipole Antennas in Silicon," in IEEE ISSCC Dig. Tech. Papers, Feb. 2006, pp.180-181 (Second Highest Rank in the Subcommittee Review).

55. A. Natarajan, A. Komijani, X. Guan, A. Babakhani, Y. Wang, and A. Hajimiri, "A 77 GHz Phased-Array Transmitter With Local LO-Path Phase-Shifting in Silicon ," in IEEE ISSCC Dig. Tech. Papers, Feb. 2006, pp. 182-183 (Highest Rank in the Subcommittee Review).

56. J. Buckwalter, A. Babakhani, A. Komijani, and A. Hajimiri, "Quadrature Sub-harmonic Coupled Oscillators for a 60 GHz SiGe Scalable Phased Array," in IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, Jun. 2006, pp. 822-825.

 

Journal Papers

1. N. Komatsu, W. Gao, P. Chen, C. Guo, A. Babakhani, J. Kono, "Modulation-Doped Multiple Quantum Wells of Aligned Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes," in Advanced Functional Materials, Feb. 2017.

2. P. Chen and A. Babakhani, "A Nonlinear Q-Switching Impedance Technique for Picosecond Pulse Radiation in Silicon," in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 64, no. 12, pp. 4685-4700, Dec. 2016.

3. P. Chen, Mahdi Assefzadeh, and A. Babakhani, " fsec Laser based THz-TDS Characterization of Picosecond Impulse Radiators," invited and to appear in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques Special Issue on Emerging RF Measurement Techniques and Applications, 2016.

4. H. Aggrawal, M. Assefzadeh, B. Jamali, P. Chen, and A. Babakhani, " Gone in a Picosecond: Techniques for the Generation and Detection of Picosecond Pulses and Their Applications," in IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 17, no. 12, pp. 24-38 2016.

5. M. Assefzadeh and A. Babakhani, " Broadband Pulse Generation and Radiation with 1.9ps FWHM and 2.5mW Peak Radiated Power based on Direct Digital-to-Impulse Architecture," submitted to IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits,2016.

6. H. Aggrawal, C. Studer, and A. Babakhani, " Ultra-Wideband Joint Spatial Coding for Secure Communication and High-Resolution Imaging," invited and to appear in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques,, 2016.

7. H. Aggrawal and A. Babakhani, " An Active Cancellation Architecture for High-speed Track-and-Hold Amplifiers in 45nm CMOS SOI," submitted to IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques,, 2016.

8. X. Yang and A. Babakhani, " A Full-Duplex Single-Chip Transceiver with Self-Interference Cancellation in 0.13µm SiGe BiCMOS for Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy," in IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits,, vol. 51, no. 10, pp. 2408-2419, 2016.

9. P. Chen and A. Babakhani, " 3D Radar Imaging based on a Synthetic Array of 30GHz Impulse Radiators with On-Chip Antennas in 130nm SiGe BiCMOS," to appear in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques,, 2016.

10. C. Chen and A. Babakhani, " Wireless Synchronization and Spatial Combining of Widely-Spaced mm-wave Arrays in 65nm CMOS," submitted to IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques,, 2016.

11. X. Yang and A. Babakhani, " A Single-Chip Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Transceiver in 0.13µm SiGe BiCMOS," in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 63, no. 11, pp. 3727-3735, Oct. 2015.

12. X. Yang and A. Babakhani, " A Free-space Optically-Locked VCO with Picosecond Timing Jitter in 0.18µm CMOS," in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters , vol. 26, no. 12, pp. 1180-1183, Jun. 2014.

13. P. Bhatnagar, M. Alauddin, J. A. Bankson, D. Kirui, P. Seifi, H. Huls, D. A. Lee, A. Babakhani, M. Ferrari, K. C. Li, and L. J. N. Cooper, " Tumor Lysing Genetically Engineered T Cells Loaded with Multi-Modal Imaging Agents," in Nature Scientific Reports, 4, Article Number: 4502, pp. 1-6, Mar. 2014.

14. J.O. Plouchart, M.A. Ferriss, A.S. Natarajan, A. Valdes-Garcia, B. Sadhu, A. Rylyakov, B.D. Parker, M. Beakes, A. Babakhani, S. Yaldiz, L. Pileggi, R. Harjani, S. Reynolds, J.A. Tierno, and D. Friedman, " A 23.5 GHz PLL with an Adaptively Biased VCO in 32 nm SOI-CMOS," in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 60, no. 8, pp. 2009-2017, Aug. 2013.

15. B. Sadhu, M. Ferriss, A. S. Natarajan, S. Yaldiz, J.O. Plouchart, A.V. Rylyakov, A. Valdes-Garcia, B.D. Parker, A. Babakhani, S. Reynolds, X. Li, L. Pileggi, R. Harjani, J.A. Tierno, and D. Friedman, " A Linearized, Low-Phase-Noise VCO-based 25-GHz PLL with Autonomic Biasing," in IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 1138-1150, May 2013.

16. M. Ferriss, J.O. Plouchart, A. Natarajan, A. Rylyakov, B. Parker, J. Tierno, A. Babakhani, S. Yaldiz, A. Valdes-Garcia, B. Sadhu, and D. Friedman, " An Integral Path Self-Calibration Scheme for a Dual-Loop PLL," in IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 996-1008 , Apr. 2013.

17. Z. Liu , L. Ma , G. Shi , W. Zhou , Y. Gong , S. Lei , X. Yang , J. Zhang , J. Yu , K. Hackenberg , A. Babakhani , J. Idrobo , R. Vajtai , and J. Lou, "In-plane heterostructures of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride with controlled domain sizes," in Nature Nanotechnology, pp. 119-124, Jan. 2013.

18. J. Lavaei, A. Babakhani, A. Hajimiri, and J. C. Doyle, " Solving Large-Scale Hybrid Circuit-Antenna Problems," in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 374-387, Feb. 2011.

19. A. Babakhani, D. B. Rutledge, and A. Hajimiri, "Near-Field Direct Antenna Modulation," in IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 36-46, Feb. 2009.

20. A. Hassibi, A. Babakhani, and A. Hajimiri, "A Spectral-Scanning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Integrated Transceiver," in IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 1805-1813, Jun. 2009.

21. A. Babakhani, D. B. Rutledge, and A. Hajimiri, "Transmitter Architectures Based on Near-Field Direct Antenna Modulation (NFDAM)," in IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. 43, no. 12, pp. 2674-2692, Dec. 2008.

22. S. Jeon, Y. Wang, H. Wang, F. Bohn, A. Natarajan, A. Babakhani, and A. Hajimiri, "A Scalable 6-to-18 GHz Concurrent Dual-Band Quad-Beam Phased-Array Receiver in CMOS," in IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, pp. 2660-2673, Dec. 2008.

23. A. Babakhani, X. Guan, A. Komijani, A. Natarajan, and A. Hajimiri, "A 77 GHz Phased Array Transceiver with On-Chip Dipole Antennas: Receiver and Antennas," in IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. 41, no. 12, pp. 2795-2806, Dec. 2006.

24. A. Natarajan, A. Komijani, X. Guan, A. Babakhani, and A. Hajimiri, "A 77 GHz Phased Array Transceiver with On-Chip Dipole Antennas: Transmitter and Local LO-Path Phase Shifting," in IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. 41, no. 12, pp. 2807-2819, Dec. 2006.

25. J. Buckwalter, A. Babakhani, A. Komijani, and A. Hajimiri, "An Integrated Subharmonic Coupled-Oscillator Scheme for a 60-GHz Phased-Array Transmitter," in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 54, no. 12, pp. 4271-4280, Dec. 2006.