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Education:

[Apr. 2014 – Mar. 2015] Visiting Scholar, RFIC/MMIC Designer, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC, Canada. 

[Sep.2010 – Aug. 2015]  PhD. in Electrical Engineering – Electronics, Tarbiat Modares University (T.M.U), Department of Electrical  Engineering, Faculty Of  Engineering, Tehran, Iran.

[Sep. 2007 – Dec. 2010]  M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering – Electronics, Tarbiat Modares University (T.M.U), Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty Of  Engineering, Tehran, Iran.

     [Sep. 2002 – Apr. 2007]  B.S. in Electrical Engineering – Electronics,Shahid Beheshti                                  University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tehran, Iran.

Honors & Awards:

2015, Co-recipient of the best paper award (3rd place), RFIC symposium 2015, Arizona, USA.

2012, Recognized as “Elite” by Iran National Elite Foundation (INEF), Tehran, Iran.

2010, Ranked 1­st in PhD Entrance exam in Tarbiat Modares University,

2010, Ranked 1st among Electronics M.Sc. Students of ECE Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University.

Research and Work Experiences:

September. 2016-Present:

              Assistant Professor, ECE Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

Aug. 2015-Present:

                                                                Project Manager, high performance Integrated Synthesizers, Sharif University of                                      Technology, Tehran, Iran.   

Spring 2014 – Spring 2015:

         Visiting Scholar, SoC Lab, ECE Department, UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Fall 2010- summer 2015:

    Research Assistant, Microelectronics Lab, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

Research Interests:

·         RF, mm-wave and Terahertz Integrated Circuits,

·         Low Phase Noise Oscillator Design,

·         Analysis of Noise in Large Signal and Time-Varying RF/Microwave Circuits

·         Integrated Frequency Synthesizers,

Selected Publications:

                                   Journals:

A. Nikapiket al. “A 219-to-231 GHz Frequency-Multiplier-Based VCO with ~3% Peak DC-to-RF Efficiency in 65-nm CMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 53, pp. 389-403, 2018.

 A. Shirazi, A. Nikpaik et al. “On the Design of mm-Wave Self-Mixing-VCO Architecture for High Tuning-Range and Low Phase Noise”, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol.51, pp. 1210-1222, 2016.(Invited)

A. Nikpaik, A. Nabavi, “Analysis of flicker noise conversion to phase noise in CMOS differential LC oscillators”, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Application DOI: 10.1002/cta

A.NikpaikA. Nabavi, “Analysis and Design of a very Low Noise oscillator in CMOS Technology” Electronics Industries Quarterly, vol. 5, no.4, pp. 41-51, 2014..

M.Ataei, A.Nabavi, A. Nikapik, J.Meiguini, “Transformer feedback millimeter-wave VCO with capacitance cancellation technique in   0.18-µm CMOS”, IEICE Electron. Express, Vol. 8, No. 11, pp.780-787, 2011.

A.Nikpaik, A. Nabavi, “Very low noise current- shaped optimally coupled CMOS LC quadrature VCO”, IEICE Electron. Express, Vol. 7, No. 8, pp.520-526, 2010.

Conferences:

A. Shirazi, A.Nikpaik, et al. “A quad-core-coupled triple-push 295-to-301 GHz source with 1.25 mW peak output power in 65nm CMOS using slow-wave effect”, Proc. of 2016 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 22 May 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA.

A. Nikpaik, et al. “A Dual-Tank LC VCO Topology towards attaining the Maximum Thermodynamically-Achievable Oscillator FoM”, Proc. of IEEE CICC 2015, San-Jose, CA. USA.

A.Shirazi, A.Nikpaik et al. “A Class-C Self-Mixing-VCO Architecture with High Tuning-Range and Low Phase-Noise for mm-Wave Applications”, Proc. of 2015 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 18 May 2015, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. (Best Paper Award (3rd Place)).

            A. Nikpaik, A.Nabavi, “A very high tuning-range Differential VCO Based on Active Inductor”, ICEE 2009, ICEE conference, Iran, pp.329-333.

References:

Prof. Sudip Shekhar, ECE Department, University of British Columbia, sudip@ece.ubc.ca

Prof. Shahriar Mirabbasi, ECE Department, University of British Columbia, shahriar@ece.ubc.ca

Prof. Abdolreza Nabavi, EE department, Tarbiat Modares University, abdoln@modares.ac.ir

Prof. Ehsan Afshari, ECE department, University of Michigan, afshari @ umich.edu

Courses Taught:

Integrated Frequency Synthesizer(PhD Level), TMU. (Fall 2017, Fall 2016)

Advanced CMOS Integrated Circuit Design, (M.Sc. Level), TMU. (Spring 2017, Spring 2018)

Computer Skills:

Technical Softwares: Cadence, Agilent ADS, Sonnet, Momentum, Hspice,

Programming Skills:  Matlab, C++, C, Assembly,

Platforms:Windows, Linux/Unix, DOS,

Other:MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, …).

Membership:

                    IEEE Member

·         Solid-State Circuit Society

Extracurricular Activities:

Playing Setar (An Iranian traditional instrument),

Studying Poetry,