Publications

 

Journal Publications

  1. H. Bameri and O. Momeni, “A 200GHz Power Amplifier with Slot Power Combiner and 9.4dBm Psat in 65nm CMOS; Embedded Power Amplification,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Aug 2021.
  2. H. Wang and O. Momeni, “A Charge Pump Current Mismatch Compensation Design for Sub-Sampling PLL,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (TCAS-II), Jan 2021.
  3. H. Wang and O. Momeni, “Low-Power and Low-Noise Millimeter-Wave SSPLL with Sub-Sampling Lock Detector for Automatic Dividerless Frequency Acquisition,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), Dec 2020.
  4. H. Afzal, R. Abedi, R. Kananizadeh, P. Heydari, and O. Momeni, “A mm-Wave Scalable PLL-Coupled Array for Phased-Array Applications in 65-nm CMOS,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), Dec 2020.
  5. H. Jalili and O. Momeni, “A 0.46-THz Wideband Scalable Source Array with 19.3-dBm Peak EIRP in 65-nm CMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Sep 2020.
  6. H. Jalili and O. Momeni, “A 230-GHz High-Power and Wideband Coupled Standing Wave VCO in 65-nm CMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Mar 2020. (Invited)
  7. H. Jalili and O. Momeni, “A 0.34-THz Wideband Wide-Angle 2-D Steering Phased Array in 0.13μm SiGe BiCMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Sep 2019.
  8. H. Rashtian and O. Momeni, “Gain Boosting in Distributed Amplifiers for Close-to-fmax Operation in Silicon,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), Mar 2019.
  9. R. Abedi, R. Kananizadeh, O. Momeni, and P. Heydari, “A CMOS 53-61-GHz PLL with a Positive Harmonic-Feedback VCO Leveraging Operation in Triode Region for Phase-Noise Enhancement,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I (TCAS-I), Dec 2018.
  10. R. Kananizadeh and O. Momeni, “Second Harmonic Power Limits In Harmonic Oscillators,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Nov. 2018.
  11. H. Jalili and O. Momeni, “Standing Wave Architecture for Scalable and Wideband Millimeter Wave and Terahertz Radiator Arrays,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), Oct 2017.
  12. R. Kananizadeh and O. Momeni,”A 190-GHz VCO With 20.7% Tuning Range Employing an Active Mode Switching Block in a 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Apr 2017.
  13. R. Kananizadeh and O. Momeni, “High Power and High Efficiency Millimeter-Wave Harmonic Oscillator Design, Exploiting Harmonic Positive Feedback in CMOS,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), Apr 2017.
  14. H. Bameri and O. Momeni, “A High-Gain mm-Wave Amplifier Design: an Analytical Approach to Power Gain Boosting,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Feb 2017. (The most popular JSSC paper in Feb 2017)
  15. P. Y. Chiang, Z. Wang, O. Momeni, and P. Heydari, “A Silicon-Based 0.3 THz Frequency Synthesizer With Wide Locking Range,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Dec 2014. (Invited)
  16. P. Y. Chiang, O. Momeni, and P. Heydari, “A 200-GHz Inductively Tuned VCO With -7-dBm Output Power in 130-nm SiGe BiCMOS,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), Oct 2013.
  17. Y. M. Tousi, O. Momeni and E. Afshari, “A Novel CMOS High-Power Terahertz VCO Based on Coupled Oscillators: Theory and Implementation ,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Dec 2012. (Invited)
  18. W. Lee, M. Adnan, O. Momeni and E. Afshari, “A Nonlinear Lattice for High Amplitude, Picosecond Pulse Generation in CMOS,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), Feb 2012.
  19. O. Momeni and E. Afshari, “A Broadband mm-Wave and Terahertz Traveling-Wave Frequency Multiplier on CMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Dec 2011. (Invited)
  20. O. Momeni and E. Afshari, “High Power Terahertz and Millimeter-Wave Oscillator Design: A Systematic Approach,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Mar 2011.
  21. O. Momeni, H. Hashemi and E. Afshari, “A 10-Gb/s Inductorless Transimpedance Amplifier,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (TCAS II), Dec 2010.
  22. O. Momeni and E. Afshari, “Electrical Prism: a High Quality Factor Filter for mm-Wave and Terahertz Frequencies,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), Nov 2009.

 

Conference Publications

  1. H. Wang and O. Momeni, “Dividerless Frequency Acquisition & Charge Pump Mismatch Compensation for Low-Power Millimeter-Wave Sub-Sampling PLL,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Apr 2021. (Invited)
  2. H. Jalili and O. Momeni, “A 436-to-467GHz Lens-Integrated Reconfigurable Radiating Source with Continuous 2D Steering and Multi-Beam Operations in 65nm CMOS,” IEEE Int’l Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb 2021.
  3. H. Bameri and O. Momeni, “An Embedded 200GHz Power Amplifier with 9.4dBm Saturated Power and 19.5dB Gain in 65nm CMOS,” Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symp., Jun 2020.
  4. H. Wang and O. Momeni, “A 9.6 mW Low-Noise Millimeter-Wave Sub-Sampling PLL with a Divider-less Sub-Sampling Lock Detector in 65 nm CMOS,” Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symp., Jun 2019.
  5. H. Jalili and O. Momeni, “A 219-to-238-GHz Coupled Standing-Wave VCO with 3.4-dBm Peak Output Power in 65nm CMOS,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Apr 2019.
  6. Y. Zhu, H.Wang, and O. Momeni, “A Low Power Sub-harmonic Self-Oscillating Mixer with 16.8dB conversion loss at 310GHz in 65nm,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Apr 2019.
  7. H. Jalili and O. Momeni, “Scalable Wideband and Wide-Angle Beam Steering mm-wave/THz Radiator and Phased Arrays in Silicon,” IEEE Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Nov 2018. (Invited)
  8. H. Rashtian and O. Momeni, “A Gain-Boosted 52-142GHz Band-Pass Distributed Amplifier in 0.13μm SiGe Process with fmax of 210GHz,” 48th European Microwave Conference, Sep. 2018.
  9. R. Abedi, R. Kananizadeh, O. Momeni, and P. Heydari, “A 53-61GHz Low-Power PLL With Harmonic Positive Feedback VCO in 65nm CMOS,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), May 2018.
  10. H. Jalili and O. Momeni, “A 318-to-370GHz Standing Wave 2D Phased Array in 130nm BiCMOS,” IEEE Int’l Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2017.
  11. H. Jalili and O. Momeni, “A 0.34-THz Varactor-less Scalable Standing Wave Radiator Array with 5.9% Tuning Range in 130nm BiCMOS,” Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symp., May 2016.
  12. R. Kananizadeh and O. Momeni, “A 190.5 GHz Mode-Switching VCO with 20.7% Continuous Tuning-Range and Maximum Power of -2.1dBm in a 130nm BiCMOS Technology,” IEEE Int’l Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Jan. 2016.
  13. P. Y. Chiang, Z.Wang, O. Momeni, and P. Heydari, “A 300GHz Frequency Synthesizer with 7.9% Locking Range in 90nm SiGe BiCMOS,” IEEE Int’l Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2014.
  14. O. Momeni, “A 260GHz Amplifier with 9.2dB Gain and -3.9dBm Saturated Power in 65nm CMOS,” IEEE Int’l Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb 2013.
  15. P. Y. Chiang, O. Momeni, and P. Heydari, “A Highly Efficient 0.2 THz Varactor-Less VCO with -7 dBm Output Power in 130nm SiGe,” IEEE Compound Semiconductor IC Symposium (CSICS), Oct 2012.
  16. Y. M. Tousi, O. Momeni and E. Afshari, “A 283-to-296GHz VCO with 0.76mW Peak Output Power in 65nm CMOS,” IEEE Int’l Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb 2012.
  17. O. Momeni and E. Afshari, “A High Gain 107 GHz Amplifier in 130 nm CMOS,” Custom Integrated Circuit Conference (CICC), Sep 2011.
  18. O. Momeni and E. Afshari, “A 220-to-275GHz Traveling-Wave Frequency Doubler with -6.6dBm Power at 244GHz in 65nm CMOS,” IEEE Int’l Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb 2011.
  19. O. Momeni and E. Afshari, “Electrical Prism: a High Quality Factor Filter for mm-Wave and Terahertz Frequencies,” Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Dec 2008.
  20. O. Momeni, K. Sengupta and H. Hashemi, “Regenerative Frequency Divider with Synchronous Fractional Outputs,” Radio Frequency Integrated circuits (RFIC) Symposium, Jun 2007.
  21. F. Aflatouni, O. Momeni, H. Hashemi, “A Heterodyne Phase Locked Loop with GHz Acquisition Range for Coherent Locking of Semiconductor Lasers in 0.13μm CMOS,” Custom Integrated Circuit Conference (CICC), Sep 2007.
  22. L. Najafizadeh, A. K. Sutton, B. Jun, J. D. Cressler, T. Vo, O. Momeni, M. Mojarradi, C. Ulaganathan, S. Chen, B. J. Blalock, Y. Yao, X. Yu, F. Dai, P. W. Marshall, and C. J. Marshall, “Radiation Response of SiGe BiCMOS Mixed-Signal Circuits In- tended for Emerging Lunar Applications,” European Conf. Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems (RADECS), Sep 2007.

Patents

  1. H. Jalili and O. Momeni, “Reconfigurable Radiator Array Source for Lens-Coupled Continuous Wide-Angle, and Directive Beam Steering”, patent pending.
  2. H. Bameri and O. Momeni, “Millimeter-Wavelength Power Amplifiers Having Both High Power Gain and High Output Power”, patent pending.
  3. H. Afzal, O. Momeni, R. Kananizadeh, R. Abedi, and P. Heydari, “A mm-Wave Scalable PLL-Coupled Array for Phased-Array Applications in 65-nm CMOS,” patent pending.
  4. H. Wang and O. Momeni, “Charge Pump Current Mismatch Compensation for Sub-Sampling Phase-Locked Loop,” patent pending.
  5. J. Hihath, O. Momeni, and D. Donadio, “High Frequency Hybrid Phononic Metamaterials For Optical and Electrical Devices,” patent pending.
  6. M. Sohrabi, X. Liu, O. Momeni and M. Malakoutian, “Field-Effect Bipolar Transistor,” patent pending.
  7. H. Wang and O. Momeni, “Low-power, Low-noise Millimeter Wavelength Frequency Synthesizer,” US 10992303 B2, 2021.
  8. H. Jalili and O. Momeni, “Scalable Arrays of Radiating Oscillating Units,” US 10998855 B2, 2021.
  9. O. Momeni and E. Afshari, “Electrical Prism: A High Quality Factor Filter for Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Frequencies,” US 8604893 B2, 2013.
  10. O. Momeni and E. Afshari, “Doppler-Inspired, High-Frequency Signal Generation and Up-Conversion,” US 0075034 A1, 2012.

Invited Talks

  1. ECExpo, Davis, CA May 2021
  2. IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Apr 2021
  3. IEEE Solid-State Circuit Society, University of Texas, Dallas, TX Apr 2021
  4. Radio & Wireless Week, San Diego, CA Jan 2021
  5. University of Texas, Dallas, TX Jan 2020
  6. Radio & Wireless Week, San Antonio, TX Jan 2020
  7. Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Conference Workshop, Boston, MA Jun 2019
  8. Asian Pacic Microwave Conference, Kyoto, Japan Nov 2018
  9. Osaka University, Osaka, Japan Nov 2018
  10. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan Nov 2018
  11. NSF Workshop in International Microwave Symp., Honolulu, HI Jun 2017
  12. Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference, Cocoa Beach, FL Apr 2017
  13. U.S.-Japan Workshop on Millimeter Wave Technology, Davis, CA Nov 2016
  14.  IEEE SSCS and CAS Tutorial Meeting, Santa Clara, CA Jul 2016
  15. Tektronix, Santa Clara, CA Jun 2016
  16. Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China Mar 2016
  17. Fudan University, Shanghai, China Mar 2016
  18. International Wireless Symposium (IWS), Shanghai, China Mar 2016
  19. Wireless Communications Alliance (WCA), Palo Alto, CA Jan 2016
  20. Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran Jan 2016
  21. Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA Apr 2015
  22. Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA, Feb 2015
  23. Redpine Signals, Inc., San Jose, CA May 2014
  24. Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC), Berkeley, CA Mar 2014
  25. International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference, Irvine, CA, Oct 2013
  26. CMOS Emerging Technologies Research Symposium, Whistler, Canada, Jul 2013
  27. University of California, Davis, CA, Oct 2012
  28. University of California, Irvine, CA, Nov 2011
  29. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Jul 2011
  30. NASA-Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, Jul 2011
  31. University of California, Davis, CA, May 2011
  32. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, May 2011
  33. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2011
  34. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Apr 2011
  35. Loral Space and Communications, Palo Alto, CA, Feb 2011