Publications
Journal Publications
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- R. Kananizadeh and O. Momeni, “Second Harmonic Power Limits In Harmonic Oscillators,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Nov. 2018.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
- 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)
- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- O. Momeni and E. Afshari, “A High Gain 107 GHz Amplifier in 130 nm CMOS,” Custom Integrated Circuit Conference (CICC), Sep 2011.
- 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.
- 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.
- O. Momeni, K. Sengupta and H. Hashemi, “Regenerative Frequency Divider with Synchronous Fractional Outputs,” Radio Frequency Integrated circuits (RFIC) Symposium, Jun 2007.
- 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.
- 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
- H. Jalili and O. Momeni, “Reconfigurable Radiator Array Source for Lens-Coupled Continuous Wide-Angle, and Directive Beam Steering”, patent pending.
- H. Bameri and O. Momeni, “Millimeter-Wavelength Power Amplifiers Having Both High Power Gain and High Output Power”, patent pending.
- 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.
- H. Wang and O. Momeni, “Charge Pump Current Mismatch Compensation for Sub-Sampling Phase-Locked Loop,” patent pending.
- J. Hihath, O. Momeni, and D. Donadio, “High Frequency Hybrid Phononic Metamaterials For Optical and Electrical Devices,” patent pending.
- M. Sohrabi, X. Liu, O. Momeni and M. Malakoutian, “Field-Effect Bipolar Transistor,” patent pending.
- H. Wang and O. Momeni, “Low-power, Low-noise Millimeter Wavelength Frequency Synthesizer,” US 10992303 B2, 2021.
- H. Jalili and O. Momeni, “Scalable Arrays of Radiating Oscillating Units,” US 10998855 B2, 2021.
- O. Momeni and E. Afshari, “Electrical Prism: A High Quality Factor Filter for Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Frequencies,” US 8604893 B2, 2013.
- O. Momeni and E. Afshari, “Doppler-Inspired, High-Frequency Signal Generation and Up-Conversion,” US 0075034 A1, 2012.
Invited Talks
- ECExpo, Davis, CA May 2021
- IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Apr 2021
- IEEE Solid-State Circuit Society, University of Texas, Dallas, TX Apr 2021
- Radio & Wireless Week, San Diego, CA Jan 2021
- University of Texas, Dallas, TX Jan 2020
- Radio & Wireless Week, San Antonio, TX Jan 2020
- Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Conference Workshop, Boston, MA Jun 2019
- Asian Pacic Microwave Conference, Kyoto, Japan Nov 2018
- Osaka University, Osaka, Japan Nov 2018
- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan Nov 2018
- NSF Workshop in International Microwave Symp., Honolulu, HI Jun 2017
- Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference, Cocoa Beach, FL Apr 2017
- U.S.-Japan Workshop on Millimeter Wave Technology, Davis, CA Nov 2016
- IEEE SSCS and CAS Tutorial Meeting, Santa Clara, CA Jul 2016
- Tektronix, Santa Clara, CA Jun 2016
- Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China Mar 2016
- Fudan University, Shanghai, China Mar 2016
- International Wireless Symposium (IWS), Shanghai, China Mar 2016
- Wireless Communications Alliance (WCA), Palo Alto, CA Jan 2016
- Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran Jan 2016
- Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA Apr 2015
- Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA, Feb 2015
- Redpine Signals, Inc., San Jose, CA May 2014
- Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC), Berkeley, CA Mar 2014
- International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference, Irvine, CA, Oct 2013
- CMOS Emerging Technologies Research Symposium, Whistler, Canada, Jul 2013
- University of California, Davis, CA, Oct 2012
- University of California, Irvine, CA, Nov 2011
- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Jul 2011
- NASA-Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, Jul 2011
- University of California, Davis, CA, May 2011
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, May 2011
- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2011
- Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Apr 2011
- Loral Space and Communications, Palo Alto, CA, Feb 2011