Optical Interconnects
A.H. Talkhooncheh, A. Zilkie, G. Yu, R. Shafiiha, A. Emami, “A 200Gb/s QAM-16 Silicon Photonic Transmitter With 4 Binary-Driven EAMs in an MZI Structure“, Optical Fiber Communication Conference & Exposition (OFC), 2023
[ PDF ]A. Hashemi Talkhooncheh, W. Zhang, M. Wang, D. J. Thomson, M. Ebert, L. Ke, G. T. Reed, A. Emami, “A 2.4pJ/b 100Gb/s 3D-integrated PAM-4 Optical Transmitter with Segmented SiP MOSCAP Modulators and a 2-Channel 28nm CMOS Driver“, 2022 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2022, pp. 284-286, doi: 10.1109/ISSCC42614.2022.9731563
[ PDF ]K. C. Chen and A. Emami, “Nonlinear Equalization for Optical Interconnects”, 2021 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 2021
[ PDF ]A. Hashemi Talkhooncheh, A. Zilkie, G. Yu, R. Shafiiha, A. Emami, “A 100 Gb/s PAM-4 Silicon Photonic Transmitter with Two Binary-Driven EAMs in MZI Structure”, 2021 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 2021
[ PDF ]F. Aghlmand, S. Sharma and A. Emami, “An 8Gbps Adaptive Receiver for RF over FSO in 28nm CMOS,” 2020 15th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), Utrecht, Netherlands, 2021, pp. 49-52
[ PDF ]Kuan-Chang Chen, William Wei-Ting Kuo, and Azita Emami, “A 60-Gb/s PAM4 Wireline Receiver With 2-Tap Direct Decision Feedback Equalization Employing Track-and-Regenerate Slicers in 28-nm CMOS”, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, October 2020 (Early Access), DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2020.3025285
[ PDF ]K. C. Chen, W. Kuo, A. Emami, “A 60-Gb/s PAM4 Wireline Receiver with 2-Tap Direct Decision Feedback Equalization Employing Track-and-Regenerate Slicers in 28-nm CMOS”, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Mar. 2020
[ PDF ]Kuan-Chang Chen and Azita Emami, “ A 25-Gb/s Avalanche Photodetector-Based Burst-Mode Optical Receiver With 2.24-ns Reconfiguration Time in 28-nm CMOS”, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 1682-1693, June 2019
[ PDF ]Kuan-Chang Chen and Azita Emami, “ A 25Gb/s APD-Based Burst-Mode Optical Receiver with 2.24ns Reconfiguration Time in 28nm CMOS”, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) 2018.
[ PDF ]A. Emami, “Optical Interconnects: Design and Analysis,” invited paper at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC), OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2017), paper W4I.1.
[ PDF ]Mayank Raj, Saman Saeedi, Azita Emami “A Wideband Injection Locked Quadrature Clock Generation and Distribution Technique for an Energy-Proportional 16–32 Gb/s Optical Receiver in 28 nm FDSOI CMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol.51, no.10, pp.2446 – 2462, Oct. 2016.
[ PDF ]Mayank Raj, Manuel Monge, Azita Emami “A Modelling and Nonlinear Equalization Technique for a 20 Gb/s 0.77 pJ/b VCSEL Transmitter in 32 nm SOI CMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol.51, no.8, pp.1734 – 1743, July. 2016
[ PDF ]Saman Saeedi, Azita Emami “A 10Gb/s, 342fJ/bit Micro-Ring Modulator Transmitter with Switched-Capacitor Pre-Emphasis and Monolithic Temperature Sensor in 65nm CMOS,” IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, June 2016
[ PDF ]S. Saeedi, S. Menezo, G. Pares, A. Emami, “A 25Gb/s 3D-Integrated CMOS/Silicon-Photonic Receiver for Low-Power High-Sensitivity Optical Communication,” IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2015.
[ PDF ]M. Raj, M. Monge, A. Emami, “A 20Gb/s 0.77pJ/b VCSEL Transmitter with Nonlinear Equalization in 32nm SOI CMOS“, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2015 (Best Student Paper Award-Second Place.)
[ PDF ]S. Saeedi, B. Abiri, A. Hajimiri, A. Emami, “Differential Optical Ring Modulator: Breaking the Bandwidth/Quality-factor Trade-off“, 41st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) , IEEE, 2015.
[ PDF ]S. Saeedi, A. Emami, “Silicon-photonic PTAT temperature sensor for micro-ring resonator thermal stabilization,” Optics Express, vol.23, no.17, pp.21875-21883, Aug. 2015.
[ PDF ]S. Saeedi, A. Emami, “Silicon-photonic PTAT temperature sensor for micro-ring resonator thermal stabilization,” IEEE European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015.
[ PDF ]S. Saeedi, S. Menezo and A. Emami, “A 25Gbps 3D-Integrated CMOS/Silicon Photonic Optical Receiver with -15dBm Sensitivity and 0.17pJ/bit Energy Efficiency“, IEEE Optical Interconnect Conference (OIC), 2015
[ PDF ]M. Raj, S. Saeedi, A. Emami, “A 4-to-11GHz Injection-Locked Quarter-Rate Clocking for an Adaptive 153fJ/b Optical Receiver in 28nm FDSOI CMOS“, IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2015
[ PDF ]S. Saeedi, A. Emami, “A 25Gb/s 170μW/Gb/s High-Sensitivity Optical Receiver in 28nm CMOS for Low-power Optical Communication“, IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 2014.
[ PDF ]M. Honarvar, A. Emami-Neyestanak, “24-Gb/s Double-Sampling Receiver for Ultra-Low-Power Optical Communication,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol.48, no.2, pp.344-357, Feb. 2013.
[ PDF ]M. Honarvar, A. Emami-Neyestanak, “Ultra Low-Power Receiver Design for Dense Optical Interconnects“, IEEE Optical Interconnects Conference (OIC), vol., no., pp.115-116, 20-23 May 2012.
[ PDF ]M. Honarvar, A. Emami-Neyestanak, “An 18.6Gb/s Double-Sampling Receiver in 65nm CMOS for Ultra Low-power Optical Communication“, International Solid-State Cicruits Conference (ISSCC), 2012.
[ PDF ]S. Palermo, A. Emami-Neyestanak, M. Horowitz, “A 90nm CMOS 16Gb/sTransceiver for Optical Interconnects“, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol.43, no.5, pp.1235-1246, May 2008.
[ PDF ]S. Palermo, A. Emami-Neyestanak, M. Horowitz, “A 90nm CMOS 16Gb/s Transceiver for Optical Interconnects“, IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest of tech. papers, 2007.
[ PDF ]D. Miller, A. Bhatnagar, S. Palermo, A. Emami-Neyestanak, M. Horowitz, “Opportunities for Optics in Integrated Circuits Application“, IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2005.
[ PDF ]A. Emami-Neyestanak, S. Palermo, H. Lee and M. Horowitz, “CMOS Transceiver with Baud Rate Clock Recovery for Optical Interconnects“, IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, June 2004.
[ PDF ]A. Emami-Neyestanak, D. Liu, G. Keeler, N. Helman and M. Horowitz, “A 1.6 Gbps, 3mW CMOS Receiver for Optical Communication“, IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, June 2002, pages 84-8.
[ PDF ]Implantable Biomedical Devices
F. Aghlmand, C. Hu, S. Sharma, K. K. Pochana, R. M. Murray, A. Emami, “A 65nm CMOS Living-Cell Dynamic Fluorescence Sensor with 1.05fA Sensitivity at 600/700nm Wavelengths“, International Solid-State CCircuits Conference (ISSCC), 2023
[ PDF ]S. Sharma, K.B. Ramadi, N.H. Poole, S.S. Srinivasan, K. Ishida, J. Kuosmanen, J. Jenkins, F. Aghlmand, M.B. Swift, M.G. Shapiro, G. Traverso and A. Emami, “Location-Aware Ingestible Microdevices For Wireless Monitoring of Gastrointestinal Dynamics“, Nature Electronics, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-023-00916-0
[ PDF ]S. Sharma, A. Telikicherla, G. Ding, F. Aghlmand, A. Hashemi Talkhooncheh, M. Shapiro, A. Emami, “Wireless 3D Surgical Navigation and Tracking System with 100μm Accuracy Using Magnetic-Field Gradient-Based Localization,” in IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, April 2021 (Early Access), doi: 10.1109/TMI.2021.3071120.
[ PDF ]A. Hashemi Talkhooncheh, Y. Yu, A. Agarwal, W. Kuo, K. C. Chen, M. Wang, G. Hoskuldsdottir, W. Gao, A. Emami, “A Biofuel-Cell-Based Energy Harvester With 86% Peak Efficiency and 0.25-V Minimum Input Voltage Using Source-Adaptive MPPT”, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, November 2020 (Early Access), DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2020.3035491.
[ PDF ]A. Hashemi Talkhooncheh, Y. Yu, A. Agarwal, W. Kuo, K. C. Chen, M. Wang, G. Hoskuldsdottir, W. Gao, A. Emami, “A Fully-Integrated Biofuel-Cell-Based Energy Harvester with 86% Peak Efficiency and 0.25V Minimum Input Voltage Using Source-Adaptive MPPT”, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Mar. 2020
[ PDF ]S. Sharma, G. Ding, A. Telikicherla, F. Aghlmand, A. Hashemi Talkhooncheh, M. Wang, M. G. Shapiro, A. Emami, “3D Surgical Alignment with 100µm Resolution Using Magnetic-Field Gradient-Based Localization”, IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2020
[ PDF ]Shapero, A., Agarwal, A., Martinez, J. C., Emami, A., Humayun, M. S. and Tai, Y. C. “Wireless Implantable Intraocular Pressure Sensor With Parylene-Oil-Encapsulation and Forward-Angled RF Coil” Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), IEEE 32nd International Conference on. IEEE, (2019).
[ PDF ]Rodger, D. C., Shapero, A., Agarwal, A., Emami, A., Humayun, M. S., & Tai, Y. C. “Precision Wireless Implantable Continuous Intraocular Pressure Sensors Utilizing Parylene-on-oil Encapsulation”. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 59(9), (2018)
[ PDF ]Abhinav Agarwal*, Aubrey Shapero*, Damien Roger, Mark Humayun, Yu-Chong Tai, Azita Emami, “A Wireless, Low-Drift, Implantable Intraocular Pressure Sensor with Parylene-on-oil Encapsulation”, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) 2018 (* equal contribution)
[ PDF ]M.Monge, A.Lee-Gosselin, M.Shapiro, and A.Emami, Localization of Microscale Devices In Vivo using Addressable Transmitters Operated as Magnetic Spins, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (BMES), Oct. 2017.
[ PDF ]M.Monge, A.Lee-Gosselin, M.Shapiro, and A.Emami, Localization of Microscale Devices In Vivo using Addressable Transmitters Operated as Magnetic Spins, Nature Biomedical Engineering 1, 736-744, Sep. 2017.
[ PDF ]Abhinav Agarwal, Albert Gural, Manuel Monge, Dvin Adalian, Samson Chen, Axel Scherer, Azita Emami, “A 4μW, ADPLL-based implantable amperometric biosensor in 65nm CMOS ,” IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, June 2017
[ PDF ]M. Loh, A. Emami, “Capacitive Proximity Communication with Distributed Alignment Sensing for Origami Biomedical Implants,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol.50, no.5, pp.1275-1286, May. 2015
[ PDF ]M. Monge, A. Emami, “Design Considerations for High-Density Fully Intraocular Epiretinal Prostheses,”(Invited) IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BIOCAS), 2014
[ PDF ]M. Monge, M. Raj, M. Honorvar-Nazari, H.C. Chang, Y. Zhao, J. Weiland, M. Humayun, Y.C. Tai, A. Emami, “A Fully Intraocular High-Density Self-Calibrating Epiretinal Prosthesis,”(Invited) IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol.7, no.6, pp.747-760, Dec. 2013
[ PDF ]M. Loh, A. Emami-Neyestanak, “Capacitive Proximity Communication with Distributed Alignment Sensing for Origami Biomedical Implants“, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2013.
[ PDF ]Y. Liu, J. Park, YC tai, R. Lang, A. Emami-Neyestanak, S. Pellegrino and M. Humayun, “Parylene Origami Structure for Intraocular Implantation“, IEEE Transducers Conference, 2013
[ PDF ]M. Monge, M. Raj, M. Honorvar-Nazari, H.C. Chang, Y. Zhao, J. Weiland, M. Humayun, Y.C. Tai, A. Emami-Neyestanak, “A Fully Intraocular 0.0169mm2/pixel 512-Channel Self-Calibrating Epiretinal Prosthesis in 65nm CMOS“, IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2013
[ PDF ]J. Chang, Y. Liu, D. Kang, M. Monge, Y. Zhao, C.C. Yu, A. Emami-Neyestanak, J. Weiland, M. Humayun, Y.C. Tai, “Packaging Study for a 512-Channel Intraocular Epiretinal Implant“, IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems(MEMS), Jan. 2013
[ PDF ]Wireline Transceivers
Kuan-Chang Chen, William Wei-Ting Kuo, and Azita Emami, “A 60-Gb/s PAM4 Wireline Receiver With 2-Tap Direct Decision Feedback Equalization Employing Track-and-Regenerate Slicers in 28-nm CMOS”, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, October 2020 (Early Access), DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2020.3025285
[ PDF ]K. C. Chen, W. Kuo, A. Emami, “A 60-Gb/s PAM4 Wireline Receiver with 2-Tap Direct Decision Feedback Equalization Employing Track-and-Regenerate Slicers in 28-nm CMOS”, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Mar. 2020
[ PDF ]M. Honarvar, A. Emami-Neyestanak, “A 20GB/s 136fJ/b 12.5Gb/s/μm On-Chip Link in 28nm CMOS“, IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), vol., no., 2-4 June 2013
[ PDF ]M. Honarvar, A. Emami-Neyestanak, “A 15-Gb/s 0.5-mW/Gbps Two-Tap DFE Receiver With Far-End Crosstalk Cancellation“, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol.47, no.10, pp.2420-2432, Oct. 2012
[ PDF ]M. Honarvar, A. Emami-Neyestanak, “A Low-Power 20Gb/s Transmitter in 65nm CMOS Technology“, IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), vol., no., pp.149-152, 17-19 June 2012
[ PDF ]M. Honarvar, A. Emami-Neyestanak, “A 15Gb/s 0.5mW/Gb/s 2-Tap DFE Receiver with Far-End Crosstalk Cancellation“, International Solid-State Cicruits Conference (ISSCC), 2011
[ PDF ]M. Loh, A. Emami, “All-Digital CDR for High-Density, High-Speed I/O“, IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2010
[ PDF ]A. Emami-Neyestanak, A. Varzaghani, J. Bulzacchelli, A. Rylyakov, C.-K.K. Yang, D. Friedman, “A Low-Power Receiver with Switched-Capacitor Summation DFE” IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Digest of tech. papers, 2006
[ PDF ]A. Emami-Neyestanak, A. Varzaghani, J. Bulzacchelli, A. Rylyakov, C.-K.K. Yang and Daniel Friedman “A 6.0 mW, 10.0 Gb/s Receiver with Switched-Capacitor Summation DFE,”(Invited) IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol.42, no.4, pp.889-896, April 2007
[ PDF ]Clocking and Synchronization
Mayank Raj, Saman Saeedi, Azita Emami “A Wideband Injection Locked Quadrature Clock Generation and Distribution Technique for an Energy-Proportional 16–32 Gb/s Optical Receiver in 28 nm FDSOI CMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol.51, no.10, pp.2446 – 2462, Oct. 2016.
[ PDF ]S. Saeedi, A. Emami, “An 8GHz First-order Frequency Synthesizer for Low-Power On-Chip Clock Generation“, IEEE Journal of Solid-state Circuits, vol. 50, no. 8, pp. 1848-1860, Aug. 2015
[ PDF ]M. Raj, S. Saeedi, A. Emami, “A 4-to-11GHz Injection-Locked Quarter-Rate Clocking for an Adaptive 153fJ/b Optical Receiver in 28nm FDSOI CMOS“, IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2015
[ PDF ]M. Raj, A. Emami, “A Wideband Injection Locking Scheme and Quadrature Phase Generation in 65nm CMOS,”(Invited) IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol.62, no.4, pp.763-772, Apr. 2014
[ PDF ]S. Saeedi, A. Emami, “An 8GHz First-order Frequency Synthesizer based on Phase Interpolation and Quadrature Frequency Detection in 65nm CMOS“, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2014
[ PDF ]M. Raj, A. Emami-Neyestanak, “A Wideband Injection Locking Scheme and Quadrature Phase Generation in 65nm CMOS“, IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), vol., no., 2-4 June 2013
[ PDF ]M. Loh, A. Emami-Neyestanak, “A 3×9 Gb/s Shared, All-Digital CDR for High-Speed, High-Density I/O“, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol.47, no.3, March 2012
[ PDF ]M. Loh, A. Emami, “All-Digital CDR for High-Density, High-Speed I/O“, IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2010
[ PDF ]S. Palermo, A. Emami-Neyestanak, M. Horowitz, “A 90nm CMOS 16Gb/sTransceiver for Optical Interconnects“, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol.43, no.5, pp.1235-1246, May 2008
[ PDF ]A. Emami-Neyestanak, S. Palermo, H. Lee and M. Horowitz, “CMOS Transceiver with Baud Rate Clock Recovery for Optical Interconnects“, IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, June 2004
[ PDF ]Signal Acquisition Beyond Nyquist Rate
J. Yoo, C. Turnes, E. Nakamura, C. Le, S. Becker, E. Sovero, M. Wakin, M. Grant, J. Romberg, A. Emami-Neyestanak, and E. Candès, “A Compressed Sensing Parameter Extraction Platform for Radar Pulse Signal Acquisition“, IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (JETCAS), vol.2, no.3, pp.626-638, Sept. 2012
[ PDF ]M. Wakin, S. Becker, E. Nakamura, M. Grant, E. Sovero, D. Ching, J. Yoo, J. Romberg, A. Emami-Neyestanak, and E. Candès, “A Nonuniform Sampler for Wideband Spectrally-Sparse Environments“, IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (JETCAS), vol.2, no.3, pp.516-529, Sept. 2012
[ PDF ]J. Yoo, S. Becker, M. Loh, M. Monge, E. Candès, A. Emami-Neyestanak, “A 100MHz-2GHz 12.5x sub-Nyquist Rate Receiver in 90nm CMOS“, IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 2012
[ PDF ]J. Yoo, S. Becker, M. Loh, M. Monge, E. Candès, A. Emami-Neyestanak, “Design and Implementation of a Fully Integrated Compressed-Sensing Signal Acquisition System“, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2012
[ PDF ]J. Yoo, A. Khajehnejad, B. Hassibi, A. Emami-Neyestanak “An Analog Sub-Linear Time Sparse Signal Acquisition Framework Based on Structured Matrices“, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2012
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