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Dr.-Ing. Syed Muhammad Anis
Expertise
- LNAs, mixers, IF amplifier stages, VGAs, bandpass filters, oscillators, VCOs, PLL and CDR, op-amps, OTAs and comparators circuits.
- RF-CMOS/BiCMOS transceiver front-end design, implementation and measurement for multi-standard radios for In/On-body electronic devices: UWB (3.1-10.6GHz), ISM (2.4GHz), PSSS/FSK (868MHz) and MICS (402-405 MHz).
- RF-Bandpass sigma delta modulator (RF-ADC) for reconfigurable multi-band and multi-standard receivers
- RF spectrum sensing techniques for cognitive UWB radios
- Integrated antenna as inductor for implant transceivers
- Narrowband interference mitigation techniques for implant receiver
- Cadence, (Spectre, Spectre RF, Virtuoso, Diva, Calibre, Assura) ADS, Sonnet
Career History
Sep 2012 –Present
Assistant Professor – EE Department —King Saud University—Riyadh, KSA
Involved in teaching and research activities related to RF /Analog and mixed signal circuit and system techniques and working as consultant in German research institutes for RF/Analog front end design
April 2012 –Sep 2012
Senior Researcher – Microsystem Research Lab—MIT/Masdar Institute, UAE
Involved in design, implementation and measurement planning for beam forming transceiver uses delays implemented through the mixed signal design approach.
Jan 2010 – April 2012
Senior Researcher -- Institute of Microelectronics -- University of Ulm, Germany
Involved in design, implementation and measurement for following projects
- Retina implant transceiver front end design
- Neural signal recorder
- Transmission line based RF bandpass sigma delta modulator
- Low power cognitive UWB radio
Dec. 2008 - Jan 2010
Senior RF IC design Engineer -- advICo Microelectronics GmbH, Germany
Involved in design, implementation and measurement for following projects
- 15.4 PSSS/FSK 868MHz transceiver front end
- 402-405MHz transceiver for medical implant applications
- Integrated loop antenna for super-regenerative transceivers
Jan.2004 - Dec.2008
Scientific Research Staff -- Technical. University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Involved in design, implementation and measurement for following projects
- 3.1-to-6GHz (FCC standard) impulse UWB transceiver front end
- 6-to-10GHz (European Standard) impulse UWB transceiver
- Impulse-FM-UWB super regenerative transceiver
July 2002 - Oct. 2003
Research Assistant -- Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Involved in following projects
- Design and simulation of logarithmic loop antennas
- Extracting transistor parameters for high temperature range using SILVACO
- Design and implementation of asynchronous circuits using Verilog HDL
Nov. 2000 - Feb. 2002
Design Engineer -- Precience Inc.
Responsibilities
- Design specification and quality assurance for project “PCBNavigator” and "PartNavigator" used to interface and signal integrity
- Developed the requirements for interface between OrCAD, PADS & PCAD including cross probing, back annotation, ECO to SWP.
- Design verification, release and communicate with the application engineers.
Aug.1999–Nov. 2000
Design Engineer -- PYCON Inc.
Responsibilities
- Design of high speed multilayer PCBs and sockets (BGA, mBGA,PGA,QFP, PLCC, SOP etc), surface mount & through hole with micro via technology
- Design of controlled impedance boards, burn-in boards (HAST boards, Criteria boards, 85/85 boards,), load boards( Dut cards and Probe cards),
Education
Jan 2004 – Aug 2008
Ph.D (summa cum laude), Electrical Engineering, RF Microelectronics
Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Dissertation: Low power CMOS UWB IR Transceiver Front End for WBANs
March 2002–Dec. 2003
M.Sc. (summa cum laude), Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics
Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Master thesis: Design and Layout of 2.5 Gbit/s CMOS Optical Receiver Front-End
Jan 1995 – May 1999
Bachelor of Engineering, 85% Marks, Electrical Engineering
NED University of Engineering &Technology. Karachi, Pakistan
List of IEEE Publications
[1] A. Zahabi, M. Anis und M. Ortmanns, "A 9.6 GS/s 112 mW 58 dB DR 150 MHz Bandwidth RF Bandpass Transmission Line SD Modulator", European Solid-State Cir. Conf. (ESSCIRC ) 2012 Bordeaux, France.
[2] , , und Optical Transcutaneous Link for Low Power, High Data Rate Telemetry” Int. Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS )) 2012 San Diego, USA.
[3] A. Zahabi, M. Anis, M. Ortmanns, “A Power/Area-Starved Complementary-Cross-Coupled Filter for Integrated Transmission Line SD Modulators”, IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS) 2012 Boise, Idaho, USA.
[4] A. Zahabi, M. Anis, M. Ortmanns, “Near Field Inductive Coupled Tuning Technique For RF Bandpass SD Modulators”, IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS ) 2012, Boise, Idaho, USA.
[5] A. Zahabi, M. Anis, M. Ortmanns, “Characterization of Integrated Transmission Lines for RF Bandpass Sigma Delta Modulators”, IEEE Conference on Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics & Electronics (PRIME) 2012 Aachen, Germany.
[6] A. Zahabi, M. Anis, M. Ortmanns, “Integrated Transmission Lines for complementary Cross-Coupled Bandpass Filters of SD Modulators”,IEEE International NEW Symposium on Circuits and Systems (NEWCAS ) 2012 Montreal, Canada.
[7] A. Zahabi, T. Liu, M. Anis, M. Ortmanns, “Inductively Coupled Super-Regeneration Amplifier Based on Integrated Transmission Line for Transcutaneous Data Transfer”, IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2012 Montreal, Canada.
[8] A. Zahabi, F. Jamal, J. Becker, M. Anis, M. Ortmanns “Digitally-Switched Resonators for Bandpass Integrated Transmission Line Sigma Delta Modulators” In Proceeding of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS ) 2012 Seoul, Korea.
[9] A. Zahabi, M. Anis, M. Ortmanns “2.4GHz Super-Regeneration Amplifier with Degenerative Quenching Technique for RF-Pulse Width Transceiver” In Proceeding of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS )2012 Seoul, Korea.
[10] , 3.1GHz-3.8GHz Integrated Transmission Line Super- Regeneration Amplifier with Degenerative Quenching Technique for I-FM-UWB Transceiver” In Proceeding of IEEE Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC ) 2011, Finland.
[11] , and A 2.5mW 2Mb/s Fully Integrated Impulse-FM-UWB Transceiver in 0.18um CMOS” In Proceeding of IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2011, USA.
[12] M. Anis, Z. Saeed “Wireless network architecture and RF transceiver front-end to provide multilingual speech translation and local positioning system for Hajj operations” In Proceeding of IEEE Saudi International Electronics, Communications and Photonics Conference (SIECPC), 2011, KSA
[13] , und RF Spectrum Sensing Technique for Cognitive UWB Radio Network” In Proceeding of IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC),2010, Spain
[14] , M und A Reconfigurable Integrated Transmission Line Sigma Delta Modulator for the UWB/WLAN Receiver” In Proceeding of IEEE Conference on Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics, 2010, Berlin, Germany
[15] , und Fully Integrated UWB Impulse Transmitter and 402-to-405MHz Super-Regenerative Receiver for Medical Implant Devices” In Proceeding of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2010, Paris, France
[16] , and 3.6-to-4.4 GHz UWB Impulse Transmitter and 402-to-405MHz Super-regenerative Receiver for Medical Implant Devices” In Proceeding of IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology (WAMI) Conference, 2010, USA,
[17] , und ow Power Super-regenerative Impulse-FM-UWB Transceiver for WBAN” In Proceeding of IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology (WAMI) Conference, 2010 USA,
[18] , and Fully Integrated Low Power Self-Quenched Super-Regenerative Impulse-FM-UWB Transceiver for WBAN” In Proceeding of IEEE Int. Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation & Test, 2010 Taiwan,
[19] , , and RF Receiver Front End for 868.6-MHz Band IEEE 802.15.4 PSSS Standard” In Proceeding of IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium (CSICS), 2010, USA,
[20] , und Low Power Self-quenched Super-regenerative Impulse-FM-UWB Transceiver for WBAN” In Proceeding of IEEE 2010 Radio and Wireless Symposium, New Orleans, 2010, USA
[21] , und Ultra Low Power RF Transceiver Architecture for In-body Communication System” In Proceeding of IEEE 2010 Radio and Wireless Symposium, New Orleans, 2010, USA
[22] , , und 3.1 GHz to 6 GHz UWB Pulse radio Transceiver front end based on super-regeneration approach” In Proceeding of IEEE 26th International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2008, USA
[23] , und “3.1-to-7GHz UWB- IR Transceiver Front-End Based on Statistical Correlation Technique” In Proceeding of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS ), 2008, Seattle, USA,
[24] , und “A 10Mb/s 2.6mW 6-to-10GHz UWB IR Transceiver” In Proceeding of IEEE International Conference on UWB (ICUWB ), 2008, Germany
[25] , und A 400μW 10Mbits/s CMOS UWB Impluse Radio Transmitter for Wireless Sensor Networks” In Proceeding of IEEE International Conference on UWB (ICUWB 2008), 2008, Germany
[26] und Fully Integrated Multi-channel UWB Impulse Generator and Detector” IEEE International Solid State Circuit Conference, Student form (ISSCC ) 2008 USA
[27] , und Fully integrated self-quenched super-regenerative UWB impulse detector” In Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing, 2008, Greece.
[28] , und Fully Integrated Super-Regenerative Bandpass Filters For 3.1-to-7GHz Multiband UWB System” In Proceeding of IEEE Int. Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test, 2008 Taiwan.
[29] , und Low Power Complementary-Colpitts Self-Quenched Super-regenerative Ultra wide Bandpass Filter in CMOS Technology” In Proceeding of IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS ) , 2008, Georgia, USA,
[30] , und Super-regenerative UWB Impulse Detector with Synchronized Quenching Mechanism” In Proceeding of IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), 2008, UK.
[31] , , und A 3mW 1GHz UWB bandpass Super-regenerative Filter” In Proceeding of IEEE radio and wireless symposium, 2008, USA.
[32] und Low power impulse UWB transceiver front end based on statistical correlation technique” In Proceeding of IEEE International Conference on UWB (ICUWB ), 2007, Singapore
[33] , und Low Power Ultra-Wide-Bandpass Super-regenerative Filter” In Proceeding of IEEE 14th IEEE Sym. on Comm. and Vehicular. Tech. (SCVT ), 2007, Nederlands,
[34] und Low Power UWB Pulse Radio Transceiver Front-End” In Proceeding of IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC2007), Germany
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