dr.ir. M Tohidian

1. A Bluetooth low-energy transceiver with 3.7-mW all-digital transmitter, 2.75-mW high-IF discrete-time receiver, and TX/RX switchable on-chip matching network
   Kuo, Feng-Wei; Ferreira, Sandro Binsfeld; Chen, Huan-Neng Ron; Cho, Lan-Chou; Jou, Chewn-Pu; Hsueh, Fu-Lung; Madadi, Iman; Tohidian, Massoud; Shahmohammadi, Mina; Babaie, Masoud; others;
   IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
   Volume 52, Issue 4, pp. 1144--1162, 2017.

2. Analysis and Design of a Multi-Core Oscillator for Ultra-Low Phase Noise
   S. A. R. Ahmadi-Mehr; M. Tohidian; R. B. Staszewski;
   IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers,
   Volume 63, Issue 4, pp. 529-539, April 2016. DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2016.2529218
   
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   CMOS integrated circuits;LC circuits;MMIC oscillators;field effect MMIC;network analysis;network synthesis;phase noise;RF oscillator;current 39 mA to 59 mA;digital CMOS technology;dualcore LC-tank oscillator;frequency 4.07 GHz to 4.91 GHz;high swing class-C topology;multicore oscillator;phase noise reduction;ultralow phase noise;voltage 2.15 V;CMOS integrated circuits;Inductance;Inductors;Phase noise;Power demand;Topology;Basestation (BTS);LC-tank;class-C oscillator;coupled oscillators;figure of merit (FoM);phase noise.

3. Toward Solving Multichannel RF-SoC Integration Issues Through Digital Fractional Division
   S. A. R. Ahmadi Mehr; M. Tohidian; R. B. Staszewski;
   IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems,
   Volume 24, Issue 3, pp. 1071-1082, March 2016. DOI: 10.1109/TVLSI.2015.2436979
   
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   frequency dividers;system-on-chip;LC-tank oscillator;RF system on chips;digital fractional divider;frequency divider;frequency planning technique;high-swing class-C oscillator;integer harmonic frequency relationship;multichannel RF-SoC integration;phase rotator;Couplings;Frequency conversion;Frequency modulation;Harmonic analysis;Oscillators;Radio frequency;Substrates;Digital fractional divider;RF-SoC;digitally controlled oscillator (DCO);frequency pulling;injection locking;multi-core radio;system on chip (SoC);system on chip (SoC)..

4. A High IIP2 SAW-Less Superheterodyne Receiver With Multistage Harmonic Rejection
   I. Madadi; M. Tohidian; K. Cornelissens; P. Vandenameele; R. B. Staszewski;
   IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
   Volume 51, Issue 2, pp. 332-347, Feb 2016. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2015.2504414
   
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   CMOS integrated circuits;band-pass filters;superheterodyne receivers;surface acoustic wave devices;4G cellular applications;CMOS;IIP2 SAW-less superheterodyne receiver;blocker-resilient octal charge-sharing bandpass filter;cascaded harmonic rejection circuitry;multistage harmonic rejection;power 22 mW to 40 mW;size 28 nm;surface acoustic wave-less superheterodyne receiver;wideband noise-canceling low-noise transconductance amplifier;Band-pass filters;Calibration;Capacitors;Mixers;Radio frequency;Receivers;Surface acoustic waves;Bandpass filter (BPF);IIP2;charge-sharing;discrete-time;process-scalable;receiver;superheterodyne;surface acoustic wave (SAW)-less.

5. A Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) transceiver with TX/RX switchable on-chip matching network, 2.75mW high-IF discrete-time receiver, and 3.6mW all-digital transmitter
   F. W. Kuo; S. B. Ferreira; M. Babaie; R. Chen; L. c. Cho; C. P. Jou; F. L. Hsueh; G. Huang; I. Madadi; M. Tohidian; R. B. Staszewski;
   In 2016 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSI-Circuits),
   pp. 1-2, June 2016. DOI: 10.1109/VLSIC.2016.7573480
   
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   Bluetooth;Internet of Things;MOS integrated circuits;band-pass filters;oscillators;phase locked loops;radio transceivers;radio transmitters;1-pin direct antenna connection;Bluetooth LE;Bluetooth low-energy transceiver;CMOS;Internet-of-Things;IoT;MOS devices;TX/RX switchable on-chip matching network;The receiver;all-digital PLL;all-digital transmitter;discrete-time architecture;high-IF discrete-time receiver;integrated on-chip matching network;multirate charge-sharing bandpass filters;power 2.75 mW;power 3.6 mW;power consumption;size 28 nm;switched-current-source digitally controlled oscillator;transmitter;ultra-low-power transceiver;Band-pass filters;Capacitors;Gain;Power demand;Switches;System-on-chip;Transceivers.

6. A TDD/FDD SAW-less superheterodyne receiver with blocker-resilient band-pass filter and multi-stage HR in 28nm CMOS
   I. Madadi; M. Tohidian; K. Cornelissens; P. Vandenameele; R. B. Staszewski;
   In 2015 Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSI Circuits),
   pp. C308-C309, June 2015.

7. Fully Integrated Discrete-Time Superheterodyne Receiver in Nano-Scale CMOS
   M. Tohidian;
   PhD thesis, Delft University of Technology, http://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:3c0da5c3-0ca8-490e-80d5-c942f05cc3a1, 09 2015. Promotor: R.B. Staszewski.

8. Analysis and Design of a High-Order Discrete-Time Passive IIR Low-Pass Filter
   M. Tohidian; I. Madadi; R. B. Staszewski;
   IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
   Volume 49, Issue 11, pp. 2575-2587, Nov 2014.

9. 3.8 A fully integrated highly reconfigurable discrete-time superheterodyne receiver
   M. Tohidian; I. Madadi; R. B. Staszewski;
   In 2014 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers (ISSCC),
   pp. 1-3, Feb 2014.

10. Dual-core high-swing class-C oscillator with ultra-low phase noise
    M. Tohidian; S. A. Reza Ahmadi Mehr; R. B. Staszewski;
    In 2013 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC),
    pp. 243-246, June 2013.

11. A 65nm CMOS high-IF superheterodyne receiver with a High-Q complex BPF
    I. Madadi; M. Tohidian; R. B. Staszewski;
    In 2013 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC),
    pp. 323-326, June 2013.

12. A 2mW 800MS/s 7th-order discrete-time IIR filter with 400kHz-to-30MHz BW and 100dB stop-band rejection in 65nm CMOS
    M. Tohidian; I. Madadi; R. B. Staszewski;
    In 2013 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers,
    pp. 174-175, Feb 2013.

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