MSc M. Pashaeifar
Electronic Circuits and Architectures (ELCA), Department of Microelectronics
Expertise: RF IC, Digital Synthesis, Data Converters
Themes: mm-wave sensors, Microwave circuits, RF electronicsBiography
Masoud Pashaeifar is a Ph.D. candidate researcher at TU Delft since June 2018. He received the B.Sc. degree in electronics, from the Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran, and the M.Sc. degree in Circuits and Systems from the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Before joining the ELCA group, he was a Ph.D. student of Circuits and Systems at the University of Tehran. Also, he was the head of the Hardware group at Bakhtar Processing Company, Tehran, Iran.
His main research activity involves designing linear and efficient mm-wave transmitters for 5G cellular applications.
Energy Efficient Wideband Transmitter, NXP Partnership ‘Advanced 5G Solutions’
This project providing enhanced average efficiency in wideband wireless transmitters while withstanding the changing load conditions that can occur in handheld devices and MIMO/smart-antenna communication systems.
- A Single-Supply Balun-First Three-Way mm-Wave Doherty PA
Kumaran, Anil Kumar; Pashaeifar, Masoud; Alexanderson, Mats; de Vreede, Leonardus Cornelis Nicolaas; Alavi, Morteza S.;
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques,
pp. 1-16, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2024.3365697
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Inductors;Integrated circuit modeling;5G mobile communication;Capacitors;Bandwidth;Impedance;Peak to average power ratio;Compact;Doherty;lumped components;millimeter wave;Norton transformation;power amplifier (PA);three-stage. - 32.7 A 25.2dBm PSAT, 35-to-43GHz VSWR-Resilient Chain-Weaver Eight-Way Balanced PA with an Embedded Impedance/Power Sensor
Pashaeifar, Masoud; Kumaran, Anil K.; De Vreede, Leo C.N.; Alavi, Morteza S.;
In 2024 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC),
pp. 532-534, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC49657.2024.10454427
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Time-frequency analysis;5G mobile communication;Transmitters;Linearity;Power amplifiers;Solid state circuits;Reliability. - A 26GHz Balun-First Three-Way Doherty PA in 40nm CMOS with 20.7 dBm Psat and 20dB Power Gain
Kumaran, Anil Kumar; Pashaeifar, Masoud; Nemati, Hossein Mashad; de Vreede, Leo C.N.; Alavi, Morteza S.;
In 2023 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC),
pp. 189-192, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/RFIC54547.2023.10186161
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Power measurement;5G mobile communication;Radio transmitters;Power amplifiers;Radiofrequency integrated circuits;Frequency measurement;Scattering parameters;Doherty;3-stage Power amplifier;Compact;Millimeter wave;Lumped components;Norton transformation. - A Millimeter-Wave CMOS Series-Doherty Power Amplifier With Post-Silicon Inter-Stage Passive Validation
Pashaeifar, Masoud; de Vreede, Leo C. N.; Alavi, Morteza S.;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
Volume 57, Issue 10, pp. 2999-3013, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2022.3175685 - Load-Modulation-Based IMD3 Cancellation for Millimeter-Wave Class-B CMOS Power Amplifiers Achieving EVM < 1.2%
Pashaeifar, Masoud; de Vreede, Leo C. N.; Alavi, Morteza S.;
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters,
Volume 32, Issue 6, pp. 716-719, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2022.3166257 - A Millimeter-Wave Front-End for FD/FDD Transceivers Featuring an Embedded PA and an N-Path Filter Based Circulator Receiver
Pashaeifar, Masoud; De Vreede, Leo C.N.; Alavi, Morteza S.;
In 2022 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC),
pp. 11-14, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/RFIC54546.2022.9863209 - A Millimeter-Wave Mutual-Coupling-Resilient Double-Quadrature Transmitter for 5G Applications
Pashaeifar, Masoud; de Vreede, Leo C. N.; Alavi, Morteza S.;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
Volume 56, Issue 12, pp. 3784-3798, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2021.3111126 - 14.4 A 24-to-30GHz Double-Quadrature Direct-Upconversion Transmitter with Mutual-Coupling-Resilient Series-Doherty Balanced PA for 5G MIMO Arrays
Pashaeifar, Masoud; de Vreede, Leo C. N.; Alavi, Morteza S.;
In 2021 IEEE International Solid- State Circuits Conference (ISSCC),
pp. 223-225, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC42613.2021.9365776 - On-Chip Output Stage Design for a Continuous Class-F Power Amplifier
Kumaran, Anil Kumar; Pashaeifar, Masoud; D’Avino, Marco; de Vreede, Leo C. N.; Alavi, Morteza S.;
In 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
pp. 1-5, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS51556.2021.9401788 - A 24-to-32GHz series-Doherty PA with two-step impedance inverting power combiner achieving 20.4dBm Psat and 38%/34% PAE at Psat/6dB PBO for 5G applications
Pashaeifar, Masoud; Kumaran, Anil K.; Beikmirza, Mohammadreza; de Vreede, Leo C.N.; Alavi, Morteza S.;
In 2021 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC),
pp. 1-3, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/A-SSCC53895.2021.9634772
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Last updated: 16 Jun 2022
Masoud Pashaeifar
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- M.Pashaeifar@tudelft.nl
- Room: HB 19.250
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