Maryam Rafati

PhD student

I do research in custom analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits design. Currently, I am involved in the design of an implantable wireless optical fluorescence sensor—a project that is as intellectually challenging as it is intriguing.

Research Experience

During my MSc program in microelectronics (2015-2017), I did research on analog integrated circuit design for radio frequency communication. Specifically, I designed low noise amplifiers for ultra wide-band RF communication.

As a PhD researcher, I am collaborating on an interdisciplinary project funded by Swedish foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) for the design of an micro ASIC for implantable optical fluorescence detection.

For the first half period of my research I was designing high sensitive optical fronends and Low power 12-Bit 10 KS/s SAR ADCs with build-in chip biasing and oscillators.
I am currently working on design of 12 Kbit low power SRAM, wireless Data uplink/downlink circuits.

Teaching

Since 2020 I am laboratory and project assistant at EKS for the course TSEK06 - VLSI Chip Design Project.

I am also Teacher and laboratory assistance of the courses;
TSEK03 - Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits
TSEK38 - Radio Frequency Transceiver Design
TSEK02 - Radio electronics.

Enhancing PhD Life

In addition to my research at Linköping University, I am actively involved in LiuPhD, Linkoping University PhD network, to connect PhD students, improve research, and address key issues.

Publications

Seyed Ruhallah Qasemi, Maryam Rafati, Atila Alvandpour, A Low-Power Battery Charge and Discharge Protection Circuit for Bio-Implantable Sensors in 65nm CMOS, 2024 31ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MIXED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEM, MIXDES 2024, pp. 68-74, IEEE (2024) https://doi.org/10.23919/MIXDES62605.2024.10614007

Maryam Rafati, Seyed Ruhallah Qasemi, Atila Alvandpour, A Dynamic Range Extension Technique for Pseudo-Resistive Transimpedance Amplifiers Based on Two-Step Conversion, 2022 IEEE NORDIC CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS CONFERENCE (NORCAS), IEEE (2022) https://doi.org/10.1109/NORCAS57515.2022.9934371

Maryam Rafati, Seyed Ruhallah Qasemi, Atila Alvandpour, A configurable fluorescence sensing front-end for ultra-low power and high sensitivity applications, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing 110:3-17 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10470-021-01953-5

Seyed Ruhallah Qasemi, Maryam Rafati, Atila Alvandpour, A Low Power Front-end for Biomedical Fluorescence Sensing Applications, 2020 IEEE Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference (NorCAS), Jari Nurmi, Dag T. Wisland, Snorre Aunet, Kristian Kjelgaard (eds.), IEEE (2020) https://doi.org/10.1109/NorCAS51424.2020.9264996

Organisation

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Division of Electronics and Computer Engineering (ELDA)

At ELDA we conduct research and teaching in multiple electronics related areas. We do both analog as well as digital electronics, but also the in-between area mixed-signal, programmable electronics and processor design.

Department of Electrical Engineering (ISY)

At ISY, we conduct research and education in the field of Electrical Engineering. A strong emphasis is placed on research- and industrial collaborations.