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Maryam Rafati

PhD student

I am an engineer and researcher who enjoys doing research on custom analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit solutions for biomedical applications. At the moment, I am working on an implantable optical low-power fluorescence sensor.

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.

I am currently working on integrated photodiodes design, ultra high sensitivity optical front-ends, low power data converters, and efficient wireless energy harvesting circuitry.

Teaching

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

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

Publications

2022

Maryam Rafati, Seyed Ruhallah Qasemi, Atila Alvandpour (2022) A Dynamic Range Extension Technique for Pseudo-Resistive Transimpedance Amplifiers Based on Two-Step Conversion 2022 IEEE NORDIC CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS CONFERENCE (NORCAS) Continue to DOI
Maryam Rafati, Seyed Ruhallah Qasemi, Atila Alvandpour (2022) A configurable fluorescence sensing front-end for ultra-low power and high sensitivity applications Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Vol. 110, p. 3-17 Continue to DOI

2020

Seyed Ruhallah Qasemi, Maryam Rafati, Atila Alvandpour (2020) A Low Power Front-end for Biomedical Fluorescence Sensing Applications 2020 IEEE Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference (NorCAS) Continue to DOI

Coworkers EKS

Organisation