dr. M. Babaie
Electronic Circuits and Architectures (ELCA), Department of Microelectronics
PhD thesis (Jun 2016): Power Efficient RF/mm-wave Oscillators and Power Amplifiers for Wireless Applications
Promotor: Bogdan Staszewski
Expertise: RF circuits
Themes: Autonomous sensor systems, XG - Next Generation Sensing and CommunicationBiography
Masoud Babaie received the B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, and the Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, in 2004 and 2006, respectively, and the Ph.D. (cum laude) degree from the Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, in 2016.
He joined the Kavoshcom Research and Development Group, Tehran, in 2006, where he was involved in designing wireless communication systems. He was appointed a CTO of the company from 2009 to 2011. He was consulting for RF group of TSMC, Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 2013-2015, designing 28-nm All-Digital PLL and Bluetooth Low Energy transceiver chips. From 2014 to 2015, he was a Visiting Scholar Researcher with Berkeley Wireless Research Center, Berkeley, CA, USA, with the Group of Prof. A. Niknejad. In 2016, he joined theDelft University of Technology, where he is currently an Associate Professor. He has co-authored one book, three book chapters, 11 patents, and over 80 technical publication. His current research interests include analog and RF/millimeter-wave integrated circuits and systems for wireless communications and cryogenic electronics for quantum computation.
Dr. Babaie was a co-recipient of the 2015–2016 IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Pre-Doctoral Achievement Award, the 2019 IEEE ISSCC Demonstration Session Certificate of Recognition, the 2020 IEEE ISSCC Jan Van Vessem Award for Outstanding European Paper, and the 2022 IEEE CICC Best Paper Award. He was the recipient of the Veni Award from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) in 2019. He also serves on the Technical Program Committee of the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) and the Co-Chair for the Emerging Computing Devices and Circuits Subcommittee of the IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC).
EE2C2 Mixed-Signal Circuits and Systems
EE4615 Digital IC design II
Designing digital CMOS circuit such as frequency dividers and time-to-digital (TDC) circuits
EE4C13 Wireless systems for electrical engineering applications
Commonly used RF electronics architectures in wireless systems, with the requirements on their building blocks.
ET4371 Mixed-mode wireless transceivers
Digital RF/Microwave System, Digital-Passive, All-digital RF synthesizers, transmitters and receivers
Education history
EE4600 Wireless Concepts and Systems
(not running) Basic concepts of RF design, such as noise, nonlinearity, Impedance Matching, Analog/Digital Modulation, Pulse-shaping, Mixer, Oscillator, Link-budget, Transmitter/Receiver Architectures
Digitally Dominant Analog Blocks for Ultra-Low-Power Wireless Sensor Network
All-digital phase-locked loops, inductor/capacitor-based DC-DC switching converters
Projects history
High Power RF-DAC
This project investigates the next generation of high power RF-DACs and digital intensive receivers
WAtt LEvel transmitters at mm-waves
The WhALE project targets, employing complementary expertise in the field of electromagnetics, system integration and integrated circuit design, to develop the next generation of mmwave transmitters.
- A Highly Linear Receiver Using Parallel Preselect Filter for 5G Microcell Base Station Applications
Montazerolghaem, Mohammad Ali; de Vreede, Leo C. N.; Babaie, Masoud;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
pp. 1-16, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2023.3267723 - 19.1 A 300MHz-BW, 27-to-38dBm In-Band OIP3 sub-7GHz Receiver for 5G Local Area Base Station Applications
Montazerolghaem, Mohammad Ali; de Vreede, Leo C. N.; Babaie, Masoud;
In 2023 IEEE International Solid- State Circuits Conference (ISSCC),
pp. 292-294, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC42615.2023.10067266 - A Four-Way Series Doherty Digital Polar Transmitter at mm-Wave Frequencies
Mortazavi, Mohsen; Shen, Yiyu; Mul, Dieuwert; de Vreede, Leo C. N.; Spirito, Marco; Babaie, Masoud;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
Volume 57, Issue 3, pp. 803-817, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2021.3133861 - A 23.8–30.4-GHz Vector-Modulated Phase Shifter With Two-Stage Current-Reused Variable-Gain Amplifiers Achieving 0.23° Minimum RMS Phase Error
Zhang, Linghan; Shen, Yiyu; de Vreede, Leo; Babaie, Masoud;
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters,
Volume 5, pp. 150-153, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/LSSC.2022.3179661 - A Low-Spur Fractional-N PLL Based on a Time-Mode Arithmetic Unit
Gao, Zhong; He, Jingchu; Fritz, Martin; Gong, Jiang; Shen, Yiyu; Zong, Zhirui; Chen, Peng; Spalink, Gerd; Eitel, Ben; Alavi, Morteza S.; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan; Babaie, Masoud;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
pp. 1-20, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2022.3209338 - A 0.5-3GHz Receiver with a Parallel Preselect Filter Achieving 120dB/dec Channel Selectivity and +28dBm Out-of-Band IIP3
Montazerolghaem, M. A.; de Vreede, Leo C. N.; Babaie, Masoud;
In 2022 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC),
pp. 11-12, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/CICC53496.2022.9772854 - A 2.6-to-4.1GHz Fractional-N Digital PLL Based on a Time-Mode Arithmetic Unit Achieving -249.4dB FoM and -59dBc Fractional Spurs
Gao, Zhong; He, Jingchu; Fritz, Martin; Gong, Jiang; Shen, Yiyu; Zong, Zhirui; Chen, Peng; Spalink, Gerd; Eitel, Ben; Yamamoto, Ken; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan; Alavi, Morteza S.; Babaie, Masoud;
In 2022 IEEE International Solid- State Circuits Conference (ISSCC),
pp. 380-382, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC42614.2022.9731561 - A DPLL-Based Phase Modulator Achieving -46dB EVM with A Fast Two-Step DCO Nonlinearity Calibration and Non-Uniform Clock Compensation
Gao, Zhong; Fritz, Martin; He, Jingchu; Spalink, Gerd; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan; Alavi, Morteza S.; Babaie, Masoud;
In 2022 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits (VLSI Technology and Circuits,
pp. 14-15, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/VLSITechnologyandCir46769.2022.9830398 - A 200-μW Interface for High-Resolution Eddy-Current Displacement Sensors
M. Pimenta; Ç. Gürleyük; P. Walsh; D. O’Keeffe; M. Babaie; K. A. A. Makinwa;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
Volume 56, pp. 1036-1045, January 2021. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2020.3044027
Abstract: ...
This article presents a low-power eddy-current sensor interface for touch applications. It is based on a bang-bang digital phase-locked loop (DPLL) that converts the displacement of a metal target into digital information. The PLL consists of a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) built around a sensing coil and a capacitive DAC, a comparator-based bang-bang phase/frequency detector (PFD), and a digital loop filter (DLF). The PLL locks the DCO to a reference frequency, making its digital input a direct representation of the sensing coil inductance. To compensate for the coil inductance tolerances, the DCO’s center frequency can be trimmed by a second capacitive DAC. This approach obviates the need for a reference coil. When combined with a 5-mm-diameter sensing coil located 500 μm from a metal target, the interface achieves a displacement resolution of 6.7 nm (rms) in a 3-kHz bandwidth. It consumes 200 μW from a 1.8-V power supply, which represents the best-reported tradeoff between power consumption, bandwidth, and resolution. - A Fractional-N Digitally Intensive PLL Achieving 428-fs Jitter and<-54-dBc Spurs Under 50-mV \$ \_ \pp\ \$ Supply Ripple
Chen, Yue; Gong, Jiang; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan; Babaie, Masoud;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
2021. - A 200-μW Interface for High-Resolution Eddy-Current Displacement Sensors
M. Pimenta; Ç. Gürleyük; P. Walsh; D. O’Keeffe; M. Babaie; K. A. A. Makinwa;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
Volume 56, Issue 4, pp. 1036-1045, January 2021. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2020.3044027
Abstract: ...
This article presents a low-power eddy-current sensor interface for touch applications. It is based on a bang-bang digital phase-locked loop (DPLL) that converts the displacement of a metal target into digital information. The PLL consists of a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) built around a sensing coil and a capacitive DAC, a comparator-based bang-bang phase/frequency detector (PFD), and a digital loop filter (DLF). The PLL locks the DCO to a reference frequency, making its digital input a direct representation of the sensing coil inductance. To compensate for the coil inductance tolerances, the DCO’s center frequency can be trimmed by a second capacitive DAC. This approach obviates the need for a reference coil. When combined with a 5-mm-diameter sensing coil located 500 μm from a metal target, the interface achieves a displacement resolution of 6.7 nm (rms) in a 3-kHz bandwidth. It consumes 200 μW from a 1.8-V power supply, which represents the best-reported tradeoff between power consumption, bandwidth, and resolution. - 6.5 A 3dB-NF 160MHz-RF-BW Blocker-Tolerant Receiver with Third-Order Filtering for 5G NR Applications
Montazerolghaem, Mohammad Ali; Pires, Sergio; de Vreede, Leo C.N.; Babaie, Masoud;
In 2021 IEEE International Solid- State Circuits Conference (ISSCC),
pp. 98-100, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC42613.2021.9365849 - Artificial Neural Network Modelling for Cryo-CMOS Devices
Hart, Pascal A. ‘t; van Staveren, Job; Sebastiano, Fabio; Xu, Jianjun; Root, David E.; Babaie, Masoud;
In 2021 IEEE 14th Workshop on Low Temperature Electronics (WOLTE),
pp. 1-4, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/WOLTE49037.2021.9555438 - A 30GHz 4-way Series Doherty Digital Polar Transmitter Achieving 18% Drain Efficiency and -27.6dB EVM while Transmitting 300MHz 64-QAM OFDM Signal
Mortazavi, Mohsen; Shen, Yiyu; Mul, Dieuwert. P. N.; de Vreede, Leo C. N.; Spirito, Marco; Babaie, Masoud;
In 2021 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC),
pp. 1-2, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/CICC51472.2021.9431396 - Analysis and Design of Power Supply Circuits for RF Oscillators
Alessandro Urso; Yue Chen; Johan F. Dijkhuis; Yao-Hong Liu; Masoud Babaie; Wouter A. Serdijn;
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers,
04 September 2020. DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2020.3020001
document - A Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converter Powering an LC Oscillator to Achieve 85% System Peak Power Efficiency and -65 dBc Spurious Tones
Alessandro Urso; Yue Chen; Robert Bogdan Staszewski; Johan F. Dijkhuis; Stefano Stanzione; Yao-Hong Liu; Wouter A. Serdijn; Masoud Babaie;
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers,
07 August 2020. DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2020.3012106
document - A Scalable Cryo-CMOS Controller for the Wideband Frequency-Multiplexed Control of Spin Qubits and Transmons
Van Dijk, Jeroen Petrus Gerardus; Patra, Bishnu; Subramanian, Sushil; Xue, Xiao; Samkharadze, Nodar; Corna, Andrea; Jeon, Charles; Sheikh, Farhana; Juarez-Hernandez, Esdras; Esparza, Brando Perez; Rampurawala, Huzaifa; Carlton, Brent R.; Ravikumar, Surej; Nieva, Carlos; Kim, Sungwon; Lee, Hyung-Jin; Sammak, Amir; Scappucci, Giordano; Veldhorst, Menno; Vandersypen, Lieven M. K.; Charbon, Edoardo; Pellerano, Stefano; Babaie, Masoud; Sebasti;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
Volume 55, Issue 11, pp. 2930-2946, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2020.3024678 - Designing a DDS-Based SoC for High-Fidelity Multi-Qubit Control
van Dijk, Jeroen P. G.; Patra, Bishnu; Pellerano, Stefano; Charbon, Edoardo; Sebastiano, Fabio; Babaie, Masoud;
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers,
Volume 67, Issue 12, pp. 5380-5393, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2020.3019413 - Analysis and Design of Power Supply Circuits for RF Oscillators
Urso, Alessandro; Chen, Yue; Dijkhuis, Johan F.; Liu, Yao-Hong; Babaie, Masoud; Serdijn, Wouter A.;
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers,
Volume 67, Issue 12, pp. 4233-4246, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2020.3020001 - A Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converter Powering an LC Oscillator to Achieve 85% System Peak Power Efficiency and −65dBc Spurious Tones
Urso, Alessandro; Chen, Yue; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan; Dijkhuis, Johan F.; Stanzione, Stefano; Liu, Yao-Hong; Serdijn, Wouter A.; Babaie, Masoud;
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers,
Volume 67, Issue 11, pp. 3764-3777, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2020.3012106 - Characterization and Analysis of On-Chip Microwave Passive Components at Cryogenic Temperatures
Patra, Bishnu; Mehrpoo, Mohammadreza; Ruffino, Andrea; Sebastiano, Fabio; Charbon, Edoardo; Babaie, Masoud;
IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society,
Volume 8, pp. 448-456, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/JEDS.2020.2986722 - A Wideband Low-Power Cryogenic CMOS Circulator for Quantum Applications
Ruffino, Andrea; Peng, Yatao; Sebastiano, Fabio; Babaie, Masoud; Charbon, Edoardo;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
Volume 55, Issue 5, pp. 1224-1238, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2020.2978020 - Characterization and Modeling of Mismatch in Cryo-CMOS
’T Hart, P. A.; Babaie, M.; Charbon, Edoardo; Vladimirescu, Andrei; Sebastiano, Fabio;
IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society,
Volume 8, pp. 263-273, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/JEDS.2020.2976546 - A Cryogenic CMOS Parametric Amplifier
Mehrpoo, Mohammadreza; Sebastiano, Fabio; Charbon, Edoardo; Babaie, Masoud;
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters,
Volume 3, pp. 5-8, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/LSSC.2019.2950186 - Cryogenic-CMOS for Quantum Computing
Charbon, Edoardo; Sebastiano, Fabio; Babaie, Masoud; Vladimirescu, Andrei;
Murmann, Boris; Hoefflinger, Bernd (Ed.);
Cham: Springer International Publishing, , pp. 501--525, 2020. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-18338-7_26
Abstract: ...
In the 2010s quantum technologies have emerged as a compelling complement to classical technologies for a number of applications, including quantum sensing, metrology, imaging, communicationsCommunication, securitySecurity, and computing.
document - A 200μW Eddy Current Displacement Sensor with 6.7nmRMS Resolution
M. Pimenta; Ç. Gürleyük; P. Walsh; D. O'Keeffe; M. Babaie; K. Makinwa;
In Dig. Techn. Paper IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSI),
June 2020. DOI: 10.1109/VLSICircuits18222.2020.9162849 - Cryo-CMOS Interfaces for Large-Scale Quantum Computers
Sebastiano, F.; van Dijk, J.P.G.; Hart, P.A. ‘t; Patra, B.; van Staveren, J.; Xue, X.; Almudever, C.G.; Scappucci, G.; Veldhorst, M.; Vandersypen, L.M.K.; Vladimirescu, A.; Pellerano, S.; Babaie, M.; Charbon, E.;
In 2020 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM),
pp. 25.2.1-25.2.4, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/IEDM13553.2020.9372075 - A 10-to-12 GHz 5 mW Charge-Sampling PLL Achieving 50 fsec RMS Jitter, -258.9 dB FOM and -65 dBc Reference Spur
Gong, Jiang; Sebastiano, Fabio; Charbon, Edoardo; Babaie, Masoud;
In 2020 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC),
pp. 15-18, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/RFIC49505.2020.9218380 - A 200μW Eddy Current Displacement Sensor with 6.7nm
RMS Resolution
Pimenta, Matheus; Gürleyük, Çağri; Walsh, Paul; O'Keeffe, Daniel; Babaie, Masoud; Makinwa, Kofi;
In 2020 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits,
pp. 1-2, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/VLSICircuits18222.2020.9162849 - Cryo-CMOS for Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuits and Systems
van Dijk, Jeroen; Hart, Pascal't; Kiene, Gerd; Overwater, Ramon; Padalia, Pinakin; van Staveren, Job; Babaie, Masoud; Vladimirescu, Andrei; Charbon, Edoardo; Sebastiano, Fabio;
In 2020 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC),
pp. 1-8, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/CICC48029.2020.9075882 - 19.3 A 200dB FoM 4-to-5GHz Cryogenic Oscillator with an Automatic Common-Mode Resonance Calibration for Quantum Computing Applications
Gong, Jiang; Chen, Yue; Sebastiano, Fabio; Charbon, Edoardo; Babaie, Masoud;
In 2020 IEEE International Solid- State Circuits Conference - (ISSCC),
pp. 308-310, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC19947.2020.9062913 - 19.1 A Scalable Cryo-CMOS 2-to-20GHz Digitally Intensive Controller for 4×32 Frequency Multiplexed Spin Qubits/Transmons in 22nm FinFET Technology for Quantum Computers
Patra, Bishnu; van Dijk, Jeroen P. G.; Subramanian, Sushil; Corna, Andrea; Xue, Xiao; Jeon, Charles; Sheikh, Farhana; Juarez-Hernandez, Esdras; Esparza, Brando Perez; Rampurawala, Huzaifa; Carlton, Brent; Samkharadze, Nodar; Ravikumar, Surej; Nieva, Carlos; Kim, Sungwon; Lee, Hyung-Jin; Sammak, Amir; Scappucci, Giordano; Veldhorst, Menno; Vandersypen, Lieven M. K.; Babaie, Masoud; Sebastiano, Fabio; Charbon, Edoardo; Pellerano, Stefano;
In 2020 IEEE International Solid- State Circuits Conference - (ISSCC),
pp. 304-306, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC19947.2020.9063109 - A 200μW Eddy Current Displacement Sensor with 6.7nmRMS Resolution
M. Pimenta; Ç. Gürleyük; P. Walsh; D. O'Keeffe; M. Babaie; K. Makinwa;
In Dig. Techn. Paper IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSI),
pp. 1-2, June 2020. DOI: 10.1109/VLSICircuits18222.2020.9162849 - Impact of Classical Control Electronics on Qubit Fidelity
van Dijk, Jeroen PG; Kawakami, Erika; Schouten, Raymond N; Veldhorst, Menno; Vandersypen, Lieven MK; Babaie, Masoud; Charbon, Edoardo; Sebastiano, Fabio;
Physical Review Applied,
Volume 12, Issue 4, pp. 044054, 2019. - A supply pushing reduction technique for LC oscillators based on ripple replication and cancellation
Chen, Yue; Liu, Yao-Hong; Zong, Zhirui; Dijkhuis, Johan; Dolmans, Guido; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan; Babaie, Masoud;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
Volume 54, Issue 1, pp. 240--252, 2019. - Clock generation
Pourmousavian, Naser; Siriburanon, Teerachot; Kuo, Feng-Wei; Babaie, Masoud; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan;
Digitally Enhanced Mixed Signal Systems,
pp. 255, 2019. - An Ultralow Power Burst-Chirp UWB Radar Transceiver for Indoor Vital Signs and Occupancy Sensing in 40-nm CMOS
Liu, Yao-Hong; Sheelavant, Sunil; Mercuri, Marco; Mateman, Paul; Babaie, Masoud;
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters,
Volume 2, Issue 11, pp. 256--259, 2019. - RF CMOS Oscillators for Modern Wireless Applications
Babaie, M.; Shahmohammadi, M.; Staszewski, R.B.;
River Publishers, in River Publishers Series in Circuits and Systems Is a Series of Comprehensive Academic and Professional Books Which Focus on Theory and Applications of Circuit and Systems. This Includes Analog and Digital Integrated Circuits, Memory Technologies, System-O, 2019.
document - Benefits and challenges of designing cryogenic CMOS RF circuits for quantum computers
Mehrpoo, M; Patra, B; Gong, J; van Dijk, JPG; Homulle, H; Kiene, G; Vladimirescu, A; Sebastiano, F; Charbon, E; Babaie, M; others;
In 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
IEEE, pp. 1--5, 2019. - SPINE (SPIN Emulator)-A Quantum-Electronics Interface Simulator
van Dijk, Jeroen; Vladimirescu, Andrei; Babaie, Masoud; Charbon, Edoardo; Sebastiano, Fabio;
In 2019 IEEE 8th International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces (IWASI),
IEEE, pp. 23--28, 2019. - Voltage References for the Ultra-Wide Temperature Range from 4.2 K to 300K in 40-nm CMOS
van Staveren, J; Almudever, C Garc{\'\i}a; Scappucci, G; Veldhorst, M; Babaie, M; Charbon, E; Sebastiano, F;
In ESSCIRC 2019-IEEE 45th European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC),
IEEE, pp. 37--40, 2019. - Subthreshold Mismatch in Nanometer CMOS at Cryogenic Temperatures
t Hart, PA; Babaie, M; Charbon, E; Vladimirescu, A; Sebastiano, F;
In ESSDERC 2019-49th European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC),
IEEE, pp. 98--101, 2019. - A 6.5-GHz Cryogenic All-Pass Filter Circulator in 40-nm CMOS for Quantum Computing Applications
Ruffino, Andrea; Peng, Yatao; Sebastiano, Fabio; Babaie, Masoud; Charbon, Edoardo;
In 2019 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC),
2019. - LC Oscillator Powering Arrangement and Method of Powering an LC Oscillator
Chen, Yue; Babaie, Masoud;
December~5 2019. US Patent App. 16/427,933. - Cryo-CMOS Circuits and Systems for Quantum Computing Applications
Bishnu Patra; Rosario M. Incandela; Jeroen P. G. van Dijk; Harald A. R. Homulle; Lin Song; Mina Shahmohammadi; Robert B. Staszewski; Andrei Vladimirescu; Masoud Babaie; Fabio Sebastiano; Edoardo Charbon;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
Volume 53, Issue 1, pp. 1-13, Jan 2018. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2017.2737549
Keywords: ...
CMOS technology;Cryogenics;Oscillators;Process control;Quantum computing;Temperature;CMOS characterization;Class-F oscillator;cryo-CMOS;low-noise amplifier (LNA);noise canceling;phase noise (PN);quantum bit (qubit);quantum computing;qubit control;single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD)..
Abstract: ...
A fault-tolerant quantum computer with millions of quantum bits (qubits) requires massive yet very precise control electronics for the manipulation and readout of individual qubits. CMOS operating at cryogenic temperatures down to 4 K (cryo-CMOS) allows for closer system integration, thus promising a scalable solution to enable future quantum computers. In this paper, a cryogenic control system is proposed, along with the required specifications, for the interface of the classical electronics with the quantum processor. To prove the advantages of such a system, the functionality of key circuit blocks is experimentally demonstrated. The characteristic properties of cryo-CMOS are exploited to design a noise-canceling low-noise amplifier for spin-qubit RF-reflectometry readout and a class-F2,3 digitally controlled oscillator required to manipulate the state of qubits. - Cryo-CMOS Circuits and Systems for Quantum Computing Applications
B. Patra; R. M. Incandela; J. P. G. van Dijk; H. A. R. Homulle; L. Song; M. Shahmohammadi; R. B. Staszewski; A. Vladimirescu; M. Babaie; F. Sebastiano; E. Charbon;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
Volume 53, Issue 1, pp. 309-321, Jan 2018. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2017.2737549
Keywords: ...
CMOS technology;Cryogenics;Oscillators;Process control;Quantum computing;Temperature;CMOS characterization;Class-F oscillator;cryo-CMOS;low-noise amplifier (LNA);noise canceling;phase noise (PN);quantum bit (qubit);quantum computing;qubit control;single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD). - A 0.5-V 1.6-mW 2.4-GHz fractional-N all-digital PLL for Bluetooth LE with PVT-insensitive TDC using switched-capacitor doubler in 28-nm CMOS
Pourmousavian, Naser; Kuo, Feng-Wei; Siriburanon, Teerachot; Babaie, Masoud; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
Volume 53, Issue 9, pp. 2572--2583, 2018. - An all-digital PLL for cellular mobile phones in 28-nm CMOS with- 55 dBc fractional and- 91 dBc reference spurs
Kuo, Feng-Wei; Babaie, Masoud; Chen, Huan-Neng Ron; Cho, Lan-Chou; Jou, Chewn-Pu; Chen, Mark; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan;
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers,
Volume 65, Issue 11, pp. 3756--3768, 2018. - A 4.4 mW-TX, 3.6 mW-RX Fully Integrated Bluetooth Low Energy Transceiver for IoT Applications
Babaie, Masoud; Ferreira, Sandro Binsfeld; Kuo, Feng-Wei; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan;
In Hybrid ADCs, Smart Sensors for the IoT, and Sub-1V \& Advanced Node Analog Circuit Design,
Springer, Cham, 2018. - A co-design methodology for scalable quantum processors and their classical electronic interface
van Dijk, Jeroen; Vladimirescu, Andrei; Babaie, Masoud; Charbon, Edoardo; Sebastiano, Fabio;
In 2018 Design, Automation \& Test in Europe Conference \& Exhibition (DATE),
IEEE, pp. 573--576, 2018. - Towards a scalable quantum computer
Almudever, Carmen G; Khammassi, Nader; Hutin, Louis; Vinet, Maud; Babaie, Masoud; Sebastiano, Fabio; Charbon, Edoardo; Bertels, Koen;
In 2018 13th International Conference on Design \& Technology of Integrated Systems In Nanoscale Era (DTIS),
IEEE, pp. 1--1, 2018. - A 1.33 mW, 1.6 ps rms-Integrated-Jitter, 1.8-2.7 GHz Ring-Oscillator-Based Fractional-N Injection-Locked DPLL for Internet-of-Things Applications
Gong, Jiang; He, Yuming; Ba, Ao; Liu, Yao-Hong; Dijkhuis, Johan; Traferro, Stefano; Bachmann, Christian; Philips, Kathleen; Babaie, Masoud;
In 2018 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC),
IEEE, pp. 44--47, 2018. - Towards Ultra-Low-Voltage and Ultra-Low-Power Discrete-Time Receivers for Internet-of-Things
Kuo, Feng-Wei; Ferreira, Sandro Binsfeld; Chen, Ron; Cho, Lan-Chou; Jou, Chewn-Pu; Chen, Mark; Babaie, Masoud; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan;
In 2018 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium-IMS,
IEEE, pp. 1211--1214, 2018. - Characterization and model validation of mismatch in nanometer CMOS at cryogenic temperatures
van Dijk, JPG; Babaie, M; Charbon, E; Vladimircscu, A; Sebastiano, F; others;
In 2018 48th European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC),
IEEE, pp. 246--249, 2018. - A Total-Power Radiometer Front End in a 0.25- $mu textm$ BiCMOS Technology With Low $1/f$ -Corner
S. Malotaux; M. Babaie; M. Spirito;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
Volume 52, Issue 9, pp. 2256-2266, Sept 2017. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2017.2705659
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1/f noise;BiCMOS integrated circuits;Ge-Si alloys;carbon;low noise amplifiers;millimetre wave amplifiers;millimetre wave detectors;radiometers;semiconductor materials;white noise;1/f -noise corner;BiCMOS technology;LNA;NEP;SiGe:C;bandwidth 6 GHz;frequency 56 GHz;heterojunction bipolar transistor;high-sensitivity millimeter-wave total-power radiometer front-end;large area high resistive value load resistor;low noise-equivalent power;low transformation ratio;optimum bias;size 0.25 nm;two cascode stage low-noise amplifier;voltage-driven common-emitter square-law detector;white noise;wideband signal transfer;Antennas;Bandwidth;BiCMOS integrated circuits;Detectors;Radio frequency;Radiometry;Signal to noise ratio;Direct detection;flicker noise;low-noise amplifier (LNA);millimeter-wave (mm-wave);radiometer;square-law detector. - Tuning range extension of a transformer-based oscillator through common-mode Colpitts resonance
M. Shahmohammadi; M. Babaie; R. B. Staszewski;
IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems I (TCAS-I),,
Volume 64, Issue 4, pp. 836–846, April 2017. DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2016.2625199 - 60 GHz wideband class E/F 2 power amplifier
Babaie, Masoud; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan;
2017. - 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. - System design of a 2.75-mW discrete-time superheterodyne receiver for Bluetooth low energy
Ferreira, Sandro Binsfeld; Kuo, Feng-Wei; Babaie, Masoud; Bampi, Sergio; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan;
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques,
Volume 65, Issue 5, pp. 1904--1913, 2017. - Cryogenic CMOS interfaces for quantum devices
Fabio Sebastiano; Harald A. R. Homulle; Jeroen P. G. van Dijk; Rosario M. Incandela; Bishnu Patra; M. Mehrpoo; Masoud Babaie; Andrei Vladimirescu; Edoardo Charbon;
In 2017 7th IEEE International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces (IWASI),
Vieste, Italy, pp. 59-62, June 2017. DOI: 10.1109/IWASI.2017.7974215
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CMOS technology;Computers;Cryogenics;Process control;Quantum computing;Semiconductor device modeling;Standards;CMOS;cryo-CMOS;cryogenics;quantum computing;qubits.
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Quantum computers could efficiently solve problems that are intractable by today's computers, thus offering the possibility to radically change entire industries and revolutionize our lives. A quantum computer comprises a quantum processor operating at cryogenic temperature and an electronic interface for its control, which is currently implemented at room temperature for the few qubits available today. However, this approach becomes impractical as the number of qubits grows towards the tens of thousands required for complex quantum algorithms with practical applications. We propose an electronic interface for sensing and controlling qubits operating at cryogenic temperature implemented in standard CMOS. - Cryo-CMOS Electronic Control for Scalable Quantum Computing: Invited
Fabio Sebastiano; Harald Homulle; Bishnu Patra; Rosario Incandela; Jeroen van Dijk; Lin Song; Masoud Babaie; Andrei Vladimirescu; Edoardo Charbon;
In Proceedings of the 54th Annual Design Automation Conference 2017,
New York, NY, USA, ACM, pp. 13:1--13:6, 2017. DOI: 10.1145/3061639.3072948
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Cryo-CMOS, cryogenics, device models, error-correcting loop, quantum computation, qubit.
document - Cryo-CMOS circuits and systems for scalable quantum computing
Edoardo Charbon; Fabio Sebastiano; Masoud Babaie; Andrei Vladimirescu; Mina Shahmohammadi; R. B. Staszewski; Harald A. R. Homulle; Bishnu Patra; Jeroen P. G. van Dijk; Rosario M. Incandela; Lin Song; Bahador Valizadehpasha;
In 2017 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC),
pp. 264-265, Feb 2017. DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC.2017.7870362
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CMOS integrated circuits;logic circuits;quantum computing;cryo-CMOS circuits;error-correcting loop;quantum algorithm;quantum bits arrays;quantum coherence loss;qubit states;room-temperature controller;scalable quantum computing;state-of-the-art quantum processors;unprecedented computation power;Cryogenics;Oscillators;Program processors;Quantum computing;Semiconductor device modeling;Substrates;Temperature sensors.
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In Paper 15.5, Delft University of Technology, EPFL, and Intel present building blocks for a scalable CMOS interface to solid-state quantum processors with a projected efficiency of 200�W/qubit. The circuits include an analog noise-canceled 1.2GHz LNA with 28dB gain, a 6.2GHz class-F local oscillator with better than �145dBc/Hz phase noise at 10MHz offset, a 12µm SPAD with 0.1Hz dark count rate at 2V excess bias, and digital logic, all designed using ad hoc deep-cryogenic models. - 15.5 Cryo-CMOS circuits and systems for scalable quantum computing
E. Charbon; F. Sebastiano; M. Babaie; A. Vladimirescu; M. Shahmohammadi; R. B. Staszewski; H. A. R. Homulle; B. Patra; J. P. G. van Dijk; R. M. Incandela; L. Song; B. Valizadehpasha;
In 2017 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC),
pp. 264-265, Feb 2017. DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC.2017.7870362
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Cryogenics;Oscillators;Program processors;Quantum computing;Semiconductor device modeling;Substrates;Temperature sensors. - Cryo-CMOS electronic control for scalable quantum computing
Sebastiano, Fabio; Homulle, Harald; Patra, Bishnu; Incandela, Rosario; van Dijk, Jeroen; Song, Lin; Babaie, Masoud; Vladimirescu, Andrei; Charbon, Edoardo;
In Proceedings of the 54th Annual Design Automation Conference 2017,
pp. 1--6, 2017. - Cryogenic CMOS interfaces for quantum devices
Sebastiano, Fabio; Homulle, Harald AR; van Dijk, Jeroen PG; Incandela, Rosario M; Patra, Bishnu; Mehrpoo, Mohammadreza; Babaie, Masoud; Vladimirescu, Andrei; Charbon, Edoardo;
In 2017 7th IEEE International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces (IWASI),
IEEE, pp. 59--62, 2017. - A 350-mV 2.4-GHz quadrature oscillator with nearly instantaneous start-up using series LC tanks
Chen, Yue; Babaie, Masoud; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan;
In 2017 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC),
IEEE, pp. 104--108, 2017. - Transformer based impedance matching network and related power amplifier, ADPLL and transmitter based thereon
Babaie, Masoud; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan;
November~28 2017. US Patent 9,831,847. - Radio frequency oscillator
Shahmohammadi, Mina; Babaie, Masoud; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan;
November~9 2017. US Patent App. 15/659,322. - Resonator circuit
Shahmohammadi, Mina; Babaie, Masoud; Staszewski, Robert Bogdan;
December~21 2017. US Patent App. 15/659,204. - A 1/f Noise Upconversion Reduction Technique for Voltage-Biased RF CMOS Oscillators
M. Shahmohammadi; M. Babaie; R. B. Staszewski;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
Volume 51, Issue 11, pp. 2610-2624, Nov 2016. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2016.2602214
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1/f noise;CMOS integrated circuits;LC circuits;flicker noise;harmonics suppression;interference suppression;phase noise;radiofrequency oscillators;1/f noise upconversion reduction technique;CMOS technology;class-D oscillators;class-F oscillators;common mode excitations;current harmonics;differential mode excitations;equivalent resistance;flicker noise upconversion;inductor based tanks;phase noise;tank current;transformer based tanks;voltage biased RF CMOS oscillators;Capacitors;Harmonic analysis;Oscillators;Radio frequency;Resistors;Resonant frequency;Transistors;Class-D oscillator;class-F oscillator;digitally controlled oscillator;flicker noise;flicker noise upconversion;impulse sensitivity function (ISF);phase noise (PN);voltage-biased RF oscillator. - A Fully Integrated Bluetooth Low-Energy Transmitter in 28 nm CMOS With 36\% System Efficiency at 3 dBm
M. Babaie; F. W. Kuo; H. N. R. Chen; L. C. Cho; C. P. Jou; F. L. Hsueh; M. Shahmohammadi; R. B. Staszewski;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
Volume 51, Issue 7, pp. 1547-1565, July 2016. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2016.2551738
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Bluetooth;CMOS digital integrated circuits;MOSFET circuits;constant current sources;digital phase locked loops;low-power electronics;oscillators;radio transmitters;radiofrequency integrated circuits;radiofrequency power amplifiers;1/f noise reduction;Bluetooth low-energy mode;CMOS transistors;all-digital PLL;class-E-F2 switching power amplifier;digitally controlled oscillator;direct DCO data modulation;efficiency 36 percent;energy-hungry RF circuits;fully integrated Bluetooth low-energy transmitter architecture;metal density;power 3.6 mW;power 5.5 mW;sampling rate reduction;size 28 nm;supply voltage reduction;switching current sources;threshold voltage;ultra-low power radios;CMOS integrated circuits;Inductors;Oscillators;Q-factor;Radio frequency;Radio transmitters;Switches;All-digital PLL;Bluetooth Low-Energy;Internet of Things (IoT);class-E/F 2 power amplifier;low-power transmitter;low-voltage oscillator;switching current-source oscillator. - A 60 GHz Frequency Generator Based on a 20 GHz Oscillator and an Implicit Multiplier
Z. Zong; M. Babaie; R. B. Staszewski;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
Volume 51, Issue 5, pp. 1261-1273, May 2016. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2016.2528997
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CMOS digital integrated circuits;field effect MIMIC;frequency multipliers;millimetre wave frequency convertors;millimetre wave oscillators;phase noise;FoM;PN performance;digital CMOS process;extraction techniques;figure-of-merit;frequency 20 GHz;frequency 57.8 GHz;frequency 60 GHz;frequency generator;frequency tuning range;implicit multiplier;local oscillator signal;mm-wave frequency generation technique;phase detection;phase noise performance;phase-locked loop;power efficiency;size 40 nm;third-harmonic boosting techniques;Boosting;Frequency conversion;Harmonic analysis;Oscillators;Phase locked loops;Power demand;Resonant frequency;60 GHz;60 GHz;PLL;frequency divider;harmonic boosting;harmonic extraction;implicit multiplier;mm-wave;oscillator;phase noise (PN);transformer. - 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. - Power Efficient RF/mm-wave Oscillators and Power Amplifiers for Wireless Applications
M. Babaie;
PhD thesis, Delft University of Technology, http://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:456a2f0e-529d-4bd8-91e0-4dba4f623f0f, 6 2016. Promotor: R.B. Staszewski. - An Ultra-Low Phase Noise Class-F 2 CMOS Oscillator With 191 dBc/Hz FoM and Long-Term Reliability
M. Babaie; R. B. Staszewski;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
Volume 50, Issue 3, pp. 679-692, March 2015. - A fully integrated 28nm Bluetooth Low-Energy transmitter with 36% system efficiency at 3dBm
F. W. Kuo; M. Babaie; R. Chen; K. Yen; J. Y. Chien; L. Cho; F. Kuo; C. P. Jou; F. L. Hsueh; R. B. Staszewski;
In ESSCIRC Conference 2015 - 41st European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC),
pp. 356-359, Sept 2015. - 25.4 A 1/f noise upconversion reduction technique applied to Class-D and Class-F oscillators
M. Shahmohammadi; M. Babaie; R. B. Staszewski;
In 2015 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference - (ISSCC) Digest of Technical Papers,
pp. 1-3, Feb 2015. - A 60 GHz 25% tuning range frequency generator with implicit divider based on third harmonic extraction with 182 dBc/Hz FoM
Z. Zong; M. Babaie; R. B. Staszewski;
In 2015 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC),
pp. 279-282, May 2015. - A 0.5V 0.5mW switching current source oscillator
M. Babaie; M. Shahmohammadi; R. B. Staszewski;
In 2015 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC),
pp. 183-186, May 2015. - A wideband 60 GHz class-E/F2 power amplifier in 40nm CMOS
M. Babaie; R. B. Staszewski; L. Galatro; M. Spirito;
In 2015 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC),
pp. 215-218, May 2015. - A 12mW all-digital PLL based on class-F DCO for 4G phones in 28nm CMOS
Feng-Wei Kuo; R. Chen; K. Yen; Hsien-Yuan Liao; Chewn-Pu Jou; Fu-Lung Hsueh; M. Babaie; R. B. Staszewski;
In 2014 Symposium on VLSI Circuits Digest of Technical Papers,
pp. 1-2, June 2014. - A Class-F CMOS Oscillator
M. Babaie; R. B. Staszewski;
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
Volume 48, Issue 12, pp. 3120-3133, Dec 2013. - Ultra-low phase noise 7.2 #x2013;8.7 Ghz clip-and-restore oscillator with 191 dBc/Hz FoM
M. Babaie; A. Visweswaran; Z. He; R. B. Staszewski;
In 2013 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC),
pp. 43-46, June 2013. - A study of RF oscillator reliability in nanoscale CMOS
M. Babaie; R. B. Staszewski;
In 2013 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD),
pp. 1-4, Sept 2013. - Third-harmonic injection technique applied to a 5.87-to-7.56GHz 65nm CMOS Class-F oscillator with 192dBc/Hz FOM
M. Babaie; R. B. Staszewski;
In 2013 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers,
pp. 348-349, Feb 2013.
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- Ivor Bas (ELCA) (2024)
- Jelle Van der Pas (ELCA) (2024)
- Lunan Gu (ELCA) (2023)
- Heqi Deng (ELCA) (2023)
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- Pieter van der Kamp (ELCA) (2022)
- Lennart de Jong (ELCA) (2021)
- Niels Fakkel (ELCA) (2021)
- Praneetha Sannidhanam (ELCA) (2021)
- Madhumitha Jayavel (ELCA) (2020)
- Bagas Prabowo (ELCA) (2020)
- Armin Šabanović (ELCA) (2019)
- Charlotte Treffers (ELCA) (2019)
- Sarthak Sharma (ELCA) (2019)
- Sunil Sheelavant (ELCA) (2018)
MSc project proposals
- [2022] A supply-noise-immune ADPLL with wide tuning range (Silicon Integrated)
- [2022] Fully passive low-noise amplifiers
- [2022] Wake-Up Receiver for Low-Power Internet of Things Applications
- [2022] A Low-Power Sub-GHz WiFi Receiver
- [2022] Charge-Sampling Fractional-N PLL (SiTime)
- [2022] Design of a Cryogenic Isolator and MUX for Quantum Computers
- [2022] Low-Phase-Noise VCO for Sub-10fs-Jitter PLL (SiTime)
- [2022] a Reference-less Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) Block for Wireline Applications