Dr. Rashad Ramzan

Faculty Member

Dr. Rashad Ramzan

Professor

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor
(+9251 111 128 128) 386
rashad.ramzan@nu.edu.pk

Education

PhD (Electronics Engineering), Linkoping University, Sweden, 2009

MSc (Electronics Engineering), Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, 2003

BSc (Electronics Engineering), University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, 1994

Summary

Rashad Ramzan (S?04?M?09?SM?11) received the B.Sc. degree from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, the M.Sc. degree from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm and the Ph.D. degree from Linkoping University, Sweden, in 1994, 2003, and 2009, respectively, all in electronics engineering. He has been involved in research and development throughout his professional career in industry and academia. He has authored over 80 journals, US patents, & conference papers. One of his designed LNA was published in ISSCC 2007. He is a recipient of the two best paper awards and two chancellor innovation awards. He co-founded a startup company in 2009. He is founder an IC Design (ICD) lab in 2018 and 1st MS IC Design Program in Pakistan, 72 students have graduated and 33 are currently enrolled. Currently, he is Professor of Elect. Engineering, Director of ICD lab at EE department, and CEO of Pi Invent, a company working in 5G/6G IC design technologies.

Publications

Journal Papers

  1. R. Ramzan, M. Omar, and O. Siddiqui. “Energy Tunneling: A Way to Achieve Highly Sensitive Material Detection with Sub-Wavelength Resolution." DOI: 10.1109/MMM.2019.2935390. Vol.20, Issue 11, Page. 32-48, IEEE Microwave Magazine, 11 Oct, 2019.(JCR IF 3.02)
  2. R. Ramzan, F. Zafar, “High-Efficiency Fully CMOS VCO Rectifier for Microwatt Resonant Wireless Power Transfer”, IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems-II, DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2014.2386262, Vol.62, Issue: 2, pp. 134–138, Feb 2015. (JCR IF 1.13)
  3. R. Ramzan, 5. S. Arshad, “50–830MHz Noise and Distortion Canceling CMOS Low Noise Amplifier", ELSVIER Integration, The VLSI Journal, DOI: 10.1016/j.vlsi.2017.07.006, Vol.60, pp. 63-73, 01 January 2018. (JCR IF 0.97)
  4. R. Ramzan, 17. N. Ahsan, C. Svensson, J. Dabrowski, A. Ouacha, C.Samuelsson, “A 1.1 V 6.2 mW, wideband RF front-end for 0 dBm blocker tolerant receivers in 90 nm CMOS”, Springer Journal of Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, DOI: 10.1007/s10470-011-9667-9, Vol. 70, Issue: 1, pp. 79–90, Jan 2012. (JCR IF 0.417)
  5. R. Ramzan, J. Dabrowski, "RF Calibration of On-Chip DfT Chain by DC Stimuli and Statistical Multivariate Regression Technique" ELSVIER Integration, The VLSI Journal, DOI: 10.1016/j.vlsi.2014.11.006, Vol. 49, pp. 14-21, March 2015. (JCR IF 0.97)
  6. R. Ramzan, 4. M. Amin, O. Siddiqui, “Slow Wave Applications of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Microstrip Resonator”, Nature Scientific Reports, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24177-6, Report No: 6129,05 February 2018,(JCR IF 5.28)
  7. R. Ramzan, F. Zafar, “Figure of Merit for Narrowband, Wideband and Multiband LNAs” Taylor &Francis, International Journal of Electronics, DOI:10.1080/00207217.2012.692635, Vol. 99, Issue:11, pp. 1603–1610, Jun 2012.(JCR IF 0.414)
  8. R. Ramzan, 10. O. Siddiqui, M. Amin, OM. Ramahi, “A Non-Invasive Phase Sensor for Permittivity and Moisture Estimation Based on Anomalous Dispersion”, Nature Scientific Reports, DOI: 10.1038/srep28626, online June, 2016. (JCR IF 5.28)
  9. R. Ramzan, J. Dabraowski, “CMOS blocks for on-chip RF test”, Springer Journal of Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, D.O.I: 10.1007/s10470-006-9615-2, Vol. 49, Issue: 2, pp. 151-160, Nov 2006. (JCR IF 0.417)
  10. R. Ramzan,, 3. O. Siddiqui, “Lorentz Reflect-Phase Detector for Dielectric and Moisture Sensing" IEEE Sensors Journal, DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2018.2869401. Vol.18, Issue 22, Page. 9236-9242, 15 Nov, 2018. (JCR IF 2.617)
  11. R. Ramzan, 15. S. Arshad, F. Zafar, "Wideband and multiband CMOS LNAs: State-of-the-art and future prospects", ELSVIER Microelectronics Journal, DOI: 10.1016/j.mejo.2013.04.011, Vol. 44, Issue:9, pp. 774–786, Sept 2013. (JCR IF 0.920)
  12. R. Ramzan, 7. M. Amin, O. Siddiqui, “Fano Resonance Based Ultra High-Contrast Electromagnetic Switch”, American Institute of Physics (AIP), Applied Physics Letters, DOI: 10.1063/1.4982725, Vol. 110, Issue: 18, May 2017. (JCR IF 3.41)
  13. R. Ramzan, 20. J. Dabrowski, “Built-in Loopback Test for IC RF Transceivers”, IEEE Transaction on Very Large Scale Integrated Systems (TVLSI), DOI: 10.1109/TVLSI.2009.2019085, Vol. 18, pp. 933–946, Jun 2010. (JCR IF 1.245)
  14. R. Ramzan,, M.Omar, O.Siddiqui.M. Amin, N. Bastaki and T. Ksiksi, “Electromagnetically Induced Absorption in the Near-Field of Microwave Radiative Elements with Application to Foliage Moisture Sensing” doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2884224, IEEEAccess,Vol.6, pp. 77859-77868, 04December, 2018. (JCR IF 3.557)
  15. R. Ramzan,, 14. S. Arshad, M. Khurram, “A sub-10mW, Noise Cancelling, Wideband LNA for UWB Applications” ELSVIER International Journal of Electronics and Communications, DOI: 10.1016/j.aeue.2014.08.002, Vol. 69, Issue: 1, pp. 109–118, Jan 2015. (JCR IF 0.75)
  16. R. Ramzan, 6. M. Omar, O. Siddiqui, “Energy Tunneling Behavior in Geometrically Separated Wave Guides”, Journal of Advanced Electromagnetics, DOI: 10.7716/aem.v6i3, Vol. 6, Issue: 3, October, 2017
  17. R. Ramzan, J. Fritzin, J. Dabrowski, C. Svensson, “Wideband Low Reflection Transmission Lines for Bare Chip on Multilayer PCB”, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) Journal, DOI: 10.4218/etrij.11.0110.0386, Vol. 33, Issue:3, pp. 335–343, Jun 2011. (JCR IF 1.1)

Conference Papers

  1. R. Ramzan, A. Ksiksi, S. Al Shehhi, "Intelligent Traffic Alert System for Smart Cities," DOI:10.1109/SmartCity.2015.65, 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City (Smart City), Chengdu, pp. 165-169, 19-21 Dec, 2015.
  2. R. Ramzan, J. Dabrowski, “Offset Loopback Test for IC RF Transceivers”, DOI: 10.1109/MIXDES.2006.1706647, IEEE Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits & Systems Conference (MIXDES),pp. 583-586, Gdynia, Poland, 22-24 Jun, 2006.
  3. R. Ramzan, M. Omar, M. Amin, and O. Siddiqui,”A New Class of High Frequency Electronically Tunable Filters”, 10th IEEE InternationalConference on Electrical and ElectronicsEngineering (ELECO), Bursa, Turkey, 30 NOV - 02 DEC, 2017.
  4. R. Ramzan, K. Waseem, A. Javed, and M. Farooq, "Using evolutionary algorithms for ECG Arrhythmia detection and classification", DOI: 10.1109/ICNC.2011.6022596, Proc. ICNC, Pg.2386-2390, 2011.
  5. R. Ramzan, A. Beg, A. Elchouemi, “Optimization of 22 nm Logic Gates for Power-and-Noise-Margin and Energy-and-Noise-Margin”, Proceedings on the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI), pp. 314-318, ISBN: 1-60132-438-3, Jan.2016.
  6. R. Ramzan, , S. Andersson, J. Dabrowski, C. Svensson “A 1.4V 25mW Inductorless Wideband LNA in 0.13µm CMOS”, DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC.2007.373475, IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), pp. 424-613,San Francisco, California, USA, 11-15 Feb, 2007.
  7. R. Ramzan, A. Jabber ; O.Siddiqui ; F.A.Tahir ; M.Amin, “A Lumped Element Analog of Dual-Stub Microwave Electromagnetically Induced Transparency Resonator” 18th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS), DOI: 10.1109/MMS.2018.8611891, Istanbul, Turkey, 31 Oct.-2 Nov. 2018.
  8. R. Ramzan, A. Nauroze, O. Siddiqui, and O. M. Ramahi, “Dielectric Sensing based on Energy Tunneling in Wire-loaded Microstrip Cavities”, IEEE International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, Sharjah, UAE, 18-22 Mar, 2013.
  9. R. Ramzan, , J. Dabrowski, “Wideband MCML basic cells in 0.35 um CMOS”, IEEE Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems Conference (MIXDES), Krakow, Poland, pp. 227-231, 22-24 Jun, 2005.
  10. R. Ramzan, A. Shah, O. Siddiqui, “Exploring the Temporal Aspect of Energy-Tunneling in a Wire-Loaded Microstrip Cavity”, 4th Advanced Electromagnetics Symposium (AES), Malaga, Spain, 25-28 July, 2016.
  11. R. Ramzan, , J. Dabrowski “Boosting SER Test for RF Transceivers by Simple DSP Technique”, DOI: 10.1109/DATE.2007.364680, IEEE Design Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE 2007), pp. 1-6, Acropolis, Nice, France, 16-20 Apr, 2007.
  12. R. Ramzan, A. Sultan, D. Wristers, "Design Layout Optimization in the Presence of Proximity-Dependent Stress Effects", DOI: 10.1109/ICICDT.2014.6838594, IEEE International Conference on Integrated Circuit Design and Technology (ICICTD), pp. 1-4, Austin, Texas, USA, 28-30 May, 2014.
  13. R. Ramzan, , J. Dabrowski, “CMOS blocks for on-chip RF test”, Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems Conference (MIXDES), Krakow, Poland, pp. 403-408, 22-24 Jun, 2005.
  14. R. Ramzan, M. Omar, O. Siddiqui,“Energy Tunneling Behavior in Geometrically Separated Wave Guides”, The 7th International Conference on Metamaterials, photonics crystals and plasmonics (META). SPAIN Malaga, Spain, 25-28 July, 2016.
  15. R. Ramzan, , J. Dabrowski “On-chip Calibration of RF Detectors by DC Stimuli and artificial neural networks”, DOI: 10.1109/RFIC.2008.4561502, IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, pp. 571-574, Atlanta Georgia, USA, 15-17 Jun, 2008.
  16. R. Ramzan, F. Alneyadi, M. Alkaabi, S. Alketbi, S. Hajraf, "4GHz WLAN RF Energy Harvester for Passive Indoor Sensor Nodes", DOI: 10.1109/SMELEC.2014.6920900 IEEE 11th International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics (ICSE), pp. 471-474, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 27-29 Aug, 2014.
  17. R. Ramzan, , L. Zou, J. Dabrowski, "LNA Design for on-Chip RF Test", DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2006.1693564, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),pp. 472-476, Island of Kos, Greece,21-24 May, 2006.
  18. R. Ramzan, M. Omar, and O. Siddiqui. "Energy tunneling in wire-loaded in substrate integrated waveguide." IEEE Electronic Devices, Systems and Applications (ICEDSA), DOI: 10.1109/ICEDSA.2016.7818514, 2016.
  19. R. Ramzan, F. Zafar, H. Abid, J. Ahmed, H. Raza, and Q. Wahab, “Design of a Highly Linear 900MHz Single Ended LNA in 0.35µm CMOS” DOI: 10.1109/STUDENT.2010.5686993, IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology (STUDENT), pp. 127-130, UTAR, Malaysia, 20-21 Nov, 2010.

Patents

  1. R. Ramzan, , M. Amin, O. Siddiqui, N. Bastaki, Patent No:10186743; Granted22Jan, 2019, US Patent Office.
  2. R. Ramzan, , O. Siddiqui, N. Bastaki Patent No:10281423; Granted May 7, 2019, US Patent Office.
  3. R. Ramzan, , A. Beg, N. Bastaki, Temperature Monitoring of Subject Bodies using Wireless Energy Transfer Patent No:10222270, Granted March 05, 2019, US Patent Office.
  4. R. Ramzan, , O. Sidiqui, A. Beg, O. Ramahi, Patent No: 10309909; Granted June 4, 2019, US Patent Office
  5. R. Ramzan, , O. Sidiqui, A. Beg, Patent No:10027010, Granted July17, 2018, US Patent Office.
  6. R. Ramzan, , M. Amin, O. Siddiqui, N. Bastaki, Patent No 10186744; Granted22Jan, 2019, US Patent Office.