PUBLICATIONS – UCSD RF IC Design Group

Journal Publications

~2024~

J. Wang, C. VanEssen, N. Yang, Z. Yuan, P. Gudem, D. Kienle and M. Vaidyanathan, “Toward a GHz-Frequency BEOL Ferroelectric Negative-Capacitance Oscillator With a Wide Tuning Range,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 23, pp. 591-599, 2024.[Paper]

~2023~

T. Cam, J. Byers, J. Wang, C. VanEssen, P. Gudem, D. Kienle and M. Vaidyanathan, “On the Existence of Negative Capacitance: Examining Ferroelectric-Dielectric Stack Experiments Using the NLS and LK Models,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 70, no. 7, pp. 3542-3550, July 2023. [Paper]

B. H. Lam, H. Lu, A. G. Gadelkarim, N. Fathy, P. Gudem and P. Mercier, “A 0.11-mW 2.4-GHz Receiver Employing a Q-Boosted Impedance Transformer and Regenerative Amplifier Achieving −101-dBm Sensitivity and −28-dB SIR,” IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters, vol. 6, pp. 5-8, 2023. [Paper]

~2022~

J. K. Wang, C. VanEssen, T. Cam, K. Ferrer, Z. Yuan, P. Gudem, D. Kienle, M. Vaidyanathan, “Potential Enhancement of fT and gₘfT/ID via the Use of NCFETs to Mitigate the Impact of Extrinsic Parasitics,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 69, no. 8, pp. 4153-4161, Aug. 2022.[Paper]

B. H. Lam, P. Gudem and P. P. Mercier, “Analysis and Measurement of Noise Suppression in a Nonlinear Regenerative Amplifier,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 69, no. 10, pp. 4117-4127, Oct. 2022. [Paper]

~2021~

Z. C. Yuan, P. Gudem, A. Aggarwal, C. VanEssen, D. Kienle and M. Vaidyanathan, “Feedback Stabilization of a Negative-Capacitance Ferroelectric and its Application to Improve the fT of a MOSFET,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 68, no. 10, pp. 5101-5107, Oct. 2021.[Paper]

S. Rizwan, P. Gudem, K. Holland, D. Kienle and M. Vaidyanathan, “Expressions for the Harmonic Transfer Functions of N-Path Filters With Arbitrary Source and Load Impedances,” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 68, no. 3, 2021.[Paper]

~2020~

T. Cam, J. Wang, M. Wong, K. Holland, P. Gudem, D. Kienle, and M. Vaidyanathan “Sustained Benefits of NCFETs Under Extreme Scaling to the End of the IRDS,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 67, no. 9, 2020. [Paper]

J. K. Wang, P. Gudem, T. Cam, Z. Yuan, M. Wong, K. Holland, D. Kienle and M. Vaidyanathan “RF Performance Projections of Negative-Capacitance FETs: fT, fmax, and gmfT/ID,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 67, no. 8, 2020. [Paper]

~2019~

Z. Yuan, P. Gudem, J. Wang, T. Hook, P. Solomon, D. Kienle, and Mani Vaidyanathan, “Toward microwave S- and X-parameter approaches for the characterization of ferroelectrics for applications in FeFETs and NCFETs,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, accepted 2019.[Paper]

N. Rostomyan, V. Diddi, P. Gudem and P. Asbeck, “Adaptive cancellation of digital power amplifier receive band noise for FDD transceivers,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 29, no. 1, 2019.[Paper]

~2017~

M. Wong, K. Holland, J. Wang, T. Cam, T. Hook, D. Kienle, P. Gudem and M. Vaidyanathan, “Channel material dependence of wave function deformation scattering in ultrascaled FinFETs,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 64, no. 12, 2017.[Paper]

M. Wong, K. Holland, S. Anderson, S. Rizwan Z. Yuan, T. Hook, D. Kienle, P. Gudem and M. Vaidyanathan, “Impact of short-wavelength and long-wavelength line-edge roughness on the variability of ultrascaled FinFETs,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 64, no. 12, 2017.[Paper]

~2016~

Z. Yuan, S. Rizwan, M. Wong, K. Holland, S. Anderson, T. Hook, D. Kienle, S. Gadelrab, P. Gudem and M. Vaidyanathan, “Switching-speed limitations of ferroelectric negative-capacitance FETs,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 63, no. 10, 2016.[Paper]

C. Luo, P. Gudem and J. Buckwalter, “A 0.4–6-GHz 17-dBm B1dB 36-dBm IIP3 channel-selecting low-noise amplifier for SAW-less 3G/4G FDD diversity receivers,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 64, no. 4, 2016.[Paper]

~2015~

S. Farsi, H. Gheidi, H. Dabag, P. Gudem, D. Schreurs and P. Asbeck, “Modeling of deterministic output emissions of power amplifiers into adjacent receive bands,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 63, no. 4, 2015.[Paper]

~2014~

S. Abdelhalem, P. Gudem and L. Larson, “Tunable CMOS Integrated Duplexer With Antenna Impedance Tracking and High Isolation in the Transmit and Receive Bands,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 62, no. 9, 2014.[Paper]

~2013~

H. Dabag, H. Gheidi, S. Farsi, P. Gudem and P. Asbeck, “All-digital cancellation technique to mitigate receiver desensitization in uplink carrier aggregation in cellular handsets,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 61, no. 12, 2013.[Paper]

S. Abdelhalem, P. Gudem and L. Larson, “An RF–DC converter with wide-dynamic-range input matching for power recovery applications,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 60, no. 6, 2013.[Paper]

S. Abdelhalem, P. Gudem and L. Larson, “Hybrid transformer-based tunable differential duplexer in a 90-nm CMOS process,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 61, no. 3, 2013.[Paper]

~2010~

H. Khatri, P. Gudem and L. Larson, “An active transmitter leakage suppression technique for CMOS SAW-less CDMA receivers,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 45, no. 8, 2010.[Paper]

M. Farazian, P. Gudem and L. Larson, “Stability and operation of injection-locked regenerative frequency dividers,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vol. 57, no. 8, 2010. [Paper]

~2009~

H. Khatri, P. Gudem and L. Larson, “Distortion in current commuting passive CMOS downconversion mixers,” IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 57, no. 11, 2009.[Paper]

M. Farazian, P. Gudem and L. Larson, “A CMOS multi-phase injection-locked frequency divider for V-Band operation,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Component Letters, vol. 19, no. 4, 2009.[Paper]

~2008~

H. Khatri, P. Gudem and L. Larson, “Integrated RF interference suppression filter design using bond-wire inductors,” IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 56, no. 5, 2008.[Paper]

~2006~

J. Deng, P. Gudem, L. Larson, D. Kimball and P. Asbeck, “A SiGe PA with dual dynamic bias control and memoryless digital predistortion for WCDMA handset applications,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol.41, no. 5, 2006.[Paper]

~2005~

V. Leung, J. Deng, P. Gudem and L. Larson, “Analysis of envelope signal injection for improvement of RF amplifier intermodulation distortion,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol.40, no. 9, 2005.[Paper]

J. Deng, P. Gudem, L. Larson and P. Asbeck, “A high average-efficiency SiGe HBT power amplifier for WCDMA handset,” IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 53, no. 2, 2005.[Paper]

V. Leung, L. Larson and P. Gudem, “Improved digital-IF transmitter for highly integrated W-CDMA mobile terminals,” IEEE Vehicular Technology, vol.54, no. 1, 2005.[Paper]

~2004~

V. Leung, L. Larson and P. Gudem, “Digital-IF WCDMA handset transmitter IC in 0.25um SiGe BiCMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol.39, no. 12, 2004.[Paper]

~2003~

M. Vaidyanathan, M. Iwamoto, L. Larson, P. Gudem and P. Asbeck, “A theory of high-frequency distortion in bipolar transistors,” IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 51, no. 2, 2003.[Paper]

~1995~

P. Gudem and S. G. Chamberlain, “Realistic trap distribution model for numerical simulation of amorphous silicon thin-film transistors and phototransistors,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 42, pp. 1333-39, no. 7, 1995.[Paper]

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

~2023~

E. Foss, W. Beatty, C. Lu, J. Alvarez, T. Hunt, P. Gudem, “Flight Dynamics of Boomerangs: Impact of Joint Angle,” AIAA Aviation Forum, 2023.[Paper]

~2021~

J. Tahmassebpur, M. Laslett, M. Schultz, P. Gudem, “Wind Tunnel Measurements of Non-Dimensional Lift Coefficient of a Boomerang and Comparison to Theory,” AIAA Aviation Forum, 2021. [Paper]

~2020~

P. Gudem, M. Laslett, G. Carfano, M. Schütz, K. Holland, H. Murguia, “Flight Dynamics of Boomerangs: Impact of Drag Force and Drag Torque,” AIAA Aviation Forum, 2020.[Paper]

~2019

G. Carfano, H. Murguia, P. Gudem and P. Mercier, “Impact of FR1 5G NR Jammers on UWB Indoor Position Location Systems,” IEEE International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN), Pisa, Italy, 2019.[Paper]

P. Gudem, M. Schütz, K. Holland, “Flight Dynamics of Boomerangs: Impact of Reversal of Airflow, Reversal of Angle-of-Attack and Asymmetric Lift,” AIAA Aviation Forum, 2019.[Paper]

~2015~

C. Luo, P. Gudem and J. Buckwalter, “0.4–6 GHz,17-dBm B1dB, 36-dBm IIP3 channel-selecting, low-noise amplifier for SAW-less 3G/4G FDD receivers,” IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, 2015.[Paper]

H. Gheidi, S. Farsi, Y. Liu, H. Dabag, P. Gudem and P. Asbeck, “Digital signal injection technique for cancellation of receive-band spurious emissions in FDD cellular transmitters,” IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, 2015.[Paper]

H. Gheidi, H. Dabag, Y. Liu, P. Asbeck and P. Gudem, “Digital cancellation technique to mitigate receiver desensitization in cellular handsets operating in carrier aggregation mode with multiple uplinks and multiple downlinks,” IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, 2015.[Paper]

~2013~

S. H. Abdelhalem, P. Gudem and L. E. Larson, “Hybrid transformer-based tunable integrated duplexer with antenna impedance tracking loop,” Proceedings of the IEEE 2013 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, San Jose, CA, USA, 2013.[Paper]

H. Dabag, H. Gheidi, P. Gudem and P. M. Asbeck, “All-digital cancellation technique to mitigate self-jamming in uplink carrier aggregation in cellular handsets,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium, 2013.[Paper]

~2012~

L. Larson, S. Abdelhalem, C. Thomas and P. Gudem, “High-performance silicon-based RF front-end design techniques for adaptive and cognitive radios,” IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, 2012.[Paper]

S. Abdelhalem, P. Gudem and L. Larson, “A tunable differential duplexer in 90nm CMOS,” IEEE RFIC Symposium, 2012.[Paper]

~2010~

L. Liu, P. Gudem, L. Chang, J. Cabanillas, V. Panikkath, H. Yan, J. Woolfrey and K. Sahota, “Tri-band SAW-less high linearity low noise CDMA receiver in 65nm CMOS,” IEEE International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, 2010.[Paper]

S. Kim, P. Gudem and L. Larson, “A 44-GHz 8-element phased-array SiGe HBT transmitter RFIC with an injection-locked quadrature frequency multiplier,” IEEE RFIC Symposium, 2010.[Paper]

M. Farazian, P. Gudem and L. Larson, “Fast hopping carrier generation for 14-band multi-band OFDM UWB in digital CMOS,” IEEE Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF systems, 2010.[Paper]

~2009~

H. Khatri, P. Gudem and L. E. Larson, “A SAW-less CMOS CDMA receiver with active Tx filtering,” 2009 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, San Jose, CA, USA, 2009.[Paper]

H. Khatri, L. Liu, T. Chang, P. Gudem and L. Larson, “SAW-less CDMA receiver front-end with single-ended and single-balanced mixer with 25% duty-cycle LO in 65nm CMOS,” IEEE RFIC Symposium, 2009.[Paper]

H. Khatri, P. Gudem and L. Larson, “Simulation of intermodulation distortion in passive CMOS FET mixers,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium, 2009.[Paper]

~2005

J. Deng, P. Gudem, L. Larson, D. Kimball and P. Asbeck, “A SiGe PA with dual dynamic bias control and memoryless digital predistortion for WCDMA handset applications,” IEEE Radio Frequency integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2005.[Paper]

~2004~

Y. Sun, P. Gudem and L. Larson, “A multiple sub-carrier selection (MSCS) diversity architecture with reduced receiver complexity for wireless OFDM applications,” IEEE Vehicular Technology, 2004.[Paper]

J. Deng, P. Gudem and L. Larson, “Linearity analysis of SiGe HBT amplifiers using a power-dependent coefficient Volterra technique,” IEEE Radio and Wireless Conference, 2004.[Paper]

J. Deng, P. Gudem, L. Larson and P. Asbeck, “A high-efficiency SiGe BiCMOS WCDMA power amplifier with dynamic current biasing for improved average efficiency,” IEEE RFIC Symposium, 2004.[Paper]

V. Leung, J. Deng, P. Gudem and L. Larson, “Analysis of envelope signal injection for improvement of RF amplifier intermodulation distortion,” IEEE Proceedings of CICC, 2004.[Paper]

V. Leung, L. Larson and P. Gudem, “Digital-IF WCDMA handset transmitter IC in 0.25um SiGe BiCMOS,” IEEE ISSCC Digest of Technical Papers, 2004.[Paper]

~2003~

V. Leung, L. Larson and P. Gudem, “An improved digital-IF transmitter architecture for highly integrated W-CDMA mobile terminals,” IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, 2003.[Paper]

~2002~

P. Chominski, L. Larson, D. Malhi, P. Gudem, R. Kloczkowski, C. Demirdag, A. Garlapati, and V. Pereira, “A highly integrated Si/SiGe BiCMOS upconverter RFIC for 3G WCDMA handset applications,” IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2002.[Paper]

~2000~

J. Hunter, P. Gudem and S. Winters, “A differential floating gate capacitance mismatch measurement technique,” IEEE International Conference on Micro-electronic Test Circuits, 2000.[Paper]

~1992~

H. S. Abdel-Aty-Zohdy, P. Gudem and S. D. MacFarlane, “Device models and simulation of high-low doping transition regions and their effects on N-MOSFET circuits,” Proceedings of the 35th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Washington, DC, USA, 1992.[Paper]

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