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2010

K. Allidina, T. Saha, and M. N. El-Gamal, "A Temperature Compensated Architecture for Integrated, Low Power, Frequency Domain Sensors," the IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM’10), Accepted, 4 pages, Cairo, Egypt, December 2010.

P. Cicek, T. Saha, B. Waguih, F. Nabki, and M. N. El-Gamal, "Design of a low-cost MEMS monolithically-integrated relative humidity sensor," the IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM'10), accepted, 4 pages, Cairo, Egypt, December 2010.

A. Gorji, M. N. El-Gamal, and F. Nabki, "The phase noise of an oscillator employing a dual MEMS resonator temperature compensation scheme," the IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM'10), accepted, 4 pages, Cairo, Egypt, December 2010.

S. A. Gorji Zadeh, T. Saha, K. Allidina, F. Nabki, and M. N. El-Gamal, "Electronic Temperature Compensation of Clamped-Clamped Beam MEMS Resonators," the IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS'10), pp. 1193-1196, Seattle, Washington, August 2010.

M. A. Taghvaei, P.-V. Cicek, K. Allidina, F. Nabki, and M. N. El-Gamal, "A MEMS-Based Temperature-Compensated Vacuum Sensor for Low-Power Monolithic Integration," the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'10), pp. 3276-3279, Paris, France, May 2010.

N. G. Constantin M. N. El-Gamal, “A Method for Estimating the IMD Performance Requirements of Circuit Blocks in the Error Signal Path of an Envelope Feedback Amplifier,” the 5th IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS'10), pp. 252-255, New Orleans, USA, January 2010.

2009

K. Allidina, M. A. Taghvaei, F. Nabki, P.-V. Cicek, and M. N. El-Gamal, "A MEMS-Based Vacuum Sensor with a PLL Frequency-to-Voltage Converter," the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS'09), pp. 583-586, Hammamet, Tunisia, December 2009.

P.-V. Cicek, S. Mahdavi, F. Nabki, and M. N. El-Gamal, "Low-Actuation Voltage Silicon Carbide RF Switches for MEMS above IC," the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS'09), pp. 223-226, Hammamet, Tunisia, December 2009.

F. Mounaim, M. Sawan, and M. N. El-Gamal, "Integrated Inductive Power and Data Recovery Front-End Dedicated to Implantable Devices," the IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS'09), pp. 229-232, Beijing, China, November 2009.

S. Mahdavi, F. Nabki, M. Sawan, M. N. El-Gamal, "On the testing of MEMS resonators," the IEEE 4th International Design and Test workshop (IDT’09), pp. 1-6, November 2009.

S. Ethier, M. Sawan, E. Aboulhamid, and M. El-Gamal, "A ±9 V fully integrated CMOS current source for high-impedance microstimulation," the 52nd IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS'09), pp. 192-195, Cancún, México, August 2009.

2008

S. Prabhakar, F. Nabki, M. N. El-Gamal, and S. Vengallator "Measurement and analysis of structural damping in electrostatically-actuated silicon carbide microresonators," the Materials Research Society Symposium on Microelectromechanical Systems - Materials and Devices II (MRS’08), accepted, 4 pages, Boston, Massachusetts, Dec. 2008.

F. Nabki, F. Ahmad, K. Allidina, and M. N. El-Gamal, "A compact and programmable high-frequency oscillator based on a MEMS resonator," the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC'08), pp. 337 - 340, San Jose, California, September 2008.

F. Nabki and M. N. El-Gamal, "A high gain-bandwidth product transimpedance amplifier for MEMS-based oscillators," the IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC'08), pp. 454-457, Edinburgh- Scotland, September 2008.

D. Lemoine, P.-V. Cicek, F. Nabki, and M. N. El-Gamal, "MEMS wafer-level vacuum packaging with transverse interconnects for CMOS integration," the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC'08), pp. 189 - 192, San Jose, California, September 2008.

K. Lin and M. N. El-Gamal, " Design of low power CMOS ultra-wideband 3.1-10.6 GHz pulse-based transmitters," the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC'08), pp. 583-586, San Jose, California, September 2008.

F. Nabki, T. A. Dusatko, and M. N. El-Gamal, "Frequency tunable silicon carbide resonators for MEMS above IC," the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC'08), pp. 185 - 188, San Jose, California, September 2008.

F. Nabki, T. A. Dusatko, S. Vengallatore, and M. N. El-Gamal, "Low-temperature (<300oC) low-stress silicon carbide surface micromachining fabrication technology," Hilton Head Workshop: A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, pp. 216 - 219, June 2008.

F. Nabki and M. N. El-Gamal, "Modeling and simulation of micro electromechanical (MEM) beam resonator-based oscillators," the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'08), pp. 1324-1327, Seattle, USA, May 2008.

M. Shaheen and M. N. El-Gamal, "Log-domain channel-select filters for multistandard wireless receivers," the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'08), pp. 3122 - 3125, May 2008.

K. Allidina and M. N. El-Gamal, "A 1V CMOS LNA for low power ultra-wideband system," the IEEE 15th International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS’08), pp. 165-168, Sept. 2008.

2007

K. Lin and M. N. El-Gamal, "Performance and modeling of bonding wire transformers in a package for RF IC’s," the IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM'07), pp. 347 - 350, December 2007.

K. Allidina, S.B. Nguyen, M. N. El-Gamal, and C.-K. Jen, "A prototype control system including wireless communications capabilities for ultrasonic applications," the International Workshop on Smart Materials and Structures (CANSMART’07), pp. 315 – 324, Montreal, Canada, October 2007.

N. G. Constantin, P. J. Zampardi, and M. N. El-Gamal, "A gated envelope feedback technique for automatic hardware conditioning of RFIC PA’s at low power levels," the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium 2007 (IMS’07), pp. 139 - 142, Hawaii/USA, June 2007.

2006

T. K. Tsang and M. N. El-Gamal, "Fully integrated sub-microwatt CMOS ultra wideband pulse-based transmitter for wireless sensors networks," the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'06), pp. 670-673, May 2006.

K. Lin, T. K. Tsang, and M. N. El-Gamal, "Radio-triggered solar and RF power scavenging and management for ultra low power wireless medical applications," the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'06), pp. 5728-5731, May 2006.

2005

R. Baki and M. El-Gamal, "Robust multi-GHz (7.4 GHz) on-chip image rejection in CMOS," the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC'05), pp. 341-344, San Jose/USA, September 2005.

R. A. Baki and M. N. El-Gamal, "A 1V 0.8mW multi-GHz CMOS differential tunable image reject notch filter," the 48th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS'05), 4 pages, Ohio/USA, August 2005.

C. Siu, K. Iniewski, F. Nabki, M. N. El-Gamal, K. Townsend, and J. Haslett, "RF CMOS circuits for ad-hoc networks and wearable computing," Proceedings the IEEE 8th EUROMICRO Conference on Digital System Design (DSD'05), August 2005.

D. Hong and M. N. El-Gamal, "An efficient design & verification workflow for evaluating the proper operation of clock and data recovery systems," the 48th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS'05), 4 pages, Ohio/USA, August 2005.

K. Townsend, J. Haslett, T. K. K. Tsang, M. El-Gamal, and K. Iniewski, "Recent advances and future trends in low power wireless systems for medical applications," the 5th IEEE International Workshop on Systems-on-Chip for Real-Time Applications (IWSOC'05), July 2005.

R. Baki, T. K. Tsang, and M. El-Gamal, "Distortion in RF CMOS short channel low noise amplifiers," the IEEE Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems (NEWCAS'05), pp. 41-44, Quebec/Canada, June 2005.

T. K. Tsang, M. El-Gamal, K. Iniewski, K. Townsend, and J. Haslett, "Current status and trends of CMOS low voltage low power wireless IC designs," invited the IEEE Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems (NEWCAS'05), pp. 240-243, Quebec/Canada, June 2005.

T. K. Tsang and M. El-Gamal, "Ultra-wideband (UWB) communications systems: An overview," the IEEE Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems (NEWCAS'05), pp. 124-129, Quebec/Canada, June 2005.

Wen Tsern Ho and M. N. El-Gamal, "Fully differential 13 Gbps clock recovery circuit for OC255 SONET applications," the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'05), pp. 4879-4392 Kobe/Japan, May 2005.

Hyung-Seuk Kim and M. N. El-Gamal, "A 1-V fully integrated CMOS frequency synthesizer for 5-GHz WLAN," the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'05), pp. 4879-4392 Kobe/Japan, May 2005.

2004

R. Baki, T. K. Tsang, and M. N. El-Gamal, "Distortion in RF CMOS short channel low noise amplifiers," the Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC'04), A14.3, India, December 2004.

Baki and M. N. El-Gamal, "A new implementation of a CMOS notch filter (7.3 GHz) with 62 dB of image rejection for wireless receivers," invited, the Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC'04), D12.1, India, December 2004.

R. A. Baki and M. N. El-Gamal, "A CMOS fully integrated RF heterodyne front-end receiver design technique for 5GHz applications," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'04), pp. 23-26 Canada, May 2004.

H. Zhang, T. K. Tsang, and M. N. El-Gamal, "Simple and accurate modelling of Q-enhanced transformer-coupled monolithic inductors for silicon RF IC's and their applications," Workshop on Wireless Circuits and Systems (WoWCAS), pp.23-24, Canada, May 2004.

2003

Y. Hu, M. Sawan, and M. N. El-Gamal, "A power recovery strategy dedicated to implantable applications," the IEEE 10th International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS'03), pp. 1212-1215, December 2003.

M. N. El-Gamal, "Very low voltage (1V and below) RF circuits," invited the IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM'03), December 2003.

A. Marsolais, M. N. El-Gamal, and M. Sawan, "A CMOS frequency synthesizer covering the lower and upper bands of 5GHz WLANs," Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS'03), 4 pages, Egypt, December 2003. (Myril B. Reed Best Paper Award)

K. H. Lee and M. N. El-Gamal, "A 6-7 GHz CMOS receiver frontend with a wide frequency tuning range," Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS'03), 4 pages, Egypt, December 2003.

T. K. Tsang and M. N. El-Gamal, "A high figure of merit and area-efficient low-voltage (0.7-1 V) 12GHz CMOS VCO," the IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC'03), pp. 89-92, Philadelphia, June 2003.

T. K. Tsang and M. N. El-Gamal, "Very wide tuning range micro-electromechanical capacitors in the MUMPs process for RF applications," the IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSI'03), pp. 33-36, Japan, June 2003.

T. Hung and M. N. El-Gamal, "Class-E CMOS power amplifiers for RF applications," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'03), pp. 449-452, Thailand, May 2003.

R. Baki and M. N. El-Gamal, "A new CMOS charge pump for low-voltage (1V) high-speed PLL applications," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'03), pp. 657-660, Thailand, May 2003.

T. K. Tsang and M. N. El-Gamal, "Dual-Band Sub-1 V CMOS LNA for 802.11a/b WLAN Applications," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'03), pp. 217-220, Thailand, May 2003.

D. Hong and M. N. El-Gamal, "Low operating voltage and short settling time CMOS charge pump for MEMS applications," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'03), pp. 281-284, Thailand, May 2003.

2002

R. Baki and M. N. El-Gamal, "A 1.5V multigigahertz CMOS tunable image reject notch filter," Proceedings of the International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM'02), pp. 144-147, December 2002.

F. Beaudoin and M. N. El-Gamal, "A 5-Gbit/s CMOS optical receiver frontend," Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS'02), pp. 168-171, Oklahoma/USA, August 2002.

T. K. Tsang and M. N. El-Gamal, "Micro-electromechanical variable capacitors for RF applications," Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS'02), pp. 25-28, Oklahoma/USA, August 2002. (Best Student Paper Award)

T. K. Tsang and M. N. El-Gamal, "Gain controllable very low voltage (<1 V) 8-9 GHz integrated CMOS LNAs," the IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC'02), pp. 205-208, Seattle/USA, June 2002.

T. K. Tsang and M. N. El-Gamal, "Gain and frequency controllable sub-1 V 5.8 GHz CMOS LNA," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'02), pp. 795-798, Arizona/USA, May 2002.

K. Lee and M. N. El-Gamal, "A very low-voltage (0.8V) CMOS receiver frontend for 5GHz RF applications," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'02), pp. 125-128, Arizona/USA, May 2002.

P. Mitran, F. Beaudoin, M. N. El-Gamal, "A 2.5-Gbit/s CMOS optical receiver frontend," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'02), pp. 441-444, Arizona/USA, May 2002.

L. Wang and M. N. El-Gamal, "A CMOS companding-based third order chebyshev filter," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'02), pp. 509-512, Arizona/USA, May 2002.

2001

A. H. Mostafa and M. N. El-Gamal, "A CMOS VCO architecture suitable for sub-1 Volt high-frequency (8.7-10 GHz) RF applications," the IEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED'01), pp. 247-250, California/USA, August 2001.

R. Baki and M. N. El-Gamal, "A Low-Power, 5-70MHz, 7th-Order filter with programmable boost, group delay, and gain using instantaneous companding," the IEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED'01), pp. 299-304, California/USA, August 2001.

Y. Lu and M. N. El-Gamal, "A 2.3V low noise, low power Si-bipolar transimpedance preamplifier for 10 Gb/s optical receiver front-ends," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'01), pp. 834-837, Australia, May 2001.

T. K. Tsang and M. N. El-Gamal, "A fully integrated 1V 5.8 GHz bipolar LNA," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'01), pp. 842-845, Australia, May 2001.

C. Beainy, R. Baki, and M. N. El-Gamal, "Distortion analysis of high-frequency log domain filters using Volterra series," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'01), pp. 472-475, Australia, May 2001.

2000

A. H. Mostafa and M. N. El-Gamal, "A 12.5 GHz back-gate tuned VCO in 0.25 um CMOS," Proceedings of the IEEE 7th International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS'00), pp. 243-247, December 2000.

A. H. Mostafa and M. N. El-Gamal, "A fully integrated sub-1V 4 GHz CMOS VCO and a 10.5 GHz oscillator," the IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC'00), pp. 312-315, Sweden, September 2000.

A. H. Mostafa, M. N. El-Gamal, and R. A. Rafla, "CMOS 5-10 GHz Oscillators for Low Voltage RF Applications," Proceedings of the 43rd IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS'00), pp. 478-481, Michigan/USA, August 2000. (Best Student Paper Award)

R. A. Rafla and M. N. El-Gamal, "2.4-5.8 GHz CMOS LNA's using integrated inductors," Proceedings of the 43rd IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS'00), pp. 302-304, Michigan/USA, August 2000.

M. N. El-Gamal, R. Baki, and A. Bar-Dor, "30-100 MHz NPN-only variable-gain class AB companding-based filters for 1.2 V applications," IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 150-151, San Francisco/USA, February 2000.

1999

A. Rafla and M. N. El-Gamal, "Design of a 1.5 V CMOS integrated 3 GHz LNA," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'99), vol. II, pp. 440-443, Orlando/USA, June 1999.

M. N. El-Gamal and G. W. Roberts, "A 1.2 V NPN-only log-domain integrator," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'99), pp. 681-684, Orlando/USA, June 1999.

1997

M. EL-Gamal, V. Leung, and G. Roberts, "Balanced log-domain filters for VHF applications," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'97), vol. 1, pp. 493-496, Hong Kong, June 1997.

M. El-Gamal and G. W. Roberts, "LC ladder-based synthesis of log-domain bandpass filters," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'97), pp. 105-108, Hong Kong, June 1997.

V. W. Leung, M. El-Gamal, and G. W. Roberts, "Effects of transistor nonidealities on log domain filters," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'97), pp. 109-112, Hong Kong, June 1997.

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