School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nasser Masoumi

School of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Associate Professor

Email: nmasoumi [AT] ut.ac.ir

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Education

Ph.D.: Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2001.
M.Sc.: Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, 1990.
B.Sc.: Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, 1988.

Research Interests

VLSI: High Performance, Low-Power IC Design, Memories, Adders,

Interconnects, Nanowires, CNT: Modeling, Delay and Energy Optimization,
Wiresizing, Crosstalk, Crosstalk Reduction Techniques

Nano-VLSI and Nano Systems: Array Based Structures,
RFIC Design, Wireless Communications Systems, Wireless Sensor Networks

RF/Microwave Spiral Inductors, Substrate Coupling

Current Researches

RF Wireless Communications Transceiver Design, Mixed-Signal Disign
Interconnects, Nano Wires, Substrate Coupling, Nano Systems
Modeling RF/Microwave Spiral Inductors
Power Line Communications Transceivers, Power Management
CMOS High Performance and Low-Power Digital and Analog Design

Courses

Advanced VLSI Circuits and Systems
RFIC Technology
Interconnects and Nano-Wires in VLSI Circuits and Nano-Systems

Selected Publications

1) N. Masoumi, M. I. Elmasry, S. Safavi- Naeini, "An Efficient Technique for Substrate Coupling Parasitic Extraction with Application to RF / Microwave Spiral Inductors," International Journal of Engineering (IJE), vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 263-269, Oct 2004.

2) Nasser Masoumi, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, and Mohamed I. Elmasry," A Methodology for Substrate Crosstalk Evaluation for System-On-A Chip," Integrated Computer Engineering Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 129-147, 2002.

3) Nasser Masoumi, Mohamed I. Elmasry, and Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, "Fast and Efficient Parametric Modeling of Contact-to-Substrate Coupling,' IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design (TCAD), vol. 19, no. 11, pp. 1282-1292, Nov. 2000.

4) Mohammad Moghaddam Tabrizi, Nasser Masoumi, Soraya Aghnout, "A New Topology for Power Control of High Efficiency Class-E Power Amplifier," Proceeding of 3rd International Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems Conference on Electrical Engineering (NEWCAS-2005), pp. 139-142. Québec City, Canada .June 19-22, 2005

5) S. A. Moghaddam, Dr. N. Masoumi, and Dr. C.Lucas, "A Stochastic Power-supply Noise Reduction Technique Using Max-Flow Algorithm and Decoupling Capacitances," Proceeding of IWSOC 2005 (5th International Workshop on System –on-chip), pp.265-269, Banff, Alberta – Canada, July 24-27, 2005.

6) Jaber Derakhshandeh, Nasser Masoumi, "A precise Model for Leakage Power Estimation in VLSI Circuit," Proceeding of IWSOC 2005 (5th International Workshop on System –on-chip), pp.337-340, Banff, Alberta – Canada, July 24-27, 2005.

7) N. Masoumi, F. Raissi, M. Masoumi, and S. Ghasemi, "Enhancing Performance and Saving Energy in CMOS DCVSL Gates by Using a New Transistor Sizing Algorithm," Proceeding of IWSOC 2005 (5th International Workshop on System –on-chip), pp.283-288, Banff, Alberta – Canada, July 24-27, 2005.

8) F. Kalantari and N. Masoumi, "A fully integrated dual-band CMOS LNA for IEEE802.16a," IEICE Electron. Express (ELEX 2006), TOKYO, JAPAN, Vol. 3, No. 22, pp.474-479.

9) Mohammad Azim Karami and Nasser Masoumi, "Novel methods for accelerating substrate coupling modeling and analysis", IEICE Electron. Express (ELEX 2006), TOKYO, JAPAN, Vol. 3, No. 22, pp.480-486.

10) Ahmad Atghiaee, Nasser Masoumi, "Interconnect-Induced Effects on High-Speed Submicron ADC and Clocking Scheme," published in Sensors & Transducers journal, Vol. 80, Issue 6, pp.1257-1263, June 2007.

11) Naser Masoumi, Mohammad Moghaddam Tabrizi, Amir Amirabadi, "Low-Power and High Performance Techniques in Global Interconnect Signalling," Submitted to IET Circuits, Devices & Systems journal, 2007.

12) S. A. Moghaddam, Dr. N. Masoumi, and Dr. C.Lucas, "The New Mixed Stochastic Power-Supply Noise-Aware Floorplanning Technique," Proceeding of 13th International Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE2005),Vol. 1, pp. 385-388, Zanjan, Iran, May 10-12, 2005.

13) M. Moghaddam Tabrizi, N. Masoumi, "High Efficiency Class-E Switched Mode Power Amplifier Design and Optimization with Random Search Algorithm," Proceeding of 13th International Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE2005),Vol. 1, pp.431-434, Zanjan, Iran, May 10-12, 2005.

14) Mohammad Moghaddam Tabrizi, Nasser Masoumi, Soraya Aghnout, "A New Topology for Power Control of High Efficiency Class-E Power Amplifier," Proceeding of 3rd International Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems Conference on Electrical Engineering (NEWCAS-2005), June 19-22, 2005.

15) B. Khadem Hosseineih, N. Masoumi, "A Comprehensive Model for On-Spiral Inductors," Proceeding of IWSOC 2005 (5th International Workshop on System –on-chip), pp.127-131, Banff, Alberta – Canada, July 24-27, 2005.

16) M. M. Tabrizi, N. Masoumi, "Anew Topology for Control of High Efficiency Class-E Switched Mode Power Amplifier," Proceeding of IWSOC 2005 (5th International Workshop on System –on-chip), pp.92-95, Banff, Alberta – Canada, July 24-27, 2005.

17) Sedighe Hashemi, Zahra Safarian, Nasser Masoumi, "Modeling of On-Chip Spiral Inductors," Proceeding of ICM 2005 (17th International Conference on Microelectronics), pp.75-81, Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 13-15, 2005.

18) Soodeh Aghli Moghaddam, Nasser Masoumi, Parviz Jabbedar, and Amirahmad hishegar, "Analysis and Simulation of a Novel Gradually Low-K Dielectric Structure for Crosstalk Reduction in VLSI," Proceeding of ICM 2005 (17th International Conference on Microelectronics), pp.110-115, Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 13-15, 2005.

19) S. Mehrmanesh, N. Masoumi, "A Comprehensive Bang-Bang Phase Detector Model for High Speed Clock and Data Recovery Systems," Proceeding of ICM 2005 (17th International Conference on Microelectronics), pp.86-89, Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 13-15, 2005.

20) Fatemeh Kalantari, Naser Masoumi, and Roghaye Saeidi, "A 5.25-GHz Low Noise Amplifier for WMAN Applications in a 0.18 µm CMOS Technology," Proceeding of ICM 2005 (17th International Conference on Microelectronics), pp.122-129, Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 13-15, 2005.

21) R. Saeidi, N. Masoumi, F. Kalantari and M. S. Oskooi, "Analyzing of Phase Noise in CMOS LC Oscillators," Proceeding of ICM 2005 (17th International Conference on Microelectronics), pp.330-337, Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 13-15, 2005.

22) Behzad Eghbalkhah, Nasser Masoumi, "The Effects of Different Parameters in Crosstalk Noise Modeling," Proceeding of ICM 2005 (17th International Conference on Microelectronics), pp.106-109, Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 13-15, 2005.

23) Mostafa Savadi Oskooei, Nasser Masoumi, and R. saeidi, "A Novel Model of Phase Noise in Electrical Oscillators," Proceeding of ICM 2005 (17th International Conference on Microelectronics), pp.338-343, Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 13-15, 2005.

24) Fatemeh Kalantari, Nasser Masoumi, Nafiseh Gholampour, Roghayeh Saeidi," A 5 GHz CMOS Low Noise Amplifier with a 3.25 turn spiral inductor for IEEE802.16a," published in Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2006), Las Vegas, NV USA, pp.2330-2334, 3-6 April 2006.

25) Fatemeh Kalantari, Nafiseh Gholampour, Nasser Masoumi, "A High Linearity High Gain 5 GHz CMOS LNA For IEEE802.16a Front End," Published in Proceedings of 14th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE 2006), Tehran, Iran, May 16-18, 2006.

26) Mostafa Savadi Oskooei, Nasser Masoumi, "Modeling the Effect of Distortion on the Phase Noise in Electrical Oscillators", published in ISCAS 2006 (2006 IEEE International Circuits and Systems), Kos, Greece, pp.4179-4180, May 21-24, 2006.

27) Fatemeh Kashfi, Nasser Masoumi, "Optimization of Speed and Power in a 16-Bit Carry Skip Adder in 70nm Technology," Published in Proceedings of the International Conference (MIXED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS) MIXDES 2006, Gdynia, Poland, pp. 359-362, 22 - 24 June 2006.

28) F. Kalantari, N. Masoumi, A. Rana Hoseini, "Published in Proceedings of the International Conference MIXED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS (MIXDES 2006), Gdynia, Poland, pp. 299-303, 22 - 24 June 2006.

29) 44. M.A. Karami, N. Masoumi, "Published in Proceedings of the International Conference (MIXED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS) MIXDES 2006, Gdynia, Poland, pp. 486-490, 22 - 24 June 2006.

30) M.A. Karami, N. Masoumi, B. Forouzandeh, " Published in Proceedings of the International Conference (MIXED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS) MIXDES 2006, Gdynia, Poland, pp. 495-499, 22 - 24 June 2006.

31) S. Hashemi, N. Masoumi, C. Lucas,," Published in Proceedings of the International Conference (MIXED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS) MIXDES 2006, Gdynia, Poland, pp. 508-513, 22 - 24 June 2006.

32) Roghayeh Saeidi, Nasser Masoumi, "Clock Skew Reduction by Link-region Technique," published in MWCCAS 2006 Conference, (the 49th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems), Island of Enchantment, Puerto Rico, August 6-9, 2006.

33) Soodeh Aghli Moghaddam, Nasser Masoumi, "Simulation of the Novel Gradually Low-K Dielectric Structure for Crosstalk Reduction in VLSI and Comparison with Low-K Technology," published in MWSCAS 2006 Conference, (the 49th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems), Island of Enchantment, Puerto Rico, August 6-9, 2006.

34) Fatemeh Kashfi, Nasser Masoumi, "Optimization of Speed and Power in a 16-Bit Carry Skip Adder in 70nm Technology", published in MWCCAS 2006 Conference, (the 49th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems), Island of Enchantment, Puerto Rico, August 6-9, 2006.

35) Mohammad Azim Karami, "Accelerated Multi Grid Scheme for Substrate Coupling Modeling and Analysis," published in Proceedings of the ICM 2006 conference (18th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MICROELECTRONICS), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, pp. 71-74, December 16-19, 2006.

36) M.Tavallaee, F.Taghiyareh, N.Masoumi and J.Mojib¸"Iran Science Parks, Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats: Influences of New Technologies", Proceeding of IASP Asian Divisions Conference, September 17-19, 2007, Isfahan, Iran, pp.223-228.

37) Soraya Aghnout and Nasser Masoumi, "Modeling and Quantification of Substrate Noise Induced by Interconnects in SOCs," Proceeding of DTIS 2007 conference, Sep 2-5 Morocco, pp. 1-6.

38) Fargol Hassani, Nasser Masoumi, " Crosstalk and Delay Optimization Techniques for Nano Scale Interconnects," Proceeding of DTIS 2007 conference, Sep 2-5, Morocco, pp. 163-167.

39) Mostafa Savadi Oskooei and Nasser Masoumi, " A High-Frequency Very Low-Power Low-Pass Filter with a Wide Bandwidth and Gain Tuning Range", Proceeding of MWSCAS 2007 Conference, August 5-8, 2007, Montreal, Canada, pp. 514-517.

40) Fahimeh Alsadat Hoseini and Nasser Masoumi, "Fast Estimation of Interconnects Delay in RLC Trees Using Neural Network", Proceeding of MWSCAS 2007 Conference, August 5-8, 2007, Montreal, Canada, pp. 1309-1312.

41) Mohammad Moghaddam Tabrizi and Nasser Masoumi, " "High Speed Current-Mode Signaling for Interconnects Considering Transmission Line and Crosstalk Effects", Proceeding of MWSCAS 2007 Conference, August 5-8, 2007, Montreal, Canada, pp. 17-20.

42) Mahdieh Mehran and Nasser Masoumi, "A Tapered Partitioning Method for "Delay Energy product" Optimization in Global Interconnects," Proceeding of MWSCAS 2007 Conference, August 5-8, 2007, Montreal, Canada, pp. 21-24.

43) Shahaboddin Moazzeni, Nasser Masoumi, Fatemeh Kalantari, " A 5GHz Low Power High Gain Optimized LNA for VDSM Technologies," Proceeding of ICEE2007 Conference.

44) Nariman Moezzi and Nasser Masoumi, "A New Optimization Method for CTMDP System-Level Power Management Techniques," Proceeding of ICM 2004 (16th International Conference on Microelectronics), pp. 218-221, Tunis, Tunisia, Dec. 6-8, 2004.

45) M. Moghaddam Tabrizi, N. Masoumi, "High Efficiency Class-E Switched Mode Power Amplifier Design and Optimization with Random Search Algorithm," Proceeding of ICM 2004 (16th International Conference on Microelectronics), pp.55-58, Tunis, Tunisia, Dec. 6-8, 2004.

46) Bahman kheradmand-Boroujeni and Nasser Masoumi, "A New Large Capacitive-Load Driver Circuit for Low-Voltage CMOS VLSI," Proceeding of IEEE International Workshop on BioMedical Circuits and Systems (BioCAS 2004), PP. S1.1-5 – S1.1-8, Singapore, Dec, 1-3, 2004.

47) M. Moghaddam Tabrizi, E. Fathi, M. Fathipour, N. Masoumi, "Extracting of Substrate Network Resistances in RFCMOS," Proceedings of Silicon Monolithic ICs in RF Systems (SiRF 2004), pp. 219-222, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Sep. 8-10, 2004.

48) M. Moghaddam Tabrizi, E. Fathi, N. Masoumi, M. Fathipour, Y. Mortazavi, and M.R. Ghaderi, "A New Methodology For Substrate Network Resistance Extraction in RFCMOS," Proceedings of ANTEM 2004, pp. 71-75, July, 2004.

49) M. Taherzadeh-Sani, A.-M. Nasri-Nasrabadi, and N. Masoumi, "A Reduced-Order Modeling Technique for Substrate Coupling in Mixed-Signal VLSI," Proceedings of 12th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE2004), Vol. 1, pp. 91-95, Mashhad, Iran, May 11-13, 2004.

50) Y. Koolivand, A. Zahabi, and N. Masoumi, "Modeling of Polysilicide Gate Resistance Effect on Inverter Delay and Power Consumption Using Distributed RC Method and Branching Technique," Proceedings of GLSVLSI, pp. 149-153, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, April 26-28, 2004.

51) Nasser Masoumi, Mohamed I. Elmasry, and Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, "An Image Method Based Fast-Convergent Green’s Function for Rapid Extraction of Substrate Crosstalk Elements," Proceedings of International Workshop on System on Chip for Real-Time Applications (IWSOC 2002), pp. 217-235, Banff, AB, Canada, July 2002.

52) Nasser Masoumi, Mohamed I. Elmasry, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, and H. Hadi"A Novel Analytical Evaluation of Substrate Crosstalk in VLSI," Proceedings of International Workshop on Electronic Design, Test and Applications, pp. 355-359, Jan. 2002.

53) Nasser Masoumi, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, and Mohamed I. Elmasry," Efficient Green’s Functions for Substrate Coupling Modeling in VLSI Systems," Proceedings of Eleventh International Conference on Very large Scale Integration, Systems A Chip (VLSI-SOC 2001), pp. 152-157, Dec. 2001.

54) Nasser Masoumi, Mohamed I. Elmasry, and Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, "Modeling Techniques of Substrate Coupling for a System-On-A-Chip," Proceedings of International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM 2001), pp. 35-38, Oct. 2001.

55) Nasser Masoumi, Mohamed I. Elmasry, and Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, "Substrate-Coupling Noise Analysis of a Mixed-Signal RF IC Using an Efficient Technique for Substrate Parasitic Extraction," Proceedings of International Conference on Circuits, Systems, Communications, and Computers (CSCC 2001), pp. 328-334, July 2001.

56) N. Masoumi, M. I. Elmasry, and S. Safavi-Naeini, "A Fast-Convergent Green’s Function For Substrate Coupling Modeling with Application to Analysis of a Mixed-Signal RFIC," Proceedings of Micronet R & D Annual, pp. 41-42, April 2001.

57) N. Masoumi, S. Safavi-Naeini, M.I. Elmasry and M. Sachdev, "A Methodology for Analysis of Substrate Coupling in VLSI Using an Image Based Green’s Function for Modeling," IEEE Electro/Information Technology Conference, Rochester, Michigan, June 2001.

58) Nasser Masoumi, Mohamed I. Elmasry, and Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, "An Efficient Technique for Substrate Coupling Parasitic Extraction with Application to RF/Microwave Spiral Inductors," Proceedings of International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM 2000), pp. 153-156, Nov. 2000.

59) Nasser Masoumi, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, Mohamed I. Elmasry, and Y. L. Chow, "A Semi-Analytical Quasi-Static Approach for Substrate Coupling Modeling in VLSI Circuits," Proceedings of International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM 2000), pp. 157-160, Nov. 2000.

60) Nasser Masoumi, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, and Mohamed I. Elmasry, "An Efficient and Accurate Model for RF/Microwave Spiral Inductors Using Microstrip Lines Theory," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD 2000), pp. 127-132, Sep. 2000.

61) Nasser Masoumi, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, and Mohamed I. Elmasry "Accurate Modeling of Substrate Coupling in Simple Structures," Proceedings of Micronet Annual Workshop, pp. 122-123, April 1999.

62) Nasser Masoumi, Mohamed I. Elmasry, and Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, "A Fast Parametric Model for Contact-Substrate Coupling," Proceedings of Tenth International Conference on Very large Scale Integration, Systems on A Chip (VLSI-SOC 1999), Kluwer Academic Publications, pp. 69-76, Dec. 1999.