Amin Arbabian

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• Inverse-designed non-reciprocal pulse router for chip-based LiDAR NATURE PHOTONICS Yang, K., Skarda, J., Cotrufo, M., Dutt, A., Ahn, G., Sawaby, M., Vercruysse, D., Arbabian, A., Fan, S., Alu, A., Vuckovic, J. 2020

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s41566-020-0606-0

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• Time-of-flight imaging based on resonant photoelastic modulation (vol 58, pg 2235, 2019) APPLIED OPTICS Atalar, O., Van Laer, R., Sarabalis, C. J., Safavi-Naeini, A. H., Arbabian, A. 2020; 59 (5): 1430

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  This publisher's note corrects the Funding section in Appl. Opt.58, 2235 (2019)APOPAI0003-693510.1364/AO.58.002235.

  View details for DOI 10.1364/AO.389202

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• Assessment of miniaturized ultrasound-powered implants: an in vivo study. Journal of neural engineering Vo, J. n., Chang, T. C., Shea, K. I., Myers, M. R., Arbabian, A. n., Vasudevan, S. n. 2020

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  Therapeutic applications of implantable active medical devices have improved the quality of patient life. Numerous on-going research in the field of neuromodulation and bioelectronics medicine are exploring the use of these implants for treating diseases and conditions. Miniaturized implantable medical devices that are wirelessly powered by ultrasound (US) can be placed close to the target sites deep inside the body for effective therapy with less invasiveness. In this study, we assessed the long-term in vivo performance of miniaturized US powered implants (UPI) using a rodent model.Prototype UPI devices were implanted in rodents and powered wirelessly using an unfocused US transmitter over 12 weeks, and the corresponding device output was recorded. Structural integrity of UPI before and after implantation was studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). We also conducted qualitative histological assessment of skin and muscle surrounding the UPI and compared it to naïve control and US exposed tissues.We found that it is feasible to power UPI devices wirelessly with US over long-term. The encapsulation of UPIs did not degrade over time and the tissues surrounding the UPI were comparable to both naïve control and US exposed tissues.This study is the first to assess the long-term performance of miniaturized UPI devices using a rodent model over 12-weeks. The set of tests used in this study can be extended to assess other US-powered miniaturized implants.

  View details for DOI 10.1088/1741-2552/ab6fc2

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• An Airborne Sonar System for Underwater Remote Sensing and Imaging IEEE ACCESS Fitzpatrick, A., Singhvi, A., Arbabian, A. 2020; 8: 189945–59

  View details for DOI 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3031808

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• A Fully Integrated 32 Gbps 2x2 LoS MIMO Wireless Link with UWB Analog Processing for Point-to-Point Backhaul Applications Sawaby, M., Grave, B., Jany, C., Chen, C., Kananian, S., Calascibetta, P., Gianesello, F., Arbabian, A., Hueber, G., Wang, H. IEEE. 2020: 107–10

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• Design and Analysis of a Sample-and-Hold CMOS Electrochemical Sensor for Aptamer-based Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. IEEE journal of solid-state circuits Chien, J. C., Baker, S. W., Soh, H. T., Arbabian, A. n. 2020; 55 (11): 2914–29

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  In this paper, we present the design and the analysis of an electrochemical circuit for measuring the concentrations of therapeutic drugs using structure-switching aptamers. Aptamers are single-stranded nucleic acids, whose sequence is selected to exhibit high affinity and specificity toward a molecular target, and change its conformation upon binding. This property, when coupled with a redox reporter and electrochemical detection, enables reagent-free biosensing with a sub-minute temporal resolution for in vivo therapeutic drug monitoring. Specifically, we design a chronoamperometry-based electrochemical circuit that measures the direct changes in the electron transfer (ET) kinetics of a methylene blue reporter conjugated at the distal-end of the aptamer. To overcome the high-frequency noise amplification issue when interfacing with a large-size (> 0.25 mm2) implantable electrode, we present a sample-and-hold (S/H) circuit technique in which the desired electrode potentials are held onto noiseless capacitors during the recording of the redox currents. This allows disconnecting the feedback amplifiers to avoid its noise injection while reducing the total power consumption. A prototype circuit implemented in 65-nm CMOS demonstrates a cell-capacitance-insensitive input-referred noise (IRN) current of 15.2 pArms at a 2.5-kHz filtering bandwidth. We tested our system in human whole blood samples and measured the changes in the ET kinetics from the redox-labeled aptamers at different kanamycin concentrations. By employing principal component analysis (PCA) to compensate for the sampling errors, we report a molecular noise floor (at SNR = 1) of 3.1 µM with sub 1-sec acquisition time at 0.22-mW power consumption.

  View details for DOI 10.1109/jssc.2020.3020789

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• Lithium Niobate Resonant Photoelastic Modulator for Time-of-Flight Imaging Atalar, O., Van Laer, R., Sarabalis, C. J., Safavi-Naeini, A. H., Arbabian, A., IEEE IEEE. 2020

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• A Cell-Capacitance-Insensitive CMOS Sample-and-Hold Chronoamperometric Sensor for Real-Time Measurement of Small Molecule Drugs in Whole Blood Chien, J., Soh, H., Arbabian, A., IEEE IEEE. 2020: 406-+

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• Design of Large Effective Apertures for Millimeter Wave Systems Using a Sparse Array of Subarrays IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING Gupta, A., Madhow, U., Arbabian, A., Sadri, A. 2019; 67 (24): 6483–97

  View details for DOI 10.1109/TSP.2019.2955828

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• A Microwave-Induced Thermoacoustic Imaging System With Non-Contact Ultrasound Detection IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL Singhvi, A., Boyle, K. C., Fallahpour, M., Khuri-Yakub, B. T., Arbabian, A. 2019; 66 (10): 1587–99

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  Portable and easy-to-use imaging systems are in high demand for medical, security screening, nondestructive testing, and sensing applications. We present a new microwave-induced thermoacoustic imaging system with non-contact, airborne ultrasound (US) detection. In this system, a 2.7 GHz microwave excitation causes differential heating at interfaces with dielectric contrast, and the resulting US signal via the thermoacoustic effect travels out of the sample to the detector in air at a standoff. The 65 dB interface loss due to the impedance mismatch at the air-sample boundary is overcome with high-sensitivity capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers with minimum detectable pressures (MDPs) as low as 278 μ Pa rms and we explore two different designs-one operating at a center frequency of 71 kHz and another at a center frequency of 910 kHz. We further demonstrate that the air-sample interface presents a tradeoff with the advantage of improved resolution, as the change in wave velocity at the interface creates a strong focusing effect alongside the attenuation, resulting in axial resolutions more than 10× smaller than that predicted by the traditional speed/bandwidth limit. A piecewise synthetic aperture radar (SAR) algorithm modified for US imaging and enhanced with signal processing techniques is used for image reconstruction, resulting in mm-scale lateral and axial image resolution. Finally, measurements are conducted to verify simulations and demonstrate successful system performance.

  View details for DOI 10.1109/TUFFC.2019.2925592

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• On-demand drug release from polypyrrole nanoparticulate films Chamberlayne, C., Baltsavias, S., Xu, H., Arbabian, A., Annes, J., Zare, R. AMER CHEMICAL SOC. 2019

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• MINI-SPECIAL ISSUE ON 2018 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INTEGRATED NONLINEAR MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETRE-WAVE CIRCUITS IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES Arbabian, A. 2019; 67 (7): 2521–22

  View details for DOI 10.1109/TMTT.2019.2919357

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• Chromatic Properties of Blood During Coagulation. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference Razavi, J., Arbabian, A. 2019; 2019: 4733–36

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  This paper proposes a method of detecting blood clots by analyzing the chromatic properties of blood. Measurements are performed with a Basler camera on blood during coagulation to determine the changes in red, green, and blue (RGB) values. Results show that there is a significant change in the red value that can be exploited for real-time, early detection of blood clots.

  View details for DOI 10.1109/EMBC.2019.8856365

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• Non-Invasive Remote Temperature Monitoring Using Microwave-Induced Thermoacoustic Imaging. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference Nan, H., Fitzpatrick, A., Wang, K., Arbabian, A. 2019; 2019: 6375–78

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  Non-invasive temperature monitoring of tissue at depth in real-time is critical to hyperthermia therapies such as high-intensity focused ultrasound. Knowledge of temperature allows for monitoring treatment as well as providing real-time feedback to adjust deposited power in order to maintain safe and effective temperatures. Microwave-induced thermoacoustic (TA) imaging, which combines the conductivity/dielectric contrast of microwave imaging with the resolution of ultrasound, shows potential for estimating temperature non-invasively in real-time by indirectly measuring the temperature dependent parameters from reconstructed images. In this work, we study the temperature dependent behavior of the generated pressure in the TA effect and experimentally demonstrate simultaneous imaging and temperature monitoring using TA imaging. The proof-of-concept experiments demonstrate millimeter spatial resolution while achieving degree-level accuracy.

  View details for DOI 10.1109/EMBC.2019.8857309

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• Ultrasonic Wake-Up With Precharged Transducers IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS Rekhi, A. S., Arbabian, A. 2019; 54 (5): 1475–86

  View details for DOI 10.1109/JSSC.2019.2892617

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• Time-of-flight imaging based on resonant photoelastic modulation APPLIED OPTICS Atalar, O., Van Laer, R., Sarabalis, C. J., Safavi-Naeini, A. H., Arbabian, A. 2019; 58 (9): 2235–47

  View details for DOI 10.1364/AO.58.002235

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• An Aptamer-based Electrochemical-Sensing Implant for Continuous Therapeutic-Drug Monitoring in vivo Chien, J., Mage, P. L., Soh, H., Arbabian, A., IEEE IEEE. 2019: C312–C313

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• Ultrasonic Implant Localization for Wireless Power Transfer: Active Uplink and Harmonic Backscatter Wang, M. L., Chang, T., Arbabian, A., IEEE IEEE. 2019: 818–21

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• Multi-Access Networking with Wireless Ultrasound-Powered Implants Chang, T., Wang, M., Arbabian, A., IEEE IEEE. 2019

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• Chromatic Properties of Blood During Coagulation Razavi, J., Arbabian, A., IEEE IEEE. 2019: 4733–36

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• Non-Invasive Remote Temperature Monitoring Using Microwave-Induced Thermoacoustic Imaging Nan, H., Fitzpatrick, A., Wang, K., Arbabian, A., IEEE IEEE. 2019: 6375–78

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• Non-Contact Thermoacoustic Sensing and Characterization of Plant Root Traits Singhvi, A., Ma, B., Scharwies, J., Dinneny, J. R., Khuri-Yakub, B. T., Arbabian, A., IEEE IEEE. 2019: 1992–95

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• In Vivo Wireless Sensors for Gut Microbiome Redox Monitoring. IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering Baltsavias, S. n., Van Treuren, W. n., Weber, M. n., Charthad, J. n., Baker, S. n., Sonnenburg, J. L., Arbabian, A. n. 2019

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  A perturbed gut microbiome has recently been linked with multiple disease processes, yet researchers currently lack tools that can provide in vivo, quantitative, and real-time insight into these processes and associated host-microbe interactions. We propose an in vivo wireless implant for monitoring gastrointestinal tract redox states using oxidation-reduction potentials (ORP). The implant is powered and conveniently interrogated via ultrasonic waves. We engineer the sensor electronics, electrodes, and encapsulation materials for robustness in vivo, and integrate them into an implant that endures autoclave sterilization and measures ORP for 12 days implanted in the cecum of a live rat. The presented implant platform paves the way for long-term experimental testing of biological hypotheses, offering new opportunities for understanding gut redox pathophysiology mechanisms, and facilitating translation to disease diagnosis and treatment applications.

  View details for DOI 10.1109/TBME.2019.2948575

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• Beamforming Microwave-Induced Thermoacoustic Imaging for Screening Applications IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES Nan, H., Liu, S., Buckmaster, J., Arbabian, A. 2019; 67 (1): 464–74

  View details for DOI 10.1109/TMTT.2018.2880901

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• Ultrasonic Implant Localization for Wireless Power Transfer: Active Uplink and Harmonic Backscatter. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium : [proceedings]. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium Wang, M. L., Chang, T. C., Arbabian, A. n. 2019; 2019: 818–21

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  Efficient ultrasonic power transfer to implantable devices requires precise transmitter beamforming to the receiver and can quickly degrade with small changes in implant location. Ultrasound localization can be used to find and track implants in the body to maintain an efficient link. We present a framework to calculate localization accuracy showing that sub-mm accuracy is obtainable using only three receive channels. A harmonic backscatter approach, which passively provides contrast in the frequency domain without active load modulation is compared to active uplink from the implant. The localization accuracy using both active uplink and harmonic backscatter from the implant power receiver is characterized using a linear array probe. The measured location standard deviation is nearly two orders of magnitude smaller than the half-power beamwidth of the array focal spot. Finally, beamforming using the measured location information increases the available power by over 20 × compared to an unfocused beam.

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• Multi-Access Networking with Wireless Ultrasound-Powered Implants. IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference : healthcare technology : [proceedings]. IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference Chang, T. C., Wang, M. n., Arbabian, A. n. 2019; 2019

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  Multi-access networking with miniaturized wireless implantable devices can enable and advance closed-loop medical applications to deliver precise diagnosis and treatment. Using ultrasound (US) for wireless implant systems is an advantageous approach as US can beamform with high spatial resolution to efficiently power and address multiple implants in the network. To demonstrate these capabilities, we use wirelessly powered mm-sized implants with bidirectional communication links; uplink data communication measurements are performed using time, spatial, and frequency-division multiplexing schemes in tissue phantom. A 32-channel linear transmitter array and an external receiver are used as a base station to network with two implants that are placed 6.5 cm deep and spaced less than 1 cm apart. Successful wireless powering and uplink data communication around 100 kbps with a measured bit error rate below 10-4 are demonstrated for all three networking schemes, validating the multi-access networking feasibility of US wireless implant systems.

  View details for DOI 10.1109/BIOCAS.2019.8919144

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• Communication With Crystal-Free Radios IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS Shaviv, D., Ozgur, A., Arbabian, A. 2018; 66 (10): 4513–20

  View details for DOI 10.1109/TCOMM.2018.2840713

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• End-to-End Design of Efficient Ultrasonic Power Links for Scaling Towards Submillimeter Implantable Receivers IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS Chang, T., Weber, M. J., Charthad, J., Baltsavias, S., Arbabian, A. 2018; 12 (5): 1100–1111

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  We present an analytical framework for optimizing the efficiency of ultrasonic wireless power links for implantable devices scaled down to sub-mm dimensions. Key design insights and tradeoffs are considered for various parameters including the operating frequency, the transmission depth, the size of the transmitter, the impedance and the aperture efficiency of the miniaturized receiver, and the interface between the receiver and the power recovery chain on the implant. The performance of spherically focused transducers as ultrasonic transmitters is analyzed to study the limits and the tradeoffs. Two optimization methods are presented: "Focal Peak" sets the focus of transducers at target depths, and "Global Maximum" maximizes the efficiency globally with off-focus operation. The results are also compared to phased array implementations. To investigate the efficiency of implants, miniaturized receivers made from single crystalline piezoelectric material, PMN-PT, are used as they have resonances in the derived optimal carrier frequency range (∼1-2 MHz). A methodology to achieve an efficient interface to the power electronics is then provided using an optogenetic stimulator as an example platform. The analytical results are verified through both simulations and measurements. Finally, an example ultrasonic link using a spherical transmitter with a radius of 2 cm is demonstrated; link efficiencies of 1.93-0.23% are obtained at 6-10 cm depths with sub-mm receivers for the optogenetic application.

  View details for DOI 10.1109/TBCAS.2018.2871470

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• Long-term in vivo performance of novel ultrasound powered implantable devices. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference Kang, C., Chang, T. C., Vo, J., Charthad, J., Weber, M., Arbabian, A., Vasudevan, S. 2018; 2018: 2985–88

  Abstract

  Neuromodulation devices have been approved for the treatment of epilepsy and seizures, with many other applications currently under research investigation. These devices rely on implanted battery powered pulse generators, that require replacement over time. Miniaturized ultrasound powered implantable devices have the potential to eliminate the need for batteries in neuromodulation devices. While these devices have been assessed in vitro, long-term in vivo assessment is required to determine device safety and performance. In this study, we developed a multi-stage long-term test platform to assess the performance of miniaturized ultrasound powered implantable devices.

  View details for DOI 10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512978

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• Thermal analysis of ultrasound-powered miniaturized implants: A tissue-phantom study. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Walden, C., Soneson, J., Weber, M. J., Charthad, J., Chia Chang, T., Arbabian, A., Myers, M. 2018; 143 (6): 3373

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  Neurological implants that harvest ultrasound power have the potential to provide long-term stimulation without complications associated with battery power. An important safety question associated with long-term operation of the implant involves the heat generated by the interaction of the device with the ultrasound field. A study was performed in which the temperature rise generated by this interaction was measured. Informed by temperature data from thermocouples outside the ultrasound beam, a mathematical inverse method was used to determine the volume heat source generated by ultrasound absorption within the implant as well as the surface heat source generated within the viscous boundary layer on the surface of the implant. For the test implant used, it was determined that most of the heat was generated in the boundary layer, giving a maximum temperature rise 5 times that for absorption in an equivalent volume of soft tissue. This result illustrates that thermal safety guidelines based solely on ultrasound absorption of tissue alone are not sufficient. The method presented represents an alternative approach for quantifying ultrasound thermal effects in the presence of implants. The analysis shows a steady temperature rise of about 0.2°C for every 100 mW/cm2 for the presented test implant.

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• A mm-Sized Wireless Implantable Device for Electrical Stimulation of Peripheral Nerves IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS Charthad, J., Chang, T., Liu, Z., Sawaby, A., Weber, M. J., Baker, S., Gore, F., Felt, S. A., Arbabian, A. 2018; 12 (2): 257–70

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  A wireless electrical stimulation implant for peripheral nerves, achieving >10× improvement over state of the art in the depth/volume figure of merit, is presented. The fully integrated implant measures just 2 mm × 3 mm × 6.5 mm (39 mm3, 78 mg), and operates at a large depth of 10.5 cm in a tissue phantom. The implant is powered using ultrasound and includes a miniaturized piezoelectric receiver (piezo), an IC designed in 180 nm HV BCD process, an off-chip energy storage capacitor, and platinum stimulation electrodes. The package also includes an optional blue light-emitting diode for potential applications in optogenetic stimulation in the future. A system-level design strategy for complete operation of the implant during the charging transient of the storage capacitor, as well as a unique downlink command/data transfer protocol, is presented. The implant enables externally programmable current-controlled stimulation of peripheral nerves, with a wide range of stimulation parameters, both for electrical (22 to 5000 μA amplitude, ∼14 to 470 μs pulse-width, 0 to 60 Hz repetition rate) and optical (up to 23 mW/mm2 optical intensity) stimulation. Additionally, the implant achieves 15 V compliance voltage for chronic applications. Full integration of the implant components, end-to-end in vitro system characterizations, and results for the electrical stimulation of a sciatic nerve, demonstrate the feasibility and efficacy of the proposed stimulator for peripheral nerves.

  View details for DOI 10.1109/TBCAS.2018.2799623

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• A Miniaturized Single-Transducer Implantable Pressure Sensor With Time-Multiplexed Ultrasonic Data and Power Links Weber, M. J., Yoshihara, Y., Sawaby, A., Charthad, J., Chang, T., Arbabian, A. IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC. 2018: 1089–1101

  View details for DOI 10.1109/JSSC.2017.2782086

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• A mm-sized wireless implantable device for electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves IEEE Trans. Biomedical Circuits and Systems Charthad, J. 2018
• A Dual-Element VNA Electronic Calibration in CMOS Chien, J., Arbabian, A., Niknejad, A. M., IEEE IEEE. 2018: 71–74

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• A Single-Element VNA Electronic Calibration in CMOS Chien, J., Arbabian, A., Niknejad, A. M., IEEE IEEE. 2018: 1304–7

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• A Programmable RF Transmitter for Wideband Thermoacoustic Spectroscopic Imaging Nan, H., Arbabian, A., IEEE IEEE. 2018: 1405–8

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• Array Location Uncertainty in Imaging Radar: SAR vs. MIMO-SAR Mamandipoor, B., Teisberg, T., Kananian, S., Arbabian, A., IEEE IEEE. 2018: 150–53

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• A 14.5mm(2) 8nW-59.7dBm-Sensitivity Ultrasonic Wake-Up Receiver for Power-, Area-, and Interference-Constrained Applications Rekhi, A., Arbabian, A., IEEE IEEE. 2018: 454-+

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• A 14.5mm(2) 8nW-59.7dBm-Sensitivity Ultrasonic Wake-Up Receiver for Power-, Area-, and Interference-Constrained Applications Rekhi, A., Arbabian, A., IEEE IEEE. 2018

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• Wireless Data Links for Next-Generation Networked Micro-Implantables Wang, M. L., Baltsavias, S., Chang, T., Weber, M. J., Charthad, J., Arbabian, A., IEEE IEEE. 2018

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• Wireless Data Links for Next-Generation Networked Micro-Implantables Proc. 2018 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference Wang, M. L., Baltsavias, S., Chang, T., Weber, M. J., Arbabian, A. 2018
• Microwave-Induced Thermoacoustic Imaging of Subcutaneous Vasculature With Near-Field RF Excitation IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES Aliroteh, M. S., Arbabian, A. 2018; 66 (1): 577–88

  View details for DOI 10.1109/TMTT.2017.2714664

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• A miniaturized single-transducer implantable pressure sensor with time-multiplexed ultrasonic data and power links IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits Weber, M., Yoshihara, Y., Sawaby, A., Charthad, J., Chang, T., Arbabian, A. 2018
• Ball Grid Array Module With Integrated Shaped Lens for 5G Backhaul/Fronthaul Communications in F-Band IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION Bisognin, A., Nachahe, N., Luxey, C., Gianesello, F., Gloria, D., Costa, J. R., Fernandes, C. A., Alvarez, Y., Arboleya-Arboleya, A., Laviada, J., Las-Heras, F., Dolatsha, N., Grave, B., Sawaby, M., Arbabian, A. 2017; 65 (12): 6380–94

  View details for DOI 10.1109/TAP.2017.2755439

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• Wireless Power Transfer to Millimeter-Sized Nodes Using Airborne Ultrasound IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL Rekhi, A. S., Khuri-Yakub, B. T., Arbabian, A. 2017; 64 (10): 1526–41

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  We propose the use of airborne ultrasound for wireless power transfer to mm-sized nodes, with intended application in the next generation of the Internet of Things (IoT). We show through simulation that ultrasonic power transfer can deliver 50 [Formula: see text] to a mm-sized node 0.88 m away from a ~ 50-kHz, 25-cm2 transmitter array, with the peak pressure remaining below recommended limits in air, and with load power increasing with transmitter area. We report wireless power recovery measurements with a precharged capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer, demonstrating a load power of 5 [Formula: see text] at a simulated distance of 1.05 m. We present aperture efficiency, dynamic range, and bias-free operation as key metrics for the comparison of transducers meant for wireless power recovery. We also argue that long-range wireless charging at the watt level is extremely challenging with existing technology and regulations. Finally, we compare our acoustic powering system with cutting edge electromagnetically powered nodes and show that ultrasound has many advantages over RF as a vehicle for power delivery. Our work sets the foundation for further research into ultrasonic wireless power transfer for the IoT.

  View details for DOI 10.1109/TUFFC.2017.2737620

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• Exploiting spatial degrees of freedom for high data rate ultrasound communication with implantable devices APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Wang, M. L., Arbabian, A. 2017; 111 (13)

  View details for DOI 10.1063/1.5004967

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• Remote sub-wavelength focusing of ultrasonically activated Lorentz current APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Rekhi, A. S., Arbabian, A. 2017; 110 (16)

  View details for DOI 10.1063/1.4981906

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• Scaling of Ultrasound-Powered Receivers for Sub-Millimeter Wireless Implants IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS) Chang, T., Weber, M. J., Charthad, J., Baltsavias, S., Arbabian, A. 2017
• Communication with Crystal-Free Radios Shaviv, D., Ozgur, A., Arbabian, A., IEEE IEEE. 2017

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• Closed-Loop Ultrasonic Power and Communication with Multiple Miniaturized Active Implantable Medical Devices Wang, M. L., Chang, T., Teisberg, T., Weber, M. J., Charthad, J., Arbabian, A., IEEE IEEE. 2017

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• A High-Precision 36 mm(3) Programmable Implantable Pressure Sensor with Fully Ultrasonic Power-up and Data Link Weber, M. J., Yoshihara, Y., Sawaby, A., Charthad, J., Chang, T., Garland, R., Arbabian, A., IEEE IEEE. 2017: C104–C105

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• Capsule Ultrasound Device: Characterization and Testing Results Wang, J., Memon, F., Touma, G., Baltsavias, S., Jang, J., Chang, C., Rasmussen, M., Olcott, E., Jeffrey, R., Arbabian, A., Khuri-Yakub, B. T., IEEE IEEE. 2017

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• Sound Technologies, Sound Bodies IEEE MICROWAVE MAGAZINE Arbabian, A., Chang, T. C., Wang, M. L., Charthad, J., Baltsavias, S., Fallahpour, M., Weber, M. J. 2016; 17 (12): 39-54

  View details for DOI 10.1109/MMM.2016.2608638

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• Design of Tunable Ultrasonic Receivers for Efficient Powering of Implantable Medical Devices With Reconfigurable Power Loads IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL Chang, T. C., Weber, M. J., Wang, M. L., Charthad, J., Khuri-Yakub, B. (., Arbabian, A. 2016; 63 (10): 1554-1562

  Abstract

  Miniaturized ultrasonic receivers are designed for efficient powering of implantable medical devices with reconfigurable power loads. Design parameters that affect the efficiency of these receivers under highly variable load conditions, including piezoelectric material, geometry, and operation frequency, are investigated. Measurements were performed to characterize electrical impedance and acoustic-to-electrical efficiency of ultrasonic receivers for off-resonance operation. Finally, we propose, analyze, and demonstrate adaptive matching and frequency tuning techniques using two different reconfigurable matching networks for typical implant loads from 10 [Formula: see text] to 1 mW. Both simulations and measurements show a significant increase in total implant efficiency (up to 50 percentage points) over this load power range when operating off-resonance with the proposed matching networks.

  View details for DOI 10.1109/TUFFC.2016.2606655

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• Loss and Dispersion Limitations in mm-Wave Dielectric Waveguides for High-Speed Links IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON TERAHERTZ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Dolatsha, N., Chen, C., Arbabian, A. 2016; 6 (4): 637-640

  View details for DOI 10.1109/TTHZ.2016.2574326

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• System-Level Analysis of Far-Field Radio Frequency Power Delivery for mm-Sized Sensor Nodes IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS I-REGULAR PAPERS Charthad, J., Dolatsha, N., Rekhi, A., Arbabian, A. 2016; 63 (2): 300-311

  View details for DOI 10.1109/TCSI.2015.2512720

  View details for Web of Science ID 000372751000013

• Fully packaged millimetre-wave dielectric waveguide with multimodal excitation ELECTRONICS LETTERS Dolatsha, N., Saiz, N., Arbabian, A. 2015; 51 (17): 1339-1340

  View details for DOI 10.1049/el.2015.2306

  View details for Web of Science ID 000359725300021

• A mm-Sized Implantable Medical Device (IMD) With Ultrasonic Power Transfer and a Hybrid Bi-Directional Data Link IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS Charthad, J., Weber, M. J., Chang, T. C., Arbabian, A. 2015; 50 (8): 1741-1753

  View details for DOI 10.1109/JSSC.2015.2427336

  View details for Web of Science ID 000358618500002

• A Power-Harvesting Pad-Less Millimeter-Sized Radio IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS Tabesh, M., Dolatsha, N., Arbabian, A., Niknejad, A. M. 2015; 50 (4): 962-977

  View details for DOI 10.1109/JSSC.2014.2384034

  View details for Web of Science ID 000352156000013

• Non-contact thermoacoustic detection of embedded targets using airborne-capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Nan, H., Boyle, K. C., Apte, N., Aliroteh, M. S., Bhuyan, A., Nikoozadeh, A., Khuri-Yakub, B. T., Arbabian, A. 2015; 106 (8)

  View details for DOI 10.1063/1.4909508

  View details for Web of Science ID 000350546600091

• Stepped-frequency continuous-wave microwave-induced thermoacoustic imaging APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Nan, H., Arbabian, A. 2014; 104 (22)

  View details for DOI 10.1063/1.4879841

  View details for Web of Science ID 000337161700093

• Frequency-modulated magneto-acoustic detection and imaging ELECTRONICS LETTERS Aliroteh, M. S., Scott, G., Arbabian, A. 2014; 50 (11): 790-791

  View details for DOI 10.1049/el.2014.0997

  View details for Web of Science ID 000337911200006

• mm-Wave Silicon: Smarter, Faster, and Cheaper Communication and Imaging. Frequency References, Power Management for SoC, and Smart Wireless Interfaces Niknejad, Ali, M., Arbabian, A., Callender, S., Chen, J., Chien, J., Kang, S. Springer International Publishing. 2014: 281–295
• A power-harvesting pad-less mm-sized 24/60GHz passive radio with on-chip antennas IEEE VLSI Circuits Symposium Tabesh, M. 2014

  View details for DOI 10.1109/VLSIC.2014.6858380

• Segmentation and Artifact Removal in Microwave-Induced Thermoacoustic Imaging 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering-in-Medicine-and-Biology-Society (EMBC) Nan, H., Chou, T., Arbabian, A. IEEE. 2014: 4747–4750

  Abstract

  Microwave-induced thermoacoustic (TA) imaging combines the soft-tissue dielectric contrast of microwave excitation with the resolution of ultrasound for the goal of a safe, high resolution, and possibly portable imaging technique. However, the hybrid nature of this method introduces new image-reconstruction challenges in enabling sufficient accuracy and segmentation. In this paper, we propose a segmentation technique based on the polarity characteristic of TA signals. A wavelet analysis based method is proposed to identify reflection artifacts as well. The time-frequency feature of the signal is used to assist differentiating artifacts. Ex vivo verification with experimental data is also provided.

  View details for Web of Science ID 000350044704184

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• A 135GHz SiGe Transmitter With A Dielectric Rod Antenna-In-Package For High EIRP/Channel Arrays 36th Annual IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) - The Showcase for Integrated Circuit Design in the Heart of Silicon Valley Saiz, N., Dolatsha, N., Arbabian, A. IEEE. 2014

  View details for Web of Science ID 000349122300144

• A mm-Sized Implantable Device with Ultrasonic Energy Transfer and RF Data Uplink for High-Power Applications 36th Annual IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) - The Showcase for Integrated Circuit Design in the Heart of Silicon Valley Charthad, J., Weber, M. J., Chang, T. C., Saadat, M., Arbabian, A. IEEE. 2014

  View details for Web of Science ID 000349122300093

• A 94 GHz mm-Wave-to-Baseband Pulsed-Radar Transceiver with Applications in Imaging and Gesture Recognition Symposium on VLSI Circuits held its 26th Meeting on State-of-the-Art Topics important to VLSI Circuit and System Designers, as well as Device and Process Technology Experts Arbabian, A., Callender, S., Kang, S., Rangwala, M., Niknejad, A. M. IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC. 2013: 1055–71

  View details for DOI 10.1109/JSSC.2013.2239004

  View details for Web of Science ID 000316810500017

• Analysis and Design of a Multi-mode Dielectric Waveguide Interconnect with Planar Excitation Dolatsha, N., Arbabian, A. 2013
• Dielectric Waveguide with Planar Multi-Mode Excitation for High Data-Rate Chip-to-Chip Interconnects Dolatsha, N., Arbabian, A. 2013
• A Three-Stage Cascaded Distributed Amplifier with GBW Exceeding 1.5THz IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC) Arbabian, A., Niknejad, A. 2012: 211-214
• A 94GHz mm-wave to baseband pulsed-radar for imaging and gesture recognition. In VLSI Circuits (VLSIC) Arbabian, A., Kang, S., Callender, S., Chien, J., Afshar, B., Niknejad, A. 2012: 56-57
• 60GHz Low-Loss Compact Phase Shifters Using A Lumped Element Hybrid CICC Tabesh, M., Arbabian, A., Niknejad, A. 2011
• Time-Domain Ultra-Wideband Synthetic Imager (TUSI) in Silicon 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering-in-Medicine-and-Biology-Society (EMBS) Arbabian, A., Niknejad, A. M. IEEE. 2011: 505–511

  Abstract

  This paper introduces a silicon-based imaging array for remote measurements of complex permittivity of tissue. Using a coherent pulsed measurement approach, this time-frequency resolved technique recovers the three dimensional mapping of electrical properties of the subject in the microwave/millimeter-wave frequency spectrum. Some of the major challenges in the design of the system are described. Initial measurement results from the prototype high-resolution transmitter fabricated in a 0.13 μm SiGe process are described. The transmitter achieves pulse widths suitable for millimeter-level accuracy imaging.

  View details for Web of Science ID 000298810000122

  View details for PubMedID 22254359

• A 90GHz Pulsed-Transmitter with Near-Field/Far-Field Energy Cancellation using a Dual-Loop Antenna Arbabian, A., Kang, S., Callender, S., Afshar, B., Chien, J., Niknejad, A. 2011
• A 90 GHz Hybrid Switching Pulsed-Transmitter for Medical Imaging IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS Arbabian, A., Callender, S., Kang, S., Afshar, B., Chien, J., Niknejad, A. M. 2010; 45 (12): 2667-2681

  View details for DOI 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2077150

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• A 90GHz Carrier 30GHz Bandwidth Hybrid Switching Transmitter with Integrated Antenna ISSCC 2010 Digest of Teach. Arbabian, et. al., A. 2010: 420-421
• A 90nm CMOS Low-Power 60GHz Transceiver with Integrated Baseband Circuitry IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits Marcu, C., Chowdhury, D., Thakkar, C., Park, J., Kong, L., Tabesh, M., Arbabian, A. 2009; 44 (12): 3434-3447
• A 90nm CMOS Low-Power 60GH Transceiver with Integrated Baseband Circuitry ISSCC 2010 Digest of Tech. Papers Marcu, C., Chowdhury, D., Thakkar, C., Kong, L., Tabesh, M., Park, J., Arbabian, A. 2009: 314-315
• Design of a CMOS Tapered Cascaded Multistage Distributed Amplifier IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques Arbabian, A., Niknejad, A., M. 2009; 57 (4): 938-947
• A Tapered Cascaded Multi-Stage Distributed Amplifier with 370GHz GBW in 90nm CMOS Arbabian, A., Niknejad, A., M. 2008
• A Broadband Distributed Amplifier with Internal Feedback Providing 660GHz GBW in 90nm CMOS ISSCC 2008 Digest of Tech. Papers Arbabian, A., Niknejad, A., M. 2008: 196-197
• A 60-GHz 90- nm CMOS Cascode Amplifier with Interstage Matching Heydari, B., Reynaert, P., Adabi, E., Bohsali, M., Afshar, B., Arbabian, A. 2007
• Internal Unilaterization Technique for CMOS mm-Wave Amplifiers Heydari, B., Adabi, E., Bohsali, M., Afshar, B., Arbabian, A., Niknejad, A., M. 2007
• The Optimizations of PRF Staggering in a MTI Radar Arbabian, A., Bastani, M., H., Tabesh, M. 2005
• Rural Telecommunications in Iran: A Hybrid Solution Tabesh, M., Arbabian, A., Javaheri, H., Jalali, A. 2005