Ali Medi

medi@sharif.edu • EE-220, Sharif Univ. of Tech., Azadi Ave., Tehran, Iran • +98 (21) 6616-4340

Courses Offered
Radio Frequency Circuits and Systems Design (Undergraduate, Fall 2007, Fall 2008)
Electronics II (Undergraduate, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008)
Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit Design (Graduate, Spring 2008)

Graduate Coursework
Radio Frequency Systems and Hardware Mixed-Signal VLSI Systems (2Course, Design/Project)
MMIC Design and Technology Design of Analog and Digital Integrated Filters
VLSI System Design (2Course, Design/Project) Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Random Processes in Engineering Advanced Electromagnetic Theory
Solid-State Processing and Integrated Circuits Lab. Technical Seminar on VLSI Design

Education
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Univ. of Southern California (USC) Los Angeles, CA May 2003-Aug 2007
• Research Topic: Design of CMOS Frequency Channelized UWB Transceiver.
• Emphasis in Analog and Wideband RF Integrated Circuit Design.

M.Sc. Electrical Engineering Univ. of Southern California (USC) Los Angeles, CA Aug. 2001-May 2003
• Emphasis in VLSI and Analog Integrated Circuit Design.

B.Sc. Electrical Engineering Sharif Univ. of Technology (SUT) Tehran, Iran Sep. 1997-Jul. 2001
• Emphasis in Telecommunications and Electronics.
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• Ranked 87 out of 400,000 participants in Iran’s University Entrance Exam (1997).

Experience
Assistant Professor Sharif University of Technology Tehran, Iran Jun. 2007-Present
• Teaching analog and RF circuit design courses to undergraduate and graduate students.
• Re-organizing undergraduate and graduate analog and RF courses and labs.
• Researching in design and implementation of high-speed analog and RF integrated circuits.

Director of R&D Iran Microelectronics Research Center Tehran, Iran Jun. 2007-Dec. 2007
• Managing the research groups of the center.
• Initiating the Mobile’s Hands-Free module project.
• Managing the Digital Video Broadcasting for Handheld (DVB-H) project.

RF Design Broadcom Corporation Irvine, CA Jul. 2005-Dec. 2006

• Designing RF blocks for EDGE/WEDGE CMOS receivers in 0.13um and 65nm technologies.
• Design and fabrication of an LO chain (VCO-VCO buffer-dividers) for EDGE transceivers in 65nm.
• Design, fabrication and test of a 3-5GHz LO chain for WEDGE transceivers in 65nm.
 • Design and fabrication of VCO buffer & high frequency dividers for EDGE transceivers in 0.13um.
• Design and fabrication of a Crystal Oscillator with 0.01ppm accuracy in 0.13um.

VLSI Engineering Qualcomm Technologies (QCT) San Diego, CA Jan. 2005-Jul. 2005
• Designing high-speed digital I/O drivers with matched output in TSMC 90nm technology.

Research Assistant USC UltRaLab Los Angeles, CA May 2002-May 2007

• Designed, fabricated, tested, and characterized a fully integrated frequency channelized UWB
transceiver in 0.18um TSMC CMOS technology.
• Designed, fabricated, and characterized a Wideband RF Front-End (Low Noise Amplifier and Mixer)
for an UWB Receiver (0.25u TSMC-July ’03).
• Designed and fabricated a frequency synthesizer with 2.5 and 5GHz outputs (0.25u TSMC- May’03).
• Designed and fabricated a base-band amplifier with 60dB gain and 1GHz BW (0.25u TSMC-Nov ’02).
• Designed a Multi-Output Frequency Synthesizer with 4, 5, 6, and 7GHz outputs.

Hardware Engineer Alfred Mann Institute (AMI-USC) Los Angeles, CA Jan. 2002-Mar. 2005
• Design of hardware for cervical monitor and transplantation monitor.
• Participation in many animal studies and livestock surgeries.
• Design and implementation of hardware (Ultrasound amplifier, Donut-shaped motherboard, Pulse
controller board, and High-Voltage Pulse generator) for a penetration-mode Ultrasonic Mammogram
system.

Teaching Assistant Viterbi School of Engineering Los Angeles, CA Aug. 2004-Dec. 2004
• Grader for Mixed-Signal VLSI Systems design course (Fall 2002).
• Teaching Assistant for MOS design course (Fall 2004).
• Teaching Assistant for VLSI System design course (Fall 2004).
• Teaching Assistant & Grader for Radio Frequency Systems and Hardware (Fall 2005).
• Teaching Assistant for VLSI System design course (Spring 2006).
• VLSI Group Tools TA & Tutor (Fall 2006).

Hardware/Firmware Eng SUT Electronics Research Center Tehran, Iran Aug. 2000-Aug. 2001
• Worked on the designs and implementations of a Base Station and E1 Interface (hardware and
firmware) for a Wireless Local Loop (WLL).

Engineering Intern Iranian Government Television Tehran, Iran Jun. 2000-Aug. 2000
• Gained valuable experience working on the instillation and repair of TV and Radio Transmitters.

Skills
CAD Programs: Cadence, Virtuoso (Schematic & Layout), Spectre, SpectreRF, HSPICE, Microwave
Office, Nanosim, Ocean, Calibre, Hercules, Assura, Assura RCX, QuickCap, CFill,
Dracula, PSPICE, ORCAD, Magic, IRSIM, Protel, Eagle.
Equipment: Bonding Machine, Spectrum Analyzer, Network Analyzer, Logic Analyzer, Phase Noise
Analyzer, Noise Figure Analyzer, Digital Sampling Oscilloscope.
OS and Applications: UNIX, Win XP, Win 2000, MS-DOS, Word, Power Point, Excel, Visio, X-Win.
Programming Languages: SKILL, C, Intel x86 Assembly (8 & 16-bit), Matlab, Pascal.
Publications

“Transmitter development for cellular integrated circuits,” Communications Magazine, IEEE,

Volume 46, Issue 9, September 2008 Page(s):146 – 152.

“A High Data-Rate Energy-Efficient Interference-Tolerant Fully Integrated CMOS Frequency

Channelized UWB Transceiver for Impulse Radio,” Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of,
Volume 43, Issue 4, April 2008 Page(s):974 – 980.

“A Fully Integrated Quad-Band GPRS/EDGE Radio in 0.13um CMOS,” Solid-State Circuits

Conference, 2008. ISSCC 2008. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International, 3-7 Feb.
2008 Page(s):206 – 607.

“A 108/98 pJ/b 1Gbps Fully Integrated Interference Tolerant Frequency Channelized UWB
Transmitter/Receiver,” VLSI Circuits, 2007 IEEE Symposium on, 14-16 June 2007
Page(s):58 – 59.

“A fully integrated low cost packaged CMOS low noise amplifier for the UWB radio.” Radio and
Wireless Symposium, 2006 IEEE, 17-19 Jan. 2006 Page(s):115 – 118.

“A fully integrated multi-output CMOS frequency synthesizer for channelized receivers,” SOC
Conference, 2003. Proceedings. IEEE International [Systems-on-Chip], 17-20 Sept. 2003
Page(s):75 – 78.

Patents

“Ultra Small-Step Switchable Capacitor,” Filled Jointly with Mr. Hooman Darabi Through Broadcom
Corporation Patent Department. on Jan. 2006, US Patent Office Number Pending.