Department of Microelectronics
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science

Anil Kumar Kumaran

Publications

  1. A 4×Two-Way mm-Wave Doherty CMOS PA
    Kumaran, Anil Kumar; Wu, Yizhuo; Pashaeifar, Masoud; Nachouane, Hamza; Gao, Chang; Cornelis Nicolaas de Vreede, Leonardus; Alavi, Morteza S.;
    IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques,
    Volume 73, Issue 10, pp. 7482-7499, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2025.3569155
    Keywords: ... Impedance;Power combiners;Power amplifiers;Power generation;Bandwidth;Peak to average power ratio;Inductors;5G mobile communication;Capacitors;CMOS technology;Adaptive biasing;artificial intelligence (AI);compact;digital predistortion (DPD);Doherty;lumped components;millimeter-wave (mm-wave);power amplifier (PA);power combiner;three-stage;voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR).

  2. A Single-Supply Balun-First Three-Way mm-Wave Doherty PA
    Kumaran, Anil Kumar; Pashaeifar, Masoud; Alexanderson, Mats; Vreede, Leonardus Cornelis Nicolaas de; Alavi, Morteza S.;
    IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques,
    Volume 72, Issue 5, pp. 2757-2772, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2024.3365697
    Keywords: ... Inductors;Integrated circuit modeling;5G mobile communication;Capacitors;Bandwidth;Impedance;Peak to average power ratio;Compact;Doherty;lumped components;millimeter wave;Norton transformation;power amplifier (PA);three-stage.

  3. 32.7 A 25.2dBm PSAT, 35-to-43GHz VSWR-Resilient Chain-Weaver Eight-Way Balanced PA with an Embedded Impedance/Power Sensor
    Pashaeifar, Masoud; Kumaran, Anil K.; De Vreede, Leo C.N.; Alavi, Morteza S.;
    In 2024 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC),
    pp. 532-534, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC49657.2024.10454427
    Keywords: ... Time-frequency analysis;5G mobile communication;Transmitters;Linearity;Power amplifiers;Solid state circuits;Reliability.

  4. A 26GHz Balun-First Three-Way Doherty PA in 40nm CMOS with 20.7 dBm Psat and 20dB Power Gain
    Kumaran, Anil Kumar; Pashaeifar, Masoud; Nemati, Hossein Mashad; de Vreede, Leo C.N.; Alavi, Morteza S.;
    In 2023 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC),
    pp. 189-192, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/RFIC54547.2023.10186161
    Keywords: ... Power measurement;5G mobile communication;Radio transmitters;Power amplifiers;Radiofrequency integrated circuits;Frequency measurement;Scattering parameters;Doherty;3-stage Power amplifier;Compact;Millimeter wave;Lumped components;Norton transformation.

  5. Compact N-Way Doherty Power Combiners for mm-wave 5G Transmitters
    Kumaran, Anil Kumar; Nemati, Hossein Mashad; De Vreede, Leo C.N.; Alavi, Morteza S.;
    In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
    pp. 438-442, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS48785.2022.9937619
    Keywords: ... Q-factor;Power combiners;Transmitters;5G mobile communication;Layout;Metals;Bandwidth;Doherty;Power amplifier;Transmission line;Lumped-element;Peak-to-average power ratio..

  6. On-Chip Output Stage Design for a Continuous Class-F Power Amplifier
    Kumaran, Anil Kumar; Pashaeifar, Masoud; D’Avino, Marco; de Vreede, Leo C. N.; Alavi, Morteza S.;
    In 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
    pp. 1-5, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS51556.2021.9401788
    Keywords: ... Radio frequency;Layout;Power amplifiers;Power system harmonics;Harmonic analysis;System-on-chip;Inductors;Continuous class F (CCF);Output matching network;Power amplifier (PA);Harmonic termination;Differential-mode analysis;Common-mode analysis.

  7. A 24-to-32GHz series-Doherty PA with two-step impedance inverting power combiner achieving 20.4dBm Psat and 38%/34% PAE at Psat/6dB PBO for 5G applications
    Pashaeifar, Masoud; Kumaran, Anil K.; Beikmirza, Mohammadreza; de Vreede, Leo C.N.; Alavi, Morteza S.;
    In 2021 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC),
    pp. 1-3, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/A-SSCC53895.2021.9634772
    Keywords: ... Power transmission lines;5G mobile communication;Power combiners;Broadband amplifiers;Transmitters;Modulation;Throughput.

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