About
Ali Fotowat-Ahmady was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1958. He received the B.S. degree from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, in 1980, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, in 1982 and 1991, respectively. He started his career at Philips Semiconductor in Sunnyvale, CA, USA, in 1987 where he developed several integrated circuits for mobile phones. In 1991 he joined the Electrical Engineering Department of Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. His research interests include advanced integrated circuits for energy savings and communication/positioning applications.
Associate Professor of EE at Sharif
Seeking system and custom IC design consulting projects in the areas of 4G-LTE, IoT and M2M, DSRC, GNSS, Wearable electronics and Automotive radar. In the past 23 years in our consulting company we have finished and delivered more than 70 such projects.
- Phone: +982166165919
- City: Tehran, IRAN
- Email: afotowat@sharif.edu
- Visiting Time: 9 - 11 am
Due to his interests in entrepreneurial engineering, he has been the co-founder of several companies and continues advising his students on the same. Dr. Fotowat-Ahmady is a three times recipient of the Kharazmi Science and Engineering Award for his work on low-power microelectronics and communication ICs. He is a member of the IEEE Solid-State Society and has been the adviser of the society's Sharif Electrical Engineering student chapter. He is also a member of the executive committee of the Karaya Angel Fund (An NGO promoting new start-ups).
Facts
Teaching more than 30 years in Sharif University. Seeking system and custom IC design consulting projects in the areas of 4G-LTE, IoT and M2M, DSRC, GNSS, Wearable electronics and Automotive radar.
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Publications
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Awards
Research Areas
Seeking system and custom IC design consulting projects in the areas of 4G-LTE, IoT and M2M, DSRC, GNSS, Wearable electronics and Automotive radar.
Resume
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Education
Stanford University
1982 - 1991
PhD , EE
Activities and societies: IEEE member since 1978
I was a Professor James D. Meindl student. I developed micropower systems and chips for implantable ultrasonic blood flow meters. These included integrated analog transcoductor-C filters with nA level currents, plus a low power FM transmitter. I also did some work on implantable antennas. I was probably one of the last PhD students in the world "fabricating" my own chip.
Stanford University
1980 - 1982
M.S. EE , Microelectronics
Caltech
1978 - 1980
Bachelor's degree , Electrical (electronics)
Caltech is a very special place. The professors are few but the best experts in the world. Slobodan Cuk and Robert D. Middlebrook (An unquestionable master of Electronics) and John Chome (who taught at Caltech) had the highest impact on me. I learned how to innovate and invent from Prof. Cuk.
University of Michigan
1977 - 1978
B.S EE
Grade: Honor student
Sharif University of Technology
1976 - 1977
B.S EE
Sumary
Ali Fotowat Ahmady
Ali Fotowat-Ahmady was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1958. He received the B.S. degree from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, in 1980, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, in 1982 and 1991, respectively. He started his career at Philips Semiconductor in Sunnyvale, CA, USA, in 1987 where he developed several integrated circuits for mobile phones. In 1991 he joined the Electrical Engineering Department of Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. His research interests include advanced integrated circuits for energy savings and communication/positioning applications.
Experience
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
sep 1991 - Present
Sharif University of Technology
Member of the Executive board
Dec 2018 - Present
Karaya Angel Investors
Director
sep 1991 - Present
Kavoshcom Asia R&D
- Custom (ASIC) integrated circuit design.
- AVL and Fleet management products
- Advanced mobile network planning and optimization
IC Design Engineer
Sep 1987 - Sep 1991
Philips Semiconductor Sunnyvale
Responsible for the design of several RF integrated circuits that became the industry standard.
Research Team
Ali Asghar Razavi Haeri
receive and Send Data
Collaborating on these projects was an esteemed opportunity for me, as it allowed me to delve into the automotive industry by working on the deep learning component of the Central Radar Fusion Net Project. Moreover, I feel a strong sense of pride for my involvement in the signal processing phase of the Wearable Electronics initiative.
Sadra Tafaghodi
Design LIDIR Car
It was a privilege to be part of these projects, where I had the chance to learn extensively about the automotive field through my work in the deep learning domain of the Central Radar Fusion Net Project. Additionally, I took great pride in my collaboration on the signal processing aspect of the Wearable Electronics endeavor.
Sobhan Dabidian
Finding things in passageway
The opportunity to work on these projects was truly an honor, as it enabled me to gain extensive knowledge about the automotive industry through my involvement in the deep learning phase of the Central Radar Fusion Net Project. Equally noteworthy was my proud collaboration in the signal processing aspect of the Wearable Electronics initiative.
Hamid Reza Rahimi
Wearable Electronic
I consider it a great honor to have collaborated on these projects, where I immersed myself in the world of automotive advancements through my work on the deep learning component of the Central Radar Fusion Net Project. Furthermore, I took immense pride in my contributions to the signal processing aspect of the Wearable Electronics endeavor.
Ashkan Rahdar
Wearable Electronic & Camera Radar Fusion Net
It was my honor collaborating on these projects. Learned a lot about Automotive by working in the deep learning part of the Central Radar Fusion Net Project; Also I have proudly collaborated in the signal processing part of the Wearable electronics.
Amirhossein Moradi
battery tester & Wearable electronic
Collaborating on these projects was a true honor, as I gained valuable insights into the automotive industry through my involvement in the deep learning component of the Central Radar Fusion Net Project. Additionally, I take great pride in my contribution to the signal processing aspect of the Wearable Electronics project.
Mohammad Amin panahandeh
Wearable electronic
It has been an absolute privilege to work on these projects, where I had the opportunity to delve into the realm of automotive technology by focusing on deep learning within the Central Radar Fusion Net Project. Equally gratifying was my proud involvement in the signal processing phase of the Wearable Electronics initiative.
Publications
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IEEE
Self-aware data processing for power saving in resource-constrained iot cyber-physical systems
2021
Ehsan Hadizadeh Hafshejani, Nima TaheriNejad, Rozhan Rabbani, Zohreh Azizi, Shahabeddin Mohin, Ali Fotowat-Ahmady, Shahriar Mirabbasi
IEEE Sensors Journal 22 (4), 3648-3659
A W-band single-antenna FMCW radar transceiver with adaptive leakage cancellation
2020
M Kalantari, W Li, H Shirinabadi, A Fotowat-Ahmady, CP Yue
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits 56 (6), 1655-1667
A low-power signal-dependent sampling technique: Analysis, implementation, and applications
2020
EH Hafshejani, M Elmi, N TaheriNejad, A Fotowat-Ahmady, S Mirabbasi
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers 67 (12), 4334-4347
A tunable reflection/transmission coefficient circuit using a 45° hybrid coupler with two orthogonal variables
2019
M Kalantari, X Meng, A Fotowat-Ahmady, CP Yue
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 67 (4), 1402-1411
Analysis and design of power harvesting circuits for ultra-low power applications
2016
AAR Haeri, MG Karkani, M Sharifkhani, M Kamarei, A Fotowat-Ahmady
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers 64 (2), 471-479
Other Journals
True Class-E Design For Inductive Coupling Wireless Power Transfer Applications
2022
AAR Haeri, A Safarian, A Fotowat-Ahmady
2022 30th International Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), 864-868
Precise Model Extraction for Li-Ion Batteries Using Segmented Columb Counting and Kalman Filtering
2022
A FatokKiani, A Ghanbarian, A Esteghamat, A Fotowat-Ahmady, F Tahami
2022 30th International Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), 817-822s
Books
Introduction to Wireless Communication Circuits (River Publishers Series in Circuits and Systems) 2nd Edition
2018
Forouhar Farzaneh, Ali Fotowat, Mahmoud Kamarei, Ali Nikoofard, Mohammad Elmi, Behzad Razavi
Introduction to Wireless Communication Circuits
2018
Forouhar Farzaneh, Ali Fotowat, Mahmood Kamarei, Ali Nikoofard, Mohammad Elmi, River Publishers
Translation to Persian of "RF Microelectronics"
2012
Professor Behzad Razavi, Prentice Hall
Inventions
- Zahra Atlasbaf, Z. Vahidpour, K. Frorghi, A. Fotowat, "A Fast Frequency Explorer Using Frequency Detector" ,1391
- F.Behbahani, A.Fotowat-Ahmady, S.Navid,"Method and apparatus for self-calibration and testing of QPSK Transmitter/receiver IC's" ,5,995,541, USA.
- A.Tabatabayi, A.Fotowat-Ahmady, S.Navid,"High-speed/high-slew-rate tri-modal all bipolar buffer/switch and method thereof",5,892,376, USA .
- F.Behbahani, A.Fotowat-Ahmady, S.Navid,"Quadrature signal generator with spike-less prescalar circuit",5,808,499, USA.
- A.Fotowat-Ahmady, M.Ali Ahmad, S.Navid,"Dynamic range extension of a log amplifier with temperature and process compensation",5,790,943, USA.
- F.Behbahani, A.Fotowat-Ahmady, S.Navid,"Comparator with smooth start-up for high frequencies" ,5,606,272, USA.
- C.Perspective, S.Navid, A.Fotowat-Ahmady,"IF amplifier/limiter with positive feedback", 5,596,299, USA.
- A.Fotowat-Ahmady, S.Navid,"Low voltage, simplified and temperature compensated logarithmic detector" ,5,338,985, USA.
- A.Fotowat-Ahmady, S.Navid,"Temperature-Compensated logarithmic detector having a wide dynamic range",5,296,761, USA.
- K.shakeri, A.Mehrnia, A.Eftekhar, M.Nasiri, A.Fotowat-Ahmady,"Efficient Epoch processing in multichannel global positioning system (GPS) receiver",7,173,957 B2, USA.
- A.Parsa, A.Fotowat-Ahmady, A.Faghfouri, M.Jenabi, E.S.Han,"Quadrature modulator and calibration method",7,548,591, USA.
- S.Navid, A.Fotowat-Ahmady, F.Behbahani,"Low voltage temperature and VCC compensated RF mixer",6,138,000, USA.
- Tohidian M, Staszewski RB, Ahmady AF, Mehr SA, Kamarei M, Ndagijimana F, inventors; Technische Universiteit Delft, assignee. "Quadrature LC tank digitally controlled ring oscillator".United States patent US 9,641,164. 2017 May 2.
Honors and Awards
- General chair of 26th Conference of Electrical Engineering (ICEE-2018).
- General chair and Scientific Committee Member of 25th Conference of Electrical Engineering KNTU 2017 (ICEE-2017).
- Second place winner of the 24th Kharazmi International Science award for innovations in the design Gps, and for LED satellites. Feb 2011.
- Third place winner of the 12th Kharazmi International Science
- award for On line monitoring system for production data. Feb 1999.
- Second place winner of the 9th Kharazmi International Science award for innovations in the design of GSM, and DECT RF chips Feb 1996.
- Recognition by the graduating class of 1995 as one of the best EE professors.
- Philips Semiconductor Gold patent of the year award (1995)
- Recognition by the faculty of electrical engineering for outstanding contributions, Sep 1993IEEE member.
- 7th, and 19th rank in two national exams for university entrance out of 350,000 participants in Iran in June 1976.
- B.SC. with Honors from California Institute of Technology,June
Seminars
invited papers, seminars and tutorials after 1999
- Optical Fiber Communications, Technology, Systems and Circuits Overview, 2012.
- Global Opportunities in MicroElectronics Iranian Opportunities, 2012.
- Efficient utilization of radio spectrum based on DSA, 2011.
- Smart Grid Workshop, 2010.
- WiMax Workshop, 2009.
- Ultra-Wideband Technology, 2009.
Other Seminars
- Optical Fiber Communications, Technology, Systems and Circuits Overview, 2012.
- Global Opportunities in MicroElectronics Iranian Opportunities, 2012.
- Efficient utilization of radio spectrum based on DSA, 2011.
- Smart Grid Workshop, 2010.
- WiMax Workshop, 2009.
- Ultra-Wideband Technology, 2009.
Courses
Contact
Location:
6th Floor - 602 East, Department of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Ave., P. O. Box 1155-4363, Tehran, Iran
Email:
afotowat@sharif.edu
Call:
+98 (21) 6616 - 5919
+98 (912) 111 - 7364