Dr. Selvakumar Mariappan|Integrated Circuit Design |Best Researcher Award
Senior Lecturer at Universitiy Sains Malaysia , Malaysia.
Dr. Selvakumar Mariappan is a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), specializing in CMOS analog and RFIC design. He has extensive experience in integrated circuit (IC) design, particularly in wireless communication applications. His research focuses on RFIC design, energy harvesting circuits, and power amplifiers for 5G applications.
Education :
Ph.D. in Microelectronic Systems Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), 2022B.Eng. Tech. (Hons.) in Electrical Engineering Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), 2017
Experience :
Senior Lecturer, USM, 2022 – PresentPost-Doctoral Fellow, Collaborative Microelectronic Design Excellence Centre (CEDEC), USM, 2022Design Engineer, QRF Solutions Sdn. Bhd., 2021 – 2022Post-Graduate Intern, SilTerra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., 2018 – 2021
Research Focus :
CMOS RFIC and Analog IC Design5G Power Amplifiers and Transceivers AI-Based Circuit Optimization for IC Design Wireless Energy Harvesting CircuitsTunable Inductors and Transformers in CMOS Process
Skills:
IC Design using Cadence Virtuoso, Sonnet EM Suite, Keysight ICCAPRF Measurements and On-Chip Wafer Probing Circuit Simulation, Layout, and FabricationMATLAB, LaTeX, and PCB Soldering
Awards:
Best Student Paper Award at IEEE APCCAS 2021 & PRIMEASIA 2021Dean’s List Award (Multiple Semesters)Best Student Award (UTeM)Silver Medal at Innovation and Design Expo (IDEX)Volunteer Reserve Police Inspector, Royal Malaysia Police
Publication :
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Mariappan, S., Rajendran, J., Kumar, N., Othman, M., Nathan, A., Grebennikov, A., & Yarman, B. S. (2023). A Wide-Bandwidth PVT-Reconfigurable CMOS Power Amplifier with an Integrated Tunable-Output Impedance Matching Network. Micromachines, 14(3), 530. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14030530
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Mariappan, S., Rajendran, J., Aridas, N. K., Nathan, A., Grebennikov, A., & Yarman, B. S. (2022). A 1.1-to-2.7 GHz CMOS Power Amplifier with Digitally-Reconfigurable Impedance Matching-Network (DRIMN) for Wideband Performance Optimization. 17th Conference on Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME), pp. 153-156. https://doi.org/10.1109/PRIME55000.2022.9816815
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Mariappan, S., Rajendran, J., Kumar, N., Grebennikov, A., Nathan, A., & Yarman, B. S. (2021). A Wideband CMOS Power Amplifier with Integrated Digital Linearizer and Tunable Transformer. IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuit and Systems (APCCAS), pp. 145-148. https://doi.org/10.1109/APCCAS51387.2021.9687797
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Mariappan, S., Rajendran, J., Chen, Y., Mak, P. -I., & Martins, R. P. (2021). A 1.7-to-2.7GHz 35-38% PAE Multiband CMOS Power Amplifier Employing a Digitally-Assisted Analog Pre-distorter (DAAPD) Reconfigurable Linearization Technique. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2021.3080831
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Mariappan, S., Rajendran, J., Yusof, Y. M., Noh, N. M., & Yarman, B. S. (2021). An 0.4–2.8 GHz CMOS Power Amplifier With On-Chip Broadband-Pre-Distorter (BPD) Achieving 36.1–38.6% PAE and 21 dBm Maximum Linear Output Power. IEEE Access, 9, 48831-48840. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3068482
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Mariappan, S., Rajendran, J., Ramiah, H., Mak, P. -I., Yin, J., & Martins, R. P. (2021). An 800 MHz-to-3.3 GHz 20-MHz Channel Bandwidth WPD CMOS Power Amplifier for Multiband Uplink Radio Transceivers. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, 68(4), 1178-1182. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2020.3035758
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Mariappan, S., Rajendran, J., Noh, N. M., Yusof, Y. M., & Kumar, N. (2021). A 23.3 dBm CMOS Power Amplifier with Third-Order gm Cancellation Linearization Technique Achieving OIP3 of 34 dBm. Circuit World. https://doi.org/10.1108/CW-08-2020-0209
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Mariappan, S., Rajendran, J., Ibrahim, S. S., Hamid, S. S., Yusof, Y. M., Noh, N. M., Rustagi, S. C., & Kantimahanti, A. K. (2020). A CMOS Low Power Current Source Tunable Inductor With 80% Tuning Range for RFIC. IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, 8, 1210-1218. https://doi.org/10.1109/JEDS.2020.3023132
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Mariappan, S., Rajendran, J., Yusof, Y. M., Ramiah, H., Wong, M., Rustagi, S. C., & Kantimahanti, A. K. (2020). CMOS Low Power Current Source Based Tunable Inductor for IoT Devices. 4th IEEE Electron Devices Technology & Manufacturing Conference (EDTM), pp. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDTM47692.2020.9117926
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Mariappan, S., Rajendran, J., Noh, N. M., Ramiah, H., & Manaf, A. A. (2020). Energy Efficiency in CMOS Power Amplifier Designs for Ultra-Low Power Mobile Wireless Communication Systems. Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, 28, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3906/elk-1903-47
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Conclusion
Based on his research output, technical expertise, academic leadership, and contributions to industry, Dr. Selvakumar Mariappan is well-suited for the Best Researcher Award. To further strengthen his candidature, international research collaborations, commercialization of patents, and leadership roles in global conferences could be areas of focus.