Behzad Razavi

Behzad Razavi

Behzad Razavi
Professor
Primary Area: Circuits and Embedded Systems

Office: 56-147F Engr. IV
Phone: (310) 206-1633
E-mail: razavi@ee.ucla.edu
Research Lab: Communication Circuits Laboratory

 
Research and Teaching Interests:
Analog, RF, mixed-signal integrated circuit design, dual-standard RF transceivers, phase-locked systems and frequency synthesizers, A/D and D/A converters, high-speed data communication circuits

 

Awards and Recognitions
2014    

ASEE PSW Outstanding Teaching Award awarded by the American Society for Engineering Education, the citation reads, “For his superlative teaching and his seminal textbooks.”

2013     Best Paper Award in the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference
H.Wei and B. Razavi, “An 8-Bit 4-GS/s 120-mW CMOS ADC,” Proc. IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, Sept. 2013.
2012    

IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award “For his pioneering contributions to the design of high speed CMOS communication circuits”

2012     IEEE VLSI Circuits Symposium Best Student Paper Award
J.W. Jung and B. Razavi, “A 25-Gb/s 5-mW CMOS CDR/Deserializer,” Symposium on VLSI Circuits Dig of Tech. Papers, pp.138-139, June 2012
2012     IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference Best Invited Paper Award
B. Razavi, “Problem of Timing Mismatch in Interleaved ADCs,” Proc. IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, Sept. 2012.
2009     IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference Best Invited Paper Award
B. Razavi, “Challenges in the Design of Cognitive Radios,” Proc. IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, pp. 391-398, Sept. 2009.
2007    

UCLA Faculty Senate Teaching Award

2006    

Lockheed Martin Excellence in Teaching

2003    

IEEE Fellow

2001    

McGraw-Hill First Edition of the Year for the book “Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits,”

2001     ISSCC Beatrice Winner Award for Editorial Excellence
J. Savoj and B. Razavi, “Design of Half-Rate Clock and Data Recovery Circuits for Optical Communication Systems,” Proc. Design Automation Conference, pp. 121-126, June 2001.
2001     IEEE Solid-State Circuits Conference Outstanding Student Paper Award
L. Der and B. Razavi, “A 2-GHz CMOS Image-Reject Receiver with Sign-Sign LMS Calibration,” Dig. International Solid-State Circuits Conference, pp. 294-295, Feb 2001.
1998     IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference Best Paper Award
B. Razavi, “CMOS Technology Characterization for Analog and RF Design,” (Invited) Proc. of IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, pp. 23-30, May 1998.
1997    

TRW Innovative Teaching Award

1997    

ISSCC Best Panel Award

1994     IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference Best Paper Award
B. Razavi, “A 100MHz 10-mW All-NPN Sample-and-Hold Circuit with 3-V Supply,” Proc. of European Solid-State Circuits Conference, pp. 192-195, Sept. 1994.
1994     ISSCC Beatrice Winner Award for Editorial Excellence
B. Razavi and J. Sung, “A 6-GHz 60-mW BiCMOS Phase-Locked Loop with 2-V Supply,” Dig. of International Solid-State Circuits Conference, pp. 114-115, Feb. 1994.
1994    

ISSCC Best Panel Award

 

Selected Publications