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CURRICULUM VITAE
Aatmesh Shrivastava
December 2016
PERSONAL DATA
Office Address:
424 Dana Research Center
110 Forsyth Street, Boston, MA, 02115
Home Address:
255 Northampton Street #501
Boston, MA, 02118
Phone:
E-mail:
Website:
617-373-2063
[email protected]
https://web.northeastern.edu/ecl
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, January 2014
Thesis: “Mixed Signal Platform Circuits for Lifetime Improvement of Ultra Low Power Systems”
Advisor: Professor Benton H. Calhoun
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology,
Mesra, Ranchi, India, May 2006
WORK EXPERIENCE
Present Position
Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Employment History
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August 2016-
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March 2014-March 2016:
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January 2010-June 2010:
Senior Design Engineer, Texas Instruments,
Bangalore, India
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July 2006-January 2010:
Design Engineer, Texas Instruments,
Bangalore, India
Assistant Professor, Northeastern
University, Boston, MA
Senior Design Director, PsiKick Inc.,
Charlottesville, VA
PUBLICATIONS
Journals
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D. Akella Kamakshi, A Shrivastava, and BH Calhoun, “A 0.2 V, 23 nW CMOS Temperature Sensor
for Ultra-Low-Power IoT Applications,”Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications, (JLPEA),
June 2016.
D Akella Kamakshi, A Shrivastava, and BH Calhoun, “A 36 nW 7 ppm/°C on-Chip Clock Source
Platform for Near-Human-Body Temperature Applications“, Journal of Low Power Electronics and
Applications, (JLPEA), May 2016.
A. Shrivastava, D. Akella, and B. H. Calhoun, “A 1.5nW, 32.768kHz XTAL Oscillator Operational
from 0.3V Supply” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC- March 2016) .
Y. Huang, A. Shrivastava, and B. H. Calhoun, “A Design and Theoretical Analysis of a 145mV to 1.2V
Single-Ended Level Converter Circuit for Ultra-Low Power Low Voltage ICs“, Journal of Low Power
Electronics and Applications, (JLPEA), March 2016.
A. Shrivastava, N. E. Roberts, O. U. Khan, D. D. Wentzloff, and B. H. Calhoun, “A 10mV-Input Boost
Converter with Inductor Peak Current Control and Zero Detection for Thermoelectric and Solar Energy
Harvesting with 220mV Cold-Start and -14.5dBm, 915MHz RF Kick-Start” IEEE Journal of SolidState Circuits (JSSC), August 2015 (Invited paper to the special issue on Custom Integrated Circuits
Conference 2014).
A. Roy, A. Klinefelter, F. B. Yahya, X. Chen, P. Gonzalez, D. Akella, J. Boley, K. Craig, M. Faisal, S.
Oh, N. E. Roberts, Y. Shakhsheer, A. Shrivastava, D. Vasudevan, D. D. Wentzloff, and B. H. Calhoun,
“A 6.45μW Self-Powered SoC with Integrated Energy-Harvesting Power Management and ULP
Asymmetric Radios for Portable Biomedical Systems” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and
Systems. (TBioCAS), (Invited paper to the special issue on International Solid State Circuits
Conference 2015).
A. Shrivastava, B. H. Calhoun, “A DC-DC Converter Efficiency Model for System Level Analysis in
Ultra Low Power Applications” Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications (JLPEA), Vol. 3,
No. 3, June 2013, pgs 215-232.
Y. Zhang, F. Zhang, Y. Shakhsheer, J. D. Silver, A. Klinefelter, M. Nagaraju, J. Boley, J. Pandey, A.
Shrivastava, E. J. Carlson, Austin Wood, Benton H. Calhoun, Brian P. Otis, "A Batteryless 19 µW
MICS/ISM-Band Energy Harvesting Body Sensor Node SoC for ExG Applications", IEEE Journal of
Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Vol. 48, No. 1, January 2013, pgs. 199-213.
Conference Papers
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N. E. Roberts, K. Craig, A. Shrivastava, S. Wooters, Y. Shaksheer , D. Wentzloff, and B. H. Calhoun,
“A 236nW -56.5dBm Sensitivity Bluetooth Low-Energy Wakeup Receiver with Energy Harvesting in
65nm CMOS,” IEEE Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), February 2016.
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Y. Shakhsheer, A. Shrivastava, N. Roberts, K. Craig, S. Wooters, D. D. Wentzloff, and B. H. Calhoun,
“Ultra Low Power Circuits and Systems for Self-Powered Wireless Sensors”, GOMACTech, 2015.
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A. Shrivastava, K. Craig, N. E. Roberts, D. Wentzloff, and B. H. Calhoun, “A 32nW Bandgap
Reference Voltage Operational from 0.5V Supply for Ultra-low Power Systems,” IEEE Solid-State
Circuits Conference (ISSCC), February 2015.
A. Klinefelter, N. E. Roberts, Y. Shakhsheer, P. Gonzalez, A. Shrivastava, A. Roy, K. Craig, M. Faisal,
J. Boley, S. Oh, Y. Zhang, D. Akella, D. Wentzloff, B.H. Calhoun, “A 6.45 μW Self-Powered IoT SoC
with Integrated Energy-Harvesting Power Management and ULP Asymmetric Radios,” IEEE SolidState Circuits Conference (ISSCC), February 2015.
A. Shrivastava, D. D. Wentzloff, and B. H. Calhoun, “A 10mV-Input Boost Converter with Inductor
Peak Current Control and Zero Detection for Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting” IEEE Custom
Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), September 2014.
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A. Shrivastava, Y. K. Ramadass, S. Khanna, S. Bartling, and B. H. Calhoun, “A 1.2µW SIMO Energy
Harvesting and Power Management Unit with Constant Peak Inductor Current Control Achieving 8492% Efficiency Across Wide Input and Output Voltages,” IEEE Symposiun on VLSI Circuits (VLSI
Symp.) June 2014.
A. Shrivastava, J. Pandey, B. Otis, and B. H. Calhoun, “A 50nW, 100kbps Clock/Data Recovery Circuit
in an FSK RF Receiver on a Body Sensor Node,” IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design
Conference 2013.
A. Shrivastava, Y. K. Ramadass, S. Bartling, and B. H. Calhoun, “Single Inductor Energy Harvesting
and Power Management Circuit for Body Sensor Nodes” IEEE Solid State Circuits Conference
(ISSCC) Student Research Preview (SRP), February 2013.
A. Shrivastava, and B. H. Calhoun, "A 150nW, 5ppm/oC, 100kHz On-Chip Clock Source for Ultra Low
Power SoCs", IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), September 2012.
A. Shrivastava, J. Lach, B. H. Calhoun, “A Charge Pump Based Receiver Circuit for a Voltage Scaled
Interconnect” IEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), July
2012.
F. Zhang, Y. Zhang, J. Silver, Y. Shakhsheer, M. Nagaraju, A. Klinefelter, J. Pandey, J. Boley, E.
Carlson, A. Shrivastava, B. Otis, B. H. Calhoun, “A Batteryless 19µW MICS/ISM-Band Energy
Harvesting Body Area Sensor Node SoC” IEEE Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), February
2012.
A. Shrivastava, and B. H. Calhoun, “Modeling DC-DC Converter Efficiency and Power Management
in Ultra Low Power Systems,” IEEE Sub-Threshold Conference (Sub-vt), September 2012.
A. Shrivastava, and B. H. Calhoun, “A sub-threshold clock and data recovery circuit for a wireless
sensor node,” MIT Sub-threshold Conference, October 2011.
K. Rajagopal, A. Shrivastava, V. Menezes, “An enhanced topology for reliability of a High
Performance 3.3V IO in a single well CMOS 1.8v-oxide Low voltage Process” IEEE International
Symposium on Quality Electronics and Design (ISQED), March 2009.
Y. Huang, A. Shrivastava, and B. H. Calhoun, “A 145mV to 1.2V Single Ended Level Converter
Circuit for Ultra-Low Power Low Voltage ICs,” SOI-3D-Subthreshold Microelectronics Technology
Unified Conference (S3S), September 2015.
D. Akella, A. Shrivastava, and B. H. Calhoun, “A 23 nW, 1.5/-1.7oC All-CMOS Ultra-Low Power
Temperature Sensor Operational from 0.2 V,” IEEE SOI-3D-Subthreshold Microelectronics
Technology Unified Conference (S3S), September 2015.
Manuscripts in Preparation
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A. Shrivastava, and B. H. Calhoun, “A Single Inductor Multiple Output (SIMO) DC-DC Converter
Circuit with 86% Peak Efficiency and Integrated Capacitance to Implement Low-Cost High
Efficiency Block Level Dynamic Voltage Scaling”
D. Akella, A. Shrivastava, C. Duan, and B. H. Calhoun, “A Flexible On-Chip Clock-Source Platform
for Ultra-Low-Power Systems with a maximum stability of 7 ppm/oC”
A. Shrivastava, A. Roy, and B. H. Calhoun, “A 95% Efficient Single-Inductor Multiple Output
(SIMO) Buck-Boost DC-DC Converter Operational from 0.7 V Power Supply for Ultra-low Power
Systems”
Patents (Issued)
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Low input voltage boost converter with peak inductor current control and offset compensated zero
detection , US- 9,490,698.
Low voltage crystal oscillator (XTAL) driver with feedback controlled duty cycling for ultra low
power, US-9,350,294.
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Low input voltage boost converter with peak inductor current control and offset compensated zero
detection, US-9,325,240.
A. Shrivastava, “Methods and apparatus for low input voltage bandgap reference architecture and
circuits” US-9,158,320
A. Shrivastava, and Y. Ramadass “Apparatus and method for controlling inductor current in a switch
mode power supply” US-9,164,528
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A. Shrivastava, and R. Yadav, “Pulse generation circuits in integrated circuits” US-8,797,072.
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A. Shrivastava, and R. Yadav, “Power on reset generation circuits in integrated circuits” US-8,680,901.
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A. Shrivastava, R. Yadav, and P. K. Rana, “Fast start-up crystal oscillator” US-8120439.
Patents (Pending)
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B. H. Calhoun and A. Shrivastava, “Methods and apparatus for a single inductor multiple output
(SIMO) DC-DC converter circuits” US Patent Application Number: 20140285014.
A. Shrivastava, and R. Yadav, “Power supply sensing circuits in integrated circuits” US Patent
Application Number: 20140145762.
A. Shrivastava, Y. Ramadass, and S. Bartling “Single inductor energy management and harvesting
interface system and method” US Patent Application Number: 20140103728.
A. Shrivastava, “Output buffer with improved output signal quality” US Patent Application Number:
20110316505.
B. H. Calhoun and A. Shrivastava, “Low Input Voltage Boost Converter with Peak Inductor Current
Control and Offset Compensated Zero Detection” US Patent Application Number: 2014928621.
B. H. Calhoun and A. Shrivastava, “Low Voltage Crystal Oscillator (XTAL) Driver With Feedback
Controlled Duty Cycling For Ultra Low Power” US Patent Application Number: 2014926014.
B. H. Calhoun and A. Shrivastava, “Low power clock source” US Patent Application Number: WO2014039817.
K. Rajagopal and A. Shrivastava, “Providing Higher-Swing Output Signals When Components Of An
Integrated Circuit Are Fabricated Using A Lower-Voltage Process” US Patent Application Number:
WO- 20090160485.
HONORS and AWARDS
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Charles L. Brown Graduate Fellowship for Excellence,
Electrical Engineering, University of Virginia, 2013.
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Louis T. Rader Graduate Research Award
Electrical Engineering, University of Virginia, 2013.
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Paul Voigt Graduate Teaching Fellowship
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Virginia, 2013.
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International Solid State Circuits Conference Student Research Preview
ISSCC, 2013.
INVITED TALKS
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“Design of Charge-pump based Bandgap Reference,” AACD Workshop 2017, Eindhoven, The
Netherlands
“Ultra-low Power Internet-of-Things,” Texas Instruments, Dallas, July 2016.
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“Energy Autonomy for Internet-of-Things,” Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Virginia, April 2014.
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“Internet-of-Things: Emerging Technology and Challenges from Circuit Design Perspective, ”
Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, India, March 2014.
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“Power Management and Power Delivery for Energy Efficient Circuit and System Design,” Maxim
Integrated, Chlemsford, MA, March 2013.
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
Papers Presented
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“A 32nW Bandgap Reference Voltage Operational from 0.5V Supply for Ultra-low Power Systems,”
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2015.
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“A 10mV-Input Boost Converter with Inductor Peak Current Control and Zero Detection for
Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2014.
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“A 1.2µW SIMO Energy Harvesting and Power Management Unit with Constant Peak Inductor
Current Control Achieving 84-92% Efficiency Across Wide Input and Output Voltages,” IEEE
Symposiun on VLSI Circuits (VLSI Symp.), 2014.
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“A 50nW, 100kbps Clock/Data Recovery Circuit in an FSK RF Receiver on a Body Sensor Node,”
IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design Conference 2103.
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“Single Inductor Energy Harvesting and Power Management Circuit for Body Sensor Nodes” IEEE
Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Student Research Preview (SRP), 2013.
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"A 150nW, 5ppm/oC, 100kHz On-Chip Clock Source for Ultra Low Power SoCs", IEEE Custom
Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2012.
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“A Charge Pump Based Receiver Circuit for a Voltage Scaled Interconnect” IEEE International
Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), 2012.
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“Modeling DC-DC Converter Efficiency and Power Management in Ultra Low Power Systems,” IEEE
Sub-Threshold Conference (Sub-vt), 2012.
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“A sub-threshold clock and data recovery circuit for a wireless sensor node,” MIT Sub-threshold
Conference, 2011.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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EECE-7398 PMIC, Fall-2016. Northeastern University.
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ECE-4332/6332 VLSI Design, Fall-2013. The University of Virginia
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Interest
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Energy harvesting: Ultra-low power, low voltage energy harvesting from solar and thermo-electric
generator.
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Reference Voltage: Low power, voltage reference operational from low voltages.
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Single inductor multiple output DC-DC converter for ultra-low power systems.
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Clock sources: 32Khz, crystal oscillator; Stable on-chip clock sources.
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System-on-chip (SoC): Design of wireless sensor nodes/IoT devices.
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Ultra-low-power circuits: SAR and Sigma-Delta ADC, low power interconnects, ultra-low power chipchip interface, Input/output Circuits.
Lab Experience
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IC tapeout: Participated in more than 20 tapeouts.
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Testing and silicon Debug experience on more than 10 different chips for analog, digital, and high
performance interconnects
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Programming languages: C, Perl, Skill, Verilog HDL.
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Knowledge of ESD events and protection circuits.
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Good understanding of device reliability.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Professional Societies
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Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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Member of Solid-State Circuits Society.
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Member of Circuits and System Society.
Refereeing and Reviewing
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Book Reviewer for Springer.
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Reviewer for articles in IEEE Journal of Sold-State Circuits (JSSC)
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Design Automation Conference (DAC)
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IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems- I (TCAS-I)
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IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems- II (TCAS-II)
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Journal on Low Power Electronics and Application (JLPEA)
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Sustainability
MEDIA COVERAGE
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“Joining an Adviser on Sabbatical,” School of Engineering and Applied Science, Unbound Magazine,
Spring 2014.
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“U.Va. Spinoff PsiKick’s Batteryless Sensors Poised for Coming ‘Internet of Things” UVA Today,
April 16, 2014.
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IEEE SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS MAGAZINE, Spring 2013, discussed Dr. Shrivastava’s presentation
at ISSCC 2013 on his graduate work on a single-inductor highly efficient energy harvesting and power
management circuit.
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HIGHBEAMRESEARCH.COM (a premium information service for students, instructors, researchers,
and professionals), published Wipo Publishes Patent of Benton H. Calhoun and Aatmesh Shrivastava
for
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“Low Power Clock Source.” (WIPO, short for World Intellectual Property Organization, is the global
forum for intellectual property services, policy, information and cooperation).
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MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES (M&E Tech or Mandetech.com) (a digital
publication), Ultra-low Power Bandgap Reference, discussed Dr. Shrivastava by name and described
his work on bandgap reference.
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SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN (SemiMD.com), a publication and portal
covering semiconductor technologies, described Dr. Shrivastava’s presentation at ISSCC on Bandgap
Reference.
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ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TIMES (EETimes.com), covering the global electronics community,
described discussions about Dr. Shrivastava’s presentation at ISSCC concerning his integrated IoT
chips that aim to run from harvested ambient energy in the article 18 Views of ISSCC.
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HIGHBEAMBUSINESS (the business content provider from Cengage Learning, a leading producer
of research solutions for the professional, library, and academic markets worldwide), in the article
Bandgap Reference on the Agenda described Dr. Shrivastava’s bandgap reference invention as
presented at ISSCC.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ENGINEERING UNBOUND MAGAZINE, Oct. 2014, described Dr.
Shrivastava’s circuit design research at MIT.
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HISPANICBUSINESS.COM, Patent Issued for Pulse Generation Circuits in Integrated Circuits,
concerning patent filed by Dr. Shrivastava and a co-inventor.
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4-TRADERS.COM (online media for investors specializing in stock exchange, financial & economic
trends), Texas Instruments: Researchers Submit Patent Application, “Pulse Generation Circuits in
Integrated Circuits”, for Approval, concerning patent application by Dr. Shrivastava and a co-inventor
TEACHING AREAS
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Digital/Analog Integrated Circuits
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VLSI Design
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Power Management/Power Electronics
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RF Integrated Circuits
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Computer Architecture and System design (with emphasis on IC design)
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Device Physics/Device Reliability
LANGUAGES
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English : Native/bilingual proficiency
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Hindi: Native/bilingual proficiency
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Urdu: Conversational proficiency
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French : Elementary proficiency
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Kannada : Elementary proficiency
REFERENCES
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Available upon request