Dr. Muhammad Khurram - NED University

Dr. Muhammad Khurram
Associate Professor
Dept. of Computer and Information Systems Engg.
NED University of Engineering and Technology.
Karachi, Pakistan
mkhurrum@neduet.edu.pk
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Massey University, New Zealand.
PhD – IC Design (2012)
Thesis Advisor: Dr. S. M. Rezaul Hasan.
Thesis Title: Design, Fabrication and Testing of an UWB Low Noise Amplifier Using
Advanced Nanometric CMOS Technology
• My doctoral thesis has been selected in the “Dean of Graduate Research School’s List
of Exceptional Theses” of Massey University, New Zealand. I have received a letter of
appreciation and a certificate from Massey University in recognition of my research
work.
NED University of Engg. and Tech., Pakistan.
M. Engg (By Research) – CS (2006)
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Shahid Hafeez Mirza.
Thesis Title: Wireless Transceiver Design Based on Software Defined Radio Techology.
B.E. – CS (2002)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
NED University of Engg. and Tech., Pakistan.
Dept. of Computer and Information Systems Engineering.
Associate Professor
Courses Taught
- VLSI Design
- Computer Architecture and Organization
- Logic Design and Switching Theory
- Digital Signal Processing
- Advanced VLSI Design (Post Grad)

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Papers published in International Peer-Reviewed Journals:
1. Muhammad Khurram and S. M. Rezaul Hasan, “A Full-Band UWB Common-Gate Band-Pass Noise
Matched g m -Boosted Series Peaked CMOS Differential LNA,” Journal of Analog integrated circuit
and signal processing, Kluwer academic publishers (Springer), vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 47-60, 2013.
2. Muhammad Khurram and S. M. Rezaul Hasan, “A 3-5 GHz Current-Reuse g m -Boosted CG LNA for
Ultrawideband in 130nm CMOS,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration
Systems, Regular paper, vol. 20, issue 3, pp. 400-409, March 2012.
3. Muhammad Khurram and S. M. Rezaul Hasan, “A series peaked g m -boosted 3.1-10.6 GHz CMOS
CG UWB LNA for WiMedia,”Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 532-
535, Wiley Inter-Science, Feb. 2012.
4. Muhammad Khurram and S. M. Rezaul Hasan, “A Series Peaked Noise Matched g m -Boosted 3.1-10.6
GHz CG CMOS Differential LNA for UWB WiMedia,” Electronics Letters, vo.47, no. 24, pp. 1346-
1348, IET, Nov. 2011.
5. Muhammad Khurram and S. M. Rezaul Hasan, “Novel analysis and optimization of g m -boosted
common-gate UWB LNA,” Microelectronics Journal, Vo. 42, no. 2, pp. 253-264, Elsevier publishers,
2011.
6. Muhammad Khurram and S. M. Rezaul Hasan, “A 4mW 3-5 GHz Current Reuse g m -Boosted Short
Channel Common-Gate CMOS UWB LNA ,” Journal of Analog integrated circuit and signal
processing, Express Letters, Kluwer academic publishers(Springer), vol. 65, pp. 415-418, 2010.
Papers published in International Peer-Reviewed Conferences:
7. Muhammad Khurram and Rezaul Hasan “Design of a sub-gigahertz complementary cascode LNA
with active input matching” in Proceedings of 15 th Electronics New Zealand Conference, Nov. 24-25,
Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 39-44, 2008.
8. Muhammad Khurram and Rezaul Hasan “Design of a full-band g m -boosted current reused UWB
LNA” in Proceedings of 15 th Electronics New Zealand Conference, Nov. 24-25, Auckland, New
Zealand, pp. 25-28, 2008.
9. Muhammad Khurram and Rezaul Hasan “Design of a low-power narrowband amplifier for HF radio
applications using CMOS FETs” in Proceedings of 16 th Electronics New Zealand Conference, Nov.
18-20, Dunedin, New Zealand, pp. 131-136, 2009.
10. Rezaul Hasan and Muhammad Khurram, “A new CMOS negative resistance oscillator buffer-cell
with a fundamental f-trans limit” in Proceedings of 15 th Electronics New Zealand Conference, Nov.
24-25, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 29-32, 2008.

11. Muhammad Khurram and S. H. Mirza, "A General Purpose Processor Based IEEE802.11a
Compatible OFDM Receiver Design'" in 3rd Industrial Electrical and Electronics Engineering GCC
Conference, IEEE-GCC, March 2006.
12. Muhammad Khurram and S. H. Mirza, "An Architecture for Development of Software Radios on
General Purpose Processors" in International Conference on Computer and Communications
Engineering, ICCCE, 2006.
Papers published in National Peer-Reviewed Conferences:
13. Muhammad Khurram and S. H. Mirza, "Wireless Transceiver Design Based on Software Defined
Radio Technology" in 4th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology,
IBCAST, June 2005.
HONOURS AND ACTIVITIES
I am involved actively in research in collaboration with the Electronic Design Center of NED
University. I am working on different proposals and projects related to RF IC design and
software radios.
I am the branch counselor of IEEE student branch of NED University.
I have been reviewing research papers for IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integrated
Systems. This is a journal of International repute and is considered among the top tier
journals of IC design.