Morteza Tavakoli Taba

mm-Wave Design Engineer

Apple

Bio

Morteza is currently working with Apple Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA as an mm-Wave Design Engineer, focusing on the design of millimeter-wave circuits for 5G applications. His research interests revolve around mm-wave and terahertz circuit design, particularly for applications such as frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radars, 5G, and next-generation 6G and communication systems.

Morteza received his B.S. degree from the Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2018 and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, in 2021 and 2023, respectively.

Interests

RF, mm-wave, and terahertz integrated circuit design
Sub-THz/THz Communication systems and circuits for next-generation 6G
Machine learning-based circuit design
Mm-wave and THz sensing imaging systems
Cryogenic circuits for quantum computing and biology (cancer detection)
Mm-wave/Sub-THz phased array systems for communications and sensing

Education

PhD in Electronics and RF Circuit, 2023
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
MS in Electronics and RF Circuit, 2021
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
BSc in Electrical Engineering, 2018
Sharif University of Technology

Experience

mm-Wave Design Engineer

Apple

August 2023 – Present Sunnyvale, CA

Design and implementation of mm-wave circuits for cellular and sensing.

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

University of Michigan

September 2018 – August 2023 Ann Arbor, MI

Projects include:

Implementation of a 100, 200, and 363 GHz FMCW radar for imaging and detection of hidden objects behind the wall
Computer-aided circuit block design using machine learning techniques.
40, 80, and 160 GHz frequency-locked sources operating at cryogenic temperature for magnetic resonance force spectroscopy (MRFM), collaboration with the University of Cornell, Department of Chemistry (received NIH grant).
Energy-efficient wireless communication circuit and system design with data rates exceeding 20 Gb/s.
Implementation of a 4-by-4 FMCW array at 220 GHz for electrical beam steering.
Worked on the theory and design of a low phase-noise power amplifier funded by Texas Instrument (TI).
Design of millimeter-wave circuit blocks for phased arrays and beam steering applications funded by AirVine Scientific Inc.
4Gb/s Optical 8-channel transceiver for LiDAR applications funded by Avicena Tech.

mm-Wave Design Engineer

Apple

August 2022 – May 2022 Sunnyvale, CA

Design and implementation of mm-wave circuits for 5G applications.

Research and Teaching Assistant

Sharif University of Technology

September 2016 – June 2018 Tehran

Projects include:

Smart antenna-tracking system for 5G applications.
Extraction of information from ECG signals for the detection of different kinds of heart diseases.
A high-efficiency class F power amplifier design for WiFi applications.
An 8-phase clock generator at 2 GHz for n-path filters.

Recent Publications

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SM Hossein Naghavi, Morteza Tavakoli Taba, Amirata Tababavakili, Ali Mostajeran, Andreia Cathelin, Ehsan Afshari (2024). Sub-THz Ruler: Spectral Bistability in a 235GHz Self-Injection-Locked Oscillator for Agile and Unambiguous Ranging. In ISSCC 2024-IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC).

Lili Chen, Morteza Tavakoli Taba, Zainulabideen Khalifa, Andreia Cathelin, Ehsan Afshari (2023). A Fast Back-to-Lock DPLL-Based 192--210-GHz Chirp Generator With +5.9-dBm Peak Output Power for Sub-THz Imaging and Sensing. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2023.

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SM Hossein Naghavi, Morteza Tavakoli Taba, Mohammed Aseeri, Ehsan Afshari (2023). An Integrated 100-GHz FMCW Imaging Radar for Low-Cost Drywall Inspection. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 2023.

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Morteza Fayazi, Morteza Tavakoli Taba, Ehsan Afshari, Ronald Dreslinski (2023). AnGeL: Fully-Automated Analog Circuit Generator Using a Neural Network Assisted Semi-Supervised Learning Approach. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I (TCAS-I), 2023.

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Morteza Tavakoli Taba, SM Hossein Naghavi, Sara Shoouri, Andreia Cathelin, Ehsan Afshari (2023). A 53-62 GHz Two-channel Differential 6-bit Active Phase Shifter in 55-nm SiGe Technology. In ESSCIRC 2023-IEEE 49th European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC).

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