Selected Publications
Refereed Journals
- M. D. Edwards and M. Alhawari, "A Laddered-Inverter Nonoverlapping Clock Generator," in IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 1304-1313, May 2025, doi: 10.1109/TVLSI.2025.3537456.
- Hamza Al Maharmeh, Mohammed Ismail and Mohammad Alhawari (2024), "Energy-Efficient Time-Domain Computation for Edge Devices: Challenges and Prospects", Foundations and Trends in Integrated Circuits and Systems: Vol. 3: No. 1, pp 1-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/3500000013
- S. M. Varnosfaderani, I. McNulty, N. J. Sarhan, W. Abood and M. Alhawari, "An Efficient Epilepsy Prediction Model on European Dataset With Model Evaluation Considering Seizure Types," in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 5842-5854, Oct. 2024, doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2024.3423766
- H. A. Maharmeh, N. J. Sarhan, M. Ismail and M. Alhawari, "A 116 TOPS/W Spatially Unrolled Time-Domain Accelerator Utilizing Laddered-Inverter DTC for Energy-Efficient Edge Computing in 65 nm," in IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems, vol. 4, pp. 308-323, 2023, doi: 10.1109/OJCAS.2023.3332853.
- Maleki Varnosfaderani, S., Rashidi, B., & Alhawari, M. (2022). Hardware Implementation of a High Efficiency and High-Speed Squaring Architecture. European Journal of Information Technologies and Computer Science, 2(4), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.24018/compute.2022.2.4.71
- Aloqlah, A.S.; Alhawari, M. A Resistor-Network Model of Dickson Charge Pump Using Steady-State Analysis. Energies 2022, 15, 1899. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15051899.
- Kilani, D.; Mohammad, B.; Alhawari, M. Switched Inductor DC-DC Boost Regulator Using Voltage-to-Time Controller for TEG Applications. Energies 2022, 15, 3330. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15093330.
- H. M. Kadry, M. Alhawari and D. L. Sounas, "Angular-Momentum Biased Circulator With Locally Generated Modulation," in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 551-565, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2020.3034322.
- H. Al Maharmeh, M. Alhawari, C. Hung, M. Ismail, “Hardware security threats and countermeasures: a study of obfuscation, camouflaging and PUFs” International Journal of Multimedia Intelligence and Security, Jan. 2020.
- Kilani, D., Mohammad, B., Alhawari, M. et al. “Analysis and characterization of leakage reduction methodologies for stacking, body biasing and DLS in 65 nm CMOS technology”. Analog Integr Circ Sig Process 102, 1–8 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10470-019-01520-z
- Y. Kifle, M. Alhawari, S. Bou-Sleiman, H. Saleh, B. Mohammad, M. Ismail, “A 230μW Built-in On-Chip Auto-Calibrating RF Amplitude Detector in 65nm CMOS,” Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Aug. 2019.
- D. Kilani, M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh, M. Sanduleanu, and M. Ismail, “Cascaded power management unit characterization for TEG-based IoT devices in 65 nm CMOS,” Microelectronics Journal, vol. 90, pp. 285–296, Aug. 2019.
- A. Mahmoud, M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh and M. Ismail, "A Gain-Controlled, Low-Leakage Dickson Charge Pump for Energy-Harvesting Applications," in IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 1114-1123, May 2019.
- D. Kilani, B. Mohammad, M. Alhawari, H. Saleh and M. Ismail, "A Dual-Output Switched Capacitor DC–DC Buck Converter Using Adaptive Time Multiplexing Technique in 65-nm CMOS," in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 65, no. 11, pp. 4007-4016, Nov. 2018.
- H. Abunahla ; B. Mohammad ; L. Mahmoud ; M. Darweesh ; M. Alhawari ; M. Abi Jaoude ; G. Wesley Hitt, "MemSens: Memristor-Based Radiation Sensor," in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 3198-3205, 15 April, 2018.
- Hallfors, N.G., Alhawari, M., Abi Jaoude, M. et al. “Graphene oxide: Nylon ECG sensors for wearable IoT healthcare—nanomaterial and SoC interface” Analog Integr Circ Sig Process (2018) 96: 253.
- M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh and M. Ismail, "An Efficient Polarity Detection Technique for Thermoelectric Harvester in L-based Converters," in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 705-716, March 2017.
- M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh and M. Ismail, "An Efficient Zero Current Switching Control for L-Based DC–DC Converters in TEG Applications," in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 294-298, March 2017.
- D. Kilani, M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh and M. Ismail, "An Efficient Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Buck Converter for Self-Powered Wearable Electronics," in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 63, no. 10, pp. 1557-1566, Oct. 2016.
- M. Wahbah, M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh and M. Ismail, “An AC–DC converter for human body-based vibration energy harvesting” Microelectronic journals, vol. 55, 2016.
- L. Mahmoud, YA. Samad, M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, K. Liao, M. Ismail, “Combination of PVA with Graphene to Improve the Seebeck Coefficient for Thermoelectric Generator Applications” Journal of Electronic Materials, 2015.
- M. Wahbah, M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh and M. Ismail, "Characterization of Human Body-Based Thermal and Vibration Energy Harvesting for Wearable Devices," in IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 354-363, Sept. 2014.
- Alhawari, M.; Albelooshi, N.A.; Perrott, M.H., "A 0.5 V 4 µW CMOS Light-to-Digital Converter Based on a Nonuniform Quantizer for a Photoplethysmographic Heart-Rate Sensor," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol.49, no.1, pp.271,288, Jan. 2014.
Refereed Conferences
- A. Khan, S. M. Varnosfaderani, M. Alhawari and G. Tutuncuoglu, "Benchmarking RRAM Crossbar Arrays for Epileptic Seizure Prediction," 2024 IEEE 67th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Springfield, MA, USA, 2024, pp. 1314-1318, doi: 10.1109/MWSCAS60917.2024.10658668.
- S. M. Varnosfaderani, N. J. Sarhan and M. Alhawari, "Performance Evaluation of Epilepsy Prediction Model Based on Seizure’ Type and Patients' Characteristics," 2024 IEEE 67th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Springfield, MA, USA, 2024, pp. 1446-1450, doi: 10.1109/MWSCAS60917.2024.10658704.
- S. M. Varnosfaderani, R. Rahman, N. J. Sarhan and M. Alhawari, "A Self-Aware Power Management Model for Epileptic Seizure Systems Based on Patient-Specific Daily Seizure Pattern," 2023 International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2023, pp. 91-95, doi: 10.1109/ICM60448.2023.10378881.
- M. D. Edwards, N. J. Sarhan and M. Alhawari, "A CMOS Analog Neuron Circuit with A Multi-Level Memory," 2023 International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2023, pp. 11-15, doi: 10.1109/ICM60448.2023.10378912.
- S. M. Varnosfaderani, I. McNulty, N. J. Sarhan and M. Alhawari, "Artifacts Removal Techniques for the European iEEG Dataset," 2023 IEEE 66th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Tempe, AZ, USA, 2023, pp. 298-302, doi: 10.1109/MWSCAS57524.2023.10405912.
- M. D. Edwards, N. J. Sarhan and M. Alhawari, "Analysis of Dual-Row and Dual-Array Crossbars in Mixed Signal Deep Neural Networks," 2023 IEEE 66th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Tempe, AZ, USA, 2023, pp. 654-658, doi: 10.1109/MWSCAS57524.2023.10406074.
- L. Sharara et al., "Analysis and Effects of Aging and Electromigration on Mixed-Signal ICs in 22nm FDSOI Technology," 2022 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2022, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9970984.
- S. M. Navidi, H. A. Maharmeh, S. Parekh, A. Wehbi, M. Alhawari and M. Ismail, "A High-Speed ADC for a Multi-Band 5G V2X Wireless Receiver," 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Austin, TX, USA, 2022, pp. 331-335, doi: 10.1109/ISCAS48785.2022.9937936.
- A. S. Aloqlah and M. Alhawari, "Demystifying Maximum Power Transfer Methodologies for Charge Pumps: An Analytical Approach," 2021 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2021, pp. 978-981, doi: 10.1109/MWSCAS47672.2021.9531860.
- D. Kilani, M. Alhawari and B. Mohammad, "L-based DC-DC Boost Regulator Using Voltage-to-Time Converter for Self-powered Devices," 2021 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2021, pp. 970-973, doi: 10.1109/MWSCAS47672.2021.9531859.
- I. McNulty et al., "Analysis of Artifacts Removal Techniques in EEG Signals for Energy-Constrained Devices," 2021 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2021, pp. 515-519, doi: 10.1109/MWSCAS47672.2021.9531909.
- S. M. Varnosfaderani et al., "A Two-Layer LSTM Deep Learning Model for Epileptic Seizure Prediction," 2021 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS), 2021, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/AICAS51828.2021.9458539.
- R. Rahman et al., "Comprehensive Analysis of EEG Datasets for Epileptic Seizure Prediction," 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2021, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ISCAS51556.2021.9401766.
- H. A. Maharmeh, N. J. Sarhan, C. -C. Hung, M. Ismail and M. Alhawari, "A Comparative Analysis of Time-Domain and Digital-Domain Hardware Accelerators for Neural Networks," 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2021, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ISCAS51556.2021.9401758.
- H. Al Maharmeh, N. J. Sarhan, C. -C. Hung, M. Ismail and M. Alhawari, "Compute-in-Time for Deep Neural Network Accelerators: Challenges and Prospects," 2020 IEEE 63rd International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Springfield, MA, USA, 2020, pp. 990-993.
- M. D. Edwards, H. Al Maharmeh, N. J. Sarhan, M. Ismail and M. Alhawari, "A Low-Power, Digitally-Controlled, Multi-Stable, CMOS Analog Memory Circuit," 2020 IEEE 63rd International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Springfield, MA, USA, 2020, pp. 872-875.
- K. Jumood, S. AbdulHadi, B. Mohammad, M. Abi Jaoude, A. AlAzzam, M. Alhawari, “High-Density ReRAM Crossbar with Selector Device for Sneak Path Reduction” International Conference on Microelectronics, Dec. 2019
- D. Kilani, M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh and M. Ismail, "An Efficient and Small Area Multioutput Switched Capacitor Buck Converter for IoTs," 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Florence, Italy, 2018, pp. 1-4.
- A. Mahmoud, M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh and M. Ismail, "A Charge Pump Based Power Management Unit With 66%-Efficiency in 65 nm CMOS," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Florence, Italy, 2018, pp. 1-4.
- H. Aboueidah et al., "Characterization of RF energy harvesting at 2.4 GHz," 24th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Batumi, 2017, pp. 446-449.
- D. Kilani, M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh and M. Ismail, "An 83% efficiency, 0.6V to 1V output switched-capacitor DC-DC converter for micro-watt power applications," IEEE 59th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Abu Dhabi, 2016, pp. 1-4.
- M. Alhawari, T. Tekeste, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh and M. Ismail, "Power management unit for multi-source energy harvesting in wearable electronics," IEEE 59th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Abu Dhabi, 2016, pp. 1-4.
- A. Mahmoud, M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh and M. Ismail, "A multi-input, multi-output power management unit using dickson charge pump for energy harvesting applications," IEEE 59th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Abu Dhabi, 2016, pp. 1-4.
- Y. Kifle, M. Alhawari, S. Bou-Sleiman and M. Ismail, "A 0.23 mW, On-Chip, self-calibrating RF amplitude detector in 65 nm CMOS," IEEE 59th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Abu Dhabi, 2016, pp. 1-4.
- M. Alhawari, D. Kilani, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh and M. Ismail, "An efficient thermal energy harvesting and power management for μWatt wearable BioChips," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Montreal, QC, 2016, pp. 2258-2261.
- M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh and M. Ismail, "An all-digital, CMOS zero current switching circuit for thermal energy harvesting," European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD), Trondheim, 2015, pp. 1-4.
- M. Alhawari, D. Kilani, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh and M. Ismail, "An efficient power management unit for μWatt thermoelectric generators," International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Research (ICTRC), Abu Dhabi, 2015, pp. 148-151.
- M. Alhawari and M. H. Perrott, "A clockless, multi-stable, CMOS analog circuit," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Melbourne VIC, 2014, pp. 1764-1767.
- M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh and M. Ismail, "A survey of thermal energy harvesting techniques and interface circuitry," IEEE 20th International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS), Abu Dhabi, 2013, pp. 381-384.
- M. Alhawari et al., "Energy efficient system-on-chip architecture for non-invasive mobile monitoring of diabetics," 8th International Conference on Design & Technology of Integrated Systems in Nanoscale Era (DTIS), Abu Dhabi, 2013, pp. 180-181.
- M. Alhawari, N. Albelooshi and M. H. Perrott, "A 0.5V 4µW CMOS photoplethysmographic heart-rate sensor IC based on a non-uniform quantizer," IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers, San Francisco, CA, 2013, pp. 384-385.
Patents
- M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh, M. Ismail, “Auto-Polarity In An Inductor Based Converter” , US Patent 9972761, May 2018.
- M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh, M. Ismail, “Energy Mixer” , US Patent 9973007, May, 2020.
- D. Kilani, M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh, M. Ismail, “Methods and Apparatus for Simulataneously Generating Multiple Output Voltage Levels Utilizing Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converters",US Patent 10651730, May, 2020.
- A. Mahmoud, M.Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh, M. Ismail, “Two Dimentional Charge Pump", US Patent 10666136, May, 2020.
- M. Edwards, M. Alhawari, "Laddered Inverter Ring Oscillator," Patent Pending
Authored Books
- S. Maleki, N. Sarhan, M. Alhawari, "Hardware Software Co-design of Epileptic Seizure Prediction Systems", 2025 (To appear)
- M. Alhawari, et al. , “Energy Harvesting Circuits for Self-powered Wearable Devices” ISBN 978-3-319-62578-2, Springer, 2018.
Book Chapters
- M. Alhawari, et al. , “A Low Power, High Resolution ZCS Control for Inductor-based Converters”, The IoT Physical layer, ISBN 978-3-319-93100-5, Springer, 2019.
- M. Alhawari, et al. , “A Self-Powered SoC Platform for Wearable Health Care”, The IoT Physical layer, ISBN 978-3-319-93100-5, Springer, 2019.
- D. Kilani, M. Alhawari, B. Mohammad, H. Saleh, M. Ismail, “Power Management Unit for IoT”, The IoT Physical layer, ISBN 978-3-319-93100-5, Springer, 2019.