The LNM Institute of Information Technology

Nikhil Raj

nikhil.raj@lnmiit.ac.in

Date of joining:

30-05-2019

Department:

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Summary

Dr. Nikhil Raj is a faculty member in the department of ECE and working in the area of design of low power VLSI circuits & systems

Biography

Dr. Nikhil Raj is an academician and researcher in Electronics and Communication Engineering. He obtained his M.Tech & PhD from NIT Kurukshetra in the years 2009 & 2017, respectively. He has been associated with the institute since 2019.

Research Area

Microelectronics, Low Power Current Mode Circuits, Bio-inspired circuits

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Dr. Nikhil Raj

Assistant Professor

Electronics and Communication Engineering

0000-0002-7544-9385

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https://publons.com/researcher/1369816/dr-nikhil-raj/

Education

	Degree/Diploma	Institute/ Organization	Year	Branch/Specialization
1	Ph. D. Doctor of Philosophy	NIT Kurukshetra	2017	Low Power Circuits
2	M. Tech. Master of Technology	NIT Kurukshetra	2009	VLSI Design

Publications

1	N. Domala, G. Sasikala, & Nikhil Raj, Low voltage high bandwidth FVF current mirror using quasi floating self-cascode output stage, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, December 2023
2	Rahul Porwal, Ajeet Kumar Rathor, M.V. Deepak Nair, Nikhil Raj, A planar four- element modified L-shaped monopolar multiport antenna for sub-6 GHz applications, AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications, November 2023
3	P. Anil, S. Tamil, Nikhil Raj, "Design of sub-volt High Impedance Wide Bandwidth Current Mirror for High Performance Analog Circuit", "Design of sub-volt High Impedance Wide Bandwidth Current Mirror for High Performance Analog Circuit", In proc. ICSCSP-2021 (Springer), Jun 18-19 Hyderabad, 2021. JUN 2021 IndexedIn : [Scopus] Scopus,
4	D. Rajesh, S. Tamil, Nikhil Raj, "Low Voltage Low Power Design of Operational Transconductance Amplifier", "Low Voltage Low Power Design of Operational Transconductance Amplifier", In proc. ICSCSP-2021 (Springer), Jun 18-19 Hyderabad, 2021. JUN 2021 IndexedIn : [Scopus] Scopus,
5	Nikhil Raj, “Low-voltage wide-range high-impedance ?ipped voltage follower current mirror”, “Low-voltage wide-range high-impedance ?ipped voltage follower current mirror”, Sådhanå (Springer), Volume 46(171), pp. 1-9, 2021. AUG 2021 IndexedIn : [Scopus,UGC CARE List] DOI : 10.1007/s12046-021-01694-1,
6	P. Anil, S. Tamil, Nikhil Raj,, "Low voltage Improved Impedance Wide Bandwidth Current Mirror", "Low voltage Improved Impedance Wide Bandwidth Current Mirror", International Journal of Information Technology (Springer), 2021. SEPT 2021 IndexedIn : [Scopus,UGC CARE List] DOI : 10.1007/s41870-021-00785-w,
7	P. Anil, S. Tamil, Nikhil Raj, "Design of Low Voltage Improved Current Mirror", "Design of Low Voltage Improved Current Mirror", In proc. ICIECE-2021 (Springer), Aug 13-14 Hyderabad, 2021. AUG 2021 IndexedIn : [Scopus],
8	D. Rajesh, S. Tamil, Nikhil Raj, "Design of High Gain Operational Transconductance Amplifier", "Design of High Gain Operational Transconductance Amplifier", In proc. ICIECE-2021 (Springer), Aug 13-14 Hyderabad, 2021. AUG 2021 IndexedIn : [Scopus],
9	Nikhil Raj, “Low Voltage FVF Current Mirror With High Bandwidth and Low Input Impedance”, “Low Voltage FVF Current Mirror With High Bandwidth and Low Input Impedance”, Iranian Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Volume 17, No. 3, pp. 1-7, 2021. NOV 2020 IndexedIn : [Scopus] Scopus DOI : 10.22068/IJEEE.17.3.1972,
10	Nikhil Raj, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Anil Kumar Gupta, “Low Voltage High Bandwidth Self-biased High Swing Cascode Current Mirror”,, Nikhil Raj, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Anil Kumar Gupta, “Low Voltage High Bandwidth Self-biased High Swing Cascode Current Mirror”, Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics (IJPAP), Volume 55, Issue 4, pp. 245-253, 2017. FEB 2017 IndexedIn : [Scopus] SCIE DOI : http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/IJPAP/article/view/13025/0,
11	Nikhil Raj, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Anil Kumar Gupta, “Low Voltage High Performance Bulk-driven Quasi-floating Gate Self-biased Cascode Current Mirror”,, , “Low Voltage High Performance Bulk-driven Quasi-floating Gate Self-biased Cascode Current Mirror”, Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Volume 52, Issue 1, pp. 124-133, 2016. APRIL 2016 IndexedIn : [Scopus] SCIE DOI : 10.1016/j.mejo.2016.04.001,
12	Nikhil Raj, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Anil Kumar Gupta, “High performance Current Mirrors using Quasi- floating Bulk”, “High performance Current Mirrors using Quasi- floating Bulk”, Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Volume 52, Issue 1, pp. 11-22, 2016. APRIL 2016 IndexedIn : [Scopus] SCIE DOI : 10.1016/j.mejo.2016.02.012,
13	Nikhil Raj, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Anil Kumar Gupta, “Low Voltage High Output Impedance Bulk- driven Quasi-floating Gate Self-biased High-swing Cascode Current Mirror”, “Low Voltage High Output Impedance Bulk- driven Quasi-floating Gate Self-biased High-swing Cascode Current Mirror”, Circuit System & Signal Processing Journal (Springer), Volume 35, No. 8, pp. 2683-2703, 2015. OCT 2015 IndexedIn : [Scopus] SCIE DOI : 10.1007/s00034-015-0184-4,
14	Nikhil Raj and Anil Kumar Gupta, “Multifunction Filter Design using BDQFG Miller OTA”, , “Multifunction Filter Design using BDQFG Miller OTA”, Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering: An International Journal (EEEIJ Journal), Volume 4, No. 3, pp. 55-67, 2015. AUG 2015 IndexedIn : [WoS] Google scholar DOI : 10.14810/elelij.2015.4305,
15	Nikhil Raj, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, and Anil Kumar Gupta, “Low Power Circuit Design Techniques: A Survey”, “Low Power Circuit Design Techniques: A Survey”, International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering, Volume 7, No. 3, pp. 172-176, 2015. APRIL 2015 IndexedIn : [WoS] IET Inspec DOI : 10.7763/IJCTE.2015.V7.951,
16	Lenin Gopal, Nikhil Raj, Nyap Tet Clement Tham, Alpha Agape Gopalai, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, “Design of Reversible Multiplexer/De-multiplexer”, “Design of Reversible Multiplexer/De-multiplexer”, In Proceedings: 4th IEEE International Conference on Control System, Computing and Engineering, pp. 416-420, 28th-30th November 2014, Penang, Malaysia. NOV 2014 ,
17	Nikhil Raj, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Anil Kumar , “Low Power High Output Impedance High Bandwidth QFGMOS Current Mirror”,, “Low Power High Output Impedance High Bandwidth QFGMOS Current Mirror”, Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Volume 45, Issue 8, pp. 1132-1142, 2014. MAR 2014 IndexedIn : [Scopus] SCIE DOI : 10.1016/j.mejo.2014.05.005,
18	Nikhil Raj, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Anil Kumar Gupta, “Low Voltage Bulk-driven Self-biased Cascode Current Mirror with Bandwidth Enhancement”, , “Low Voltage Bulk-driven Self-biased Cascode Current Mirror with Bandwidth Enhancement”, Electronics Letters (IET), Volume 50, No. 1, pp. 23-25, 2014. JAN 2014 IndexedIn : [Scopus] SCI DOI : 10.1049/el.2013.3600,
19	Nikhil Raj, Rohit Lorenzo,, “An effective design technique to reduce leakage power”, “An effective design technique to reduce leakage power”, In Proceedings: IEEE Students Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science, pp.1-4, 1st-2nd March 2012. MAR 2012 ,
20	Nikhil Raj, R. K. Sharma, “Modeling of Human Voice Box in VLSI for Low Power Biomedical Applications”, “Modeling of Human Voice Box in VLSI for Low Power Biomedical Applications”, IETE Journal of Research, Vol. 57, Issue 4, pp. 345-353, 2011. AUG 2011 IndexedIn : [Scopus] SCIE DOI : 10.4103/0377-2063.86337,
21	Nikhil Raj and R. K. Sharma, “A High Swing OTA with wide Linearity for design of Self Tuneable Resistor”, “A High Swing OTA with wide Linearity for design of Self Tuneable Resistor”, International Journal of VLSI design & Communication system (VLSICS), Volume 1, No. 3, pp. 1-11, 2010. AUG 2010 IndexedIn : [WoS] Google scholar DOI : 10.5121/vlsic.2010.1301,
22	Nikhil Raj,, “A Low-Power OTA with High-Linearity”,, “A Low-Power OTA with High-Linearity”, In Proceedings: IEEE Sponsored International Conference on Electronic Design & Signal Processing, Dec 9-13, 2009, Bangalore, India. MAR 2009 ,

Expert lectures

	Month	Year	Information
1	June	2021	Topic "Circuit Design Techniques for Low Power VLSI" 15th June 2021, Hyderabad. JUN 2021
2	January	2021	Topic “Low Power Analog Circuit Design Techniques” in Five days National workshop on Recent Trend in Microelectronic Devices, VLSI Circuits & their Applications from 25th to 29th Jan 2021, Vijayawada AP. JAN 2021
3	May	2020	Topic “Analog IC Design” in Five days online webinar titled “Knowledge Sharing on Recent Trends and its Application in Electronics” from 3rd to 7th May 2020, Hyderabad. MAY 2020
4	June	2020	Topic “Internet of Things” in Six days online FDP on “Emerging Technologies in Engineering” from 1st to 6th June 2020, Hyderabad. JUN 2020

Workshop attended

	Type	Month	Year	Information
1	Conference - International	December	2015	International Conference on Eco-friendly Computing and Communication Systems, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana, India.
2	Conference - International	June	2014	International Conference on Computer Technology and Science, Curtin University, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia.
3	Training	September	2012	IEP on Low Power Digital Design, IIT Kanpur.
4	Workshop	January	2012	IEP on Design of RF circuits and Lab, sponsored by project SMDP Ph-II (DIT), IIT Delhi.
5	Workshop	October	2011	IEP on Design Finishing for Chip Tape Out, VNIT Nagpur.
6	Conference - International	February	2010	International Conference on Signal Acquisition and Processing, Bangalore, India.
7	Conference - International	January	2009	International Conference on VLSI Design, Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi, India.
8	Workshop	June	2008	20 days summer school on Physics of Semiconductor Nanostructures (Semi Nano 2008) organized by UGC Networking Resource Centre, Calcutta University.