About
Farhan Abdul Ghaffar graduated with a Ph.D. degree and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering under the supervision of Professor Atif Shamim at Integrated Microwaves Packaging Antennas & Circuit Technology (IMPACT) Research Group at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Currently, Farhan is working as a Post Doctoral Fellow/Instructor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT).
Research Interests
Farhan's research interests included Fractal Antenna Design for System on Package (SoP) and System on Chip (SoC) Applications, Ferrite LTCC Based Tunable Antenna and Passive Component Design, Design of Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC), and Integration of Active Circuits with Antenna for System on Chip (SoC) Applications.
Conference Publications:
- F. A. Ghaffar, A. Shamim, "A Self-biased 3D Tunable Helical Antenna in Ferrite LTCC Substrate", IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, AP-S/URSI, 2015.
- H. M. Cheema, F. A. Ghaffar, M. Arsalan, A. Shamim, " A 94 GHz CMOS Based Oscillator Transmitter with an On-Chip Meandered Dipole Antenna", IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, AP-S/URSI, 2015.
- F. A. Ghaffar and A. Shamim, “A Self-Biased Tunable Helical Antenna in Ferrite LTCC Substrate”, IEEE International Symposium of Antennas and Propagation Society (APS/URSI), 2015. (Accepted)
- F. A. Ghaffar and A. Shamim, "Theory and Design of a Half-Mode SIW Ferrite LTCC Phase Shifter ", IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), 2015. (Accepted)
- F. A. Ghaffar, A. Shamim and J. R. Bray, "Design strategy for a tunable antenna on a partially magnetized ferrite LTCC substrate," IEEE International Symposium of Antennas and Propagation Society (APS/URSI), pp.779-780, July 2014.
- F. A. Ghaffar, H. M. Cheema, M. Arsalan, K. N. Salama and A. Shamim, “60 GHz System-on-Chip (SoC) with Built-in Memory and an On-chip Antenna,” IEEE European Conference on Antennas & Propagation (EuCAP), April 2014.
- A. A. Hamdoun, F. A. Ghaffar and L. Roy, “Design of Flexible Patch Antenna Array”, Applied Electromagnetic Symposium, AES’ 13, March 2013.
- F. A. Ghaffar, A. Shamim and L. Roy., "Study of LCP based flexible patch antenna array," IEEE International Symposium of Antennas and Propagation Society (APS/URSI), pp.1,2, July 2012.
- F. A. Ghaffar and A. Shamim, "A 60 GHz Wideband and Miniaturized CMOS Fractal Antenna," Progress in Electromagnetics Research PIERS, Kuala Lumpur, March 2012.
- F. A. Ghaffar, A. Shamim and K. N. Salama, “Design and Comparison of LTCC Based Fractal Antennas” URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug 2011.
Education Profile
- Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), (2011-2016)
- M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), (2009-2010)
- B.E. degree in Electronics Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, (2004-2007)
