Behzad Razavi

30.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
296 papers, 21.6k citations indexed

About

Behzad Razavi is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Hardware and Architecture. According to data from OpenAlex, Behzad Razavi has authored 296 papers receiving a total of 21.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 278 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 98 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 15 papers in Hardware and Architecture. Recurrent topics in Behzad Razavi's work include Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies (173 papers), Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design (166 papers) and Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design (96 papers). Behzad Razavi is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies (173 papers), Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design (166 papers) and Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design (96 papers). Behzad Razavi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and India. Behzad Razavi's co-authors include Shereen M. Galal, B.A. Wooley, Jafar Savoj, A. Zolfaghari, S. Wu, Jri Lee, Frank Herzel, K.F. Lee, Bibhu Datta Sahoo and Srikanth Gondi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Construction and Building Materials and IEEE Communications Magazine.

In The Last Decade

Behzad Razavi

281 papers receiving 19.9k citations

Hit Papers

Design of Analog CMOS Int... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1999 1997 2004 1997 2002 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits
    1999 4.7k citations Behzad Razavi CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →
  2. RF Microelectronics
    1997 1.5k citations Behzad Razavi CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →
  3. A study of injection locking and pulling in oscillators
    2004 887 citations Behzad Razavi IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits profile →
  4. Design considerations for direct-conversion receivers
    1997 818 citations Behzad Razavi profile →
  5. Design of integrated circuits for optical communications
    2002 740 citations Behzad Razavi CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →
  6. A study of phase noise in CMOS oscillators
    1996 688 citations Behzad Razavi IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits profile →
  7. Principles of Data Conversion System Design
    1994 641 citations Behzad Razavi profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Behzad Razavi 20.5k 9.2k 1.2k 1.2k 1.0k 296 21.6k
Gábor C. Temes 10.3k 0.5× 9.2k 1.0× 1.5k 1.3× 473 0.4× 618 0.6× 406 12.1k
Willy Sansen 11.1k 0.5× 7.1k 0.8× 706 0.6× 1.8k 1.6× 503 0.5× 499 13.0k
Christian Enz 7.3k 0.4× 3.8k 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 418 0.4× 601 0.6× 307 8.7k
Bram Nauta 10.6k 0.5× 4.8k 0.5× 818 0.7× 291 0.3× 304 0.3× 359 11.1k
A.A. Abidi 12.4k 0.6× 5.1k 0.6× 500 0.4× 345 0.3× 528 0.5× 222 12.8k
Y. Tsividis 8.9k 0.4× 6.2k 0.7× 651 0.6× 382 0.3× 368 0.4× 258 10.2k
Ali Hajimiri 13.5k 0.7× 3.4k 0.4× 430 0.4× 327 0.3× 1.7k 1.6× 286 14.8k
P.R. Gray 9.0k 0.4× 6.9k 0.8× 884 0.8× 647 0.6× 241 0.2× 111 9.7k
Rui P. Martins 10.2k 0.5× 6.2k 0.7× 504 0.4× 333 0.3× 176 0.2× 849 11.4k
J.D. Meindl 10.4k 0.5× 1.9k 0.2× 969 0.8× 1.7k 1.5× 1.1k 1.1× 439 12.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Razavi, Behzad. (2025). Analysis and Design of Data Converters. Cambridge University Press eBooks.
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Razavi, Behzad. (2025). Fifty Applications of the CMOS Inverter—Part 3 [The Analog Mind]. IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine. 17(1). 12–159. 1 indexed citations
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Razavi, Behzad. (2024). The Design of a Biquadratic Filter [The Analog Mind]. IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine. 16(1). 6–13. 2 indexed citations
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Razavi, Behzad. (2024). Fifty Applications of the CMOS Inverter—Part 1 [The Analog Mind]. IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine. 16(3). 7–14. 1 indexed citations
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Razavi, Hossein, et al.. (2024). A 140-GHz 40-mW Receiver with LO Generation and Phase Shifting for Beamforming Applications. 492–495. 1 indexed citations
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Razavi, Behzad. (2024). Education of Chip Designers at a Large Scale: A Proposal [Society News]. IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine. 16(2). 76–83. 1 indexed citations
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Razavi, Behzad. (2024). Fifty Applications of the CMOS Inverter—Part 2 [The Analog Mind]. IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine. 16(4). 12–20.
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Razavi, Behzad, et al.. (2023). A 300-GHz 52-mW CMOS Receiver With On-Chip LO Generation. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 58(8). 2141–2156. 14 indexed citations
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Razavi, Hossein & Behzad Razavi. (2023). A Study of Injection Locking in Oscillators and Frequency Dividers. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 58(8). 2129–2140. 2 indexed citations
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Razavi, Hossein & Behzad Razavi. (2022). A 0.4–6 GHz Receiver for Cellular and WiFi Applications. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 57(9). 2640–2657. 28 indexed citations
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Razavi, Behzad. (2011). RF Microelectronics (2nd Edition) (Prentice Hall Communications Engineering and Emerging Technologies Series). 55 indexed citations
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Marković, Dejan, et al.. (2007). Towards Neuromote: A Single-Chip, 100-Channel, Neural-Signal Acquisition, Processing, and Telemetry Device. Conference proceedings. 5. 437–440. 10 indexed citations
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Aytur, T., Stephan ten Brink, Cheng-Chung Hsu, et al.. (2006). 6.6 A Fully Integrated UWB PHY in 0.13µm CMOS. 418–427. 5 indexed citations
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Razavi, Behzad. (2002). A 622 Mb/s 4.5 pA/√Hz CMOS transimpedance amplifier [for optical receiver front-end]. 162–163,. 40 indexed citations
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Razavi, Behzad. (2002). Challenges in the design of high-speed clock and data recovery circuits.. IEEE Communications Magazine. 40. 94–101. 50 indexed citations
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Razavi, Behzad. (2002). Challenges in the design of high-speed clock and deta recovery circuits. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 40. 94–101. 21 indexed citations
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Razavi, Behzad, et al.. (2000). A self-calibrating 900-MHz CMOS image-reject receiver. European Solid-State Circuits Conference. 320–323. 25 indexed citations
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Razavi, Behzad. (1996). Monolithic phase-locked loops and clock recovery circuits : theory and design. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 147 indexed citations
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Razavi, Behzad. (1995). Principles of data conversion system design / Behzad Razavi. A M A Archives of Internal Medicine. 1995(1995). 1–99. 27 indexed citations
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Razavi, Behzad. (1994). A 100-MHz 10-mW All-NPN Sample-and-Hold Circuit with 3-V Supply. European Solid-State Circuits Conference. 192–195. 1 indexed citations

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