Faculty Profiles - SARFRAZ Khawar | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Khawar SARFRAZ

PhD in Electronic and Computer Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2016

Lecturer I
Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering

(852) 2358 6097
eesarfraz@ust.hk
Room 2423
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ORCID

0000-0002-2031-4635

Scopus ID

36983170500

Research Interest Publications Teaching Assignment RPG Supervision

Research Interest

Very large-scale integration (VLSI)
Integrated circuits and systems
Mixed-signal / analog integrated circuit (IC)
Internet of Things (IoT)
Artificial intelligence

Publications

All Years 17 2024 1 2023 0 2022 0 2021 1 2020 0 2019 0 2018 15

2024 1

An Efficient 6TP SRAM-Based CIM Macro With Column ADCs for Binarized Neural Networks

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, v. 71, (5), May 2024, article number 10475673, p. 2509-2513
Shah, Ikramullah; Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Article

2021 1

A Scalable Adaptive ADC/DSP-Based 1.25-to-56Gbps/112Gbps High-Speed Transceiver Architecture Using Decision-Directed MMSE CDR in 16nm and 7nm

Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, v. 64, February 2021, article number 9366063, p. 134-136
Xu, Danfeng; Kou, Yu; Lai, Paul; Cheng, Zichuan; Cheung, Tze Yin; Moser, Larry; Zhang, Yang; Liu, Xiaolong; Lam, Man Pio; Jia, Haikun; Pan, Quan; Szeto, Wing Hong; Tang, Chi Fai; Mak, Ka Fai; Sarfraz, Khawar; Zhu, Tairan; Kwan, Ming; Au, Emily Yim Lee; Conroy, Cormac; Chan, Kai Keung
Conference paper

2017 3

A 1.2V-to-0.4V 3.2GHz-to-14.3MHz Power-Efficient 3-Port Register File in 65-nm CMOS

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, v. 64, (2), February 2017, article number 7775079, p. 360-372
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Article

A 140mV Variation-Tolerant Deep Sub-Threshold SRAM in 65nm CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuit, v. 52, (8), August 2017, p. 2215-2220
Sarfraz, Khawar; He, jin; Chan, Man Sun
Article

A Voltage-Scalable Zero-Delay-Overhead Scheme for Standby Power Reduction in Dynamic Register Files

Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, March 2017, article number 7869951
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Conference paper

2016 3

A Compact Low-Power 4-Port Register File with Grounded Write Bitlines and Single-Ended Read Operations

Integration, the VLSI Journal, v. 55, September 2016, p. 12-21
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Article

Modeling CNTFET Performance Variation due to Spatial Distribution of Carbon Nanotubes

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, v. 63, (9), September 2016, article number 7517285, p. 3776-3781
Ahmed, Zubair; Zhang, Lining; Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Article

Modeling spatial distribution induced variability in CNT array based FETs

Ahmed, Zubair; Zhang, Lining; Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Conference paper

2015 4

A 65nm 3.2GHz 44.2mW Low-Vt Register File with Robust Low-capacitance Dynamic Local Bitlines

European Solid-State Circuits Conference, v. 2015-October, October 2015, article number 7313894, p. 331-334
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Conference paper

An Area-Efficient 1.5-GHz Dual-V_DD 4-Port Register File for Real-Time Microprocessors

Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits, EDSSC 2015, September 2015, article number 7285085, p. 201-204
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Conference paper

Nanoscale Register File Circuit Design – Challenges and Opportunities

Proceedings - 2015 IEEE 11th International Conference on ASIC, ASICON 2015, July 2016, article number 7516882
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Conference paper

Write Ability Enhancement Techniques for L1 Cache on Next-Generation IBM POWER^TM Processors

Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits, EDSSC 2015, October 2015, article number 7285192, p. 621-624
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Conference paper

2014 2

A Low-noise Local Bitline Technique for Dual-Vt Register Files

2014 IEEE Faible Tension Faible Consommation, 2014, article number 6828602
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Conference paper

Low Voltage SRAM Design using Tunneling Regime of CNTFET

14th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE-NANO 2014, November 2014, article number 6968042, p. 864-867
Ahmed, Zubair; Sarfraz, Khawar; Zhang, Lining; Chan, Man Sun
Conference paper

2013 1

Characterization of a Low Leakage Current and High-speed 7T SRAM Circuit with Wide Voltage Margins

Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI, November 2013, article number 6654624, p. 64-69
Sarfraz, Khawar; Kursun, Volkan
Conference paper

2011 1

A novel low-leakage 8T differential SRAM cell

2011 IEEE/IFIP 19th International Conference on VLSI and System-on-Chip, VLSI-SoC 2011, November 2011, article number 6081624, p. 19-24
Sarfraz, Khawar
Conference paper

2010 1

Comparison of two SRAM matrix leakage reduction techniques in 45nm technology

Proceedings of the International Conference on Microelectronics, ICM, January 2011, article number 5696162, p. 367-370
Sarfraz, Khawar
Conference paper

Article 1

An Efficient 6TP SRAM-Based CIM Macro With Column ADCs for Binarized Neural Networks

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, v. 71, (5), May 2024, article number 10475673, p. 2509-2513
Shah, Ikramullah; Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun

Conference paper 1

A Scalable Adaptive ADC/DSP-Based 1.25-to-56Gbps/112Gbps High-Speed Transceiver Architecture Using Decision-Directed MMSE CDR in 16nm and 7nm

Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, v. 64, February 2021, article number 9366063, p. 134-136
Xu, Danfeng; Kou, Yu; Lai, Paul; Cheng, Zichuan; Cheung, Tze Yin; Moser, Larry; Zhang, Yang; Liu, Xiaolong; Lam, Man Pio; Jia, Haikun; Pan, Quan; Szeto, Wing Hong; Tang, Chi Fai; Mak, Ka Fai; Sarfraz, Khawar; Zhu, Tairan; Kwan, Ming; Au, Emily Yim Lee; Conroy, Cormac; Chan, Kai Keung

Article 2

A 1.2V-to-0.4V 3.2GHz-to-14.3MHz Power-Efficient 3-Port Register File in 65-nm CMOS

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, v. 64, (2), February 2017, article number 7775079, p. 360-372
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun

A 140mV Variation-Tolerant Deep Sub-Threshold SRAM in 65nm CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuit, v. 52, (8), August 2017, p. 2215-2220
Sarfraz, Khawar; He, jin; Chan, Man Sun

Conference paper 1

A Voltage-Scalable Zero-Delay-Overhead Scheme for Standby Power Reduction in Dynamic Register Files

Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, March 2017, article number 7869951
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun

Article 2

A Compact Low-Power 4-Port Register File with Grounded Write Bitlines and Single-Ended Read Operations

Integration, the VLSI Journal, v. 55, September 2016, p. 12-21
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun

Modeling CNTFET Performance Variation due to Spatial Distribution of Carbon Nanotubes

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, v. 63, (9), September 2016, article number 7517285, p. 3776-3781
Ahmed, Zubair; Zhang, Lining; Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun

Conference paper 1

Modeling spatial distribution induced variability in CNT array based FETs

Ahmed, Zubair; Zhang, Lining; Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun

Conference paper 4

A 65nm 3.2GHz 44.2mW Low-Vt Register File with Robust Low-capacitance Dynamic Local Bitlines

European Solid-State Circuits Conference, v. 2015-October, October 2015, article number 7313894, p. 331-334
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun

An Area-Efficient 1.5-GHz Dual-V_DD 4-Port Register File for Real-Time Microprocessors

Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits, EDSSC 2015, September 2015, article number 7285085, p. 201-204
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun

Nanoscale Register File Circuit Design – Challenges and Opportunities

Proceedings - 2015 IEEE 11th International Conference on ASIC, ASICON 2015, July 2016, article number 7516882
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun

Write Ability Enhancement Techniques for L1 Cache on Next-Generation IBM POWER^TM Processors

Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits, EDSSC 2015, October 2015, article number 7285192, p. 621-624
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun

Conference paper 2

A Low-noise Local Bitline Technique for Dual-Vt Register Files

2014 IEEE Faible Tension Faible Consommation, 2014, article number 6828602
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun

Low Voltage SRAM Design using Tunneling Regime of CNTFET

14th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE-NANO 2014, November 2014, article number 6968042, p. 864-867
Ahmed, Zubair; Sarfraz, Khawar; Zhang, Lining; Chan, Man Sun

Conference paper 1

Characterization of a Low Leakage Current and High-speed 7T SRAM Circuit with Wide Voltage Margins

Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI, November 2013, article number 6654624, p. 64-69
Sarfraz, Khawar; Kursun, Volkan

Conference paper 1

A novel low-leakage 8T differential SRAM cell

2011 IEEE/IFIP 19th International Conference on VLSI and System-on-Chip, VLSI-SoC 2011, November 2011, article number 6081624, p. 19-24
Sarfraz, Khawar

Conference paper 1

Comparison of two SRAM matrix leakage reduction techniques in 45nm technology

Proceedings of the International Conference on Microelectronics, ICM, January 2011, article number 5696162, p. 367-370
Sarfraz, Khawar

2017 3

A 1.2V-to-0.4V 3.2GHz-to-14.3MHz Power-Efficient 3-Port Register File in 65-nm CMOS

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, v. 64, (2), February 2017, article number 7775079, p. 360-372
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Article

A 140mV Variation-Tolerant Deep Sub-Threshold SRAM in 65nm CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuit, v. 52, (8), August 2017, p. 2215-2220
Sarfraz, Khawar; He, jin; Chan, Man Sun
Article

A Voltage-Scalable Zero-Delay-Overhead Scheme for Standby Power Reduction in Dynamic Register Files

Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, March 2017, article number 7869951
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Conference paper

2016 3

A Compact Low-Power 4-Port Register File with Grounded Write Bitlines and Single-Ended Read Operations

Integration, the VLSI Journal, v. 55, September 2016, p. 12-21
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Article

Modeling CNTFET Performance Variation due to Spatial Distribution of Carbon Nanotubes

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, v. 63, (9), September 2016, article number 7517285, p. 3776-3781
Ahmed, Zubair; Zhang, Lining; Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Article

Modeling spatial distribution induced variability in CNT array based FETs

Ahmed, Zubair; Zhang, Lining; Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Conference paper

2015 4

A 65nm 3.2GHz 44.2mW Low-Vt Register File with Robust Low-capacitance Dynamic Local Bitlines

European Solid-State Circuits Conference, v. 2015-October, October 2015, article number 7313894, p. 331-334
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Conference paper

An Area-Efficient 1.5-GHz Dual-V_DD 4-Port Register File for Real-Time Microprocessors

Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits, EDSSC 2015, September 2015, article number 7285085, p. 201-204
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Conference paper

Nanoscale Register File Circuit Design – Challenges and Opportunities

Proceedings - 2015 IEEE 11th International Conference on ASIC, ASICON 2015, July 2016, article number 7516882
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Conference paper

Write Ability Enhancement Techniques for L1 Cache on Next-Generation IBM POWER^TM Processors

Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits, EDSSC 2015, October 2015, article number 7285192, p. 621-624
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Conference paper

2014 2

A Low-noise Local Bitline Technique for Dual-Vt Register Files

2014 IEEE Faible Tension Faible Consommation, 2014, article number 6828602
Sarfraz, Khawar; Chan, Man Sun
Conference paper

Low Voltage SRAM Design using Tunneling Regime of CNTFET

14th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE-NANO 2014, November 2014, article number 6968042, p. 864-867
Ahmed, Zubair; Sarfraz, Khawar; Zhang, Lining; Chan, Man Sun
Conference paper

2013 1

Characterization of a Low Leakage Current and High-speed 7T SRAM Circuit with Wide Voltage Margins

Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI, November 2013, article number 6654624, p. 64-69
Sarfraz, Khawar; Kursun, Volkan
Conference paper

2011 1

A novel low-leakage 8T differential SRAM cell

2011 IEEE/IFIP 19th International Conference on VLSI and System-on-Chip, VLSI-SoC 2011, November 2011, article number 6081624, p. 19-24
Sarfraz, Khawar
Conference paper

2010 1

Comparison of two SRAM matrix leakage reduction techniques in 45nm technology

Proceedings of the International Conference on Microelectronics, ICM, January 2011, article number 5696162, p. 367-370
Sarfraz, Khawar
Conference paper

No Publications

Teaching Assignment

2024-25 Fall 2 2023-24 Summer 0 2023-24 Spring 6 2023-24 Winter 1 2023-24 Fall 3 2022-23 Summer 0

EESM5000	CMOS VLSI Design
ELEC4410	CMOS VLSI Design

CPEG4911	Computer Engineering Final Year Project in ELEC
EESM5020	Digital VLSI System Design and Design Automation
EESM6980M	MSc Project
ELEC3910	Academic and Professional Development II
ELEC4900	Final Year Design Project
ELEC5160	Digital VLSI System Design and Design Automation

EESM6980M

MSc Project

EESM5000	CMOS VLSI Design
ELEC3910	Academic and Professional Development II
ELEC4410	CMOS VLSI Design

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2021 to December 2024 (As of 21 November 2024)

Current RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

ZHANG, Ce (co-supervision)
Electronic and Computer Engineering
SHAH, Ikramullah (co-supervision)
Electronic and Computer Engineering

Master of Philosophy

ZHENG, Huimin (co-supervision)
Electronic and Computer Engineering

Research Interest

Publications

2024 1

2021 1

2017 3

2016 3

2015 4

2014 2

2013 1

2011 1

2010 1

Article 1

Conference paper 1

Article 2

Conference paper 1

Article 2

Conference paper 1

Conference paper 4

Conference paper 2

Conference paper 1

Conference paper 1

Conference paper 1

2017 3

2016 3

2015 4

2014 2

2013 1

2011 1

2010 1

Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2021 to December 2024 (As of 21 November 2024)

Current RPGs

Projects

From January 2022 to December 2024

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