Research Areas:
- Low power DC-DC converters using Switched-Capacitor toplogy. Possible applications: On-chip power managment unit, energy harvesting circuits, Wireless sensor nodes.
- Low power and low frequncy analog filters. Possible applications: Biomedical systems.
Funded Projects:
- Y. Mahnashi (PI) and M. Abulemattii (Mentor) "Invistgation
of muliple-input multiple-output switched-capacitor converters"
KFUPM-Deanship of Scietifc Research, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
(ongoing)
- Y. Mahnashi (PI) and Fang Z. Peng (Co-I) "Fabricating Switched-capacitor converter circuit" MOSIS, CA, USA. (completed)
Publications:
Journals:
[J5] Y. Mahnashi and F. Z. Peng ‘A Monolithic
Voltage-Scalable Fibonacci Switched-Capacitor DC–DC Converter With
Intrinsic Parasitic Charge Recycling," in IEEE Transactions on Very
Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 27, no. 5, pp.
1105-1113, May 2019.
[J4] V. Subburaj, D. Jena, P. Perumal and Y. Mahnashi "High Efficiency Two-phase Switched-capacitor Converter with Seven Distinct Negative Voltage Ratios for Power Saving Applications," International Journal of Electronics Letters, 1-6, April 2019.
[J3] Y. Mahnashi and F. Z. Peng ‘Generalization of the fundamental limit theory in a switched-capacitor converter," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 9, pp. 6673-6676, Sept 2017.
[J2] H. Alzaher, N. Tasadduq and Y. Mahnashi, "A Highly Linear Fully Integrated Powerline Filter for Biopotential Acquisition Systems," in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 703-712, Oct. 2013.
[J1] Y. Mahnashi and H. Alzaher. "Applying the Difference Term Approach for Low Frequency Biomedical Filter." J. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, S11:004 2012. (invited).
Patents:
[P2] Y. Mahnashi, "A Fully Integrated Self-Reconfigurable Fibonacci Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converter," Under processing, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
[P1] Y. Mahnashi and H. Alzaher. "Low frequency filter for biomedical applications." U.S. Patent No. 8,866,542. 21 Oct. 2014.
Technical Conferences:
[C8] Y. Mahnashi and F. Z. Peng ‘Towards Monolothic DC-DC Converters’, GEM-ASEE PhD Doctoral Research Showcase, Washignton DC, 22-23 Jan 2018. (Poster only)
[C7] Y. Mahnashi and F. Z. Peng ‘Systematic approach to optimal sc converter synthesis for multi voltage-gain-ratio applications," to appear in IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL) Proceedings, 2017.
[C6] Y. Mahnashi and F. Z. Peng ‘Smart Solar Cell: Concept and Design’, MSU Engineering Graduate Research Symposium, East Lansing, 31 March 2017. (Poster only)
[C5] Y. Mahnashi and F. Z. Peng ‘Variable Fibonacci Switched-capacitor Converter Synthesis’ MSU Engineering Graduate Research Symposium, 31 Mar 2017. (Poster only)
[C4] Y. Mahnashi, H. Alzaher and N. Tasadduq, "A low frequency low pass filter based on R2R-differnce term-combined-approach," 2013 The International Conference on Technological Advances in Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (TAEECE), Konya, Turkey 2013.
[C3] H. Alzaher, N. Tasadduq and Y. Mahnashi, "Enhancing low frequency operation of active-RC filters employing R-2R networks," 2013 The International Conference on Technological Advances in Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (TAEECE), Konya, Turkey 2013.
[C2] H. Alzaher, N. Tasadduq, and Y. Mahnashi, "An Integrated Active-RC Powerline Notch Filter for Biopotential Acquisition Devices." BIODEVICES Conference 2012.
[C1] Y. Mahnashi and H. Alzaher ‘Applying the Difference Term Approach for Low Frequency Biomedical Filter’ International Conference and Exhibition on Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Las Vegas, USA May 2012.
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