High-speed Integrated
Electronics Laboratory
Pioneering mm-wave and terahertz electronic circuits and systems for next-generation sensing, imaging, and communications.
Designing the Future of High-Frequency Electronics
We design, implement, and test mm-wave and terahertz electronic circuits and systems -- pushing the boundaries of what silicon can achieve.
Prof. Hamidreza Aghasi
Associate Professor, EECS
Building next-generation mm-wave and terahertz circuits that push silicon beyond its limits.
mm-Wave & THz Circuits
Signal generation beyond transistor limits
Radar & Sensing
Vital signs, imaging, chemical detection
AI + Circuit Design
ML-driven layout-aware synthesis
Emerging Devices
Spin-logic, 2D materials, tunneling FETs
Our Fabricated Chips
A selection of integrated circuits designed and fabricated by the HIE Lab -- from mm-wave radars to THz transmitters.
Measurements & Design Tutorials
Explore our video guides covering VNA calibration, active circuit characterization, radar demos, and HFSS to PCB workflows.
Research Highlights
Five active research thrusts spanning circuit innovation, system design, and computational intelligence.
Multi-Band mm-Wave Radars
FMCW and PMCW radar architectures that resolve range, angle, motion, and micro-motion through coherent target returns.
Explore Coherent Sensing
Sub-THz & THz Power Generation
Breaking transistor frequency limits with Volterra-Weiner theory-based design methodology across MOSFET, BJT, HBT, and HEMT.
Explore Beyond fmax
Wideband Signal Generation
Novel oscillator structures overcoming phase-noise degradation for mm-wave and THz communications and sensing.
Explore Low Phase Noise
AI-Driven Analog/RF Design
Layout-aware ML pipelines, graph-based predictors, and attention-guided beam control for radar and circuit synthesis.
Explore ML + Hardware
Emerging Device Technologies
All-spin-logic smart detector cells and Janus 2D material tunneling FETs with sub-60 mV/dec switching.
Explore Device PhysicsLatest News
Recent highlights and achievements from the HIE Lab.
Hedayat's IEEE RWW paper among finalists for best student paper award
Xuyang successfully defends his Ph.D. dissertation
IEEE Radar Conference paper top 5 nominated for best student paper award (Allen and Xuyang)
Mahdi presented two articles at IEEE APS 2025
FALCON accepted to NeurIPS 2025
Xuyang's JSSC paper on phase-locked radar transceiver published
Impactful Research Output
Our work is published in the most prestigious venues in electronics and computer science.
Join the HIE Lab
We are looking for passionate and talented researchers at all levels -- PhD students, MS students, and undergraduate researchers -- to push the boundaries of high-speed electronics.