Ahmadreza Rofougaran, also known as Reza Rofougaran is an Iranian-American Electrical engineer, inventor and entrepreneur.

Early life and education

Rofougaran was born in

Isfahan, Iran Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

, and moved to the US in the 1980s after the closure of Iranian universities after the 1979 Iranian Revolution to study electrical engineering at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

. Rofougaran obtained his BS in 1986, MS in 1988 and earned his PhD from the

in 1998. His PhD thesis was focused on the development of a fast frequency hopped spectrum wireless system using CMOS integrated circuits and was supported by DARPA and focused on the development of other wireless systems such as GPS using CMOS technology which was supported by DARPA SBIR program.

Career

Rofougaran is best known for pioneering

RF CMOS RF CMOS is a metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) integrated circuit (IC) technology that integrates radio-frequency (RF), analog and digital electronics on a mixed-signal CMOS (complementary MOS) RF circuit chip. It is widely used in modern wire ...

technology and the integration of the RF radio with digital processors to enable short-range wireless connectivity, Bluetooth, and short-range wireless network, Wi-Fi, and millimeter RF. He is a

Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

(IEEE) since 2010 for contributions to the integration of RF radios into single-chip CMOS technology, member of the

National Academy of Engineering The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Engineering is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy ...

. Rofougaran holds 869 issued

U.S. patent Under United States law, a patent is a right granted to the inventor of a (1) process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, (2) that is new, useful, and non-obvious. A patent is the right to exclude others, for a limited ...

s and listed as a

prolific inventor The 100 known most prolific inventors based on worldwide utility patents are shown in the following table. While in many cases this is the number of utility patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, it may include utility pa ...

Innovent Systems Inc

In 1998, he co-founded Innovent Systems Inc, a company based in

El Segundo, California El Segundo ( , ; ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located on Santa Monica Bay, it was incorporated on January 18, 1917, and is part of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments. The population was 16,731 as of th ...

, and specializing in the development and research in RF CMOS, RF radio, and digital processing to enable short-range wireless connectivity, in 2000,

Broadcom Corporation Broadcom Corporation is an American fabless semiconductor company that makes products for the wireless and broadband communication industry. It was acquired by Avago Technologies in 2016 and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of the merged ...

acquired Innovent Systems for $440 million. In 2005, while working at Broadcom Corporation, Rofougaran managed to integrate multiple wireless systems into single-chip CMOS, which enabled smartphones with Wi-Fi in coexistence with Bluetooth and other wireless systems. He is a Fellow of Broadcom since 2006 for contributions to RF CMOS and radio technology that was crucial to building Broadcom's wireless business.

Movandi

In 2016, Rofougaran co-founded Movandi, an Irvine, California-based company specializing in developing 5G wireless network systems.

Awards and recognitions

* 2020 OCBJ Innovator of the Year Award. *2020

Ellis Island Medal of Honor The Ellis Island Medal of Honor is an American award founded by the Ellis Island Honors Society (EIHS) (formerly known as the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO)), which is presented annually to American citizens, both native-born a ...

. *2020

Membership. * 2018

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

Industrial Pioneer Award. * 2018 Alumnus of the year, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, UCLA. * 2017 The Top 5 Technology Innovators, Electronic Products Magazine. *2014 IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits Best Paper Award. *2010 IEEE Fellow. *2006 Broadcom Fellow.

References

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