Mr Meraj Ahmad
- Affiliate (School of Engineering)
Publications
2026
Rizvi, Naheel Raza, Ahmad, Meraj, Shafique, Arslan, Heidari, Hadi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164, Weides, Martin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795 and Imran, Muhammad Ali
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136
(2026)
A survey of microwave-implemented superconducting qubit control and readout circuits.
IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering,
(Accepted for Publication)
2025
Brennan, J. C. et al. (2025) Classical interfaces for controlling cryogenic quantum computing technologies. APL Quantum, 2(4), 041501. (doi: 10.1063/5.0273490)
Imroze, Fiheon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5199-8873, Yalagala, Bhavani, Kumar, Naveen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4765-1789, Elsayed, Mostafa, Ahmad, Meraj, Graham, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8520-4587, Georgiev, Vihar
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6473-2508, Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Weides, Martin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795
(2025)
Cryogenic neuromorphic synaptic behaviour using 180 nm silicon MOSFETs for emerging computing systems.
Advanced Intelligent Systems,
(doi: 10.1002/aisy.202500506)
(Early Online Publication)
Wang, Huxi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5587-6099, Ahmad, Meraj, Tanwear, Asfand, Arekhloo, Negin Ghahramani, Zuo, Siming, Nazarpour, Kianoush and Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164
(2025)
Electronic interface design considerations for biomagnetic sensing using TMR sensors.
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 61(8),
pp. 1-12.
(doi: 10.1109/TMAG.2025.3577734)
Imroze, Fiheon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5199-8873, Yalagala, Bhavani, Ahmad, Meraj, Elsayed, Mostafa, Graham, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8520-4587, Colletta, Giuseppe
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1622-2351, Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Weides, Martin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795
(2025)
Hysteresis-Induced Neuromorphic Behavior in 180nm Bulk PMOS Devices at 3K.
2025 IEEE 37th International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS), San Antonio, TX, USA, 24-27 March 2025.
pp. 1-4.
ISBN 9798331531690
(doi: 10.1109/ICMTS63811.2025.11068927)
Kapoulea, Stavroula, Eslahi, Hossein, Ali, Zeeshan, Mughal, Mohammed Waqas, Ahmad, Meraj, Weides, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795 and Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164
(2025)
Cryo-CMOS 0.432mW UHF Filter for Scalable Quantum Computing in 22nm FD-SOI Technology.
In: 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), London, United Kingdom, 25-28 May 2025,
ISBN 9798350356830
(doi: 10.1109/iscas56072.2025.11043435)
Eslahi, Hossein, Kapoulea, Stavroula, Ali, Zeeshan, Mughal, Mohammed Waqas, Ullah, Farman, Ahmad, Meraj, Weides, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795 and Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164
(2025)
De-embedding methodology to characterize linearity of active filters under process variations.
IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, 33(5),
pp. 1462-1466.
(doi: 10.1109/tvlsi.2024.3513478)
Brennan, J. et al. (2025) Classical interfaces for controlling cryogenic quantum computing technologies. arXiv, (doi: 10.48550/ARXIV.2504.18527)
Khan, Sadan Saquib, Padhi, Pratyush Kumar, Wani, Shufali Ashraf, Ahmad, Meraj, Somappa, Laxmeesha and Malik, Shahid (2025) An embedded auto-calibrated offset current compensation technique for PPG/fNIRS system. IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, (doi: 10.1109/LES.2025.3550393) (Early Online Publication)
Wan, Mohammad Idris, Ahmad, Meraj, Wang, Huxi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5587-6099, Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Malik, Shahid
(2025)
Current excitation based improved resistance measurement system for remote sensors.
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 74,
2013209.
(doi: 10.1109/TIM.2025.3614807)
2024
Sharma, Ekta, Ahmad, Meraj, Khan, Anwar Ulla, Somappa, Laxmeesha, Baghini, Maryam Shojaei, Heidari, Hadi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Malik, Shahid
(2024)
Current-excitation based ΔR-to-frequency converter for resistive sensors.
IEEE Sensors Journal, 24(24),
pp. 41081-41089.
(doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2024.3429246)
Ali, Zeeshan, Paliwal, Pallavi, Ahmad, Meraj, Heidari, Hadi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Gupta, Shalabh
(2024)
Fast settling phase-locked loops: a comprehensive survey of applications and techniques.
IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, 24(2),
pp. 62-79.
(doi: 10.1109/MCAS.2024.3383809)
Ali, Zeeshan, Elsayed, Mostafa, Tiwari, Girish, Ahmad, Meraj, Le Kernec, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2124-6803, Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Gupta, Shalabh
(2024)
Impact of receiver thermal noise and PLL RMS jitter in radar measurements.
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 73,
2002710.
(doi: 10.1109/TIM.2024.3370745)
2023
Idris Wani, Mohamad, Saquib Khan, Sadan, Jan, Benish, Ahmad, Meraj, Shojaei Baghini, Maryam, Somappa, Laxmeesha and Malik, Shahid (2023) Design analysis and experimental validation of relaxation oscillator-based circuit for R–C sensors. Measurement Science and Technology, 34(12), 125132. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6501/acf238)
Mushtaq, Mehreeq, Wani, Mohammad Idris, Saquib, Sadan, Ahmad, Meraj, Somappa, Laxmeesha, Baghini, Maryam Shojaei, Heidari, Hadi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Malik, Shahid
(2023)
Mismatch and Offset-Voltage Compensation Technique for Current Excitation Based Resistive
Sensors Interface.
In: 21st IEEE Interregional NEWCAS Conference (IEEE NEWCAS 2023), Edinburgh, UK, 26-28 June 2023,
ISBN 9798350300246
(doi: 10.1109/NEWCAS57931.2023.10198102)
Kapoulea, Stavroula, Ahmad, Meraj, Weides, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795 and Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164
(2023)
Cryo-CMOS Mixed-Signal Circuits for Scalable Quantum Computing: Challenges and Future Steps.
In: 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Monterey, CA, USA, 21-25 May 2023,
ISBN 9781665451093
(doi: 10.1109/ISCAS46773.2023.10182164)
Kumar, Sumit, Khan, Sadan Saquib, Patil, Rohan, Ahmad, Meraj, Somappa, Laxmeesha and Malik, Shahid (2023) Development and Validation of Offset Current Compensation Technique for Optical Sensors. In: IEEE Applied Sensing Conference (APSCON 2023), Bengaluru, India, 23-25 January 2023, ISBN 9781665461634 (doi: 10.1109/apscon56343.2023.10101309)
2022
Abdalla, Mohamed, Ahmad, Meraj, Windmill, James F.C., Cochran, Sandy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7324-7790 and Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164
(2022)
Ultrasound Non-Destructive Evaluation/Testing using Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer (CMUT).
In: 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS 2022), Glasgow, UK, 24-26 October 2022,
ISBN 9781665488235
(doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9970887)
Giagkoulovits, Christos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5447-4311, Ahmad, Meraj, Nikbakhtnasrabadi, Fatemeh
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7098-2551, Imroze, Fiheon
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5199-8873, Weides, Martin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795 and Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164
(2022)
CryoCMOS Characterization Strategies and Challenges.
In: 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS 2022), Glasgow, UK, 24-26 October 2022,
ISBN 9781665488235
(doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9971010)
Imroze, Fiheon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5199-8873, Nikbakhtnasrabadi, Fatemeh
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7098-2551, Danilin, Sergey
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3854-8237, Muhammad, Ali, Ahmad, Meraj, Giagkoulovits, Christos
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5447-4311, Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Weides, Martin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795
(2022)
Packaged CMOS cryogenic characterization for quantum computing applications.
In: 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS 2022), Glasgow, UK, 24-26 October 2022,
ISBN 9781665488235
(doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9970996)
Ahmad, Meraj, Giagkoulovits, Christos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5447-4311, Danilin, Sergey
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3854-8237, Weides, Martin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795 and Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164
(2022)
Scalable cryoelectronics for superconducting qubit control and readout.
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 4(9),
2200079.
(doi: 10.1002/aisy.202200079)
Articles
Rizvi, Naheel Raza, Ahmad, Meraj, Shafique, Arslan, Heidari, Hadi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164, Weides, Martin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795 and Imran, Muhammad Ali
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136
(2026)
A survey of microwave-implemented superconducting qubit control and readout circuits.
IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering,
(Accepted for Publication)
Brennan, J. C. et al. (2025) Classical interfaces for controlling cryogenic quantum computing technologies. APL Quantum, 2(4), 041501. (doi: 10.1063/5.0273490)
Imroze, Fiheon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5199-8873, Yalagala, Bhavani, Kumar, Naveen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4765-1789, Elsayed, Mostafa, Ahmad, Meraj, Graham, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8520-4587, Georgiev, Vihar
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6473-2508, Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Weides, Martin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795
(2025)
Cryogenic neuromorphic synaptic behaviour using 180 nm silicon MOSFETs for emerging computing systems.
Advanced Intelligent Systems,
(doi: 10.1002/aisy.202500506)
(Early Online Publication)
Wang, Huxi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5587-6099, Ahmad, Meraj, Tanwear, Asfand, Arekhloo, Negin Ghahramani, Zuo, Siming, Nazarpour, Kianoush and Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164
(2025)
Electronic interface design considerations for biomagnetic sensing using TMR sensors.
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 61(8),
pp. 1-12.
(doi: 10.1109/TMAG.2025.3577734)
Eslahi, Hossein, Kapoulea, Stavroula, Ali, Zeeshan, Mughal, Mohammed Waqas, Ullah, Farman, Ahmad, Meraj, Weides, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795 and Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164
(2025)
De-embedding methodology to characterize linearity of active filters under process variations.
IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, 33(5),
pp. 1462-1466.
(doi: 10.1109/tvlsi.2024.3513478)
Brennan, J. et al. (2025) Classical interfaces for controlling cryogenic quantum computing technologies. arXiv, (doi: 10.48550/ARXIV.2504.18527)
Khan, Sadan Saquib, Padhi, Pratyush Kumar, Wani, Shufali Ashraf, Ahmad, Meraj, Somappa, Laxmeesha and Malik, Shahid (2025) An embedded auto-calibrated offset current compensation technique for PPG/fNIRS system. IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, (doi: 10.1109/LES.2025.3550393) (Early Online Publication)
Wan, Mohammad Idris, Ahmad, Meraj, Wang, Huxi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5587-6099, Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Malik, Shahid
(2025)
Current excitation based improved resistance measurement system for remote sensors.
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 74,
2013209.
(doi: 10.1109/TIM.2025.3614807)
Sharma, Ekta, Ahmad, Meraj, Khan, Anwar Ulla, Somappa, Laxmeesha, Baghini, Maryam Shojaei, Heidari, Hadi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Malik, Shahid
(2024)
Current-excitation based ΔR-to-frequency converter for resistive sensors.
IEEE Sensors Journal, 24(24),
pp. 41081-41089.
(doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2024.3429246)
Ali, Zeeshan, Paliwal, Pallavi, Ahmad, Meraj, Heidari, Hadi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Gupta, Shalabh
(2024)
Fast settling phase-locked loops: a comprehensive survey of applications and techniques.
IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, 24(2),
pp. 62-79.
(doi: 10.1109/MCAS.2024.3383809)
Ali, Zeeshan, Elsayed, Mostafa, Tiwari, Girish, Ahmad, Meraj, Le Kernec, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2124-6803, Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Gupta, Shalabh
(2024)
Impact of receiver thermal noise and PLL RMS jitter in radar measurements.
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 73,
2002710.
(doi: 10.1109/TIM.2024.3370745)
Idris Wani, Mohamad, Saquib Khan, Sadan, Jan, Benish, Ahmad, Meraj, Shojaei Baghini, Maryam, Somappa, Laxmeesha and Malik, Shahid (2023) Design analysis and experimental validation of relaxation oscillator-based circuit for R–C sensors. Measurement Science and Technology, 34(12), 125132. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6501/acf238)
Ahmad, Meraj, Giagkoulovits, Christos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5447-4311, Danilin, Sergey
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3854-8237, Weides, Martin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795 and Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164
(2022)
Scalable cryoelectronics for superconducting qubit control and readout.
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 4(9),
2200079.
(doi: 10.1002/aisy.202200079)
Conference or Workshop Item
Imroze, Fiheon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5199-8873, Yalagala, Bhavani, Ahmad, Meraj, Elsayed, Mostafa, Graham, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8520-4587, Colletta, Giuseppe
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1622-2351, Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Weides, Martin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795
(2025)
Hysteresis-Induced Neuromorphic Behavior in 180nm Bulk PMOS Devices at 3K.
2025 IEEE 37th International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS), San Antonio, TX, USA, 24-27 March 2025.
pp. 1-4.
ISBN 9798331531690
(doi: 10.1109/ICMTS63811.2025.11068927)
Conference Proceedings
Kapoulea, Stavroula, Eslahi, Hossein, Ali, Zeeshan, Mughal, Mohammed Waqas, Ahmad, Meraj, Weides, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795 and Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164
(2025)
Cryo-CMOS 0.432mW UHF Filter for Scalable Quantum Computing in 22nm FD-SOI Technology.
In: 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), London, United Kingdom, 25-28 May 2025,
ISBN 9798350356830
(doi: 10.1109/iscas56072.2025.11043435)
Mushtaq, Mehreeq, Wani, Mohammad Idris, Saquib, Sadan, Ahmad, Meraj, Somappa, Laxmeesha, Baghini, Maryam Shojaei, Heidari, Hadi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Malik, Shahid
(2023)
Mismatch and Offset-Voltage Compensation Technique for Current Excitation Based Resistive
Sensors Interface.
In: 21st IEEE Interregional NEWCAS Conference (IEEE NEWCAS 2023), Edinburgh, UK, 26-28 June 2023,
ISBN 9798350300246
(doi: 10.1109/NEWCAS57931.2023.10198102)
Kapoulea, Stavroula, Ahmad, Meraj, Weides, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795 and Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164
(2023)
Cryo-CMOS Mixed-Signal Circuits for Scalable Quantum Computing: Challenges and Future Steps.
In: 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Monterey, CA, USA, 21-25 May 2023,
ISBN 9781665451093
(doi: 10.1109/ISCAS46773.2023.10182164)
Kumar, Sumit, Khan, Sadan Saquib, Patil, Rohan, Ahmad, Meraj, Somappa, Laxmeesha and Malik, Shahid (2023) Development and Validation of Offset Current Compensation Technique for Optical Sensors. In: IEEE Applied Sensing Conference (APSCON 2023), Bengaluru, India, 23-25 January 2023, ISBN 9781665461634 (doi: 10.1109/apscon56343.2023.10101309)
Abdalla, Mohamed, Ahmad, Meraj, Windmill, James F.C., Cochran, Sandy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7324-7790 and Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164
(2022)
Ultrasound Non-Destructive Evaluation/Testing using Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer (CMUT).
In: 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS 2022), Glasgow, UK, 24-26 October 2022,
ISBN 9781665488235
(doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9970887)
Giagkoulovits, Christos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5447-4311, Ahmad, Meraj, Nikbakhtnasrabadi, Fatemeh
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7098-2551, Imroze, Fiheon
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5199-8873, Weides, Martin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795 and Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164
(2022)
CryoCMOS Characterization Strategies and Challenges.
In: 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS 2022), Glasgow, UK, 24-26 October 2022,
ISBN 9781665488235
(doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9971010)
Imroze, Fiheon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5199-8873, Nikbakhtnasrabadi, Fatemeh
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7098-2551, Danilin, Sergey
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3854-8237, Muhammad, Ali, Ahmad, Meraj, Giagkoulovits, Christos
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5447-4311, Heidari, Hadi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Weides, Martin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-6795
(2022)
Packaged CMOS cryogenic characterization for quantum computing applications.
In: 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS 2022), Glasgow, UK, 24-26 October 2022,
ISBN 9781665488235
(doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9970996)
Supervision
- Rizvi, Syed Naheel Raza
Low-Power Techniques for Digital Waveform Synthesis in Quantum Instrumentation