H. Rahimi, A. Rahdar, A. Moradi, F. Akbar, and A. Fotowat-Ahmady, “A compact and wireless wearable system for sleep apnea detection,” IEEE Sensors J., vol. 25, no. 15, pp. 29605‒29617, Aug. 2025.

F. Akbar and B. Yektakhah, “A multi-mode superposition technique for circular polarized beamforming and steering in mobile communications and radar systems,” IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 117308‒117317, 2024.

F. Akbar and A. Mortazawi, “An integrated compact phase shifter with a single analog control,” IEEE Microw. Compon. Lett., vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 410‒413, May 2022.

F. Akbar, B. Yektakhah, H. Xu, and K. Sarabandi, “A low-complexity time-domain method for a fast and accurate measurement of Q-factor and resonant frequency of RF and microwave resonators,” IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 96478‒96486, 2021.

F. Akbar and A. Mortazawi, “A frequency tunable 360° analog CMOS phase shifter with an adjustable amplitude,” IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II (TCAS II), vol. 64, no. 12, pp. 1427–1431, Dec. 2017. (Among the top 5 most viewed TCAS II papers in 2017 and 2018)

F. Akbar and A. Mortazawi, “Scalable phased array architectures with a reduced number of tunable phase shifters,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Techn. (TMTT), vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 3428–3434, Sept. 2017. (Among the top 10 most viewed TMTT papers in 2017)

F. Akbar, M. Atarodi, and S. Saeedi, “Design method for a reconfigurable CMOS LNA with input tuning and active balun,” AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 424–431, Jan. 2015.

N. Dehghan, R. Jafarpour, and F. Akbar, “A power-efficient CMOS harmonic rejection mixer for wideband wireless transceivers,” IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), MI, U.S., 2025.

A. S. Shabrang, M. A. Shahidani, and F. Akbar, “A low-power CMOS oscillator with wide temperature range stability,” IEEE International NEW Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS), Paris, France, 2025.

M. Masoumizadeh, F. Akbar, and A. Fotowat-Ahmady, “An integrated active circulator for radar transceivers with shared Tx/Rx antenna,” 22nd IEEE Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems (NEWCAS), Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, 2024.

F. Akbar and B. Yektakhah, “A technique for high-resolution radar coverage using multi-mode superposition,” IEEE Int. Symp. Antennas and Propagation, Florence, Italy, 2024.

F. Akbar and K. Gharibdoust, “An Orthogonal Pulse Amplitude Modulation Signaling for High-Speed Wireline Communications,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Aug. 2023.

A. S. Shabrang, A. A. Isazadeh, M. H. Tazari, A. Fatemi Mofrad, and F. Akbar, “A 0.3-V energy-efficient low-noise CMOS OTA for portable bioelectric signal acquisition systems,” IEEE Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems (NEWCAS), July 2022.

F. Akbar and B. Yektakhah, “360° beam steering with circular polarization based on the superposition of circular TEn1 modes,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS/URSI), Dec. 2021.

F. Akbar and A. Mortazawi, “A K-band low-complexity modular scalable wide-scan phased array,” IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Aug. 2020.

F. Akbar, B. Yektakhah, H. Xu, and K. Sarabandi, “An accurate low-cost method for Q-factor and resonance frequency measurements of RF and microwave resonators,” IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Sept. 2020.

F. Akbar and A. Mortazawi, “A new integrated K-band analog vector sum phase shifter,” IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), June 2018.

F. Akbar and A. Mortazawi, “A frequency reconfigurable 360° analog phase shifter with a constant loss,” presented at IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)-Late Breaking News, May 2017.

F. Akbar and A. Mortazawi, “Design of a compact, low complexity scalable phased array antenna,” IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), May 2015.

F. Akbar and A. Mortazawi, “Design of a scalable phased array antenna with a simplified architecture,” IEEE European Microwave/Radar Conference (EuMC/EuRAD), Sept. 2015.

F. Akbar, “Systems and methods for realizing high-speed low-power wireline transceivers,” U.S. Patent: US20250286556A1.

F. Akbar and B. Yektakhah, “Systems and methods for circular-polarized beamforming and steering based on the superposition of circular modes for communication and radar systems,” U.S. Patent: 11 923 612 B2, Mar. 5, 2024.

F. Akbar and B. Yektakhah, “Systems and methods for circular-polarized beam forming and steering based on the superposition of circular modes for communication and radar systems,” U.S. Patent: 12 046 828 B2, Jul. 23, 2024.

Rising Stars in EECS Workshop at MIT, 2018.

Finalist in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), 2020.

Seminar on Wearable Technology at the Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, May 2023.