“The Signal Path dot com” is run by a few of us as a part-time project. Our goal is to help new students and hobbyists familiarize themselves with testing equipment, testing procedures and circuit design. Furthermore, we hope to introduce various test equipments to the market and help manufacturers advertise their new products. Please feel free to contact us with your suggestions and feedback. hosts@TheSignalPath.com

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Shahriar Shahramian

Shahriar Shahramian received his Ph.D. degree from University of Toronto in 2010 where he focused on the design of SiGe and CMOS mm-wave data converters. Shahriar received the Aloha Award in recognition of his B.A.Sc. thesis. He was also the recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship in 2003 and University of Toronto Fellowship from 2004-2006. He was awarded the best paper award at the Compound Semiconductor IC Symposium in 2005. Shahriar also holds six consecutive teaching awards at University of Toronto.

He is currently a Member of Technical Staff (MTS) at the Bell Labs division of Alcatel-Lucent, Murray Hill, NJ. His research interests include the design of the next generation wireless and wireline circuits and systems. Shahriar is also an adjunct professor at Columbia University, NYC.

Ricardo Aroca

Ricardo Andres Aroca received his B.A.Sc. (Hons) degree in electrical engineering from the University of Windsor, Canada, and the M.A.Sc. degree from the University of Toronto, Canada, in 2001 and 2004, respectively. In 2000, he worked as an intern with Nortel Networks in the Microelectronics Department and more recently in 2008 with Alcatel-Lucent in the High-Speed Electronics Design Research Group, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ. Mr. Aroca received the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship award in 2002.

He is working toward the Ph.D. degree at the University of Toronto where his research interests lie in the area of 40- to 100-Gb/s transceivers with equalization. He is currently a Member of Technical Staff (MTS) at the Bell Labs division of Alcatel-Lucent, Murray Hill, NJ. 

Shayan Shahramian

Shayan Shahramian received his B.A.Sc (Hons) and M.A.Sc degree in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto in 2008 and 2011, respectively. Shayan is currently pursuing his PhD in the field of electronics at the University of Toronto. His research interests are wireline receives including Clock and Data Recovery circuits and Equalization. Shayan has received two consecutive teaching awards at the University of Toronto.