Rizwan Bashirullah
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4
Total Citations
42
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About
Rizwan Bashirullah is a pioneering researcher at the forefront of micro-robotic power systems and integrated circuit design. His work centers on the critical challenge of miniaturizing power electronics for insect-scale autonomous systems, particularly micro-aerial vehicles and crawling robots. Bashirullah’s major contributions include developing fully-integrated switched-mode power converters that can drive piezoelectric actuators for micro-robotic flight. His most cited work (17 citations) presents a groundbreaking 10 V fully-integrated step-up piezo drive stage in 0.13 μm CMOS, using nested-bootstrapped switch cells to achieve a 3.3 V to 10 Vpk-pk conversion for a 2 mm wing micro-robotic flying insect. This work demonstrates his ability to push the boundaries of what’s possible at millimeter and milligram scales. Bashirullah has also explored MEMS-based and switched-capacitor approaches for miniature power supplies, addressing the fundamental power constraints that limit all micro-robot operations. His research is notable for bridging the gap between CMOS technology and micro-robotic applications, enabling new possibilities for autonomous systems at scales previously thought impossible.
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- 2Power considerations for MAST platforms14 citations · 2010
- 3Towards miniature step-up power converters for mobile microsystems7 citations · 2011
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