SHAHAB ARDALAN has been with Ayar Labs, Santa Clara, CA, USA, since 2017, where he is working on high-speed SerDes link for CMOS monolithic optical I/Os. He was with AMS R&D Group in Gennum Corporation from 2007 to 2010. In 2010, he joined San Jose State University as an Assistant Professor and Director the Center for Analog and Mixed Signal where he was teaching and conducting research on analog and mixed signal integrated circuits. Ardalan has a Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada. He has published over 70 papers in integrated circuit design.