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dr.ir. M.S. Oude Alink (Mark)

Associate Professor
EEMCS-EE-ICD
Carré C2007
m.s.oudealink@utwente.nl
+31534898237
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Mark S. Oude Alink (S'09 - M'14 - SM'19) received M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering and computer science in 2008 (both cum laude) and a Ph.D. degree in 2013 (cum laude and awarded the prestigious Else Kooi award), all from the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. After several years in industry as a system and RFIC design engineer, he returned to his alma mater, where he is now an associate professor within the IC Design group. His research focuses on low-power and digitally-assisted circuits and systems for wireless communications.

He has been serving on the Technical Program Committee (TPC) of the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) from 2018-2025, also as chair of the Analog and Best Paper subcommittees, and was Guest Editor for the CICC 2020 and 2021 Special Issues in the Journal of Solid-State Circuits. He chaired the Joint MTT/AP Chapter in the IEEE Benelux Section in 2024 and 2025. He has been involved with the IEEE SSCS Student Circuit Contest since 2022, and has been chairing it since 2025. He currently serves as TPC-member in the RF/mmWave subcommittee of the European Solid-State Electronics Research Conference (ESSERC). He served as Associate Editor for IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters from 2022 to 2025, and is currently Associate Editor for IEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State Circuits Society and Senior Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs.

Expertise

  • Physics

    • Cross Correlation
    • Spectra
    • Detection
    • Frequencies

  • Engineering

    • Receivers
    • Amplifier
    • Silicon on Insulator

  • Computer Science

    • Correlation

Organisations

See the Projects tab for information on past and current research projects.

Publications

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2026

A 475-nW Area-Efficient Programmable Analog Feature Extraction Filterbank for Audio Classification (2026)IEEE journal of solid-state circuits, 1-15. Legaspi, P. A. D., Yadav, S., Oude Alink, M. S. & Nauta, B.https://doi.org/10.1109/JSSC.2026.3655426SSCS Student Circuit Contest: The Winners of the 2025 Edition [Society News] (2026)IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine, 18(1), 88-95. Oude Alink, M., Zhang, Z., Yesil, E. & Marinese, D.https://doi.org/10.1109/MSSC.2025.3635256

2025

Wideband Simultaneous IM2 and IM3 Cancellation in FDSOI Resistive Step RF Attenuators (2025)IEEE journal of solid-state circuits, 1-15 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Zijlma, E., Oude Alink, M. S., Klumperink, E. A. M. & Nauta, B.https://doi.org/10.1109/JSSC.2025.3634465Super-Vth Standard Cells With Improved EDP: Design and Silicon Validation in 65nm LP CMOS (2025)IEEE transactions on computer-aided design of integrated circuits and systems, 44(12). Yadav, S., Oude Alink, M. S. & Kokkeler, A. B. J.https://doi.org/10.1109/TCAD.2025.3596880Method of operating a load-modulated linearizer and arrangement therefor. (2025)[Patent › Patent]. Atanasov, A. N., Oude Alink, M. S. & van Vliet, F. E.https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2025155188A1/enSimultaneous-multi-beam transmit arrays: A general study (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Atanasov, A. N.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036564328Electrical and 850 nm Optical Characterization of Back-Gate Controlled 22 nm FDSOI PIN-Diodes Without Front-Gate (2025)Journal of the Electron Devices Society, 13, 190-199. Bakker, J. H. T., Motycki, M. Ł., Hueting, R. J. E., Annema, A.-J. & Oude Alink, M.https://doi.org/10.1109/JEDS.2025.3537290Dual-Junction Monolithically Integrated Monitoring Photodiode With a Two-Stage 18 GHz 18pA/√Hz TIA in 22 nm FDSOI (2025)IEEE Solid State Circuits Letters, 8, 313-316. Bakker, J. H. T., Jain, N., Klatser, P., Oude Alink, M. S. & Nauta, B.https://doi.org/10.1109/LSSC.2025.3615656

2024

Active Load-Modulated Devices: A General PA Network Solution Identifying Highly Efficient Linearizer Systems (2024)IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques, 72(2), 1353-1367. Atanasov, A. N., Oude Alink, M. S. & van Vliet, F. E.https://doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2023.3300177Electrical and Optical Characterisation of Gateless 22 nm FDSOI PIN-Diodes at 850 nm (2024)In ESSERC 2024 - Proceedings: 50th IEEE European Solid-State Electronics Research Conference (pp. 460-463) (European Solid-State Circuits Conference). IEEE. Bakker, J. H. T., Motycki, M. L., Hueting, R. J. E. & Oude Alink, M. S.https://doi.org/10.1109/ESSERC62670.2024.10719482

2023

A 50μW 2.45GHz direct-conversion RX with on-chip LO with -84dBm sensitivity for 1Mb/s GFSK (2023)In ESSCIRC 2023- IEEE 49th European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC) (pp. 41-44). IEEE. Dodangeh, M., Oude Alink, M. S., Prummel, J. & Nauta, B.https://doi.org/10.1109/ESSCIRC59616.2023.10268743Characterisation of Photodiodes in 22 nm FDSOI at 850 nm (2023)In ESSDERC 2023 - IEEE 53rd European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC) (pp. 65-68). IEEE. Bakker, J. H. T., Oude Alink, M. S., Schmitz, J. & Nauta, B.https://doi.org/10.1109/ESSDERC59256.2023.10268483Inverter Chain Buffer Optimization for N-path Filter Switch Drivers and Validation through Simulations in 22nm FD-SOI Technology (2023)In 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS). Overeem, W., Oude Alink, M. S. & Nauta, B.https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS46773.2023.10181574Improved Toolchain-Compatible Standard Cells with 5% - 36% Lower EDP for Super Threshold Operation in 65nm Low-Power CMOS Technology (2023)In 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) (IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS); Vol. 2023). IEEE. Yadav, S., Kokkeler, A. B. J. & Oude Alink, M. S.https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS46773.2023.10181651Apparatus comprising a local oscillator for driving a mixer (2023)[Patent › Patent]. Dodangeh, M., Oude Alink, M. S. & Nauta, B.https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?FT=D&date=20230518&DB=EPODOC&locale=&CC=US&NR=2023155552A1&KC=A1&ND=4A Figure of Merit for Simultaneous-Multi-Beam Transmit Antenna Arrays (2023)IEEE Transactions on Radar Systems, 1, 60-68. Atanasov, A. N., Oude Alink, M. S. & van Vliet, F. E.https://doi.org/10.1109/TRS.2023.3270235Hardware implementations for voice activity detection: trends, challenges and outlook (2023)IEEE transactions on circuits and systems I: regular papers, 70(3), 1083-1096. Yadav, S., Legaspi, P. A. D., Oude Alink, M. S., Kokkeler, A. B. J. & Nauta, B.https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2022.3225717

2022

A Figure of Merit for Simultaneous-Multi-Beam Transmit Antenna Arrays (2022)In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems & Technology (PAST). IEEE. Atanasov, A. N., Oude Alink, M. S. & van Vliet, F. E.https://doi.org/10.1109/PAST49659.2022.9974975Quantifying the Trade-off between latency and power consumption in Bluetooth Low Energy and its mitigation by Using a Wake-Up Receiver (2022)In IEEE 8th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT). IEEE. Dodangeh, M., Oude Alink, M. S. & Nauta, B.https://doi.org/10.1109/WF-IoT54382.2022.10152115The Load-Modulated linearizer: A technique for intermodulation cancellation in PA systems (2022)In 2022 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS) (pp. 174-177). IEEE. Atanasov, A. N., Mukhtar Ahmad, W., Oude Alink, M. S. & van Vliet, F. E.https://doi.org/10.1109/BCICTS53451.2022.10051742An apparatus comprising a local oscillator for driving a mixer (2022)[Patent › Patent]. Dodangeh, M., Oude Alink, M. S. & Nauta, B.https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&FT=D&date=20220413&CC=GB&NR=2599809A&KC=AGuest Editorial 2021 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (2022)IEEE journal of solid-state circuits, 57(3), 675-676. Oude Alink, M. S. & Sheikh, F.https://doi.org/10.1109/JSSC.2022.3144705Reconstructing Aliased Frequency Spectra by Using Multiple Sample Rates (2022)IEEE transactions on circuits and systems I: regular papers, 69(3), 999 - 1012. Huiskamp, M., Oude Alink, M. S., Nauta, B., Annema, A. J. & Bindra, H. S.https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2021.3131273

2021

A simple and efficient procedure for identifying the compressing stage in Two-Stage Amplifiers (2021)In 2021 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS). IEEE. Atanasov, A. N., Mukhtar, W., Oude Alink, M. S. & van Vliet, F. E.https://doi.org/10.1109/BCICTS50416.2021.9682499A Single-Trim Frequency Reference Achieving ±120 ppm Accuracy from -50 °c to 170 °c (2021)IEEE journal of solid-state circuits, 56(11), 3434-3444. Delke, A. S., Annema, A. J., Oude Alink, M. S., Jin, Y., Verlinden, J. & Nauta, B.https://doi.org/10.1109/JSSC.2021.3090682Multi-Receiver Cross-Correlation Technique for (B)FSK Radios (2021)IEEE Access, 9, 96791-96798. Purushothaman, V. K., Mikhael, M. R. M., Oude Alink, M. S., Klumperink, E. A. M., Kokkeler, A. B. J. & Nauta, B.https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3094772Simplified Harmonic Rejection Mixer Analysis and Design Based on a Filtered Periodic Impulse Model (2021)IEEE transactions on circuits and systems II: express briefs, 68(7), 2292-2296. Article 9324800. de Boer, P.-T., Oude Alink, M. S. & Klumperink, E. A. M.https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2021.3051769Frequency reference generator (2021)[Patent › Patent]. NXP bv Eindhoven. Delke, A. S., Oude Alink, M. S., Annema, A. J., Jin, Y., Verlinde, J. & Nauta, B.https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/f6/22/7b/5e22f0f5b024c1/US11018625.pdfReverse Intermodulation in Multi-Tone Array Transmitters (2021)In 2020 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS). IEEE. Atanasov, A. N., Oude Alink, M. S. & van Vliet, F. E.https://doi.org/10.1109/BCICTS48439.2020.9392972

Research profiles

I only add a project ot the list of 'Finished Projects' when the PhD-student(s) is/are completely finished, because until that time, even when the project may be administratively closed, people are still working on it.

Current projects

Ultra Low-Power Building Blocks (ULPBB)

Development of ultra low-power elements for the next generation Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) chips, including wake-up receivers to lower average power consumption and clock-harvesting receivers to get rid of the external crystal.

PhD-student(s): Maryam Dodangeh
Sponsor(s): Dialog Semiconductor / Renesas,  Holland High Tech
Project Start: Dec 2019

Analog Approximate Accelerators (AAA)

Development of a SoC with accelerators for keyword spotting to implement energy-consuming computations in the analog domain where useful, while minimizing the necessary data converter overhead, and in the digital domain using approximations otherwise.

PhD-student(s): Shubham Yadav, Patrice Legaspi, Anojh Rajendra
Sponsor(s): NWO (OTP), arm, Dialog Semiconductor, ItoM
Started: Jan 2020

5G RF Transceiver Integration (5GRFTI)

Development of a self-regulating Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) transmitter for 10Gb/s range low cost optical links for consumer, automotive, and industrial applications.
PhD-student(s): Jelle Bakker
Sponsor(s): Bruco Integrated Circuits,  Holland High Tech
Started: Oct 2020

Towards-6G mmWave NanoCell: the 3D Base Station for Joint Communication and Sensing (3D-ComS)

mmWave frequencies are used for high-speed communication using focused beams, but could simultaneously be used for accurate sensing of the environment. This is useful for monitoring in-car occupancy, heart rate detection, etc., but also to prevent communication performance degradation caused by dynamic blockage. In 3D-ComS, we will design a 3D mmWave array system with a minimal number of active, highly integrated antennas to enable digital beamforming at lower power consumption, and seek meaningful trade-offs between data rates and sensing performances.
PhD-student(s): Sepehr Khademi (Integrated Circuit Design), Nguyen Dao (Radio Systems), Xuankai Zhao (Electromagnetics, TU/e)
Sponsor(s): NWO (OTP), The Antenna Company, ASTRON, Bruco Integrated Circuits, NXP, TNO 
Started: Sep 2023

Polaris

POLARIS pioneers next-generation RF innovations in MRI, radar, and telecommunications. By uniting industry leaders, researchers, and innovators, it turns cutting-edge ideas into real-world impact, strengthening the Netherlands as a global high-tech leader.

PhD-student(s): Jop de Jong, Luigi di Bonito, Leticia Cordeiro
Sponsor(s): Nationaal Groeifonds
Started: Jan 2026

Finished projects

AD-REM: Ad-hoc Dynamic Radio-spectrum Exploitation via Multi-phase Radio

The STW-project I worked on as a PhD-student together with Dlovan Mahrof and Amir Ghaffari. The PI was Eric Klumperink, co-PIs were Bram Nauta, André Kokkeler, and Gerard Smit. The research took place from around 2008 to 2014.

Instantaneous Multi-Beam Transmit Architectures

Figuring out how to transmit multiple signals (simultaneously) in an antenna array, without compromising on power or linearity, e.g. by using multiple antenna elements per unit cell.

PhD-student(s): Anton Atanasov
Sponsor(s): TNO
From start to PhD-thesis defended: May 2019 - March 2025

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Carré (building no. 15), room C2007
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