2026 Raafat R. Mansour: Electronics and Electrical Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering	52	2514	2410	119	109	517	10948

Research.com Recognitions

2001 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the development of high temperature superconductive filters and multiplexers.
The Canadian Academy of Engineering
The Canadian Academy of Engineering
The Canadian Academy of Engineering
The Canadian Academy of Engineering
The Canadian Academy of Engineering
The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Raafat R. Mansour is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada and has a primary research focus within the field of Engineering, particularly Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields such as Aerospace Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work centers on several key topics including:

Microwave Engineering and Waveguides
Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
Phase-change materials and chalcogenides
Photonic and Optical Devices
Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design
Antenna Design and Analysis

Raafat R. Mansour has published extensively in various scholarly journals and conference proceedings. Frequent publication venues include:

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
IEEE Microwave Magazine
2022 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2022
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Recent academic papers authored or coauthored by the scientist demonstrate a focus on microwave components and materials for RF and mmWave applications:

Loss Compensated PCM GeTe-Based Latching Wideband 3-bit Switched True-Time-Delay Phase Shifters for mmWave Phased Arrays, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Thermally Actuated SOI RF MEMS-Based Fully Integrated Passive Reflective-Type Analog Phase Shifter for mmWave Applications, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Experimental Investigation of Performance, Reliability, and Cycle Endurance of Nonvolatile DC-67 GHz Phase-Change RF Switches, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
A Tunable Quarter-Wavelength Coaxial Filter With Constant Absolute Bandwidth Using a Single Tuning Element, 2021, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
Scalable mmWave Non-Volatile Phase Change GeTe-Based Compact Monolithically Integrated Wideband Digital Switched Attenuator, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

The researcher frequently collaborates with several coauthors, notably:

Tejinder Singh
Mohamed M. Fahmi
Navjot K. Khaira
Jorge A. Ruiz-Cruz
B. Gowrish

Raafat R. Mansour has been recognized by professional organizations, including being named an IEEE Fellow in 2001 for contributions to the development of high temperature superconductive filters and multiplexers. They are also associated with The Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

Microwave Filters for Communication Systems: Fundamentals, Design and Applications

Richard J. Cameron;Chandra M. Kudsia;Raafat R. Mansour

788
Citations
A wideband vibration-based energy harvester

M S M Soliman;E M Abdel-Rahman;E F El-Saadany;R R Mansour

439
Citations
Computer-aided tuning of microwave filters using fuzzy logic

V. Miraftab;R.R. Mansour

216
Citations
Filter technologies for wireless base stations

R.R. Mansour

184
Citations
MEMS based RF components and a method of construction thereof

Raafat R. Mansour;Mojgan Daneshmand

163
Citations
Tunable Dielectric Resonator Bandpass Filter With Embedded MEMS Tuning Elements

Winter Dong Yan;R.R. Mansour

157
Citations
High-Q tunable dielectric resonator filters

R. Mansour

156
Citations
Modeling of two-hot-arm horizontal thermal actuator

Dong Yan;Amir Khajepour;Raafat Mansour

151
Citations
Design of superconductive multiplexers using single-mode and dual-mode filters

R.R. Mansour

150
Citations
Design and modeling of a MEMS bidirectional vertical thermal actuator

Dong Yan;Amir Khajepour;Raafat Mansour

150
Citations
RF MEMS waveguide switch

M. Daneshmand;R.R. Mansour;N. Sarkar

134
Citations
RF MEMS Satellite Switch Matrices

M. Daneshmand;R. R. Mansour

130
Citations
A Comparison between RF MEMS Switches and Semiconductor Switches

P.D. Grant;M.W. Denhoff;R.R. Mansour

121
Citations
High- $Q$ Narrowband Tunable Combline Bandpass Filters Using MEMS Capacitor Banks and Piezomotors

S. Fouladi;Fengxi Huang;W. D. Yan;R. R. Mansour

120
Citations
A Design Procedure for Wideband Micropower Generators

M. Soliman;E.M. Abdel-Rahman;E.F. El-Saadany;R.R. Mansour

118
Citations
On the power handling capability of high temperature superconductive filters

R.R. Mansour;B. Jolley;Shen Ye;F.S. Thomson

113
Citations
Microwave superconductivity

R.R. Mansour

109
Citations
Design considerations of superconductive input multiplexers for satellite applications

R.R. Mansour;Shen Ye;V. Dokas;B. Jolley

107
Citations
Multidimensional Cauchy method and adaptive sampling for an accurate microwave circuit modeling

S.F. Peik;R.R. Mansour;Y.L. Chow

100
Citations
Quad-mode and dual-mode dielectric resonator filters

M. Memarian;R.R. Mansour

97
Citations
Cryogenic Characterization of 22-nm FDSOI CMOS Technology for Quantum Computing ICs

S. Bonen;U. Alakusu;Y. Duan;M. J. Gong

97
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mojgan Daneshmand University of Alberta

Ming Yu Chinese University of Hong Kong

Ehab F. El-Saadany Khalifa University

Eihab M. Abdel-Rahman University of Waterloo

Magdy M. A. Salama University of Waterloo

Safieddin Safavi-Naeini University of Waterloo

Slim Boumaiza University of Waterloo

Alexander Penlidis University of Waterloo

Pedram Mousavi University of Alberta

Kawthar A. Zaki University of Maryland, College Park

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