Research Areas
Analog, Mixed-signal, Power Management and Data Converters
- Low power, high speed and high efficiency analog and mixed signal IC and system
- Adaptive and autonomous power management circuit and system for energy harvesting and conversion
- Analog and mixed IC for emerging applications of SAW/MEMS/NEMS, sensor and 3D technology
- Analog and digital algorithms, circuits and systems for biomedical applications
- ADC/DAC targeting extreme performance and employing non-classic technique
Memory and Advanced Techniques in Nano-scale CMOS
- Robust low voltage and low power memory design in nano-scale technology
- Ultra-low power circuits and systems design with high energy efficiency
- Variation and aging tolerant circuits and systems design
- Circuit techniques for emerging technologies (3D ICs, NEMS circuits)
RF and mm-wave
- RF transceiver ICs for biomedical, consumer and environmental applications
- RF/MM-wave circuits and antenna design
- RF and MM-wave passive and active components modeling and characterization
Smart Sensors
- On-chip PVT sensing circuits
- Image sensors and companion chips
- Synthetic vision systems
- Sensors for analog and RF
- Sensor-and-instrumentation applications
- Integrated sensors and transducers
- Sensor-interface circuits
- Biosensors
- Sensors for medical applications
Technology Direction and System Integration
- 60GHz-beyond RF/Microwave System
- Lab-on-chip Biomedical System
- 3D Integrated Cloud-on-chip System
- Energy Harvesting and Monitoring System