AMSV Newsletter 2014

SCI Journals – 20 Papers
▓ Hugo Horta, R. P. Martins, "The start-up, evolution and impact of a research group in a university developing its knowledge base",
Tertiary Education and Management, Taylor & Francis, vol. 20, No.4, pp. 280-293, Dec. 2014
▓ Zhicheng Lin, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, "A Sub-GHz Multi-ISM-Band ZigBee Receiver Using Function-Reuse and Gain-Boosted N-Path
Techniques for IoT Applications", IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 49, Issue 12, pp. 2990 - 3004, Dec. 2014
▓ Fujian Lin, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, "An RF-to-BB-Current-Reuse Wideband Receiver with Parallel N-Path Active/Passive Mixers and a
Single-MOS Pole-Zero LPF", IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 49, Nov. 2014
▓ D. G. Chen, F. Tang, M. K. Law, X. Zhong and A. Bermak, "A 64-fJ/step 9-bit SAR ADC Array with Forward Error Correction and mixed
-signal CDS for CMOS Image Sensors," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I, vol. 61, issue 11, pp. 3085-3093, Nov.
2014
▓ Md.Tawfiq Amin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, "A 0.137-mm 2 9-GHz Hybrid Class-B/C QVCO with Output Buffering in 65-nm CMOS,"
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 24, pp. 716-718, Oct. 2014
▓ Zhicheng Lin, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, "Analysis and Modeling of a Gain-Boosted N-Path Switched-Capacitor Bandpass Filter", IEEE
Transactions on Circuits and Systems – I, vol. 9, pp. 2560-2568, Sept. 2014
▓ NingYi Dai, Chi-Seng Lam, WenChen Zhang, “Multifunctional voltage source inverter for renewable energy integration and power
quality conditioning”, The Scientific World Journal, vol. 2014, Aug. 2014
▓ K. M. Lei, P. I. Mak, M. K. Law and R. P. Martins, “NMR-DMF: A Modular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-Digital Microfluidics System for
Biological Assays,” RSC Analyst, 2014, 139, 6204-6213, Aug. 2014
▓ Zhicheng Lin, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, "A 0.14-mm 2 , 1.4-mW, 59.4 dB-SFDR, 2.4-GHz ZigBee/WPAN Receiver Exploiting a Split-LNTA
+ 50% LO Topology in 65-nm CMOS", IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 62, pp. 1525-1534 , Jul.
2014
▓ Zhicheng Lin, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, "A 2.4-GHz ZigBee Receiver Exploiting an RF-to-BB-Current-Reuse Blixer + Hybrid Filter
Topology in 65-nm CMOS", IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 49, pp. 1333-1344, Jun. 2014
▓ Pui-In Mak, Miao Liu, Yaohua Zhao, R. P. Martins, "Enhancing the Performances of Recycling Folded Cascode OpAmp in Nanoscale
CMOS through Voltage Supply Doubling and Design for Reliability", Wiley International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications,
vol. 42, pp. 605-619, Jun. 2014
▓ Yan Lu, Wing-Hung Ki, “A 13.56 MHz CMOS Active Rectifier with Switched-Offset and Compensated Biasing for Biomedical Wireless
Power Transfer Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol. 8, pp.334-344, Jun. 2014
▓ C. H. Chen, S. H. Pun, P. U. Mak, M. I. Vai, A. Klug, et al., "Circuit Models and Experimental Noise Measurements of Micropipette
Amplifiers for Extracellular Neural Recordings from Live Animals," BioMed Research International, vol. 2014, p. 14, Jun. 2014
▓ Chi-Seng Lam, Man-Chung Wong, Wai-Hei Choi, Xiao-Xi Cui, Hong-Ming Mei, Jian-Zheng Liu, “Design and Performance of an adaptive
low dc voltage controlled LC-hybrid active power filter with a neutral inductor in three-phase four-wire power systems”, IEEE
Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 2635-2647, Jun. 2014
▓ D. G. Chen, F. Tang, M. K. Law and A. Bermak, “A 12 pJ/pixel Analog-to-Information Converter based 816 x 640 Pixel CMOS Image
Sensor”, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 49, issue 5, pp. 1210-1222, May 2014
▓ Ning-Yi Dai, Man-Chung Wong, Keng-Weng Lao, Chi-Kong Wong, “Modelling and control of a railway power conditioner in co-phase
traction power system under partial compensation”, IET Power Electronics, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 1044 - 1054, May 2014
▓ Tianlan Chen, Cheng Dong, Jie Gao, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai and R. P. Martins, “Natural Discharge after Pulse and Cooperative
Electrodes to Enhance Droplet Velocity in Digital Microfluidics,” AIP Advances, Apr. 2014
▓ Fujian Lin, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, "A Sine-LO Square-Law Harmonic-Rejection Mixer – Theory, Implementation and Application",
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 62, pp. 313-322, Feb. 2014
▓ B. Wang, M. K. Law, A. Bermak and H. C. Luong, “A Passive RFID Tag Embedded Temperature Sensor With Improved Process Spreads
Immunity for a -30 o C to 60 o C Sensing Range”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, pp. 337 – 346, Feb. 2014
▓ Yan Zhu, Chi-Hang Chan, U-Fat Chio, Sai-Weng Sin, Seng-Pan U, R.P. Martins, F. Maloberti, "Split-SAR ADCs: Improved Linearity With
Power and Speed Optimization," IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, vol.22, no.2, pp.372,383, Feb.
2014
Conferences – 23 Papers
Major solid-state circuits conferences
International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 2014, San Francisco, CA, USA, Feb. 2014
▓ “A 0.0013mm 2 3.6µW Nested-Current-Mirror Single-Stage Amplifier Driving 0.15-to-15nF Capacitive Loads with >62° Phase Margin”
[Pre-Doctoral Achievement Award]
▓ "An RF-to-BB current-reuse wideband receiver with parallel N-path active/passive mixers and a single-MOS pole-zero LPF"
▓ "A 0.5V 1.15mW 0.2mm 2 Sub-GHz ZigBee receiver supporting 433/860/915/960MHz ISM bands with zero external components"
▓ "Circuit Techniques for Switched-Capacitor Filters" [Student Research Preview]
European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC) 2014, Venice, Italy, Sept. 2014
▓ “An 11b 900 MS/s time-interleaved sub-ranging pipelined-SAR ADC” [Best Paper Award]
Other conferences:
APPEEC 2014, Hong Kong, China, Dec. 2014
▓ “An adaptive hysteresis band PWM control for hybrid active power filters in fixed frequency”
ISIC 2014, Singapore, Dec. 2014
▓ “A 0.3-V 37.5-nW 1.5~6.5-Input-Range Supply Voltage Tolerant Capacitive Sensor Readout”
BMEiCON 2014, Fukuoka, Japan, Nov. 2014
▓ “Investigation on Error Performance for Galvanic-type Intra-body Communication with Experiment”
APCCAS 2014, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 2014
▓ “A Low-Dropout Regulator with Power Supply Rejection Improvement by Bandwidth-Zero Tracking”
▓ “Analysis of Two-Phase on-Chip Step-Down Switched Capacitor Power Converter”
▓ “Co-Design of a Low-Noise Receiver Front-End and its Exciting-Sensing Coil for Portable NMR-Screening of Chemical/Biological Droplets”
▓ “A 104μW EMI-Resisting Bandgap Voltage Reference Achieving –20dB PSRR, and 5% DC Shift under a 4dBm EMI Level”
Lab-on-a-Chip Asia 2014, Singapore, Nov. 2014
▓ “Time-Regulated Actuation Signal for Enhancement of Droplet Transportation in Digital Microfluidics”
▓ “Electrical Actuation on Digital Microfluidics with a Ta2O5 Insulating Layer: a Comparison Study”
GCBME 2014 & APCMBE 2014, Tainan, Taiwan, Oct. 2014
▓ “Initial Design of the Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers (CMUT) with Helmholtz Resonance Aperture”
ECCE 2014, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Sept. 2014
▓ “Hybrid railway power conditioner with partial compensation for rating optimization”
IC-TEMS 2014, ZhuHai, GuangDong, China, Jul. 2014
▓ “The Fabrication and Application of a Robust and Intelligent Digital Microfluidics”
ICIEA 2014, Hangzhou, China, Jun. 2014
▓ “Modeling of novel single flow zinc-nickel battery for energy storage system”
ISCAS 2014, Melbourne, Australia, Jun. 2014
▓ “A High Voltage Zero-Static Current Voltage Scaling ADC Interface Circuit for Micro-Stimulator”
▓ “Micropower Two-Stage Amplifier Employing Recycling Current-Buffer Miller Compensation”
EDSSC 2014, Chengdu, China, Jun. 2014
▓ “A 26.3 dBm 2.5 to 6 GHz Wideband Class-D Switched-Capacitor Power Amplifier with 40% Peak PAE ”
ICBME 2013, Singapore, Dec. 2013
▓ “Effect of Transmitter and Receiver Electrodes Configurations on the Capacitive Intrabody Communication Channel from 100 kHz to 100 MHz”
▓ ”Channel Modeling and Simulation for Galvanic Coupling Intra-body Communication”
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