AMSV Newsletter 2015

SCI Journals – 28 Papers
▓ “Polyphase Decomposition for Tunable Band-Pass Sigma-Delta A/D Converters”, IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and
Systems, Dec. 2015.
▓ “Energy Optimized Subthreshold VLSI Logic Family With Unbalanced Pull-Up/Down Network and Inverse Narrow-Width Techniques”, IEEE Transactions
on VLSI Systems, Dec. 2015.
▓ “Improving the Linearity and Power Efficiency of Active Switched-Capacitor Filters in a Compact Die Area”, IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, Dec.
2015.
▓ “DCM operation analysis of KY converter”, IET Electronics Letters, Nov. 2015
▓ “Non-Linear adaptive hysteresis band pwm control for hybrid active power filters in reducing switching loss”, IET Power Electronics, Nov. 2015
▓ "Nested-Current-Mirror Rail-to-Rail-Output Single-Stage Amplifier With Enhancements of DC Gain, GBW and Slew Rate", IEEE Journal of Solid-State
Circuits, Oct. 2015
▓ "A Sub-GHz Wireless Transmitter Utilizing a Multi-Class-Linearized PA and Time-Domain Wideband-Auto I/Q-LOFT Calibration for IEEE 802.11af WLAN",
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Oct. 2015
▓ “Self-reconfiguration property of a mixed signal controller for improving power quality compensator during light loading,” IEEE Transactions on Power
Electronics, Oct. 2015
▓ “Hybrid railway power conditioner with partial compensation for converter power rating reduction”, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications,
Sep./Oct. 2015
▓ "A 0.02 mm 59.2 dB SFDR 4th-Order SC LPF With 0.5-to-10 MHz Bandwidth Scalability Exploiting a Recycling SC-Buffer Biquad", IEEE Journal of Solid-
State Circuits, Sep. 2015
▓ "Thermal and Reference Noise Analysis of Time-Interleaving SAR and Partial-Interleaving Pipelined-SAR ADCs," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and
Systems-I: Regular Papers, Sep. 2015
▓ "Resolution-enhanced sturdy MASH delta–sigma modulator for wideband low-voltage applications", IET Electronics Letters, Jul. 2015
▓ "A CMOS Delta-Sigma PLL Transmitter with Efficient Modulation Bandwidth Calibration," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I: Regular
Papers, Jul. 2015
▓ “A Precision CMOS Voltage Reference Exploiting Silicon Bandgap Narrowing Effect”, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Jul. 2015
▓ “A 0.07mm 2 2.2 mW 10 GHz Current-Reuse Class-B/C Hybrid VCO achieving 196-dBc/Hz FoM A ”, IEEE Microwave Wireless and Components Letters,
Jul. 2015.
▓ "A Palm-Size µNMR Relaxometer Using a Digital Microfluidic Device and a Semiconductor Transceiver for Chemical/Biological Diagnosis", Royal Society of
Chemistry - Analyst, Jun. 2015
▓ “Analysis, control and experimental verification of a single-phase capacitive-coupling grid connected inverter”, IET Power Electronics, May 2015
▓ "Adhesion Promoter for Multi-dielectric-layer on Digital Microfluidic Chip", RSC Advances, May 2015
▓ "A Highly-Scalable Analog Equalizer Using a Tunable and Current-Reusable Active Inductor for 10-Gb/s I/O Links", IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems,
May 2015
▓ "On the Droplet Velocity and Electrode Lifetime of Digital Microfluidics: Voltage Actuation Techniques and Comparison", Springer Microfluidics and
Nanofluidics, Apr. 2015
▓ "A Combinatorial Impairment-Compensation Digital Predistorter for a Sub-GHz IEEE 802.11af-WLAN CMOS Transmitter Covering a 10x-Wide RF Bandwidth",
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems–I: Regular Papers, Apr. 2015
▓ “Output pressure enhancement of CMUTs by using multiple Helmholtz resonance apertures,” IET Electronics Letters, Mar. 2015
▓ "A 0.0045-mm 2 32.4-µW Two-Stage Amplifier for pF-to-nF Load Using CM Frequency Compensation", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems–II:
Express Briefs, Mar. 2015
▓ " 0.0045mm 2 15.8μW Three-Stage Amplifier Driving 10x-Wide (0.15 to 1.5nF) Capacitive Loads with >50° Phase Margin", IET Electronics Letters, Mar.
2015
▓ "Wideband Receivers: Design Challenges, Tradeoffs and State-of-the-Art", IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, Mar. 2015
▓ "A Fully-Integrated Low-Dropout Regulator with Full-Spectrum Power Supply Rejection," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I: Regular
Papers, Mar. 2015
▓ “A systematic approach to hybrid railway power conditioner design with harmonic compensation for high-speed railway”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial
Electronics, Feb. 2015
▓ "A 3.6mW 6GHz Current-Reuse VCO-Buffer with Improved Load Drivability in 65nm CMOS", Wiley International Journal of Circuit Theory and
Applications, Jan. 2015
Conferences – 23 Papers
Major IEEE solid-state circuits conferences
IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 2015, San Francisco, CA, USA, Feb. 2015
▓ “A 5.5mW 6b 5GS/s 4-times Interleaved 3b/cycle SAR ADC in 65nm CMOS” [Pre-Doctoral Achievement Award]
▓ “A 0.028mm 2 11mW Single-Mixing Blocker-Tolerant Receiver with Double-RF N-Path Filtering, S 11 Centering, +13dBm OB-IIP 3 and 1.5-to-2.9dB NF” [Pre-
Doctoral Achievement Award]
▓ “A 123-Phase DC-DC Converter-Ring with Fast-DVS for Microprocessors”
▓ “A 2-/3-Phase Fully-Integrated Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converter in Bulk-CMOS for Energy-Efficient Digital Circuits With 14% Efficiency Improvement”
▓ “A 12b 180MS/s 0.068mm 2 Full-Calibration Integrated Pipelined-SAR ADC” [Student Research Preview]
▓ “A Multi-Step Multi-Sample µNMR Relaxometer Using Inside-Magnet Digital Microfluidics and a Butterfly-Coil-Input CMOS Transceiver” [Student Research
Preview]
IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), Xiamen, Fujian, China, Nov. 2015
▓ “A μNMR CMOS Transceiver Using a Butterfly-Coil Input for Co-integration with a Digital Microfluidic Device Inside a Portable Magnet” [Distinguished
Design Award]
▓ “A 89fJ-FOM 6-bit 3.4GS/s flash ADC with 4x time-domain interpolation”
Other IEEE conferences:
IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON), Macao, China, Nov. 2015
▓ “An All-Factor Modulation Bandwidth Extension Technique for Delta-Sigma PLL Transmitter” [Professional Award]
▓ “Capacitive floating level shifter: Modeling and design”
▓ “Generalized type III controller design interface for dc-dc converters”
▓ “Hardware and software design of a thyristor controlled LC-coupling hybrid active power filter”
▓ “Comparison among PPF, APF, HAPF and a combined system of a shunt HAPF and a shunt thyristor controlled LC”
▓ “A woman in engineering - increasing Macao students’ interest in science and technology” [Invited Workshop Paper]
▓ “Historical review of hybrid active power filter for power quality improvement”
International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS), Gyeongju, Korea, Oct. 2015
▓ “A Thermal-Insensitive All-Electronic Modular µNMR Relaxometer with a 2D Digital Microfluidic Chip for Sample Management”
IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Montreal, Canada, Sep. 2015
▓ “Analysis, design and implementation of a quasi-proportional-resonant controller for multi-functional capacitive-coupling grid-connected inverter”
IEEE Ph.D. Research In Micro-electronics and Electronics (PRIME), Glasgow, Scotland, Jul. 2015
▓ “Exploring the Noise Limits of Fully-Differential Micro-Watt Transimpedance Amplifiers for Sub-pA/√Hz Sensitivity”
International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems (ISSCS), Iasi, Romania, Jul. 2015
▓ “Multi-Range, Ultra-Low-Power, -20 to 60°C CMOS Smart Temperature Sensor with ±0.1°C Inaccuracy”
▓ “Comparator with Built-in Reference Voltage Generation and Split-ROM Encoder for a High-Speed Flash ADC”
IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, May 2015
▓ “Predicting Protein Docking Poses on a Solid Surface by Particle Swarm Optimization”
IEEE EMBS Neural Engineering Conference (NER), Montpellier, France, Apr. 2015
▓ “Input Capacitance Compensated Neural Recording Amplifier”
IEEE International Wireless Symposium (IWS), Shenzhen, China, Mar. 2015
▓ “A Review and Design of the On-Chip Rectifiers for RF Energy Harvesting”
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