Integrated Circuits

Papers focusing heavily on CMOS, circuit design, oscillators, readout interfaces, system-on-chip architectures, and RF systems.

  • [2026] Yen-Yun Huang, et al., “A 61.3% Efficiency RF Energy Harvesting System for Battery-Free ESL with 0.31µW Quiescent Power” in IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2026 (Accepted)

  • [2026] J. -R. Yan, et al., “A Class-C CMOS Rectifier With Active Modulation Achieving >76% Peak Efficiency and Extended Input Power Range Over 8.8 dB Across Multiple Frequency Bands,” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, Feb. 2026

  • [2025] Yi-Jie Lin, et al., “A 96 dB Input Dynamic Range Galvanic Skin Response Readout IC with 3.5 pArms Input Referred Noise for Mental Stress Monitoring” in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Oct. 2025.

  • [2024] I-Fan Lin, et al., “An 18 nW CMOS Current and Voltage Reference Circuit With Low Line Sensitivity and Wide Temperature Range” IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letter, 2024. (Invited)

  • [2023] Yi-Jie Lin, et al., ”A Multimodality Electrochemical and Impedance Spectroscopy System-on-a-Chip with Temperature Sensing and Impedance-Boosting Techniques” in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Aug. 2023.

  • [2022] Ting-Heng Lu, et al., “A Wireless Soil pH and Conductance Monitoring Chip Powered by Soil Microbial and Photovoltaic Energy Cells” in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Dec. 2022. (Invited paper)

  • [2021] Shao-Yung Lu, et al.,” Wireless Multimodality Sensing System-on-a-Chip with Time-based Resolution Scaling Technique and Analog Waveform Generator… in 0.18μm CMOS” in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Dec. 2021. (invited)

  • [2021] C. -Z. Shao, et al., “A 650-pW, 205 °C Temperature Range Voltage Reference With Curvature-Based Temperature and BJT-Enhanced Process Compensation Techniques,” in IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters, 2021 (invited)

  • [2021] C. -Y. Wu, et al., “A 0.8V, 152 μW, 433 MHz Mixer-First Receiver with a Self-Adjusted Frequency Tracking Loop,” in IEEE Access, September 2021.

  • [2021] Shao-Yung Lu, et al., “A Review of CMOS Electrochemical Readout Interface Designs for Biomedical Assays” in IEEE Sensors Journal, June, 2021 (invited).

  • [2021] Cheng-Ze Shao, et al., “A 1.8-nW, −73.5-dB PSRR, 0.2-ms Startup Time, CMOS Voltage Reference with Self-Biased Feedback and Capacitively-Coupled Schemes” in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, June 2021.

  • [2021] Shao-Yung Lu, et al., “A 19 μW, 50 kS/s, 0.008-400V/s Cyclic Voltammetry Readout Interface with a Current Feedback Loop and On-Chip Pattern Generation” in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, April 2021

  • [2020] Siang-Sin Shan, et al., “A Two-electrode, Double-pulsed Sensor Readout Circuit for Cardiac Troponin I Measurement” in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Dec. 2020.

  • [2019] Yi-Chia Chen, et al., “A Microwatt Dual-Mode Electrochemical Sensing Current Readout with Current-Reducer Ramp Waveform Generation,” in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Dec. 2019 (invited)

  • [2019] I-Che Ou, et al., ”Self-Sustaining Soil Electrical Conductance Measurement using a DC-DC Power Converter” in IEEE Sensors Journal, Nov. 2019.

  • [2019] I-Che Ou, et al.,” A Sustainable Soil Energy Harvesting System with Wide-Range Power-Tracking Architecture” in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Oct. 2019.

  • [2019] Hao-Chung Cheng, et al., “An Optically-Powered 432MHz Wireless Tag for Batteryless Internet-of-Things Applications” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, Sept. 2019.

  • [2019] Shao-Yung Lu and Yu-Te Liao, “A Low-power, Differential Relaxation Oscillator with the Self-threshold-tracking and Swing Boosting Techniques in 0.18-μm CMOS” in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Feb. 2019.

  • [2018] Jui-Hsiang Tsai, et al., “A Wirelessly-Powered CMOS Electrochemical Sensing Interface with Power-Aware RF-DC Power Management” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, Sept. 2018.

  • [2016] Fu-To Lin, et al., ”A 2.2µW, -12dBm RF-powered Wireless Current Sensing Readout Interface IC with Injection-locking Clock Generation” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I: Regular Paper, July 2016.

  • [2015] Chuan-Yi Wu, and Yu-Te Liao,” A 2.4 GHz Low Phase Noise In-Phase Coupled Class-C QuadratureVCO in 0.18um CMOS” in IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Oct. 2015

  • [2015] Yu-Te Liao, et al., “A Fully-Integrated Wireless Bondwire Accelerometer with Closed-loop Readout Architecture” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I: Regular Paper, Oct. 2015

  • [2015] Chi-Hao Hong, et al., ”Robustness enhancement of Class-C quadrature oscillator using capacitive source degeneration coupling,” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, Jan. 2015.

  • [2012] Y.-T. Liao, et al., ”A 3µW CMOS glucose sensor for wireless contact lens tear glucose monitoring” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Jan. 2012. (Highly cited paper)

  • [2011] Y.-T. Liao, et al., “A fully integrated CMOS accelerometer using bondwire inertial sensing,” IEEE Sensors Journal, Jan. 2011.

  • [2007] H.-H. Hsieh, et al., “A compact quadrature hybrid MMIC using CMOS active inductors,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., Jun. 2007.

  • [2006] L.-H. Lu, et al., ”A wide tuning-range CMOS VCO with a differential tunable active inductor” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., Sept. 2006.

  • [2005] L.-H. Lu, et al., “A miniaturized Wilkinson power divider with CMOS active inductors,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Nov. 2005.

  • [2005] L.-H. Lu and Y.-T. Liao, “A 4-GHz phase shifter MMIC in 0.18-m CMOS,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Oct. 2005.