Journal Papers: Integrated Circuits

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

2026
  • Jing-Ren Yan, Yao-Wei Huang, Zih-Ting Wang, Wei-Jen Lai, Jen-Hao Liao, Ching-Chun Lin, and Yu-Te Liao*, “A 2.4GHz CMOS RF Energy Harvester with an Adaptive Power Management Unit Achieving 25 dB Input Power Range and 97.4% DC-DC Efficiency” accepted by IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I, 2026.
  • Yen-Yun Huang, Chen-Yu Wen, Jing-Ren Yan, Yao-Wei Huang, Yu-Chi Chen, Zih-Ting Wang, Chi-Wei Liu, Tsung-Ling Li, Wei-Jen Lai, Jen-Hao Liao, Yu-Te Liao, Po-Hung Chen, “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)
  • J. -R. Yan, W. -J. Lai, J. -H. Liao, C. -C. Lin and Y. -T. Liao*, “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, vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 972-983, Feb. 2026
2025
  • Yi-Jie Lin, Lin Chou, Kun-Ju Tsai, Yu-Te Liao*, “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, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 897-907, Oct. 2025.
2024
  • I-Fan Lin, Yu-Chu Tsai, Heng-Li Lin, and Yu-Te Liao “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, Wei-Cheng Liu, Yu-Chiao Huang, Ying-Jie Huang, Yung-Hua Yeh, Min-Hua Chang, Shu-Ping Lin, Ying-Chih Liao, and Yu-Te Liao* ”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, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 857-871, Aug. 2023.
2022
  • Ting-Heng Lu, Chi-Wei Liu, Chuan-Yi Wu, Jing-Siang Chen, Cong-Sheng Huang, Ling-Chia Chen, Yao-Wei Huang, I-Che Ou, Sook-Kuan Lee, Yen-Chi Chen, Po-Hung Chen, Chi-Te Liu, Ying-Chih Liao, and Yu-Te Liao*, “A Wireless Soil pH and Conductance Monitoring Chip Powered by Soil Microbial and Photovoltaic Energy Cells” in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 1008-1020, Dec. 2022. (Invited paper)
2021
  • Shao-Yung Lu, Siang-Sin Shan, Cheng-Ze Shao, Ting-Heng Lu, Yung-Hua Yeh, I-Te Lin, Shu-Ping Lin and Yu-Te Liao*,” Wireless Multimodality Sensing System-on-a-Chip with Time-based Resolution Scaling Technique and Analog Waveform Generator for Chronic Wound Care in 0.18μm CMOS” in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1268-1282, Dec. 2021. (invited)
  • C. -Z. Shao, I. -F. Lin and Y. -T. Liao, “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, vol. 4, pp. 226-229, 2021 (invited)
  • C. -Y. Wu, Y. -T. Chen and Yu-Te Liao*, “A 0.8V, 152 μW, 433 MHz Mixer-First Receiver with a Self-Adjusted Frequency Tracking Loop,” in IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 94203-94213, September 2021.
  • Shao-Yung Lu, Siang-Sin Shan, Ting-Heng Lu, Yung-Hua Yeh, Shih-Che Kuo, Yi-Chia Chen, and Yu-Te Liao*, “A Review of CMOS Electrochemical Readout Interface Designs for Biomedical Assays” in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 12469-12483, June, 2021 (20th anniversary special issue) (invited).
  • Cheng-Ze Shao, Shih-Che Kuo, and Yu-Te Liao*, “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, vol. 56, no. 6, pp. 1795-1804, June 2021.
  • Shao-Yung Lu and Yu-Te Liao*, “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, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 190-198, April 2021
2020
  • Siang-Sin Shan, Shao-Yung Lu, Yuan-Po Yang, Shu-Ping Lin, Patrick Carey, Minghan Xian, Fan Ren, Stephen Pearton, Chin-Wei Chang, Jenshan Lin, and Yu-Te Liao*, “A Two-electrode, Double-pulsed Sensor Readout Circuit for Cardiac Troponin I Measurement” in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 1362-1370, Dec. 2020.
2019
  • Yi-Chia Chen, Shao-Yung Lu and Yu-Te Liao, “A Microwatt Dual-Mode Electrochemical Sensing Current Readout with Current-Reducer Ramp Waveform Generation,” in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1163-1174, Dec. 2019 (invited)
  • I-Che Ou, Kun-Ju Tsai, Yuan-Hua Chu, and Yu-Te Liao, ”Self-Sustaining Soil Electrical Conductance Measurement using a DC-DC Power Converter” in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 19, no. 22, 10560-10567, Nov. 2019.
  • I-Che Ou, Jia-Ping Yang, Chia-Hung Liu, Kai-Jie Huang, Kun-Ju Tsai, Yu Lee, and Yuan-Hua Chu, and Yu-Te Liao,” A Sustainable Soil Energy Harvesting System with Wide-Range Power-Tracking Architecture” in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 8384-8392, Oct. 2019.
  • Hao-Chung Cheng, Yen-Ting Chen, Po-Hung Chen, and Yu-Te Liao, “An Optically-Powered 432MHz Wireless Tag for Batteryless Internet-of-Things Applications” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 66, no. 9, pp. 3288-3295, Sept. 2019.
  • Yen-Ting Chen, Jiancheng Yang, Fan Ren, Chin-Wei Chang, Jenshan Lin, S. J. Pearton, Marko J Tadjer, Akito Kuramata and Yu-Te Liao, “Implementation of a 900 V switching circuit for high breakdown voltage β-Ga2O3 Schottky diodes” in ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, vol. 8, no. 7, Q3229-Q3234, July 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, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 392-402, Feb. 2019.
2018
  • Jui-Hsiang Tsai, Chen-Yi Kuo, Shu-Hsuan Lin, Fu-To Lin, and Yu-Te Liao, “A Wirelessly-Powered CMOS Electrochemical Sensing Interface with Power-Aware RF-DC Power Management” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 2810-2820, Sept. 2018.
2016
  • Fu-To Lin, Shao-Yung Lu, Yu-Te Liao,”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, vol. 63, pp. 950-959, 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, vol. 25, pp. 675-677, Oct. 2015
  • Yu-Te Liao, Shih-Chieh Huang, Fu-Yuan Cheng, and Tsung-Heng Tsai, “A Fully-Integrated Wireless Bondwire Accelerometer with Closed-loop Readout Architecture” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I: Regular Paper, vol. 62, pp. 2445-2453, Oct. 2015
  • Chi-Hao Hong, Chuan-Yi Wu, and Yu-Te Liao,” Robustness enhancement of Class-C quadrature oscillator using capacitive source degeneration coupling,” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 16-20, Jan. 2015.
2010-2012
  • Y.-T. Liao, Huanfen Yao, Andrew Lingley, Babak Parviz, and Brian Otis,” A 3µW CMOS glucose sensor for wireless contact lens tear glucose monitoring” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), vol. 47, pp. 335-344, Jan. 2012. (Highly cited paper)
  • Y.-T. Liao, W. Biederman, and B. Otis, “A fully integrated CMOS accelerometer using bondwire inertial sensing,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol.11, no.1, pp.114-122, Jan. 2011.
2005-2007
  • H.-H. Hsieh, Y.-T. Liao and L.-H. Lu, “A compact quadrature hybrid MMIC using CMOS active inductors,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 1098-1104, Jun. 2007.
  • L.-H. Lu, H.-H. Hsieh, and Y.-T. Liao, ”A wide tuning-range CMOS VCO with a differential tunable active inductor” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 54, no. 9, pp. 3462-3468, Sept. 2006.
  • L.-H. Lu, Y.-T. Liao, and C.-R. Wu, “A miniaturized Wilkinson power divider with CMOS active inductors,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 15, no. 11, pp. 775-777, Nov. 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, vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 694-696, Oct. 2005.

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