In 2012 MICS group has published 9 quality journal papers and 6 conference papers on a broad range of academic spectrum from power electronics; RF, analog and millimeter-wave integrated circuits; MEMS and packaging; antenna and optical technology. Abstracts of the journal papers are provided in the following link.
Journal Papers
- S. Wang, V. Chawla, D.S. Ha, and B. Kim, “Low-Voltage Low-Power 1.6 GHz Quadrature Signal Generation through Stacking a Transformer-Based VCO and a Divide-by-two,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems - I, Vol. 59, No. 12, pp. 2901-2910, December 2012.
- S. Y. Kim, D.-W Kang, K.-J. Koh, and G. M. Rebeiz, "An Improved Wideband All-Pass I/Q Network for Millimeter-Wave Phase-Shifters," Rebeiz, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 60, No. 11, Nov. 2012.
- M. Manteghi, "A Tunable Planar Inverted-F Antenna for Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld Application," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 54, No. 11, Nov. 2012.
- P. Ralston, M. Oliver, K. Vummidi, and S. Raman, "Liquid-Metal Vertical Interconnects for Flip Chip Assembly of GaAs C-Band Power Amplifiers Onto Micro-Rectangular Coaxial Transmission Lines," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 47, No. 10, Oct. 2012.
- M. Manteghi, D. B. Cooper, and P. P. Vlachos," Application of Singularity Expansion Method for Monitoring The Deployment of Arterial Stent," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 54, No. 10, Oct. 2012.
- D.-Y. Yoon, C.-J. Jeong, J. Cartwright, H.-Y. Kang, S.-K. Han, N.-S. Kim, D.S. Ha, and S.-G. Lee, "A New Approach to Low-Power and Low Latency Wake-Up Receiver System for Wireless Sensor Node," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 47, No. 10, Oct. 2012.
- N. Kong, and D. S. Ha, "Low-Power Design of a Self-powered Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting System With Maximum Power Point Tracking," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 27, No. 5, May 2012.
- L. Chen, J. Wood, S. Raman, and N. S. Barker, J. M. Oliver, "Vertical RF Transition With Mechanical Fit for 3-D Heterogeneous Integration," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 60, No. 3, March 2012.
- J. M. Oliver, J.-M. Rollin, K. Vanhille, and S. Raman, "A W-Band Micromachined 3-D Cavity-Backed Patch Antenna Array With Integrated Diode Detecto," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 60, No. 2, Feb. 2012.
Conference Papers
- J. Salem and D.S. Ha, “A Robust Receiver for Power Line Communications in Integrated Circuits,” IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), pp. 254-257, August 2012.
- J. Turner, M.N. Ahmed, D.S. Ha, and P. Mattavelli, “A New Approach to the Wide Bandwidth of Piezoelectric Transducers for Vibration Energy Harvesting,” IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), pp. 1064-1067, August 2012.
- P. Ralston, K. Vanhille, A. Caba, M. Oliver, S. Raman, “Test and Verification of Micro Coaxial Line Power Performance,” presented at the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 17-22, 2012.
- C. Quemada and D.S. Ha, “A Compact Resistorless 1.5-V CMOS Current Mirror with a 30-ppm/°C Temperature Coefficient,” International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 3146-3149, May 2012.
- S. Raman, C.L. Dohrman, and T.-H. Chang, “Heterogeneous BiCMOS Technologies and Circuits and the DARPA DAHI Program,” presented at the 2012 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, Portland, OR. (Invited, Plenary)
- S. Raman, C.L. Dohrman, T.-H. Chang, J.S. Rodgers, “The DARPA Diverse Accessible Heterogeneous Integration Program: Towards a Next-Generation Technology Platform for High-Performance Microsystems,” presented at the 2012 International Conference on Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (CS MANTECH), Boston, MA, April 23-26, 2012.