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Xingye Liu

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Resume

Research Interests:

  • RFIC Design
  • Analog IC Design
  • Power Electronics
  • Digital VLSI
  • System on Chip
  • Network on Chip

Education:

  • Bachelor degree, Beijing Jiaotong University, China, 2012
  • Master degree, Boston University, US, 2014

Research Experiences:

  • High power density GaN-based DC/DC converter for airplane applications
    • Wide range input, dual fixed output
    • PCB integrated
  • On-chip power management for improved load transient response and scalability
    • Single input multiple output
    • Output ranges 0.3V to 1V
    • Fast and reliable load transient response and voltage scaling
  • A power supply solution targeting power side-channel attacks in embedded systems

Work Experiences:

  • Internship at Maxim Integrated (summer 2013)
    • Power management IC test and verification
  • Research Assistant at CPES, Virginia Tech ( Jan2015 – May 2017)

Publications:

  • X. Liu, R. Burgos, B. Sun and D. Boroyevich, "Wide-input-voltage-range dual-output GaNbased isolated DC-DC converter for aerospace applications," 2017 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition(APEC), Tampa, FL, 2017, pp. 279-286.
  • K.Ramezanpour, X. Liu, and P. Ampadu. "Improving Scalability in Thermally Resilient Hybrid Photonic-Electronic NoCs," in Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Network on Chip Architectures(NoCArc'17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 5, 6 pages.
  • X. Liu, and P. Ampadu. "An Asymmetric Dual Output On-Chip DC-DC Converter for Dynamic Workloads," In GLSVLSI’19:2019 Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, May 9-11,2019, Washington, D.C., USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 4 pages.
  • X. Liu and P. Ampadu, "A Novel Single-Input-Multiple-Output DC/DC Converter for Distributed Power Management in Many-Core Systems," 2019 IEEE 62nd International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Dallas, TX, USA, 2019, pp. 794-797.
  • X. Liu and P. Ampadu. 2021. (invited) Distributed On-Chip Power Supply for Security Enhancement in Multicore NoC, in IEEE 2021 International System-on-Chip Conference
  • X. Liu and P. Ampadu. 2022. Scalable Single-Input-Multiple-Output DC/DC Converter with Enhanced Load Transient Response and Security for Low-Power SoCs, will be published in ISCAS 2022.

Relavent Courses Taken:

  • Analog Circuit VLSI Design
  • Digital Circuit VLSI Design
  • Power Converter Control Design
  • Advanced RFIC Design

Personal Interests:

  • Reading
  • Basketball
  • Football
  • Weight lifting
  • Movies
  • Traveling
  • TV shows
  • Photographing