June 2022
The paper “CMOS Design For Earth the Solar System and Space” (lead author Adrian Tang) was presented at the Cadence Live 2022 Industry Conference (sponsored by Cadence Design Systems). The paper was selected for the best paper award in the RF topic area.
March 2022
Prof. Mau Chung Frank Chang was elected as member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA) in the category of technical and environmental sciences. The academy members are chosen for their outstanding achievements in arts, science and governance as well as for exceptional work in academia, notable publications and other areas. Find out more from the UCLA Samueli Newsroom.
August 2021
The Water Hunting Advanced Terahertz Spectroemter on an UltraSmall Platform (WHATSUP) mission performed a sub-orbital spaceflight carrying two chips from the UCLA High Speed Electronics Laboratory, a 100 GHz frequency synthesizer that provided the LO, and a 6 GS/s 4096 point spectrometer processor, used to process the science data.
May 2021
The paper “A Reconfigurable Streaming Deep Convolutional Neural Network Accelerator for Internet of Things” by Li Du, Yuan Du, Yilei Li, Junjie Su, Yen-Cheng Kuan, Chun-Chen Liu, and M.-C. Frank Chang”, published in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, 65(1):198-208 (Jan 2018) was awarded the 2021 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Darlington Best Paper Award. The online announcement can be streamed at IEEE CASS Awards (around 30:56).
Feb 2021
Dr. Adrian Tang, HSEL alum, was awarded the IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Young Engineer Award.
December 2020
Researchers from HSEL published a total of ten conference papers (including IMS, RFIC, APMC, ASSCC, FCCM, ISCA, and GOMAC) and four journal papers (IEEE Trans. Thz Science and Technology, IEEE Network, IEEE Solid- State Letters) during 2020.
December 2019
Professor Chang will be a Keynote Speaker at the IEEE 2019 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) in Singapore.
“Terahertz Systems-on-Chip Enabled by Nano-Metric CMOS Technologies”
November 2019
Professor Chang gave a keynote speech on “The Next Wave of Intelligence and Connectivity” at The Future Science Prize Week on November 16, 2019. [Photos and a transcript of the talk (in Chinese)]
Professor Chang gave a plenary talk on “Millimeter-Wave System-on-Chip Applications from Space Explorations to Contactless Connectivity” at the IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC) on November 6, 2019 in Macau.
June 2019
The paper “A Silicon Based 4.5GHz Near-field Capacitive Sensing Imaging Array”, by Jia Zhou, Richard Al Hadi, Weikang Qiao, Yan Zhou, Christopher Chen, Mehmet Kaynak, Xiaoming Chen, James C.M. Hwang, and M.-C.Frank Chang, won 2nd Place in the Student Paper Competition at IEEE International Microwave Symposium, in Boston, MA. The paper was a collaboration between UCLA, IHP in Frankfurt, Germany, and Lehigh University.
May 2018
The paper “A 2.6GS/S Spectrometer System in 65nm CMOS for Spaceborne Telescopic Sensing”, by Yan Zhang, Yanghyo Kim, Adrian Tang, Jon Kawamura, Theodore Reck, and M.-C. Frank Chang, was awarded Honorable Mention – Best Paper Award 2nd Place at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, in Florence, Italy. The paper was a collaboration between UCLA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
September 2017
The J J Thomson Medal for Electronics is awarded to Professor Mau-Chung Frank Chang, President of the National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. He is also the Wintek Distinguished Chair Professor in Electrical Engineering, UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Professor Chang realized MOCVD GaAs HBTs and CMOS Systems-on-Chip for RF-to-Terahertz radio, radar, imaging and interconnect applications. His research created new methodologies to design and fabricate reliable semiconductor heterojunction devices and new algorithms to sense/transmit/receive data with unprecedented bandwidth and resolution. He is a proven leader who has substantially shaped modern high-speed electronics. His work has influenced the design and production of modern day mobile phones. In 2016, more than 2.5 billion mobile-phones were shipped with GaAs-HBT amplifiers to fulfill required transmission linearity and efficiency.
June 2016
Yu-Hsiu Wu’s paper “Interference-Tolerant Multi-User Radar System Using One-Coincidence Frequency Hopping Code with 1GHz Bandwidth at 24GHz” was awarded Best Paper Award – 3rd place at the IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in San Francisco, CA
February 2016
4 papers from HSEL have been accepted by IMS 2016:
“A 65nm CMOS 88-105 GHz DDFS-Based Fractional Synthesizer for High Resolution Planetary Exploration Spectroscopy”
“A Spectral Profiling Method of mm-Wave and Terahertz Radiation Sources”
“A W-band 65nm CMOS/InP-Hybrid Radiometer & Passive Imager”
“Interference-Tolerant Multi-User Radar System Using One-Coincidence Frequency Hopping Code with 1GHz Bandwidth at 24GHz”
December 2015
Prof. Chang has been elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors! You can read more about it here.
October 2015
2 papers from HSEL have been accepted by ISSCC 2016. The papers cover topics on THz frequency synthesizer, and high speed RF-Interconnect for memory interfaces. Congratulations to all the authors!
February 2015
Recent HSEL alumnus Hao Wu received the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) 2014-2015 Predoctoral Achievement Award at ISSCC in San Francisco. Congratulations!
October 2014
3 papers from HSEL have been accepted by ISSCC 2015. The papers cover topics on inductor-less wideband receiver designs, low-power long-range touch sensors, and all-digital frequency synthesizer designs. Congratulations to all the authors!
February 2014
HSEL alumnus Dr. David Murphy and Prof. Chang received JSSC 2012 Best Paper Award at ISSCC 2014, for the paper “A Blocker-Tolerant, Noise-Cancelling Receiver Suitable for Wideband Wireless Applications”, published in JSSC vol.47, no.12, pp.2943-2963. You can read more about it here. Congratulations!
Prof. Chang was selected for the 2014 John J. Guarrera Engineering Educator of the Year Award by the Engineerings’ Council.
June 2013
HSEL Ph.D. Student Yanghyo (Rod) Kim wins first place at Broadcom Foundation’s 2013 University Research Competition. You can read more about it here. The award is based on Rod’s research in HSEL, a high speed wired link through plastic tubes. Congratulations! HSEL alumnus Dr. Adrian Tang also won the competition last year.
February 2013
David Murphy and Prof. Chang received ISSCC 2012 Jack Kilby Award in ISSCC 2013. Prof. Chang is also recognized as part of top ISSCC paper contributors in recent 10 years.
6 papers are accepted by IMS 2013 and RFIC 2013.
January 2013
Happy New Year! Go big, HSEL!
December 2012
Prof. Chang and recent HSEL alumnus David Murphy are selected to receive the ISSCC 2012 Jack Kilby Award for Outstanding Student Paper for the paper “A Blocker-Tolerant Wideband Noise-Cancelling Receiver with a 2dB Noise Figure”. The co-authors include scientists in Broadcom and Prof. Abidi in UCLA. The award will be presented at ISSCC 2013 in February in San Francisco. Congratulations!
November 2012
1 paper is presented in A-SSCC 2012. The paper is on a 245GHz antenna-less super-regenerative CMOS imager with superior noise performance.
July 2012
Prof. Frank Chang has been elected as the academician of Academia Sinica. It is the highest honor of academic achievement in Taiwan.
June 2012
Recent HSEL Ph.D. Graduate Adrian Tang wins first place at Broadcom Foundation’s Inaugural University Research Competition. The award is based on Adrian’s research in HSEL, a 144GHz phase radar. Congratulations!
1 paper is accepted by CICC 2012. The paper is a multi-drop high data-rate RF-Interconnect with arbitration capability for future Network-on-Chip application.
February 2012
4 papers are accepted by IMS 2012. The leading author of all papers is Adrian Tang. It sets the IMS record of number of papers accepted from the same leading author. The papers cover topics of CMOS tri-color mm-wave imaging receiver, 135-150GHz transmitter, D-band frequency synthesizer, and 200GHz 16-pixel focal plane array imager.
January 2012
David Murphy’s paper “A Blocker-Tolerant Wideband Noise-Cancelling Receiver with a 2dB Noise Figure” is recognized as ISSCC 2012 Distinguished Technical Paper Award (Best Paper Award in ISSCC). The technique proposed in the paper breaks the traditional noise/linearity trade-off inherent in all modern receivers, and is applicable to both software-defined radios and to receivers targeting current wireless standards. The co-authors include scientists in Broadcom, Prof. Frank Chang and Prof. Abidi in UCLA. The award will be presented at ISSCC 2012 on February 20 in San Francisco. Congratulations!
January 2012
Happy New Year!
November 2011
4 papers, 60GHz Self-Healing Radio-on-Chip, Single-ended Energy Efficient RF-Interconnect for DRAM, A 144GHz Fine-Resolution Phase Radar for 3D Imaging and Blocker Free Wideband Noise Cancelling Receiver, have been accepted to ISSCC 2012. It has been the second consecutive year that more than 4 papers from HSEL are accepted by ISSCC. Congratulations to all the authors!
August 2011
2 papers from HSEL have been accepted by CICC & A-SSCC 2011. The papers are a 2.2-GS/s Time-Interleaved ADC for Gigabit Wireless Communications and a 7Gb/s SC-FDE/OFDM MMSE Equalizer for 60GHz Wireless Communications.
April 2011
8 papers from HSEL have been accepted by RFIC & IMS 2011. The papers cover topics of mmWave Receiver, W-band and V-band PAs, cognitive radio and V-band VCOs, W-band and D-band imagers, and W-band DiPAD.
Electronics Letters features article “A Passive View”, which highlights a highly integrated W-band passive imager by HSEL.
February 2011
4 papers from HSEL are presented in ISSCC 2011. The papers are:
“183GHz 13.5mW/pixel CMOS regenerative receiver for mm-wave imaging applications” by Adrian and Prof. Chang;
“An 8.4Gb/s 2.5pJ/b mobile memory I/O interface using simultaneous bidirectional Dual (Base+RF) band signaling” by Gyung-Su Byun, Prof. Chang, other labmates from HSEL and collaborators from CS dept and TSMC;
“A 10b resistor-resistor-string DAC with current compensation for compact LCD driver ICs” by Prof. Chang and collaborators in NTHU;
“A low-power process-scalable superheterodyne receiver with integrated high-Q filters” by David Murphy and collaborators from Broadcom.
January 2011
The paper entitled “65nm CMOS Receiver with 4.2 dB NF and 66 dB Gain for 60 GHz Applications” submitted to Electronic Letters was invited to be featured by the letter. You can read more about it here.
December 2010
The paper entitled “A 60GHz High Gain Transformer-Coupled Differential Power Amplifier in 65nm CMOS” that was submitted to the 2010 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) was recognized as the best paper.
October 2010
Three papers, TeraHz Imager, RF-Interconnect for DRAM and Low-Power DAC, have been accepted to ISSCC 2011.
One paper, 140GHz GB/s Wireless Data Link, has been published in CICC 2010.
August 2010
Professor Chang is appointed as Electrical Engineering Department Chairman. You can read more about it here.
June 2010
Three papers, 81-86GHz Frequency Synthesizer, 200GHz Injection Locking Frequency Divider and mm-wave Multi-band Oscillator, have been presented in RFIC 2010.
January 2010
The paper entitled “Embedded DiCAD Linear Phase Shifter for 57-65GHz Reconfigurable Direct Frequency Modulation in 90nm CMOS” that was submitted to the combined International Microwave Symposium (IMS) and the RF Integrated Circuit Conference (RFIC) was recognized as the best paper.
October 2009
Professor Chang is named to endowed chair (the Wintek Chair) in Electrical Engineering. You can read more about it here.
March 2009
DARPA awards HSEL with $3.5M to fund the research project “self-Healing 4Gbps Reconfigurable CMOS Radio-on-a-Chip”
Two papers, Tri-band RF-Interconnect for future Network-on-Chip and Sigma Delta PLL ,have been accepted in VLSI Symp 2009.
Feb 2009
Two papers, DiCAD mm-wave Digital Controlled Oscillator and Sub-MM wave Signal Generation and Detection in CMOS , have been accepted in IMS 2009.
Two papers, DiCAD mm-wave Linear Phase Shifter and Dual Band LH mm-wave Oscillator, have been accepted in RFIC 2009.
July 2008
The paper entitled “Power Reduction of CMP Communication Networks via RF-Interconnect” has been accepted in International Symposium on Microarchitecture 2008.
March 2008
The paper entitled “CMP Network-on-Chip Overlaid With Multi-Band RF-Interconnect” that was submitted to the IEEE HPCA Symposium was recognized as the best paper.
February 2008
Professor Chang has been elected into the National Academy of Engineering! Professor Chang, along with two other faculty members in UCLA Engineering, were elected into the 2008 Class. In addition, the HSEL has recently published/will publish papers at ISSCC, RFIC, and MTT. The topics of these papers include the 324GHz VCO, 60GHz PA, Sub-harmonic injection locked VCO’s, and our Digitally Controlled Artificial Dielectric (aka DiCAD).
Septemeber 2007
This is the new webpage for the High Speed Electronics Laboratory at UCLA. We hope to keep this page up to date with group member information, current research projects, and recent and past publications.
________________________________________
May 2007
Professor Chang, Tim LaRocca, and Daquan Huang generate a 324GHz signal.