Pui In MAK, Elvis麥沛然 Professor IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow, RSC Fellow, Chinese Academy of Sciences Overseas Expert Deputy Director, State-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI Deputy Director (Research), Institute of Microelectronics Biography in English: https://sites.google.com/view/elvispimak/home

Academic Qualifications | Professional Experience | Research | Decoration | Professional Affiliations | Professional Services | Services at Local and University of Macau | Technical Activities | Professional Review Services | Awards and Recognition (include students) | Teaching Experience | Publications and Presentations | Contact Details

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Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, China (2006)
• B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, China (2003)

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Professional Experience

FST-ECE

• Full Professor, Dept. of ECE, FST, University of Macau (Aug. 2017 – Present)
• Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE (formerly EEE), FST, University of Macau (Sept. 2011 – Aug. 2017)
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of EEE, FST, University of Macau (Feb. 2008 – Aug. 2011)
• Invited Research Fellow, Dept. of EEE, FST, University of Macau (Aug. 2006 – Jan. 2008)

State-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI

• Deputy Director, State-Key Lab. of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, University of Macau (Feb. 2021 – Present)
• Associate Director (Research), State-Key Lab. of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, University of Macau (Oct. 2014 – Feb. 2021)
• Research Line Coordinator (Wireless), State-Key Lab. of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, University of Macau (Feb. 2008 – Present)
• Research Line Co-Coordinator (Biomedical), State-Key Lab. of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, University of Macau (Feb. 2008 – Present)

Others

• Visiting Scholar, University of Pavia, Italy (Nov. 2010)
• Visiting Scholar, INESC-ID, IST, Portugal (Nov. 2009)
• Visiting Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK (Jul. 2009 – Nov. 2009)

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Research

Research Interests

• RF, analog and mixed-signal CMOS integrated circuits
• Hybrid-domain circuits and systems (wireless, biomedical, physical chemistry)
• Engineering education

Theses Supervision

• 21         PhD Theses
• 22         Master Theses
• 4           Post-Doctoral Researchers and Research Assistants
• 7           Research Assistants
• 16         Undergraduate Final-Year and Honor College Theses

PhD Thesis	Period	Research Topic	Now with
Ka-Fai UN	2009-2014	New Architectures and Circuit Design Techniques for TV-Band White-Space Wireless Transmitters	Assistant Professor, UM (Former Visiting Scholar, University College of Dublin, Ireland)
Zushu YAN	2009-2014	Systematic Design and Implementation of Single-Stage and Multi-Stage CMOS Amplifiers	Senior Engineer, Qualcomm, USA
Zhicheng LIN	2010-2014	Ultra-Low-Power and Ultra-Low-Cost Short-Range Wireless Receivers in Nanoscale CMOS	Senior Engineer, Qualcomm, USA
Fujian LIN	2010-2014	Advanced Circuit Design Techniques for Low-Power Wideband Wireless Receivers in Nanoscale CMOS	Design Engineer, MediaTek, Singapore
Yaohua ZHAO	2010-2015	Low-Power, High-Linearity and Area-Efficient Switched Capacitor Filters Design Techniques in Nanoscale CMOS	Design Engineer, MediaTek, Singapore
Tawfiq AMIN	2009-2015	Analysis and Design of Power-Efficient Voltage-Controlled Oscillators for Wireless Applications in Nanoscale CMOS	Faculty, Military Institute of Science & Technology, Bangladesh
Jie GAO	2010-2015	Electronic-Automated Intelligent Digital Microfluidic System and its Applications to DNA Amplification	Administrative Officer (Cleanroom Specialist), UM, Macau, China
Chio-In IEONG	2009-2016	Low-Power CMOS Processors Design for ECG QRS Wave Detection and Data Compression	Advanced Research Engineer, Hisilicon – Huawei, China
Ka-Meng LEI	2012-2016	Handheld CMOS-Based NMR Devices for Biological/Chemical Diagnosis	Assistant Professor, UM (Former Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, USA)
Tianlan CHEN	2013-2016	Thermal Digital Microfluidic Devices for Rapid DNA Analysis	CEO, Digifluidic, China
Cheng DONG	2012-2017	Electronic-Automated Digital Microfluidic System for Multi-Analysis	CEO, Digifluidic, China
Chak-Fong CHEANG	2012-2017	Digital Correction Techniques for I/Q Mismatch, LO Feedthrough and Distortion in Wideband Transmitters	Senior Engineer, MediaTek, Taiwan
Wei-Han YU	2012-2017	Power-Efficient and Wideband WLAN Transmitter Techniques in Nanoscale CMOS	Macau Fellow, UM, Macau, China (Former Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, USA)
Changhao CHEN	2010-2017	Circuits and Noise modeling for Extracellular Electrophysiology Recording and Optogenetic Neural Manipulation	Post-Doc Fellow, UM, Macau
Gengzhen QI	2013-2017	SAW-Less Multiband TDD/FDD Transceiver Front-Ends Using Gain-Boosted N-path Techniques	Associate Professor, Sun Yet-Sen University, China
Xingqiang PENG	2014-2017	Ultra-Low-Power Wireless Transmitter Circuit Techniques for Internet-of-Things Applications	Engineer, Hisilicon – Huawei, China
Tantan ZHANG	2010-2018	Nano-Watt Class CMOS Interface Circuits for Wireless Sensor Nodes	Engineer, ASTAR Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore
Haidong YI	2015-2019	Ultra-Low-Voltage Analog and RF Circuit Techniques for Short-Range Wireless Radios in Nanoscale CMOS	Engineer, Hisilicon, Huawei, China
Shiheng YANG	2015-2019	Power-Efficient Analog and Digital Frequency Synthesizers in Nanoscale CMOS	Researcher, UESTC, China
Ming-Zhong LI	2015-2020	Patterned Surface Wettability and Advanced Droplet Manipulation Techniques for Disease Diagnostics using Digital Microfluidics	Posdoc Fellow, UM, Macau
Chao FAN	2016-2020	Power-Efficient Ultra-High-Speed Communication Circuit Techniques in Nanoscale CMOS	Lecturer, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

 

Master Thesis	Period	Research Topic
Ka-Fai UN	2007-2009	Nanoscale CMOS Circuits for Wireless Applications: CT/DT Channel Selection Filter and Open-Loop Multi-Phase Local Oscillator Generators
Keng-Wai LO	2008-2010	Wideband Active-Balun Variable-Gain Low-Noise Amplifier for Mobile-TV Applications
Tantan ZHANG	2009-2010	Nano-Watt-Class Subthreshold-Biased Source-Follower-Based LPFs for Biopotential Signal Acquisition Systems
Chang-Hao CHEN	2008-2010	Instrumentation Amplifier and Filter Design for Biopotential Acquisition Systems
Chon-Teng MA	2008-2010	Biopotential Readout Front-End Circuits using Frequency-Translation Techniques
Mia LIU	2009-2011	High-Voltage-Enabled Operational Amplifier and Active-Decoupling Technique for Wideband Balun-LNA
Cheng DONG	2008-2011	Electrocardiogram Parameter Extract and Analysis System
Wei-Han YU	2010-2012	Digital Predistortion and Calibration Techniques for Wireless Transmitters
Weng-Fai CHENG	2010-2012	A Wideband Balun Low-Noise Amplifier and Digital Impairment Correction Techniques for Wireless Transmitters
Yanjie XIAO	2010-2012	Capacitance-to-Digital Convert for Lab-on-Chip Digital Microfluidics Systems and Ultra-Low-Power SAR ADC with Effective Calibration
Tianlan CHEN	2010-2013	Design and Implementation of Intelligent Digital Microfluidics Systems
Gengzhen QI	2011-2013	Design and Optimization of Wideband Power Amplifier and its Driver Circuits
Tao WU	2011-2013	An Ultra-Low Power CMOS Smart Temperature Sensor for Clinical Temperature Monitoring
Ming-Zhong LI	2012-2014	Sub-threshold Standard Cell Library Design for Ultra-Low Power Biomedical Applications
Wei WANG	2012-2014	Systematic Analysis and Design of Area-Efficient Frequency Compensation Techniques for Micropower Two-Stage CMOS Amplifiers
Xingqiang PENG	2013-2014	Advanced Circuit Techniques for Class-D Power Amplifiers in Nanoscale CMOS
Jiangchao WU	2012-2014	An Ultra-Low Power Acquisition Front-End for Neural Recording
Yue LI	2013-2014	Joint-Digital-Predistortion for Wireless Transmitter’s I/Q Imbalance and PA Nonlinearities Using an Asymmetrical Complexity-Reduced Volterra Series Model
Suyan FAN	2013-2015	A Wide-Capacitive-Input-Range Supply-Voltage-Tolerant Capacitive Sensor Readout
Choi Fong NGAI	2012-2015	Fast Estimation of Free-Flowing Protein Dynamic Angles
Hoi Kei CHAN	2012-2017	Computational Modeling of Nanodroplet Wetting on Single-plate Coplanar Electrodes
Tongquan JIANG	2014-2018	Small-Area ULP All-Digital PLL in nanoscale CMOS
Iat Fai SUN	2015-2018	Digital-Controlled Ring Oscillators
Jinan LUO	2016-2018	mmWave Circuits and Systems

 

BSc Thesis	Period	Research Topic
Chon-Teng Ma	2007-2008	A Low-Power Low-Noise Bio-Potential Signals (EEG/ECG/EMG)Readout Front-End in 90-nm CMOS
Wei-Han YU	2009-2010	A 65nm CMOS 5GHz Class E Power Amplifier with Switch Mode Power Supply Modulated Linearization for 802.11a/n
Gengzhen QI	2010-2011	A 65nm Low-Power, SAW-Less WCDMA Transmitter Using Direct Quadrature Voltage Modulation
Zhen PAN	2010-2011	Biopotential Readout Front-End for Portable EEG Acquisition Part I
Tao WU	2010-2011	Biopotential Readout Front-End for Portable EEG Acquisition Part II
Qi ZHANG	2010-2011	A 1-V Low Noise Low Power ECG Sensor Interface System Part I
Jinpei CHEN	2010-2011	A 1-V Low Noise Low Power ECG Sensor Interface System Part II
Yinsidi JIAO	2010-2011	A linearized PWPM Class-E PA Using Digital Pre-Distortion and Cascode-Driven Techniques
Xingqiang PENG*	2011-2012	A Amplitude Switchable Wideband Class-D PA with Boosted Output Power
Ka-Meng LEI	2011-2012	A Capacitance-to-Radio Frequency CMOS Microsystem for Blood Pressure Sensing in 65-nm CMOS
Yue LI	2011-2012	An Area and Power Efficient PA Pre-distortion with Look-Up-Table and Improved CORDIC Algorithm
Shiheng YANG*	2013-2014	Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)-Resisting Circuits
Diyang ZHAO	2013-2014	A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance CMOS Readout Front-end
Iat Fai SUN	2014-2015	Low Voltage and Low Power Digital-Controlled Ring Oscillator
Ka Chon KEI	2016-2017	Fully Integrated High Voltage MEMS Drivers in CMOS

* Selected as one of the best theses of the year

Honour Thesis	Period	Research Topic
Ka-Meng LEI	2011-2012	A Capacitance-to-Radio Frequency CMOS Microsystem for Blood Pressure Sensing in 65-nm CMOS
Diyang ZHAO	2013-2014	A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance CMOS Readout Front-end

Research Funds

Role	Project Title	Funding Source	Year
PI	Multi-ISM-Band Ultra-Low-Power Wireless Transmitter With an All-Digital Phase-Locked Loop for Internet of Things Applications	Univ. of Macau	2015-2018
Co-PI	Energy Efficient Miniaturized Multi-Sensing Platform in CMOS	Univ. of Macau	2015-2018
Co-PI	High-Performance CMOS Millimeter Wave FMCW Radar Transmitter for Distance and Velocity Detection	Univ. of Macau	2015-2018
Co-PI	Electronic-Automated Digital Microfluidics System for Disease Diagnostics	Macau FDCT and Univ. of Macau	2015-2018
PI	Wireless Research Line –Fund for the State-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI	Macau FDCT and Univ. of Macau	2014-2016
Co-PI	Biomedical Research Line – for the State-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI	Macau FDCT and Univ. of Macau	2014-2016
Co-PI	Miniaturized Wireless Electronic Platform to Stimulate, to Inhibit and to Record Neural Activities for Freely Moving Rodents	Univ. of Macau MYRG	2014-2016
Co-PI	Computational Modeling of Electric Field in Digital Microfluidic Technologies and its Application on Simulating Droplets and Protein Adsorption on Device Surfaces	Univ. of Macau MYRG	2014-2016
Co-PI	Miniaturized and Automatic Controlled Circuitry for Rapid Early Detection System for AMI Using Fluorescence Immuochromatography Assay Technique	Macau FDCT and Univ. of Macau	2014-2015
Co-PI	Energy Management IC Design with Temperature Monitoring for Biomedical Implants	Univ. of Macau MYRG	2013-2015
PI	Towards a Single-Chip CMOS Cognitive Radio (Phase I) – Wideband Receiver and Transmitter Circuit Techniques	Univ. of Macau MYRG	2013-2015
Co-PI	Ultra-low-Power Solar-Powered CMOS Biomedical Implantable Sensing Chip Capable of Bi-directional Communication	Macau FDCT and Univ. of Macau	2012-2014
Co-PI	Towards High Resolution Image-Based Retinal Prosthesis (Phase I) – Multiple Energy Source Retinal Prosthesis Chip with Controlled Optical Stimulus and Closed-Loop Temperature Monitoring	Univ. of Macau MYRG	2012-2014
Co-PI	Investigation on CMOS Based Digital Microfluidics	Macau FDCT and Univ. of Macau	2012-2014
PI	Wireless Research Line – Establishment Fund for State-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI	Macau FDCT and Univ. of Macau	2011-2013
Co-PI	Biomedical Research Line – Establishment Fund for State-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI	Macau FDCT and Univ. of Macau	2011-2013
PI	Wireless Circuits and Systems for Mobile TV Applications in Nanoscale CMOS	Macau FDCT and Univ. of Macau	2009-2012
Co-PI	“General Purpose Intelligent Adaptive Biosignal Acquisition System (Phase VI) – Toward SoC	Macau FDCT and Univ. of Macau	2010-2012
Co-PI	General Purpose Intelligent Adaptive Biosignal Acquisition System (Phase V) – Final Preparation toward SoC	Macau FDCT	2009-2010
Co-PI	Low-Voltage Multi-standard-Compliant CMOS Wireless-Transceiver Analog-Baseband Platform	Macau FDCT	2007-2009

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Decoration

• Honorable Title of Value, in recognition of significant contribution to Macao or for their dedicated public and community service, Macau SAR Government, Jan. 2006 (Macao Government Executive Order No. 93/2005)

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Professional Affiliations

• Overseas Expert (since 2018), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
• Fellow (since 2020), The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
• Fellow (since 2019) and Senior Member (2011-2018), The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Fellow (since 2018), The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

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Professional Services

Editorials

Mar	2018		Present	Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
Oct	2017		Present	Associate Editor, IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters
Jan	2021		Present	Associate Editor, IOP Journal of Semiconductors
			2018	Guest Editor, IEEE Sensors Journal
			2018	Guest Editor, IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems
		Jan	2018	Guest Editor, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
July	2016	Dec	2017	Associate Editor, Integration, the VLSI Journal – Elsevier
Jan	2014	Dec	2016	Board Member, IEEE Press
Jan	2014	Dec	2015	Senior Editor, IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems
Jan	2014	Dec	2015	Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I – Regular Papers (2nd term)
		Dec	2013	Guest Editor, IEEE RFIC Virtual Journal – Issue on LNAs
				[Online: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/virtual-journal/virtualJournalHome?pub=rfic&issue=4]
Jan	2012	Dec	2014	Associate Editor, IEEE Potentials
Jan	2010	Dec	2011	Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I – Regular Papers (1st term)
Jan	2012	Dec	2013	Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II – Express Briefs (2nd term)
Jan	2010	Dec	2011	Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II – Express Briefs (1st term)
Feb	2010		Present	Associate Editor, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Newsletter

Professional Services in IEEE and The IET/IEE (International)

Jan	2018		Present	Chair of Distinguished Lecturer Program, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS)
Jan	2017	Dec	2018	IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS)
Jan	2014	Dec	2015	IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS)
Jan	2009	Dec	2011	Board-of-Governor Member, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS)
Jan	2009		Present	Committee Member, IEEE CASS Publication Activities Committee
Jan	2009		Present	Committee Member, Circuits and Systems Education and Outreach Technical Committee, CASS
May	2008		Present	Committee Member, Circuits and Systems for Communications Technical Committee, CASS

Professional Services in IEEE and The IET/IEE (Local)

Jun	2010	Jun	2010	Judge, IEEE Macau Project Competition, Macao
Nov	2009		Present	Counselor, IET Macau Student Section
Jun	2009	Jun	2009	Judge, IEEE Macau Project Competition, Macao
Jan	2008	Aug	2009	Senior Past President, IET Macau Student Section
Jan	2010	Dec	2010	Committee Member – GOLD, IEEE Macau Section
Jan	2008	Dec	2009	Member of the Academic Affair, IEEE Macau Section
Jan	2006	Dec	2008	Secretary/Treasurer, IEEE Macau CAS/COM Joint-Chapter
Jan	2002	Dec	2003	Founding Chairman, IEE Macau Student Section
Jan	2001	Dec	2002	Vice Chairman, IEEE Macau Student Branch
Jan	2001	Dec	2002	Vice Chairman, IEE Macau Student Section Organization Committee
Jan	2000	Dec	2001	Vice Chairman, IEEE Macau Student Branch Membership Committee

 

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Services at Local and University of Macau

 

Nov	2016			Academic Promotion Committee Member, Assistant Professors for State-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI
May	2013			Selection Committee Member, Assistant Professors for State-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI [Data Conversion & Signal Processing and Power]
Jan	2013			Representative of FST Academic Staff, Univ. of Macau High-School Briefing 2013/2014
Sept	2012			Major Organizer, 1st ECE Project Introduction Seminar, FST-ECE
Sept	2012	Aug	2013	Chair, Final Year Project Exam Committee, FST-ECE
Sept	2012	Aug	2013	Member, Board of Internal Examiner Committee, FST-ECE
Jul	2012			Selection Committee Member, 2013/2014 FST-ECE Early Admission to Master’s Programmes
Jan	2012			Representative of FST Academic Staff, Univ. of Macau High-School Briefing 2012/2013
Aug	2011		Present	Member, Board of Examiners of ECE Course Quality, FST, Univ. of Macau
Aug	2011		Present	PhD Defense Exam Committee Member, FST, Univ. of Macau
Jul	2011			Acting Department Head, Electrical and Computer Engineering, FST, Univ. of Macau
May	2011			Selection Committee Member, Assistant Professors for State-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI [Wireless and Biomedical]
Apr	2011			Selection Committee Member, 2007-2010 UM Academic Staff Award
Jan	2011	Jan	2011	Representative of FST Academic Staff, University of Macau High-School Briefing 2011/2012
Dec	2009		Present	Master Thesis Examination Committee Member, FST, University of Macau
Feb	2009	Mar	2009	Representative of Academic Staff, University of Macau High-School Briefing 2009/2010 Admission
Feb	2009	Feb	2009	Participator, Honours College Ad Hoc Implement-ation Work Group, University of Macau
Jan	2008		Present	Co-Organizer, summer activities and technical visits in University of Macau for promotion of science and technology to high-school students
Jan	2008		Present	PhD Thesis Proposal Assessment Committee Member, FST, University of Macau
Jan	2008		Present	PhD Qualifying Examination Committee Member, FST, University of Macau
Jan	2008		Present	Mentor, FST, University of Macau
Jan	2008		Present	Academic Council Member, FST, University of Macau
Jan	2008		Present	Member of the Referee Panel, Macau High School Fun Science Competition
Jan	2006	Dec	2006	Advisor, Univ. of Macau Robocon Team, 5th ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest
Jan	2000	Dec	2001	Secretary, FST Student Association, University of Macau

 

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Technical Activities

International Conference Steering/Organization Committee

2016	Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference – ASP-DAC, Macau
2015	IEEE International Symp. on Circuits and Systems – ISCAS, Lisbon, Portugal
2012	IEEE Asia-Pacific Conf. on Circuits and Systems – APCCAS, Taiwan
2011	IEEE International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies – ISCIT, Hangzhou, China
2011	IEEE Asia Pacific Conf. on Postgraduate Research in Microelectronics and Electronics – PrimeAsia, Macau
2010	IEEE International Symp. on Circuits and Systems – ISCAS, France
2010	IEEE Asia Pacific Conf. on Postgraduate Research in Microelectronics and Electronics – PrimeAsia, Shanghai
2009	IEEE International Symp. on Circuits and Systems – ISCAS, Taiwan
2009	IEEE Asia Pacific Conf. on Postgraduate Research in Microelectronics and Electronics – PrimeAsia, Shanghai
2009	International Conf. on Information, Communications and Signal Processing – ICICS, Macau
2008	IEEE Asia-Pacific Conf. on Circuits and Systems – APCCAS, Macau
2004	IEEE/IEEJ International Analog VLSI Workshop – AVLSIWS, UM, Macau

International Conference Technical Program/Review Committee and/or Session Chair

2018	IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference – ISSCC, USA
2017	IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference – ESSCIRC, Belgium
2017	IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference – ISSCC, USA
2016	IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference – ESSCIRC, Switzerland
2016	IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference – A-SSCC, Japan
2015	IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference – A-SSCC, China
2014	IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference – A-SSCC, Taiwan
2013	IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference – A-SSCC, Singapore
2013	IEEE/ IFIP Conf. on Very Large Scale Integration – VLSI-SoC, Turkey
2013	IEEE Symposium on Computers & Informatics – ISCI, Malaysia
2012	IEEE Radio-Frequency Integration Technology Symposium – RFIT, Singapore
2012	IEEE/ IFIP Conf. on Very Large Scale Integration – VLSI-SoC, USA
2012	IEEE International Symp. on Circuits and Systems – ISCAS, South Korea
2012	International Conference on Embedded and Multimedia Computing – EMC, South Korea
2011	IEEE Sensors Conference – SENSORS, Ireland
2011	International Conference on Advanced Infocomm Technology – ICAIT, Wuhan
2011	IEEE/ IFIP Conference on Very Large Scale Integration – VLSI-SoC, Hong Kong
2011	IEEE International Symp. on Circuits and Systems – ISCAS, Brazil [for the GOLD Session]
2010	IEEE International Symp. on Circuits and Systems – ISCAS, France [for the GOLD Session]
2010	International Conf. on Green Circuits and Systems – ICGCS, Shanghai
2010	IEEE International Conf. on Communication Systems – ICCS, Singapore
2010	International Symp. on Communications and Information Technologies – ISCIT, Japan
2010	International Wireless Internet Conf. – WICON, Singapore
2010	IEEE Prognostics & System Health Management Conf. – PHM, Macau
2009	IEEE Technical Conf. of Region 10 – TENCON, Singapore
2009	IEEE International Symp. on Circuits and Systems, – ISCAS, Taiwan
2008	IEEE Asia-Pacific Conf. on Circuits and Systems – APCCAS, Macau
2008	IEEE International Conf. on Communications Systems (ICCS) – ICCS, Guangzhou
2006	IEEE/IEE Regional Inter-University Post-graduate Electrical and Electronics Engineering Conf. – RIUPEEEC, Macau
2004	IEEE/IEEJ International Analog VLSI Workshop – AVLSIWS, Macau

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Professional Review Services

Books

Wiley-IEEE:		CMOS Mixed-Signal Circuit Design (2nd Ed), J. Baker
Prentice Hall:		RF Microelectronics (2nd Ed), B. Razavi

Journals

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs
IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
IEEE Transactions on Communications
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
IEEE Sensors Journal
IEEE Microwave Magazine
IEEE Potentials
RSC Lab on a Chip
IET Circuits Devices and Systems
IET Electronics Letters
AIP Review of Scientific Instruments
Springer Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing
Springer Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing
IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Elsevier Integration, the VLSI Journal
Elsevier Microelectronics Journal
Elsevier Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical
International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications
International Journal of Electronics
Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
World Scientific Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers
Progress in Electromagnetic Research
Hindawi Active and Passive Electronic Components
Hindawi Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
AEU – International Journal of Electronics and Communications

Conferences

IEEE International Symposium on Bioelectronics and Bioinformatics – ISBB
IEEE International RF and Microwave Conference – RFM
IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics and Applications – ISIEA
IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering – TALE
IEEE Symposium on Wireless Technology and Applications – ISWTA
IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics – APACE
IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference – DAC
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems – ISCAS
IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference – BIOCAS
IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems – APCCAS
IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems – MWSCAS
IEEE Int. Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems – ICECS
IEEE AP Conf. on Postgraduate Research in Microelectronics & Electronics – PrimeAsia
IEEE Conference on Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics & Electronics – PRIME
IEEE International Conference on ASIC– ASICON
IEEE Int. Conference on Wireless & Mobile Computing, Network. & Communications – WiMob
IEEE Symposium on Wireless Technology & Applications – ISWTA
IEEE International Conference on Electronics Design, Systems and Applications – ICEDSA

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Awards and Recognition (include students)

International

• SSCS Predoctoral Achievement Award (Student: Wei-Han Yu)
  Awarded by: IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, 2017-2018
• IEEE/CEDA Outstanding Service Award (co-recipient)
  Awarded by: IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA), 2017
• SSCS Predoctoral Achievement Award (Student: Ka-Meng Lei)
  Awarded by: IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, 2016-2017
• ISSCC Student Travel Grant Award (Student: Tantan Zhang)
  Awarded by: IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, 2017
• UK Royal Society of Chemistry Poster Prize (Student: Jie Gao)
  Awarded by: Lab on a Chip International Symposium: Droplet-based Microfluidics, 2016
• ISSCC Silkroad Award (Student: Ka-Meng Lei)
  Awarded by: IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2016
• ISSCC Student Travel Grant Award (Students: Wei-Han Yu and Chio-In Ieong)
  Awarded by: IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, 2016
• A-SSCC Distinguished Design Award (Student: Ka-Meng Lei)
  Awarded by: IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2015
• SSCS Predoctoral Achievement Award (Student: Zhicheng Lin)
  Awarded by: IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, 2014-2015
• ISSCC Student Travel Grant Award (Student: Ka-Meng Lei)
  Awarded by: IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, 2015
• SSCS Predoctoral Achievement Award (Student: Zushu Yan)
  Awarded by: IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, 2013-2014
• ISSCC Student Travel Grant Award (Student: Zushu Yan)
  Awarded by: IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, 2014
• Best Associate Editor
  Awarded by: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, 2012-2013
• Best Paper Award
  Awarded by: Asia Symposium on Quality Electronic Design – ASQED, Penang, Malaysia, 2013
• Silver-Leaf Certificate
  Awarded by: 2^nd IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Postgraduate Research in Microelectronics & Electronics (PrimeAsia), 2010
• IEEE CASS Outstanding Young Author Award (for the Best Journal Paper)
  Awarded by: IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, for authoring a meritorious paper published in any of the CAS Society’s Transactions whose author at the date of submission is <30 years of age. [among the five Best Paper Awards selected from all IEEE CAS Society Transactions], 2010
• IEEE MGA GOLD Achievement Award
  Awarded by: IEEE with the citation “For outstanding contributions to global GOLD activities by implementing new strategies to recognize, support, and network GOLD members”, 2009 [Among the 2 recipients awarded to Region 10 – Asia Pacific and Australia]
• IEEE CASS Service Appreciation
  Awarded by: IEEE Circuits and Systems Society for professional services to the Board-of-Governors as GOLD Representative of Region 10, 2009.
• Gold-Leaf Certificate
  Awarded by: 1^st IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Postgraduate Research in Microelectronics & Electronics (PrimeAsia), 2009
• IEEE CAS Chapter-of-the-Year Award (Co-Recipient as Secretary of the Chapter)
  Awarded by: IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, 2009
• Visiting Fellowship
  Awarded by: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2009
• Merit Student Paper Award
  Awarded by: IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, 2008
• IEEE Xplore® 100 Top Accessed Documents of the Month (twice)
  Recognized by: IEEE, June 2007 and August 2007
• Silver-Leaf Certificate
  Awarded by: 1st IEEE Conference on Ph.D. Research in Micro-Electronics and Electronics (PRIME), 2005
• Paper Contest Award, 2nd Place
  Awarded by: ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference and International Solid-State Circuits Conference (DAC/ISSCC), 2005
• Best Paper Award
  Awarded by: 7th IEEJ International Analog VLSI Workshop, 2004
• Paper Contest Award, 2nd Place
  Awarded by: 47th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2004
• Outstanding Student Paper Award
  Awarded by: 5th IEEE International Conference on ASIC, 2003

National and Local

• Outstanding Academic Staff 2017/2018
  Awarded from University of Macau
• FST Research Excellence Award 2016/2017
  Awarded from University of Macau
• 2017 10-Year Long Service Award
  Awarded from University of Macau
• 2016 Young Researcher Award (Student: Ka-Meng Lei)
  Awarded from International Institute of Macau – IIM
• 2016 Macao Science and Technology Invention Award (2^nd Class)
  Awarded from Macau Government – FDCT
• 2014 Excellence in Innovation (co-recipient)
  Awarded from Macau Business Award
• 2014 Macao Science and Technology Invention Award (2^nd Class)
  Awarded from Macau Government – FDCT
• 2012 Macao Science and Technology Invention Award (2^nd Class)
  Awarded from Macau Government – FDCT
• 2012 Macao Science and Technology Special Award
  Awarded from Macau Government – FDCT
• 2011 National Scientific and Technological Progress Award (2^nd Class)
  Awarded from State Government of Mainland China
• 2011 University of Macau Academic Staff Award
  Awarded by University of Macau “For outstanding performances and achievements contributed for the UM international projection,” 2010
• 2007-2009 University of Macau Research Award – Emerging Scholar
  Awarded by University of Macau with citation “For his contribution of excellent research to the community and global industry.” , 2010
• Ph.D. Studentship (twice)
  Awarded by: University of Macau, 2004 – 2005, 2005 – 2006
• Merit Paper Award
  Awarded by: Regional Inter-University Postgraduate Electrical and Electronic Engineering Conference (RIUPEEEC), 2005
• First Place Award
  Awarded by: 8th National Collegiate Research Competition (Challenge Cup), 2003
• First Place, Greatest Creativity Award and Greatest Practicability Award
  Awarded by: IEEE Macau Student Branch Project Competition, 2003
• Vodatel Crossland Scholarship
  Awarded by: University of Macau, 2001
• Application Award and Service Award
  Awarded by: Instituto Salesiano, 1997
• Application Award
  Awarded by: Instituto Salesiano, 1995

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Teaching Experience

B.Sc. Courses

• Analog Integrated Circuit Design (ELEC371)
• Circuit Analysis (ELEC231)
• Signals and Systems (ELEC261)
• System Design (ELEC437)
• Project (ELEC402)

M.Sc. Courses

• Advanced Topics in Analog and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits (IMSE022)
• Microelectronic Circuit Design (IMSE004)
• Microelectronic for Telecommunication and Signal Processing (IMSE011)
• Introduction to Research (IMSE001)
• Thesis (IMSE999)

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Publications and Presentations

Books

1. Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and R. P. Martins, Handheld Total Chemical and Biological Analysis Systems – Bridging NMR, Digital Microfluidics and Semiconductors, Springer, 2018.
2. Zhicheng Lin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, Ultra-Low-Power and Ultra-Low-Cost Short-Range Wireless Receivers in Nanoscale CMOS, Springer, 2016.
3. Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, High-/Mixed-Voltage Analog and RF Circuit Techniques for Nanoscale CMOS, Springer, 2012.
4. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U and R. P. Martins, Analog-Baseband Architectures and Circuits – for Multistandard and Low-Voltage Wireless Transceivers, Springer, 2007.

Book Chapters

1. Shiheng Yang, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, and Rui P. Martins, Phase-Locked Frequency Generation and Clocking, Architectures and circuits for modern wireless and wireline systems – Multiplying DLLs, Editor: Woogeun Rhee, IET, 2020.
2. Ka-Meng Lei, Nan Sun, Pui-In Mak, Rui Paulo Martins, and Donhee Ham, CMOS Circuits for Biological Sensing and Processing Systems – Micro-NMR on CMOS for biomolecular sensing, Editors: Dr. Srinjoy Mitra and Prof. David R. S. Cumming, Springer, 2018.
3. Pui-In Mak, Zhicheng Lin and R. P. Martins, Enabling the Internet of Things – from Integrated Circuits to Integrated Systems – Circuit Techniques for IoT-Enabling Short-Range ULP Radios, Editor: M. Alioto, Springer, 2017.
4. Zhicheng Lin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, Wireless Circuits – Design and Implementation of Ultra-Low-Power ZigBee/WPAN Receiver, Editors: W. Rhee and K. Iniewski, CRC, 2014.
5. Ka-Fai Un, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, Low Power Emerging Wireless Technologies –  An Open-Loop Multi-Phase Local-Oscillator Generation Technique, Editors: R. Mahmoudi and K. Iniewski, Chapter 10, pp. 233-248, CRC, 2013.

US Patents

1. Yanwei Jia, Ren Shen, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, Enhancing Agent and Kit for Enhancing Nucleic Acid Amplification Reaction and Method for Performing Nucleic Acid Amplification Reaction, No. 16/792,626, US Patent, applied.
2. Yanwei Jia, Liang Wan, Cheng DONG, Haoran Li, Tianlan Chen, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, Digital Microfluidics for Polymerase Chain Reaction, No. 16/416,337, US Patent, applied.
3. Ada Hang-heng Wong, DENG Chuxia, Yanwei Jia, Haoran Li, Pui-In Mak, Rui Paulo da Silva Martins, Yan Liu, Chi Man Vong, Hang Cheong Wong, Pak Kin Wong, Haitao Wang, Heng Sun, Droplet Microfluidics for Drug Screening, No. 16/360,186, US Patent, applied.
4. Zhiyuan Chen, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, Flipping-Capacitor Rectifier Circuit, No. 10,756,643, US Patent, Aug. 2020.
5. Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law, and R. P. Martins, Palm-Size μNMR Relaxometer Using a Digital Microfluidic Device and a Semiconductor Transceiver for Chemical/Biological Diagnosis, No. 10,436,726, US Patent, Nov. 2019.
6. Cheng Dong, Tianlan Chen, Jie Gao, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, and R. P. Martins, Cooperative-Electrode Driving Technique for Droplet-Velocity Improvement of Digital Microfluidic Systems, No. 10,016,759, US Patent, Jul. 2018.
7. Tianlan Chen, Cheng Dong, Jie Gao, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, and R. P. Martins, Electrode-Voltage Waveform for Droplet-Velocity and Chip-Lifetime Improvements of Digital Microfluidic Systems, No. 9,808,800, US Patent, Nov. 2017.
8. Jie Gao, Tianlan Chen, Cheng Dong, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, and R. P. Martins, Electronic Module for Real-Time Droplet-Position Sensing and Driving in Digital Microfluidic System,” No. 9,751,083, US patent, Sep. 2017.
9. Pui-In Mak, Zhicheng Lin, and R. P. Martins, Gain-Boosted N-path Passive-Mixer-First Receiver with a Single-Mixing Step, No. 9,680,448, US Patent, Jun. 2017.
10. Pui-In Mak, Zhicheng Lin, and R. P. Martins, Radio-Frequency-to-Baseband Function-Reuse Receiver with Shared Amplifiers for Common-Mode and Differential-Mode Amplification, No. 9,673,781, US Patent, Jun. 2017.
11. Zhicheng Lin, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, Complex-Pole Load Offering Concurrent Image Rejection and Channel Selection, No. 9,479,140, US Patent, Oct. 2016.
12. Pui-In Mak, Zhicheng Lin, and R. P. Martins, Ultra-Low-Voltage Current-Reuse Voltage-Controlled Oscillator and Transconductance-Capacitor Filter, No. 9,444,431, US Patent, Sep. 2016.
13. Pui-In Mak, Zhicheng Lin, and R. P. Martins, Gain-Boosted N-Path Bandpass Filter, No. 9,374,063, US Patent, Jun. 2016.
14. Pui-In Mak, Fujian Lin, and R. P. Martins, An RF-to-BB-Current-Reuse Wideband Receiver with Parallel N-Path Active/Passive Mixers, No. 9,356,636, US Patent, May 2016.
15. Zhicheng Lin, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, IF-Noise-Shaping Transistorized Current-Mode Lowpass Filter Utilizing Cross-Coupled Transistors, No. 9,306,540, US Patent, Apr. 2016.
16. Wei-Han Yu, Chak-Fong Cheang, Ka-Fai Un, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, Non-Recursive Digital Calibration for Joint-Elimination of Transmitter and Receiver I/Q Imbalances, No. 9,276,798, US Patent, Mar. 2016.
17. Pui-In Mak, Fujian Lin, and R. P. Martins, RF-to-BB-Current-Reuse Wideband Receiver with a Single-MOS Pole-Zero LPF, No. 9,270,314, US Patent, Feb. 2016.
18. Zhicheng Lin, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, ZigBee Receiver Exploiting an RF-to-BB Current-Reuse Blixer and Hybrid Filter Topology, No. 9,237,055, US Patent, Jan. 2016.
19. Ka-Fai Un, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, Wideband Driver Amplifier, No. 9,172,337, US Patent, Oct. 2015.
20. Ka-Fai Un, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, Poly-Phase Local Oscillator, No. 9,093,951, US Patent, Jul. 2015.
21. Ka-Fai Un, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, Wireless Transmitter, US Patent, No. 9,037,100, May 2015.
22. Zushu Yan, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and R. P. Martins, Frequency Compensation Techniques for Low-Power and Small-Area Multistage Amplifiers, US Patent Application, US Patent, No. 8,963,639, Feb. 2015.
23. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U and R. P. Martins, “Switched Current-Resistor Programmable Gain Array for Low-Voltage Wireless LAN System and Method Using the Same,” US Patent, No. 8,229,382, Jul. 2012.
24. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U and R. P. Martins, “Two-Step Channel Selection for Wireless Transmitter Front-Ends,” US Patent, No. 8,019,290, Sept. 2011.
25. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U and R. P. Martins, “DC-Offset Canceled Programmable Gain Array for Low-Voltage Wireless LAN System and Method Using the Same,” US Patent, No. 7,948,309, May 2011.
26. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U and R. P. Martins, “Two-Step Channel Selection for Wireless Receiver Front-Ends,” US Patent, No. 7,529,322, May 2009.

Journals

2021

• J1xx. Lingshan Kong, Yong Chen, Haohong Yu, Chirn Chye Boon, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, “Wideband Variable-Gain Amplifiers Based on a Pseudo-Current-Steering Gain-Tuning Technique,” IEEE Access, vol. xx, pp. xxx–xxx, xxx. 2021.
• J1xx. Rui P. Martins, Pui-In Mak, Chi-Hang Chan, Jun Yin, Yan Zhu, Yong Chen, Yan Lu, Man-Kay Law, Sai-Weng Sin, “Bird’s-eye view of Analog and Mixed-Signal Chips for the 21^st Century,” International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, vol. xx, pp. xxx–xxx, xxx. 2021.
• J1xx. Selvakumar Mariappan, Jagadheswaran Rajendran, Harikrishnan Ramiah, Pui-In Mak, Jun Yin, Rui P. Martins, “An 800 MHz-to-3.3 GHz 20-MHz Channel Bandwidth WPD CMOS Power Amplifier For Multiband Uplink Radio Transceivers,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. xx, pp. xxx–xxx, xxx. 2021.
• J1xx. Io-Wa Iam, Iok-U Hoi, Zhicong Huang, Cheng Gong, Chi-Seng Lam, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “Constant-Frequency and Non-Communication-Based Inductive Power Transfer Converter for Battery Charging,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. xx, pp. xxx–xxx, xxx. 2021.
• J1xx. Gabriel Chong, Harikrishnan Ramiah, Jun Yin, Jagadheswaran Rajendran, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A Wide-PCE-Dynamic-Range CMOS Cross-Coupled Differential-Drive Rectifier for Ambient RF Energy Harvesting,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. xx, pp. xxx–xxx, xxx. 2021.
• J159. Meiqing Liu, Haoran Li, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “SARS-CoV-2 RNA Detection with Duplex-Specific Nuclease Signal Amplification,” MDPI Micromachines, vol. 12, 197, Feb. 2021.
• J158. Xiaoteng Zhao, Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 0.14-to-0.29-pJ/bit 14-GBaud/s Trimodal (NRZ/PAM-4/PAM-8) Half-Rate Bang-Bang Clock and Data Recovery (BBCDR) Circuit in 28-nm CMOS,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vol. 68, pp. 89-102, Jan. 2021.
• J157. Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “Startup Time and Energy-Reduction Techniques for Crystal Oscillators in the IoT Era,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 68, pp. 30-35, Jan. 2021.

2020

• J156. Gengzhen Qi, Haijun Shao, Pui-In Mak, Jun Yin and Rui P. Martins, “A Multiband FDD SAW-less Transmitter for 5G-NR Using a BW-Extended N-Path Filter-Modulator, a Switched-BB Input and a Wideband TIA-Based PA Driver,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 55, pp. 3387-3399, Dec. 2020. [Invited Paper of ISSCC Special Issue]
• J155. Zhicong Huang, Zhijian Fang, Chi-Seng Lam, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “Cost-effective Compensation Design for Output Customization and Efficiency Optimization in Series/Series-Parallel Inductive Power Transfer Converter,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 67, pp. 10356-10365, Dec. 2020.
• J154. Yunbo Huang, Yong Chen, Hao Guo, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “A 3.3-mW 25.2-to-29.4-GHz Current-Reuse VCO Using a Single-Turn Multi-Tap Inductor and Differential-only Switched-Capacitor Arrays with a 187.6-dBc/Hz FOM,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vol. 67, pp. 3704-3717, Nov. 2020.
• J153. Ricardo Martins, Nuno Lourenço, Nuno Horta, Shenke Zhong, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “Design of a 4.2-to-5.1 GHz Ultralow-Power Complementary Class-B/C Hybrid-Mode VCO in 65-nm CMOS Fully Supported by EDA Tools,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vvol. 67, pp. 3965-3977, Nov. 2020.
• J152. Pui-In Mak, “Lab-on-CMOS — an in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) tool for a healthier society,” IOP Journal of Semiconductor, 2020, 41(11), 110301.
• J151. Zunsong Yang, Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “A Calibration-Free, Reference-Buffer-Free, Type-I Narrow-Pulse-Sampling PLL with -78.7-dBc Reference Spur, -128.1-dBc/Hz Absolute In-Band PN and -254-dB FOM,” IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters, vol. 3, pp. 494–497, Oct. 2020.
• J150. Haoran Li, Ren Shen, Cheng Dong, Tianlan Chen, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “Turning on/off satellite droplets ejection for flexible sample delivery on digital microfluidics,” RSC Lab on a Chip, 2020, 20, 3709 – 3719.
• J149. Zhicong Huang, Chi-Seng Lam, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, S.-C. Wong and C.K. Tse, “A Single-Stage Inductive-Power-Transfer Converter for Constant-Power and Maximum-Efficiency Battery Charging,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 35, pp. 8973-8984, Sep. 2020.
• J148. Kai Xu, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, R. B. Staszewski, Rui P. Martins, “A Single-Pin Antenna Interface RF Front-End using a Single-MOS DCO-PA and a Push-Pull LNA,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 55, pp. 2055-2068, Aug. 2020.
• J147. Zhiyuan Chen, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, Xiaoyang Zeng, R. P. Martins, “Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Interface using Split-Phase Flipping-Capacitor Rectifier with Capacitor-Reuse for Input Power Adaptation,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 55, pp. 2106-2117, Aug. 2020.
• J146. Ren Shen, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, and Rui P. Martins “Clip-to-Release on Amplification (CRoA): a Novel DNA Amplification Enhancer on and off Microfluidics,” RSC Lab on a Chip, 2020, 20, pp. 1928-1938.
• J145. Nandini Vitee, Harikrishnan Ramiah, Pui-In Mak, Jun Yin, R. P. Martins, “A 1-V 4-mW Multiple-Feedback Differential-Folded Mixer Achieving 18.4-dB Conversion Gain, +12.5-dBm IIP3 and 8.5-dB NF,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, vol. 28, pp. 1164-1174, May 2020.
• J144. Xin Lu, Man-Kay Law, Yang Jiang, Xiaojin Zhao, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, “A 4μm Diameter SPAD Using Less-doped N-Well Guard Ring in Baseline 65nm CMOS,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 67, pp. 2223-2225, May 2020.
• J143. Nandini Vitee, Harikrishnan Ramiah, Pui-In Mak, Jun Yin, Rui P. Martins, “A 3.15 mW +16.0 dBm IIP3 22 dB CG Inductively Source Degenerated Balun-LNA-Mixer with Integrated Transformer-Based Gate Inductor and IM2 Injection Technique ,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI systems, vol. 28, pp. 700-713, Mar. 2020.
• J142. Ka Meng Lei, Dongwan Ha, Yi-Qiao Song, Robert Westervelt, Rui Martins, Pui-In Mak, and Donhee Ham, “Portable NMR with Parallelism,” ACS Analytical Chemistry, 2020, 92, 2, 2112-2120.
• J141. Jiao Zhai, Haoran Li, Ada Hang-Heng Wong, Cheng Dong, Shuhong Yi, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Chuxia Deng, and Rui P. Martins “A Digital Microfluidic System with 3D Microstructures for Single-Cell Culture,” Microsystems & Nanoengineering (Nature Publishing Group), (2020) 6:6.
• J140. Haohong Yu, Yong Chen, Chirn Chye Boon, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 0.096-mm² 1-to-20-GHz Triple-Path Noise-Cancelling Common-Gate Common-Source LNA with Complementary pMOS-nMOS Configuration,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 68, pp. 144-159, Jan. 2020.
• J139. Zunsong Yang, Yong Chen, Shiheng Yang, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 10.6-mW 26.4-GHz Dual-Loop Type-II Phase-Locked Loop Using Dynamic Frequency Detector and Phase Detector ,” IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 2222–2232, Jan. 2020.
• J138. Ka-Fai Un, Feifei Zhang, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, Anding Zhu, Robert Bogdan Staszewski “Design Considerations of the Interpolative Digital Transmitter for Quantization Noise and Replicas Rejection,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 67, pp. 37–41, Jan. 2020.

2019

• J137. Gabriel Chong, Harikrishnan Ramiah, Jun Yin, Jagadheswaran Rajendran, Wong Wei Ru, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “CMOS Cross-Coupled Differential-Drive Rectifier in Subthreshold Operation for Ambient RF Energy Harvesting – Model and Analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 66, pp. 1942-1946, Dec. 2019.
• J136. Chao Fan, Wei-Han Yu, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 40-Gb/s PAM-4 Transmitter Using a 0.16-pJ/bit SST-CML-Hybrid (SCH) Output Driver and a Hybrid-Path 3-Tap FFE Scheme in 28-nm CMOS,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vol. 66, pp. 4850–4861, Dec. 2019.
• J135. Yang Jiang, Man-Kay Law, Zhiyuan Chen, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “Algebraic Series-Parallel-Based Switched-Capacitor DC–DC Boost Converter With Wide Input Voltage Range and Enhanced Power Density,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 54, pp. 3118-3134, Nov. 2019.
• J134. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Zunsong Yang, Chirn Chye Boon, R. P. Martins, “A 0.0071-mm2 10.8pspp-Jitter 4-to-10 Gb/s 5-Tap Current-Mode Transmitter Using a Hybrid Delay Line for Sub-1-UI Fractional De-Emphasis,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vol. 66, pp. 3991-4004, Oct. 2019.
• J133. Xinying Ge, Yong Chen, Xiaoteng Zhao, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “Analysis and Verification of Jitter in Bang-Bang Clock and Data Recovery Circuit with a 2nd-Order Loop Filter,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI systems, vol. 27, pp. 2223-2236, Oct. 2019.
• J132. Jiangchao Wu, Ka-Chon Lei, Hou-Man Leong, Yang Jiang, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “Fully Integrated High Voltage Pulse Driver Using Switched-Capacitor Voltage Multiplier and Synchronous Charge Compensation in 65-nm CMOS,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 66, pp. 1768-1772, Oct. 2019.
• J131. Hadi Heidari, Pui-In Mak, Jens Anders and Drew Hall, “Guest Editorial Special Issue on Magnetic Sensing Systems for Biomedical Application,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 20, pp. 8970, Oct. 2019.
• J130. Ka-Fai Un*, Gengzhen Qi*, Jun Yin, Shiheng Yang, Shupeng Yu, Choi-In Ieong, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 0.12-mm² 1.2-to-2.4 mW 1.3-to-2.65 GHz Fractional-N Bang-Bang Digital PLL with 8-μs Settling Time for Multi-ISM-Band ULP Radios,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vol. 66, pp. 3307–3316, Sep. 2019. [*co-first-authors]
• J129. Xiaoteng Zhao, Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 0.0018-mm² 153%-Locking-Range CML-Based Divider-by-2 with Tunable Self-Resonant Frequency Using an Auxiliary Negative-gm Cell,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vol. 66, pp. 3330-3339, Sep. 2019.
• J128. Jiao Zhai, Shuhong Yi, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “Cell-based Drug Screening on Microfluidics,” Elsevier Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 117 (2019) 231-241.
• J127. Yong Chen, Zunsong Yang, Xiaoteng Zhao, Yunbo Huang, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 6.5×7 µm² 0.98-to-1.5 mW Non-Self-Oscillation-Mode Frequency Divider-by-2 Achieving a Single-Band Untuned Locking Range of 166.6% (4 to 44 GHz),” IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters, vol. vol. 2, pp. 37-40, May 2019.
• J126. Zechariah Balan, Harikrishnan Ramiah, Jagadheswaran Rajendran, Nandini Vitee, Pravinah Nair Shasidharan, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins “A Coin-Battery-Powered LDO-Free 2.4-GHz Bluetooth Low Energy/ZigBee Receiver Consuming 2mA,” Elsevier the VLSI Journal – Integration, vol. 66, pp. 112-118, May 2019.
• J125. Shiheng Yang, Jun Yin, Haidong Yi, Wei-Han Yu, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 0.2-V Energy-Harvesting BLE Transmitter with a Micropower Manager Achieving 25% System Efficiency at 0-dBm Output and 5.2-nW Sleep Power in 28nm CMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 54, pp. 1351-1362, May 2019.
• J124. Antoine Dupré, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, Weng Kung Peng, “Micro- and Nanofabrication NMR Technologies for Point-Of-Care Medical Applications – A Review,” Elsevier Journal of Microelectronic Engineering, 209 (2019) 66–74.
• J123. Mingzhong Li, Cheng Dong, Man-Kay Law, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, “ Hydrodynamic-flow-enhanced rapid mixer for isothermal DNA hybridization kinetics analysis on digital microfluidics platform,” Elsevier Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 287, pp. 390-397, May 2019.
• J122. Iat-Fai Sun, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A Comparative Study of 8-Phase Feedforward-Coupling Ring VCOs,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 66, pp. 527–531, Apr. 2019.
• J121. Bing Li, Ji-Ping Na, Wei Wang, Jia Liu, Qian Yang, Pui-In Mak, “A 13-bit 8-kS/s ΔΣ Readout IC Using the ZCB Integrators with an Embedded Resistive Sensor Achieving 1.05-pJ/conversion-step and 65-dB PSRR,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI systems, vol. 27, pp. 843–853, Apr. 2019.
• J120. Chee Cheow Lim, Harikrishnan Ramiah, Jun Yin, Narendra Kumar, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 5.1-to-7.3 mW, 2.4-to-5 GHz Class-C Mode-Switching Single-Ended-Complementary VCO Achieving >190 dBc/Hz FoM,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 66, pp. 237-241, Feb. 2019
• J119. Tongquan Jiang , Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 0.5-V 0.4-to-1.6-GHz 8-Phase Bootstrap Ring-VCO Using Inherent Non-Overlapping Clocks Achieving a 162.2-dBc/Hz FoM,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 66, pp. 157-161, Feb. 2019.
• J118. Shiheng Yang, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 0.0056-mm² −249-dB-FOM All-Digital MDLL Using a Block-Sharing Offset-Free Frequency-Tracking Loop and Dual Multiplexed-Ring-VCOs,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 54, pp. 88-98, Jan. 2019. [Invited Paper of ISSCC Special Issue]
• J117. Liang Wan, Jie Gao, Tianlan Chen, Cheng Dong, Haoran Li, Yan-Zi Wen, Zhao-Rong Lun, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, and Rui P. Martins, “LampPort – a handheld digital microfluidic device for loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP),” Springer Biomedical Microdevices, (2019) 21:9.
  Demo Videos: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10544-018-0354-9
• J116. Ricardo Martins, Nuno Lourenço, Nuno Horta, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins “Many-Objective Sizing Optimization of a Class-C/D VCO for Ultra-Low-Power IoT and Ultra-Low-Phase-Noise Cellular Applications,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, vol. 27, pp. 69-82, Jan. 2019.
• J115. Haohong Yu, Yong Chen, Chirn Chye Boon, Chenyang Li, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 0.044-mm² 0.5-to-7-GHz Resistor-Plus-Source-Follower-Feedback Noise-Cancelling LNA Achieving a Flat NF of 3.3±0.45 dB,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 66, pp. 71-75, Jan. 2019.

2018

• J114. Chee-Cheow Lim, Harikrishnan Ramiah, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “An Inverse-Class-F CMOS Oscillator with Intrinsic-High-Q 1^st-Harmonic and 2^nd-Harmonic Resonances,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 53, pp. 3528-3539, Dec. 2018. [Invited Paper of ISSCC Special Issue]
• J113. Yang Jiang, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “Algorithmic Voltage-Feed-In Topology for Fully Integrated Fine-Grained Rational Buck-Boost Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converters,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 53, pp. 3455-3469, Dec. 2018. [Invited Paper of ISSCC Special Issue]
• J112. Gabriel Chong, Harikrishnan Ramiah, Jun Yin, Jagadheswaran Rajendran, Wong Wei Ru, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “Ambient RF Energy Harvesting System: A Review on Integrated Circuit Design,” Springer Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 97, pp. 515-531, Dec. 2018
• J111. Yatao Peng, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “Low-Phase-Noise Wideband Mode-Switching Quad-Core-Coupled mm-Wave VCO using a Single-Center-Tapped Switched Inductor,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 53, no. 11, pp. 3232-3242, Nov. 2018.
• J110. Dapeng Sun, Tan-Tan Zhang, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, and Rui P. Martins, “Process compensated BJT-based CMOS temperature sensor with a ±1.5C (3s) batch-to-batch inaccuracy,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 54, pp. 1270-1272, Nov. 2018.
• J109. Lingshan Kong,Yong Chen, Chirn Chye Boon, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A Wideband Inductorless dB-Linear Automatic-Gain Control Amplifier Using a Single-Branch Negative Exponential Generator for Wireline Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vol. 65, pp. 3196-3206, Oct. 2018.
• J108. Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, “A Regulation-Free Sub-0.5 V 16/24-MHz Crystal Oscillator with 14.2-nJ Startup Energy and 31.8-µW Steady-State Power,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 53, pp. 2624-2635 , Sept. 2018.
• J107. Xingqiang Peng, Jun Yin, Wei-Han Yu, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, “A Coin-Battery-Powered LDO-Free 2.4-GHz Bluetooth Low-Energy Transmitter with 34.7% Peak System Efficiency,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 65, pp. 1174-1178 , Sept. 2018.
• J106. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Chirn Chye Boon, and R. P. Martins, “A 36-Gb/s 1.3-mW/Gb/s Duobinary-Signal Transmitter Exploiting Power-Efficient Cross-Quadrature Clocking Multiplexers with Maximized Timing Margin,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vol. 65, pp. 3014-3026, Sept. 2018.
• J105. Chak-Fong Cheang, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A Hardware-Efficient Feedback Polynomial Topology for DPD Linearization of Power Amplifiers: Theory and FPGA Validation,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vol. 65, pp. 2889-2902, Sept. 2018
• J104. Changzhi Li, Ka-Fai Un, Pui-In Mak, Ying Chen, José María Muñoz Ferreras, Zhi Yang, Roberto Gómez-García, “Overview of Recent Development on Wireless Sensing Circuits and Systems for Healthcare and Biomedical Applications,” IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, vol. 8, pp. 165–167, Jun. 2018.
• J103. Changzhi Li, Pui-In Mak, Roberto Gómez-García, Ying Chen “Guest Editorial Wireless Sensing Circuits and Systems for Healthcare and Biomedical Applications,” IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, vol. 8, pp. 161–164, Jun. 2018.
• J102. Haidong Yi, Wei-Han Yu, Pui-In Mak, Jun Yin, R. P. Martins, “A 0.18V 382µW Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) Receiver Front-End with 1.33nW Sleep Power for Energy-Harvesting Applications in 28nm CMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 53, pp. 1618-1627, Jun. 2018.
• J101. Gengzhen Qi, Barend van Liempd, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, Jan Craninckx, “A SAW-Less Tunable RF Front-End for FDD and IBFD Combining an Electrical-Balance Duplexer and a Switched-LC N-Path LNA,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 53, pp. 1431-1442, May 2018.
• J100. Hao Guo, Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 0.083-mm² 25.2-to-29.5 GHz Multi-LC-Tank Class-F₂₃₄ VCO with a 189.6-dBc/Hz FOM,” IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters, vol. 1, pp. 86-89, Apr. 2018.
• J099. Tan-Tan Zhang, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, and R. P. Martins, “Nano-Watt Class Energy-Efficient Capacitive Sensor Interface With On-Chip Temperature Drift Compensation,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 18, pp. 2870-2882, Apr. 2018.
• J098. Haidong Yi, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, “A 0.032-mm² 0.15-V 3-Stage Charge-Pump Scheme Using a Differential Bootstrapped Ring-VCO for Energy-Harvesting Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 65, pp. 146-150, Feb. 2018.
• J097. Wei-Han Yu, Ka-Fai Un, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 0.7-to-2.5 GHz, 61% EIRP System Efficiency, 4-Element MIMO TX System Exploiting Integrated Power-Relaxed Power Amplifiers and an Analog Spatial De-Interleaver,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vol. 65, pp. 14-25, Jan. 2018.
• J096. Keith A. Bowman, Muhammad M. Khellah, Takashi Kono, Joseph Shor, Pui-In Mak, “Introduction to the January Special Issue on the 2017 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 53, pp. 3-7, Jan. 2018.

2017

• J095. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Haohong Yu, Chirn Chye Boon and R. P. Martins, “An Area-Efficient and Tunable Bandwidth-Extension Technique for a Wideband CMOS Amplifier Handling 50+ Gb/s Signaling,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 65, pp. 4960-4975, Dec. 2017.
• J094. Zhiyuan Chen, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, Wing-Hung Ki, R. P. Martins, “Fully-Integrated Inductor-less Flipping-Capacitor Rectifier (FCR) for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 52, pp. 3168-3180, Dec. 2017. [Invited Paper of ISSCC Special Issue]
• J093. Liang Wan, Tianlan Chen, Jie Gao, Cheng Dong, Ada Hang-Heng Wong, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Chu-Xia Deng and R. P. Martins, “A digital microfluidic system for loop-mediated isothermal amplification and sequence specific pathogen detection,” Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), Nov. 2017.
  Demo Videos: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-14698-x
• J092. Wei-Han Yu, Xingqiang Peng, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A High-Voltage-Enabled Class-D Polar PA Using Interactive AM-AM Modulation, Dynamic Matching, and Power-Gating for Average PAE Enhancement,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – I, vol. 64, pp. 2844-2857, Nov. 2017.
• J091. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Chirn Chye Boon and R. P. Martins, “A 27-Gb/s Time-Interleaved Duobinary Transmitter Achieving 1.44-mW/Gb/s FOM in 65-nm CMOS,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 9, pp. 839-841, Sep. 2017.
• J090. Ada Hang-Heng Wong, Haoran Li, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, Yan Liu, Chi Man Vong, Hang Cheong Wong, Pak Kin Wong, Haitao Wang, Heng Sun, Chu-Xia Deng, “Drug Screening of Cancer Cell Lines and Human Primary Tumors Using Droplet Microfluidics,” Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), Aug. 2017.
  Demo Videos: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-08831-z
• J089. Gengzhen Qi, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 0.038mm² SAW-less Multi-Band Transceiver Using an N-Path SC Gain Loop,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 52, pp. 2055–2070, Aug. 2017.
• J088. Hoi Kei Chan, Pui-In Mak, and Shirley W. I. Siu, “Exploring the Behavior of Water Nanodroplet on a Coplanar Electrowetting-on-Dielectric: A Molecular Dynamics Approach,” IET Micro & Nano Letters, vol. 12, pp. 486-489, Jul. 2017.
• J087. Xingqiang Peng, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, Wei-Han Yu and R. P. Martins, “A 2.4-GHz ZigBee Transmitter Using a Function-Reuse Class-F DCO-PA and an ADPLL Achieving 22.6% (14.5%) System Efficiency at 6-dBm (0-dBm) P_out,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 52, pp. 1495- 1508, Jun. 2017.
• J086. Chee-Cheow Lim, Harikrishnan Ramiah, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, “LC-VCOs Using Spiral Inductors with Single- and Dual-Layer Patterned Floating Shields – A Comparative Study,” Springer Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 91, pp. 497-502, May 2017.
• J085. Gim Heng Tan, Harikrishnan Ramiah, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 0.35-V 520-µW 2.4-GHz Current-Bleeding Mixer with Inductive-Gate and Forward-Body Bias, Achieving >13-dB Conversion Gain and >55-dB Port-to-Port Isolation,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 65, pp. 1284-1293, Apr. 2017.
• J084. Amin Khalili Moghaddam, Joon Huang Chuah, Harikrishnan Ramiah, Jalil Ahmadian, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 73.9%-Efficiency CMOS Rectifier Using a Lower DC Feeding (LDCF) Self-Body-Biasing Technique for Far-Field RF Energy-Harvesting systems,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – I, vol. 64, pp. 992-1002, Apr. 2017.
• J083. Chio-In Ieong, Mingzhong Li, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, Mang I Vai, and Rui P. Martins, “A 0.45-V 147-to-375 nW ECG Compression Processor with Wavelet Shrinkage and Adaptive Temporal Decimation Architectures,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, vol. 25, 1307-1319, Apr. 2017.
• J082. Cheng Dong, Yanwei Jia, Jie Gao, Tianlan Chen, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, and R. P. Martins, “3D Microblade Structure for Precise and Parallel Droplet Splitting on Digital Microfluidic Chips,” RSC Lab on a Chip, 2017,17, 896-904.
• J081. Chang-Hao Chen, Elizabeth A. McCullagh, Sio-Hang Pun, Peng-Un Mak, Mang-I Vai, Pui-In Mak, Achim Klug and Tim C. Lei, “An Integrated Circuit for Simultaneous Extracellular Electrophysiology Recording and Optogenetic Neural Manipulation,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 64, pp. 557-568, Mar. 2017.
• J080. Zhiyuan Chen, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A Single-Chip Solar Energy Harvesting IC using Integrated Photodiodes for Biomedical Implant Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol. 11, pp. 44-53, Jan. 2017.
• J079. Ka-Meng Lei, Hadi Heidari, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law, F. Maloberti and R. P. Martins, “A Handheld High-Sensitivity Micro-NMR CMOS Platform with B-Field Stabilization for Multi-Type Biological/Chemical Assays,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 52, pp. 284-297, Jan. 2017. [Invited Paper of ISSCC Special Issue]

2016

• J078. Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, F. Maloberti and R. P. Martins, “A Time-Interleaved Ring-VCO with Reduced 1/f³ Phase Noise Corner, Extended Tuning Range and Inherent Divided Output,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 51, pp. 2979-2991, Dec. 2016. [Invited Paper of ISSCC Special Issue]
• J077. Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and R. P. Martins, “A μNMR CMOS Transceiver Using a Butterfly-Coil Input for Integration with a Digital Microfluidic Device inside a Portable Magnet,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 51, pp. 2274-2286, Oct. 2016. [Invited Paper of A-SSCC Special Issue]
• J076. Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and R. P. Martins, “CMOS Biosensors for In Vitro Diagnosis – Transducing Mechanisms and Applications,” RSC Lab on a Chip, 2016, 16, 3664-3681.
• J075. Jiujiang Wang, Sio-Hang Pun, Peng-Un Mak, Ching-Hsiang Cheng, Yuanyu Yu, Pui-In Mak and Mang-I Vai, “Improved Analytical Modeling of Membrane Large Deflection with Lateral Force for the Underwater CMUT Based on Von Kármán Equations,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 16, pp. 6633-6640, Sept. 2016.
• J074. Jimmy C. F. Ngai, Pui-In Mak, and Shirley W. I. Siu, “ProtPOS: a python package for the prediction of protein preferred orientation on a surface,” Oxford University Press – Bioinformatics, 32 (16): 2537-2538, Aug. 2016.
  Software Tool: http://cbbio.cis.umac.mo/software/protpos/
  Supplementary: http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/suppl/2016/04/10/btw182.DC1/material.pdf
• J073. Yuanyu Yu, Sio-Hang Pun, Peng-Un Mak, Ching-Hsiang Cheng, Jiujiang Wang, Pui-In Mak and Mang-I Vai, “Design of a Collapse-Mode CMUT with an Embossed Membrane for Improving Output Pressure,” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 63, pp. 854-863, Jun. 2016.
• J072. Yue Li, Chak-Fong Cheang, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “Joint-Digital-Predistortion for Wireless Transmitter’s I/Q Imbalance and PA Nonlinearities Using an Asymmetrical Complexity-Reduced Volterra Series Model,” Springer Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 87, pp. 35-47, Apr. 2016.
• J071. Jiangchao Wu, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, “A 2 µW 45 nV/√Hz Readout Frontend With Multiple Chopping, Active-High-Pass Ripple Reduction Loop and Pseudo-Feedback DC Servo Loop,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – II, vol. 63, pp. 351-355, Apr. 2016.
• J070. Man-Kay Law, Sanfeng Lu, Tao Wu, Amine Bermak, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 1.1 µW CMOS Smart Temperature Sensor with an Inaccuracy of ±0.2ºC (3σ) for Clinical Temperature Monitoring,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 16, no. 8, 2272-2281, Apr. 2016.
• J069. Tianlan Chen, Yanwei Jia, Cheng Dong, Jie Gao, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, “Sub-7-Second Genotyping of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism by High-Resolution Melting Curve Analysis on a Thermal Digital Microfluidic Device,” RSC Lab on a Chip, 2016, 16, 743-752.
  Demo Videos: http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/c5/lc/c5lc01533b/
• J068. Yue Li, Chak-Fong Cheang, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “The Dispersal Analysis on Basis Construction of Digital Predistortion Techniques for Power Amplifiers,” Springer Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 86, pp. 77-88, Jan. 2016.
• J067. U. R. J. Eswaran, Harikrishnan Ramiah, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 2-μm InGaP/GaAs Class-J Power Amplifier for Multi-band LTE Achieving 35.8-dB Gain, 40.5%-to-55.8% PAE and 28-dBm Linear Output Power,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 64, pp. 200-209, Jan. 2016.
• J066. Suyan Fan, Man-Kay Law, Mingzhong Li, Zhiyuan Chen, Chio-In Ieong, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, “Wide Input Range Supply Voltage Tolerant Capacitive Sensor Readout Using On-Chip Solar Cell,” World Scientific Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 1640006-1 to 12, 2016. [Invited Paper]

2015

• J065. Ming-Zhong Li, Chio-In Ieong, Man Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, Sio-Hang Pun, R. P. Martins, “Energy Optimized Sub-threshold VLSI Logic Family with Unbalanced Pull-up/down Network and Inverse-Narrow-Width Techniques,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, vol. 23, pp. 3119-3123, Dec. 2015.
• J064. Yaohua Zhao, Pui-In Mak, Man Kay Law, R. P. Martins, “Improving the Linearity and Power Efficiency of Active Switched-Capacitor Filters in a Compact Die Area,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, vol. 23, pp. 3104-3108, Dec. 2015.
• J063. Ka-Fai Un, Wei-Han Yu, Chak-Fong Cheang, Gengzhen Qi, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A Sub-GHz Wireless Transmitter Utilizing a Multi-Class- Linearized PA and Time-Domain Wideband-Auto I/Q-LOFT Calibration for IEEE 802.11af WLAN,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 63, pp. 3228-3241, Oct. 2015.
• J062. Zushu Yan, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins and F. Maloberti, “Nested-Current-Mirror Rail-to-Rail-Output Single-Stage Amplifier with Enhancements of DC Gain, GBW and Slew Rate,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 50, pp. 2353-2366, Oct. 2015.
• J061. Yaohua Zhao, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins and F. Maloberti, “A 0.02-mm² 59.2-dB SFDR 4^th-Order SC LPF with 0.5-to-10 MHz Bandwidth Scalability Exploiting a Recycling SC-Buffer Biquad,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 50, pp. 1988-2001, Sep. 2015.
• J060. Ka-Meng Li, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and R. P. Martins, “A Palm-Size µNMR Relaxometer Using a Digital Microfluidic Device and a Semiconductor Transceiver for Chemical/Biological Diagnosis,” RSC Analyst, 2015, 140, 5129-5137.
  Demo Videos: http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/c5/an/c5an00500k/
• J059. Md.Tawfiq Amin, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 0.07-mm² 2.2-mW 10-GHz Current-Reuse Class-B/C Hybrid VCO Achieving 196-dBc/Hz FoM_A,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 25, pp. 457-459, Jul. 2015.
• J058. Jie Gao, Tianlan Chen, Cheng Dong, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai and R. P. Martins, “Adhesion Promoter for Multi-dielectric-layer on Digital Microfluidic Chip,” RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 48626-48630.
  Demo Videos: http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/c5/ra/c5ra08202a/c5ra08202a1.mp4
• J057. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak and Yan Wang, “A Highly-Scalable Analog Equalizer Using a Tunable and Current-Reusable Active Inductor for 10-Gb/s I/O Links,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, vol. 23, pp. 978-982, May 2015.
• J056. Cheng Dong, Tianlan Chen, Jie Gao, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai and R. P. Martins, “On the Droplet Velocity and Electrode Lifetime of Digital Microfluidics: Voltage Actuation Techniques and Comparison,” Springer Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Vol. 18, pp 673-683, Apr. 2015.
  Demo Videos: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10404-014-1467-y
• J055. Chak-Fong Cheang, Ka-Fai Un, Wei-Han Yu, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A Combinatorial Impairment-Compensation Digital Predistorter for a Sub-GHz IEEE 802.11af-WLAN CMOS Transmitter Covering a 10x-Wide RF Bandwidth,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – I, vol. 62, pp. 1025-1032, Apr. 2015.
• J054. Zushu Yan, Wei Wang, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, “A 0.0045-mm² 32.4-µW Two-Stage Amplifier for pF-to-nF Load Using CM Frequency Compensation,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – II, vol. 62, pp. 246-250, Mar. 2015.
• J053. Zushu Yan, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and R. P. Martins, “A 0.0045mm² 15.8μW Three-Stage Amplifier Driving 10x-Wide (0.15 to 1.5nF) Capacitive Loads with >50° Phase Margin,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 51, pp. 454-456, Mar. 2015.
• J052. Fujian Lin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “Wideband Receivers: Design Challenges, Tradeoffs and State-of-the-Art,” IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, vol. 15, Issue 1, pp. 12-24, Jan.-Mar. 2015.
• J051. Md.Tawfiq Amin, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, “A 3.6mW 6GHz Current-Reuse VCO-Buffer with Improved Load Drivability in 65nm CMOS,” Wiley International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, vol. 43, pp. 133–138, Jan. 2015.

2014

• J050. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Li Zhang and Yan Wang, “A 0.002-mm² 6.4-mW 10-Gb/s Full-Rate Direct DFE Receiver with 59.6% Horizontal Eye Opening under 23.3-dB Channel Loss at Nyquist Frequency,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 62, pp. 3107-3117, Dec. 2014.
• J049. Zhicheng Lin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A Sub-GHz Multi-ISM-Band ZigBee Receiver Using Function-Reuse and Gain-Boosted N-Path Techniques for IoT Applications,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 49, pp. 2990-3004, Dec. 2014. [Invited Paper of ISSCC Special Issue]
• J048. Fujian Lin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “An RF-to-BB-Current-Reuse Wideband Receiver with Parallel N-Path Active/ Passive Mixers and a Single-MOS Pole-Zero LPF,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 49, pp. 2547-2559, Nov. 2014.
• J047. Md.Tawfiq Amin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 0.137-mm² 9-GHz Hybrid Class-B/C QVCO with Output Buffering in 65-nm CMOS,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 24, pp. 716-718, Oct. 2014.
• J046. Zhicheng Lin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “Analysis and Modeling of a Gain-Boosted N-Path Switched-Capacitor Bandpass Filter,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – I, vol. 9, pp. 2560-2568, Sept. 2014.
• J045. Ka-Meng Li, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and R. P. Martins, “NMR-DMF: a Modular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance–Digital Microfluidics System for Biological Assays,” RSC Analyst, 2014, 139 (23), 6204-6213.
• J044. Zhicheng Lin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 0.14-mm², 1.4-mW, 59.4 dB-SFDR, 2.4-GHz ZigBee/WPAN Receiver Exploiting a “Split-LNTA + 50% LO” Topology in 65-nm CMOS,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 62, pp. 1525-1534, Jul. 2014.
• J043. Zhicheng Lin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 2.4-GHz ZigBee Receiver Exploiting an RF-to-BB-Current-Reuse Blixer + Hybrid Filter Topology in 65-nm CMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 49, pp. 1333-1344, Jun. 2014.
• J042. Pui-In Mak, Miao Liu, Yaohua Zhao and R. P. Martins, “Enhancing the Performances of Recycling Folded Cascode OpAmp in Nanoscale CMOS through Voltage Supply Doubling and Design for Reliability,” Wiley International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, vol. 42, pp. 605–619, Jun. 2014.
• J041. Tianlan Chen, Cheng Dong, Jie Gao, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai and R. P. Martins, “Natural Discharge after Pulse and Cooperative Electrodes to Enhance Droplet Velocity in Digital Microfluidics,” AIP Advances, 4, 047129 (2014).
  Demo Videos: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/adva/4/4/10.1063/1.4873407#multimedia
• J040. Fujian Lin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A Sine-LO Square-Law Harmonic-Rejection Mixer – Theory, Implementation and Application,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 62, pp.313-322, Feb. 2014.

2013

• J039. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Stefano D’Amico, Li Zhang, He Qian and Yan Wang, “A Single-Branch Third-Order Pole-Zero Lowpass Filter with 0.014-mm² Die Size and 0.8 kHz (1.25 nW) to 0.94 GHz (3.99 mW) Bandwidth-Power Scalability,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – II, vol. 60, pp. 761-765, Nov. 2013.
• J038. Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Conner Massey, Rui P. Martins and Lawrence J. Wangh, “Construction of a Microfluidic Chip for LATE-PCR Amplification and Detection of Single-Stranded DNA using Dried-Down Reagents,” RSC Lab on a Chip, 2013, 13, 4635–4641.
• J037. Ka-Meng Li, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, “Systematic Analysis and Cancellation of Kickback Noise in a Dynamic Latched Comparator,” Springer Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 77, pp. 277-284, Nov. 2013.
• J036. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Li Zhang, He Qian and Yan Wang, “A 0.013mm², kHz-to-GHz-Bandwidth, 3^rd-Order All-Pole Lowpass Filter with a 0.52-to-1.11pW/Pole/Hz Efficiency,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 49, pp. 1340-1342, Oct. 2013. [Highlighted Paper]
• J035. Tan-Tan Zhang, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, Peng-Un Mak, Man-Kay Law, Sio-Hang Pun, Feng Wan and R. P. Martins, “15-nW Biopotential LPFs in 0.35-µm CMOS Using Subthreshold-Source-Follower Biquads with and without Gain Compensation,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol. 7, pp. 690-702, Oct. 2013.
• J034. Ka-Fai Un, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 53-to-75 mW, 59.3-dB HRR, TV-Band White-Space Transmitter Using a Low-Frequency Reference LO in 65-nm CMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 48, pp. 2078-2089, Sept. 2013.
• J033. Wei-Han Yu, Chak-Fong Cheang, Pui-In Mak, Weng-Fai Cheng, Ka-Fai Un, U-Wai Lok, Rui P. Martins, “A Non-Recursive Digital Calibration Technique for Joint-Elimination of Transmitter and Receiver I/Q Imbalances with Minimized Add-on Hardware,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – II, vol. 8, pp. 462-466, Aug. 2013.
• J032. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Li Zhang, He Qian and Yan Wang, “Pre-Emphasis Transmitter (0.007 mm², 8 Gbit/s, 0–14 dB) with Improved Data Zero-Crossing Accuracy in 65 nm CMOS,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 49, pp. 929-930, Jul. 2013. [Highlighted Paper]
• J031. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Li Zhang, He Qian and Yan Wang, “A 0.0012mm², 8mW, Single-to-Differential Converter with <1.1% Data Cross Error and <3.4ps RMS Jitter up to 14Gb/s Data Rate,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 49, pp. 692-694, May 2013.
• J030. Zushu Yan, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and R. P. Martins, “A 0.016-mm² 144-µW Three-Stage Amplifier Capable of Driving 1-to-15 nF Capacitive Load with >0.95-MHz GBW,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 48, pp. 527-540, Feb. 2013.
• J029. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Li Zhang, He Qian and Yan Wang, “A 5^th-Order 20-MHz Transistorized-LC-Ladder LPF with 58.2-dB SFDR, 68-μW/Pole/MHz Efficiency and 0.13-mm² Die Size in 90-nm CMOS,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – II, vol. 60, pp. 11-15, Jan. 2013.
• J028. Jie Gao, Xianming Liu, Tianlan Chen, Pui-In Mak, Yuguang Du, Mang-I Vai, Bingcheng Lin and Rui P. Martins, “An Intelligent Digital Microfluidic System with Fuzzy-Enhanced Feedback for Multi-Droplet Manipulation,” RSC Lab on a Chip, 2013, 13, 443-451.
  Demo Videos: http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/lc/c2/c2lc41156c/

2012

• J027. Chio-In Ieong, Pui-In Mak, Chi-Pang Lam, Cheng Dong, Sio-Hang Pun, Mang-I Vai, Peng-Un Mak, Feng Wan and R. P. Martins, “A 0.83-µW QRS Detection Processor Using Quadratic Spline Wavelet Transform for Wireless ECG Acquisition in 0.35-µm CMOS,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol. 6, pp. 586-595, Dec. 2012.
• J026. Wei-Han Yu, Weng-Fai Cheng, Yue Li, Chak-Fong Cheang, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “Low-Complexity, Full-Resolution, Mirror-Switching Digital Pre-Distortion Scheme for Polar-Modulated Power Amplifiers,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 48, pp. 1551-1553, Nov. 2012.
• J025. Wenya Nan, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak, Mang I Vai, Agostinho Rosa, “Individual Alpha Neurofeedback Training Effect on Short Term Memory,” Elsevier International Journal of Psychophysiology, vol. 86, pp. 83–87, Oct. 2012.
• J024. Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “Enhanced RFICs in Nanoscale CMOS,” IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 13, pp. 80-89, Sept./Oct., 2012.
• J023. Pui-In Mak, Chon-Teng Ma and R. P. Martins, “A Frequency-Translation Technique for Low-Noise Ultra-Low-Cutoff Lowpass Filtering,” Springer Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 72, pp. 265-269, Jul. 2012.
• J022. Zushu Yan, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and R. P. Martins, “Ultra-Area-Efficient Three-Stage Amplifier Using Current Buffer Miller Compensation and Parallel Compensation,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 48, pp.624-626, May 2012.
• J021. Pui-In Mak, “Creating Multi-Stage Amplifiers with a Wide Range of Output-Current Drivability and Capacitive-Load Drivability is still very Challenging – Interview,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 48, pp. 602, May 2012.
• J020. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, L. Zhang and Y. Wang “A 0.07mm², 2mW, 75MHz-IF, 4th-Order BPF Using a Source-Follower-Based Resonator in 90nm CMOS,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 48, pp.552-554, May 2012.
• J019. Zushu Yan, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “Double Recycling Technique for Folded-Cascode OTA,” Springer Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 137-141, Apr. 2012.
• J018. Boyu Wang, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak and Mang I Vai, “Robust Deterministic Annealing Based EM Algorithm,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 289-290, Mar. 2012.
• J017. Boyu Wang, Chi Man Wong, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak and Mang I Vai, “Trial Pruning Based on Genetic Algorithm for Single-Trial EEG Classification,” Elsevier Journal of Computers and Electrical Engineering, vol. 38, pp. 35-44, Jan. 2012. [Invited Paper]

2011

• J016. Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 0.46-mm² 4-dB NF Unified Receiver Front-End for Full-Band Mobile TV in 65-nm CMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, pp. 1970-1984, vol. 46, Sept. 2011. [Among the top 100 accessed documents, IEEE Xplore, Sept. 2011]
• J015. Zushu Yan, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “Two-Stage Operational Amplifiers: Power-and-Area-Efficient Frequency Compensation for Driving a Wide Range of Capacitive Load,” IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, Issue 1, pp. 26-42, Jan.-Mar. 2011.

2010

• J014. Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “High-/Mixed-Voltage RF and Analog CMOS Circuits Come of Age,” IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, Issue 4, pp. 27-39, Dec. 2010.
• J013. Pui-In Mak, “CAS Education: Assisting the Career Development of Young Members – Examples of What IEEE CAS Society Have Recently Done,” IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, Issue 3, pp.72-74, Aug. 2010.
• J012. Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 2×V_DD-Enabled Mobile-TV RF Front-End with TV-GSM Interoperability in 1-V 90-nm CMOS,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 58, pp.1664-1676, Jul. 2010.
• J011. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak and Yumei Zhou, “Self-Tracking Charge Pump for Fast-Locking PLL,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 755-757, May 2010.
• J010. Ka-Fai Un, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “Analysis and Design of Open-Loop Multi-Phase Local-Oscillator Generator for Wireless Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – I, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 970-981, May 2010. [Invited Paper of ISCAS Special Issue]
• J009. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak and Yumei Zhou, “Mixed-Integrator Biquad for Continuous-Time Filters,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 46, no. 8, pp. 561-563, Apr. 2010. [Highlighted Paper]

2009

• J008. Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “Design of an ESD-Protected Ultra-Wideband LNA in Nanoscale CMOS for Full-Band Mobile TV Tuners,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – I, vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 933-942, May 2009. [Invited Paper of ISCAS Special Issue] [2010 CASS Outstanding Young Author Award]
• J007. Tuna Tarim, Martin Di Federico and Pui-In Mak, “Circuits and Systems Education: Viewpoint of GOLD and Industry,” IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 42-48, Mar. 2009.
• J006. Chon-Teng Ma, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, Peng-Un Mak, Sio-Hang Pun, Wan Feng and R. P. Martins, “Frequency-Bandwidth-Tunable Powerline Notch Filter for Biopotential Acquisition Systems,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 197-199, Feb. 2009.

2003 – 2008

• J005. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U and R. P. Martins, “On the Design of a Programmable-Gain Amplifier with Built-in Compact DC-Offset Cancellers for Very Low-Voltage WLAN Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – I, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 496-509, Mar. 2008.
• J004. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U and R. P. Martins, “Experimental 1-V Flexible-IF CMOS Analogue-Baseband Chain for IEEE 802.11a/b/g WLAN Receivers,” IET Proceedings – Circuits, Devices and Systems, no. 6, pp. 415-426, Dec. 2007.
• J003. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U and R. P. Martins, “Transceiver Architecture Selection–– Review, State-of-the-Art Survey and Case Study,” IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, Issue 2, pp. 6-25, Jun. 2007. [Among the top 100 accessed documents, IEEE Xplore, Jun. and Aug. 2007]
• J002. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U, R.P. Martins, “Two-Step Channel Selection– A Novel Technique for Reconfigurable Multistandard Transceiver Front-Ends,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – I, vol.52, pp.1302-1315, Jul. 2005.
• J001. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U, R.P. Martins, “A Novel Two-step Channel Selection Technique by Programmable Digital-Double Quadrature Sampling for Complex Low-IF Receivers,” IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 39, no. 11, pp. 825-827, May 2003.

Conferences

2021

• C176. Xiaoteng Zhao, Yong Chen, Xuqiang Zheng, Pui-In Mak, and Rui P. Martins, “A 0.01mm2 1.2-pJ/bit 6.4-to-8Gb/s Reference-less FD-Less BBCDR Using a Deliberately-Clock-Selected Strobe Point Based on a 2π/3-Interval Phase,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), pp. xxx-xxx, Jun. 2021.
• C175. Yunbo Huang, Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, and Rui P. Martins, “A 3.52-GHz Harmonic-Rich- Shaping VCO with Noise Suppression and Circulation Achieving -151-dBc/Hz Phase Noise at 10-MHz Offset,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. xxx-xxx, May 2021.
• C174. Hao Guo, Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “A 5.0-to-6.36GHz Wideband-Harmonic-Shaping VCO Achieving 196.9dBc/Hz Peak FoM and 90-to-180kHz 1/f3 PN Corner Without Harmonic Tuning,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest., pp. xxx-xxx, Feb. 2021. [Chip Olympics]
• C173. Jiangchao Wu, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “Student Research Preview,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2021. [Chip Olympics]

2020

• C172. Io-Wa Iam, Iok-U Hoi, Zhicong Huang, Chi-Seng Lam, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “A Unity-Power-Factor Inductive Power Transfer Converter with Inherent CC-to-CV Transition Ability for Automated Guided Vehicle Charging,” Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), Oct. 2020.
• C171. Jieyun Zhang, Xiaojin Zhao, Man-Kay Law, Chongyao Xu, Jiahao Liu, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “A 6.4pJ/Bit Strong Physical Unclonable Function Based on Multiple-Stage Amplifier Chain,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Oct. 2020.
• C170. Chongyao Xu, Jieyun Zhang, Man-Kay Law, Xiaojin Zhao, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “An $N \times N$ Multiplier-Based Multi-Bit Strong PUF Using Path Delay Extraction with $2N^2$ Average Responses Per Challenge,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Oct. 2020.
• C169. Chuanqi Wei, Jiangchao Wu, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “Low Complexity Illumination-Invariant Motion Vector Detection Based on Logarithmic Edge Detection and Edge Difference,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Oct. 2020.
• C168. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Chirn Chye Boon and Rui P. Martins, “A 0.024-mm2 45.4-GHz-Bandwidth Unity-Gain Output Driver with SDD22<-10dB up to 35 GHz” IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Aug. 2020.
• C167. Hao Guo, Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “A 0.082mm2 24.5-to-28.3GHz Multi-LC-Tank Fully-Differential VCO Using Two Separate Single-Turn Inductors and a 1D-Tuning Capacitor Achieving 189.4dBc/Hz FOM and 200±50kHz 1/f3 PN Corner,” IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), Aug. 2020.
• C166. Xiaoteng Zhao, Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “A 0.0285mm2 0.68pJ/bit Single-Loop Full-Rate Bang-Bang CDR without Reference and Separate Frequency Detector Achieving an 8.2(Gb/s)/µs Acquisition Speed of PAM-4 data in 28nm CMOS,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Mar. 2020.
• C165. Chao Fan, Jun Yin, Chee-Cheow Lim, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, “A 9mW 54.9-to-63.5GHz Current-Reuse LO Generator with a 186.7dBc/Hz-FoM by Unifying a 20GHz 3rd-Harmonic-Rich Current-Output VCO, a Harmonic-Current Filter and a 60GHz TIA ” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest., pp. 282-283, Feb. 2020. [Chip Olympics]
• C164. Gengzhen Qi, Haijun Shao, Pui-In Mak, Jun Yin and Rui P. Martins, “A 1.4-to-2.7GHz FDD SAW-less Transmitter for 5G-NR Using a BW-Extended N-Path Filter-Modulator, an Isolated-BB Input and a Wideband TIA-Based PA Driver Achieving <-157.5dBc/Hz OB Noise,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest., pp. 172-173, Feb. 2020. [Chip Olympics]

2019

• C163. Zhicong Huang, Io Wa Iam, Iok U Hoi, Chi-Seng Lam, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, ‘Self-Contained Solar-Powered Inductive Power Transfer System for Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging,” IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), Dec. 2019. [Best Track Paper Award]
• C162. Zunsong Yang, Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, and Rui P. Martins, “A 0.003-mm2 440fsRMS-Jitter and -64dBc-Reference-Spur Ring-VCO-Based Type-I PLL Using a Current-Reuse Sampling Phase Detector in 28-nm CMOS,” IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), Nov. 2019.
• C161. Xiaoteng Zhao, Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, and Rui P. Martins, “A 0.14-to-0.29-pJ/bit 14-GBaud/s Trimodal (NRZ/PAM-4/PAM-8) Half-Rate Bang-Bang Clock and Data Recovery Circuit (BBCDR) in 28-nm CMOS” IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), Nov. 2019. [Best Paper Award]
• C160. Lingshan Kong, Yong Chen, Haohong Yu, Quan Pan, Chirn Chye Boon, Pui-In Mak, and Rui P. Martins, “Wideband Variable-Gain Amplifiers Based on a Pseudo-Current-Steering Gain-Tuning Technique,” IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), Nov. 2019.
• C159. Mingzhong Li, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, and Rui P. Martins, “Ultra-Low-Frequency Induced Tiny Droplet Transportation with Small Droplet-to-Electrode Area Ratio in Digital Microfluidic Platforms,” International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS), Nov. 2019.
• C158. Liang Wan, Tianlan Chen, Haoran Li, Cheng Dong, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, and Rui P. Martins, “A dual-heater Digital Microfluidic System for Fast Polymerase Chain Reaction with Sloppy Temperature Control,” International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS), Nov. 2019.
• C157. Jiao Zhai, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, and Rui P. Martins, “Digital Microfluidic Drug Screening on Biopsies from Xenograft Mouse Breast Cancer,” International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS), Nov. 2019.
• C156. Ren Shen, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, and Rui P. Martins, “Hairpin-structured PCR Enhancer for Microfluidic Platforms,” International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS), Nov. 2019.
• C155. Zhicong Huang, Zhijian Fang, Chi-Seng Lam, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, “Design of Series/Series-Parallel Compensated Inductive Power Transfer Converter as Wireless Grid to Vehicle Interface,” IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Oct. 2019.
• C154. Zhicong Huang, Zhijian Fang, Chi-Seng Lam, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, “Efficiency Optimization of Series/Series-Parallel IPT System with Load-Independent Output Voltage and Zero Input Phase Angle,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Sept. 2019.
• C153. Ricardo Martins, Nuno Lourenço, Nuno Horta, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, “Using EDA Tools to Push the Performance Boundaries of an Ultralow-Power IoT-VCO at 65nm,” International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD 2019), Jul. 2019.
• C152. Ren Shen, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Rui Martins, “Hairpin-structured PCR Enhancer for Digital Microfluidic System,” 9th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Optofluidics (IMCO), Hong Kong, Jun. 2019.
• C151. Ruping Xiao, Mingzhong Li, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, “A 0.45-V 70-nW QRS Detector Using Decimated Quadratic Spline Wavelet Transform and Window-based Extrema Difference Techniques,” IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), Jun. 2019.
• C150. Yukun Xu, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, “A Curvature Compensated BJT-based Time-Domain Temperature Sensor With An Inaccuracy of ±0.7°C From -40 to 125°C,” IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), Jun. 2019.
• C149. Jun Yin, Xi Meng, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins “Wideband MM-Wave CMOS VCOs – Switched Inductor, Mode-Switching Inductive Tuning, and Harmonic Extraction Techniques,” International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology (ICMMT), May 2019.
• C148. H. Guo, Y. Chen, P.-I. Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 0.08mm2 25.5-to-29.9GHz Multi-Resonant-RLCM-Tank VCO Using a Single-Turn Multi-Tap Inductor and CM-Only Capacitors Achieving 191.6-dBc/Hz FOM and 130kHz 1/f3 PN Corner,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest., pp. 410-411, Feb. 2019. [Chip Olympics]
• C147. Z. Yang, Y. Chen, S. Yang, P.-I. Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 25.4-to-29.5GHz 10.2mW Isolated-Sub-Sampling PLL (iSS-PLL) Achieving -252.9dB Jitter-power FOM and -63dBc Reference Spur,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest., pp. 270-271, Feb. 2019. [Chip Olympics]
• C146. Z. Chen, Y. Jiang, M.-K. Law, P.-I. Mak, X. Zeng, R. P. Martins, “A Piezoelectric Energy-Harvesting Interface using Split-Phase Flipping-Capacitor Rectifier (FCR) and Capacitor Reuse Multiple-VCR SC DC-DC Achieving 9.3x Energy-Extraction Improvement,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest., pp. 424-425, Feb. 2019. [Chip Olympics]
• C145. C. Fan, J. Luo, J. Yin, P.-I. Mak, R. P. Martins, “Student Research Preview,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2019. [Chip Olympics]

2018

• C144. Mingzhong Li, Cheng Dong, Man-Kay Law, Yanwei Jia, Pui-in Mak and Rui P. Martins, “A Hydrodynamic Flow Enhanced Digital Microfluidic System For Single-Electrode Rapid Mixing Of Stationary Droplets,” International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS), Nov. 2018.
• C143. Jiao Zhai, Yunyi Li, Cheng Dong, Haoran Li, Yanwei Jia, Pui-in Mak and Rui P. Martins, “3D Microstructures to Realize Single Cell Culture on Digital Microfluidic Chip for Precise Medicine,” International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS), Nov. 2018.
• C142. Haoran Li, Yanwei Jia, Ren Shen, Tianlan Chen, Cheng Dong, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “On-chip Pico-pipette: A Method for Precise Delivery in a DMF system,” International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS), Nov. 2018.
• C141. Kai Xu, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, R. B. Staszewski, Rui P. Martins “A 2.4-GHz Single-Pin Antenna Interface RF Front-End with a Function-Reuse Single-MOS VCO-PA and a Push-Pull LNA,” IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), Nov. 2018.
• C140. Ricardo Martins, Nuno Lourenço, Nuno Horta, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins “Design and Optimization of a Class-C/D VCO for Ultra-Low-Power IoT and Cellular Applications,” International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD), Jul. 2018.
• C139. Ricardo Martins, Nuno Lourenço, Nuno Horta, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins “Design and Optimization of a Class-C/D VCO for Ultra-Low-Power IoT and Cellular Applications,” ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), Work-in-Progress Session, Jun. 2018.
• C138. Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, “A 0.4V 6.4μW 3.3MHz CMOS Bootstrapped Relaxation Oscillator with ±0.71% Frequency Deviation over -30 to 100°C for Wearable Applications,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 1-5, May 2018.
• C137. Yang Jiang, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 0.22-to-2.4V-Input Fine-Grained Fully Integrated Rational Buck-Boost SC DC-DC Converter Using Algorithmic Voltage-Feed-In (AVFI) Topology Achieving 84.1% Peak Efficiency at 13.2mW/mm2,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest., pp. 422-423, Feb. 2018. [Chip Olympics]
• C136. Jun Yin, Shiheng Yang, Haidong Yi, Wei-Han Yu, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 0.2V Energy-Harvesting BLE Transmitter with a Micropower Manager Achieving 25% System Efficiency at 0dBm Output and 5.2nW Sleep Power in 28nm CMOS,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest., 450-451, Feb. 2018. [Chip Olympics]
• C135. Chee-Cheow Lim, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, Harikrishnan Ramiah, R. P. Martins, “An Inverse-Class-F CMOS VCO with Intrinsic-High-Q 1st- and 2nd-Harmonic Resonances for 1/f2-to-1/f3 Phase-Noise Suppression Achieving 196.2dBc/Hz FOM,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest., pp. 374-375, Feb. 2018. [Chip Olympics] [ISSCC 2018 Technical Highlight]
• C134. Shiheng Yang, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 0.0056mm2 All-Digital MDLL Using Edge Re-Extraction, Dual-Ring VCOs and a 0.3mW Block-Sharing Frequency Tracking Loop Achieving 292fsrms Jitter and -249dB FOM,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest., pp. 118-119, Feb. 2018. [Chip Olympics] [ISSCC 2018 Technical Highlight]
• C133. Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, “A Regulation-Free Sub-0.5V 16/24MHz Crystal Oscillator for Energy-Harvesting BLE Radios with 14.2nJ Startup Energy and 31.8µW Steady-State Power,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest., pp. 52-53, Feb. 2018. [Chip Olympics]
• C132. Xingqiang Peng, Wei-Han Yu, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, “Student Research Preview,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2018. [Chip Olympics] [ISSCC SRP Poster Award]

2017

• C131. Ruping Xiao, Mingzhong Li, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “Ultra-low Power QRS Detection using Adaptive Thresholding based on Forward Search Interval Technique,” IEEE Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), pp. 1-2, Oct. 2017.
• C130. Baoyi Cen, Yang Jiang, Kwan Ting Ng, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “A Wide Range High Efficiency Fully Integrated Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converter with Fixed Output Spectrum Modulation,” IEEE Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), pp. 1-2, Oct. 2017.
• C129. Liang Wan, Tianlan Chen, Jie Gao, Cheng Dong, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “Digital Microfluidic Platform for False-Positive-Free Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification,” International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS), paper M167g, Oct. 2017.
• C128. Gengzhen Qi, Barend van Liempd, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, Jan Craninckx , “A 0.7 to 1 GHz Switched-LC N-Path LNA Resilient to FDD-LTE Self-Interference at ≥40 MHz Offset,” IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), pp. 276-279, Jun. 2017.
• C127. Dapeng Sun, Man-Kay Law, Bo Wang, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “Piecewise BJT Process Spread Compensation Exploiting Base Recombination Current,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 1-4, May 2017.
• C126. Tan-Tan Zhang, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, and R. P. Martins, “A 310nW 14.2-Bit Iterative-Incremental ADC for Wearable Sensing Systems,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 1-4, May 2017.
• C125. Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, “A 0.4V 4.8μW 16MHz CMOS Crystal Oscillator Achieving 74-Fold Startup-Time Reduction Using Momentary Detuning,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 1-4, May 2017.
• C124. Yang Jiang, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, Man-Kay Law, “Student Research Preview,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2017. [Chip Olympics]
• C123. Tantan Zhang, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, Mang-I Vai, “Student Research Preview,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2017. [Chip Olympics]
• C122. Antoine Dupret, Pui-In Mak, Eugenio Cantatore, “Session 21 overview: Smart SoCs for innovative applications,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest., pp. 350-351, Feb. 2017. [Chip Olympics]
• C121. Zhiyuan Chen, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, Wing-Hung Ki, R. P. Martins, “A 1.7mm2 Inductor-less Fully-Integrated Capacitive-Flip Rectifier (CFR) for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting with 483% Power Extraction Improvement,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest., pp. 372-373, Feb. 2017. [Chip Olympics] [ISSCC 2017 Technical Highlight]
• C120. Wei-Han Yu, Haidong Yi, Pui-In Mak, Jun Yin, R. P. Martins, “A 0.18V 382µW Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) Receiver with 1.33nW Sleep Power for Energy-Harvesting Applications in 28nm CMOS,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest., pp. 414-415, Feb. 2017. [Chip Olympics] [ISSCC 2017 Technical Highlight]

2016

• C119. Cheng Dong, Yanwei Jia, Tianlan Chen, Jie Gao, Liang Wan, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, R. P. Martins, “Digital Microfluidic Chip with Blade Structures for Precise Droplet Splitting,” International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS), paper W108f, Oct. 2016.
• C118. Tianlan Chen, Yanwei Jia, Cheng Dong, Jie Gao, Liang Wan, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A Calibration-Free Thermal Digital Microfluidic Device for Ultrafast DNA Melting Curve Analysis,” International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS), paper W107f, Oct. 2016.
• C117. Chee-Cheow Lim, Harikrishnan Ramiah, Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, “A High-Q Spiral Inductor with Dual-Layer Patterned Floating Shield in a Class-B VCO Achieving a 190.5-dBc/Hz FoM,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 2759-2762, May 2016.
• C116. Ka-Meng Lei, Hadi Heidari, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law, F. Maloberti, R. P. Martins, “A Handheld 50pM-Sensitivity Micro-NMR CMOS Platform with B-Field Stabilization for Multi-Type Biological/Chemical Assays,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest., pp. 474-475, Feb. 2016. [Chip Olympics] [ISSCC Silkroad Award] [ISSCC 2016 Technical Highlight]
• C115. Jun Yin, Pui-In Mak, F. Maloberti, R. P. Martins, “A 0.003mm2 1.7-to-3.5GHz Dual-Mode Time-Interleaved Ring-VCO Achieving 90-to-150kHz 1/f3 Phase Noise Corner,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest., pp. 48-49, Feb. 2016. [Chip Olympics]
• C114. Gengzhen Qi, Pui-In Mak, R. P. Martins, “A 0.038mm2 SAW-less Multi-Band Transceiver Using an N-Path SC Gain Loop,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest., pp. 452-453, Feb. 2016. [Chip Olympics]
• C113. Chio-In Ieong, Mingzhong Li, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, Mang I Vai, Rui Martins, “Student Research Preview,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2016. [Chip Olympics]
• C112. Wei-Han Yu, Xingqiang Peng, Pui-In Mak, Rui Martins, “Student Research Preview,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2016. [Chip Olympics]
• C111. Chio-In Ieong, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, Rui P. Martins, “Sub-µW QRS Detection Processor Using Quadratic Spline Wavelet Transform and Maxima Modulus Pair Recognition for Power-Efficient Wireless Arrhythmia Monitoring,” Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), pp. 21-22, Jan. 2016.
• C110.Chak-Fong Cheang, Ka-Fai Un, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “Time-Domain I/Q-LOFT Compensator Using a Simple Envelope Detector for a Sub-GHz IEEE 802.11af WLAN Transmitter,” Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), pp. 3-4, Jan. 2016.
• C109. Ming-Zhong Li, Chio-In Ieong, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, Sio-Hang Pun, Rui P. Martins, “Sub-threshold VLSI Logic Family Exploiting Unbalanced Pull-up/down Network, Logical Effort and Inverse-Narrow-Width Techniques,” Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), pp. 15-16, Jan. 2016.

2015

• C108. Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and Rui P. Martins, “A µNMR CMOS Transceiver Using a Butterfly-Coil Input for Co-Integration with a Digital Microfluidic Device Inside a Portable Magnet,” IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), Nov. 2015. [A-SSCC Distinguished Design Award]
• C107. Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and Rui P. Martins, “A Thermal-Insensitive Palm-Size µNMR Relaxometer Using Magnetic Field Calibrator for Chemical/Biological Diagnostics,” International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS), Oct. 2015. [Lecture]
• C106. Limin Yang, Wenya Nan, Xiaoting Qu, Feng Wan, Pui-In Mak, Peng Un Mak, Mang I Vai, Yong Hu, and Agostinho Rosa, “Beta/theta Ratio Neurofeedback Training Effects on the Spectral Topography of EEG,” International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Aug. 2015.
• C105. Hadi Heidari, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and Franco Maloberti, “Exploring the Noise Limits of Fully-Differential Micro-Watt Transimpedance Amplifiers for Sub-pA/√Hz Sensitivity,” IEEE Ph.D. Research In Micro-electronics and Electronics (PRIME), Jul. 2015.
• C104. Sanfeng Lu, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, “Multi-Range, Ultra-Low-Power, -20 to 60°C CMOS Smart Temperature Sensor with ±0.1°C Inaccuracy,” International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems (ISSCS), pp., Jul. 2015.
• C103. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Jiale Yang, Ruifeng Yue and Yan Wang, “Comparator with Built-in Reference Voltage Generation and Split-ROM Encoder for a High-Speed Flash ADC,” International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems (ISSCS), pp., Jul. 2015.
• C102. Wenya Nan, X. Qu, Lanshin Yang, Fan Wan, Y. Hu, Pedro Mou, Pui-In Mak, Peng-Un Mak, Mang-I Vai and Agostinho Rosa, “Beta/Theta Neurofeedback Training Effects in Physical Balance of Healthy People,” World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (IUPESM), Jun. 2015.
• C101. X. Qu, Q. Tang, L. Yang, W. Nan, J.N. Da Cruz, F. Wan, P.A. Mou, Pui-In Mak, P.U. Mak, M.I. Vai, Y. Hu, A. Rosa, “How Mental Strategy Affects Beta/Theta Neurofeedback Training,” World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (IUPESM), Jun. 2015.
• C100. J. C. F. Ngai, Pui-In Mak and S. W. I. Siu, “Predicting protein docking poses on a solid surface by particle swarm optimization,” IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), May 2015.
• C099. Changhao Chen, Xutong Cui, Sio Hang Pun, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak, Mang I. Vai, Achim Klug, Tim Lei, “Input Capacitance Compensated Neural Recording Amplifier,” IEEE EMBS Neural Engineering Conference (NER), Apr. 2015.
• C098. Zhicheng Lin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 0.028mm2 11mW Single-Mixing Blocker-Tolerant Receiver with Double-RF N-Path Filtering, S11 Centering, +13dBm OB-IIP3 and 1.5-to-2.9dB NF,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 36-37, Feb. 2015. [Chip Olympics]
• C097. Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, “Student Research Preview,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2015. [Chip Olympics]

2014

• C096. Su-Yan Fan, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 0.3-V, 37.5-nW 1.5~6.5-pF-Input-Range Supply Voltage Tolerant Capacitive Sensor Readout,” International Symposium on Integrated Circuits (ISIC), pp. 388-391, Dec. 2014.
• C095. Shiheng Yang, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 104μW EMI-Resisting Bandgap Voltage Reference Achieving –20dB PSRR, and 5% DC Shift under a 4dBm EMI Level,” IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), pp. 57-60, Nov. 2014.
• C094. Diyang Zhao, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and R. P. Martins, “Co-Design of a Low-Noise Receiver Front-End and its Exciting-Sensing Coil for Portable NMR-Screening of Chemical/Biological Droplets,” IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), pp. 403-406, Nov. 2014. [Student Travel Grant Award]
• C093. Tianlan Chen, Cheng Dong, Jie Gao, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, and R. P. Martins, “Time-Regulated Actuation Signal for Enhancement of Droplet Transportation in Digital Microfluidics,” Lab-on-a-Chip Asia 2014 – Microfluidics and Point-of-Care Diagnostics, Poster Session, Nov. 2014.
• C092. Cheng Dong, Tianlan Chen, Jie Gao, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, and R. P. Martins, “Electrical Actuation on Digital Microfluidics with a Ta2O5 Insulating Layer: a Comparison Study,” Lab-on-a-Chip Asia 2014 – Microfluidics and Point-of-Care Diagnostics, Poster Session, Nov. 2014.
• C091. Ze Wang, Chi Man Wong, Janir Nuno da Cruz, Feng Wan, Pui-In Mak, Peng Un Mak and Mang I Vai, “Muscle and Electrode Motion Artifacts Reduction in ECG Using Adaptive Fourier Decomposition,” IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), pp.1456-1461, Oct. 2014.
• C090. Jie Gao, Tianlan Chen, Cheng Dong, Jie Gao, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “The Fabrication and Application of a Robust and Intelligent Digital Microfluidics,” International Conference for Top and Emerging Materials Scientists (IC-TEMS), Paper No. 6, Jul. 2014.
• C089. Xing-Qiang Peng, Wei-Han Yu, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, “A 26.3 dBm 2.5 to 6 GHz Wideband Class-D Switched-Capacitor Power Amplifier with 40% Peak PAE,” IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), pp. 1-2, Jun. 2014.
• C088. Wei Wang, Zushu Yan, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and R. P. Martins, “Micropower Two-Stage Amplifier Employing Recycling Current-Buffer Miller Compensation,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 1889-1892, May 2014. [Finalist of Student Best Paper Award contest]
• C087. Fujian Lin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “An RF-to-BB-Current-Reuse Wideband Receiver with Parallel N-Path Active/Passive Mixers and a Single-MOS Pole-Zero LPF,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 74-75, Feb. 2014. [Chip Olympics]
• C086. Zhicheng Lin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 0.5V 1.15mW 0.2mm2 Sub-GHz ZigBee Receiver Supporting 433/860/915/960MHz ISM Bands with Zero External Components,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 164-165, Feb. 2014. [Chip Olympics] [ISSCC 2014 Technical Highlight]
• C085. Zushu Yan, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins and F. Maloberti, “A 0.0013mm2 3.6μW Nested-Current-Mirror Single-Stage Amplifier Driving 0.15-to-15nF Capacitive Loads with >62° Phase Margin,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 288-289, Feb. 2014. [Chip Olympics]
• C084. Yaohua Zhao, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and R. P. Martins, “Student Research Preview,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2014. [Chip Olympics]

2013

• C083. Yaohua Zhao, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, “A 0.127-mm2, 5.6-mW, 5th-Order SC LPF with +23.5-dBm IIP3 and 1.5-to-15-MHz Clock-Defined Bandwidth in 65-nm CMOS,” IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), pp. 361-364, Nov. 2013.
• C082. Jie Gao, Tianlan Chen, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai and Rui P. Martins, “An Intelligent Digital Microfluidics with Autonomous Positioning and Fuzzy-Enhanced Feedback Control,” SELECTBIO Lab-on-a-Chip Asia, Track A Poster Session, Singapore, Nov. 2013.
• C081. Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Conner Massey, Rui P. Martins and Lawrence J. Wangh, “Dried-down Reagents on a Microfluidic Chip for LATE-PCR Amplification and Detection of Single-stranded DNA,” SELECTBIO Lab-on-a-Chip Asia, Track A Poster Session, Singapore, Nov. 2013.
• C080. Ka Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law, Rui Martins, “A 2.93μW 8-Bit Capacitance-to-RF Converter for Movable Laboratory Mice Blood Pressure Monitoring,” The 5th Asia Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ASQED), pp. 216-219, Aug. 2013. [Best Paper Award]
• C079. Gengzhen Qi, Ka-Fai Un, Wei-Han Yu, Pui-In Mak, Rui Martins, “A Wideband Multi-Stage Inverter-Based Driver Amplifier for IEEE 802.22 WRAN Transmitters,” The 5th Asia Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ASQED), pp. 6-9, Aug. 2013.
• C078. Ming-Zhong Li, Chio-In Ieong, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, Rui Martins, “Sub-threshold Standard Cell Library Design for Ultra-Low Power Biomedical Applications,” International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 1454-1457, Jul. 2013.
• C077. Chio-In Ieong, Mingzhong Li, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, Peng-Un Mak, Feng Wan, Rui P. Martins, “Standard Cell Library Design with Voltage Scaling and Transistor Sizing for Ultra-Low-Power Biomedical Applications,” IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), Jun. 2013.
• C076. Tao Wu, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “An Ultra-Low Power CMOS Smart Temperature Sensor for Clinical Temperature Monitoring,” IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), Jun. 2013.
• C075. Zhiyuan Chen, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “Optimization of Microwatt On-Chip Charge Pump for Single-Chip Solar Energy Harvesting,” IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), Jun. 2013.
• C074. Md.Tawfiq Amin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 0.5V 10GHz 8-Phase LC-VCO Combining Current-Reuse and Back-Gate-Coupling techniques Consuming 2mW,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 2698-2701, May 2013.
• C073. Jiangchao Wu, Man-Kay Law, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 1.83μW, 0.78μVrms Input Referred Noise Neural Recording Front End,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 405- 408, May 2013.
• C072. Zhicheng Lin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 1.7mW 0.22mm2 2.4GHz ZigBee RX Exploiting a Current-Reuse Blixer + Hybrid Filter Topology in 65nm CMOS,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 448-449, Feb. 2013. [Chip Olympics]
• C071. Zushu Yan, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and R. P. Martins, “Student Research Preview,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2013. [Chip Olympics]

2012

• C070. Yinsidi Jiao, Wei-Han Yu, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, “A Dynamic-Range-Improved 2.4GHz WLAN Class-E PA Combining PWPM and Cascode Modulation,” IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), pp. 148-151, Dec. 2012.
• C069. Yanjie Xiao, Tantan Zhang, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law and Rui P. Martins, “A 0.8-μW 8-Bit 1.5~20-pF-Input-Range Capacitance-to-Digital Converter for Lab-on-Chip Digital Microfluidics Systems,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BIOCAS), C6L-A-1, Nov. 2012.
• C068. Teng Cao, Feng Wan, Peng-Un Mak, Pui-In Mak and Mang-I Vai, “Flashing Color on the Performance of SSVEP based Brain-Computer Interfaces,” International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 1819-1822, Sept. 2012.
• C067. Wenya Nan, Lanshin Chang, Joao Pedro Rodrigues, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak, Mang I Vai and Agostinho Rosa “Neurofeedback for the Treatment of Schizophrenia: Case Study,” IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces, and Measurement Systems (VECIMS), pp. 78-81, Jul. 2012.
• C066. Yue Liu, Xiao Jiang, Teng Cao, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak and Mang I Vai, “Implement of SSVEP based BCI through Emotiv EPOC,” IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces, and Measurement Systems (VECIMS), pp. 34-37 Jul. 2012.
• C065. Junwei Duan, Changhao Chen, Sio Hang Pun, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak, Mang I Vai and Yong Hu, “A Wearable Wireless General Purpose Bio-signal Acquisition Prototype System for Home Healthcare,” IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (ICBEB), pp.1176-1179, May 2012.
• C064. Wenya Nan, Joao P. Rodrigues, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak, Mang I Vai, Agostinho Rosa, “A Further Study on Short Term Memory Improvement by Neurofeedback,” IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (ICBEB), pp. 959-961, May 2012.
• C063. Miguel A. Martins, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 0.02-to-6GHz SDR Balun-LNA Using a Triple-Stage Inverter-Based Amplifier,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp.472-475, May 2012.
• C062. Jie Gao, Tianlan Chen, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, R. P. Martins,  “A Digital Microfluidic System with Low Voltage Threshold and Control Module for Droplet Manipulation,” 3rd International (West Lake) Forum on Microfluidic Analysis (IFMA), Apr. 2012.
• C061. Zushu Yan, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and R. P. Martins, “A 0.016mm2 144µW Three-Stage Amplifier Capable of Driving 1-to-15nF Capacitive Load with >0.95MHz GBW,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 368-369, Feb. 2012. [Chip Olympics]

2011

• C060. U-Wai Lok, Pui-In Mak, Wei-Han Yu and R.P. Martins, “A Novel Digital Pre-distortion Technique for Class-E PA with Delay Mismatch Estimation,” IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Postgraduate Research in Microelectronics & Electronics (PrimeAsia), Oct. 2011. [Silver Leaf Certificate]
• C059. Liu Miao, Pui-In Mak, Yaohua Zhao and R. P. Martins, “A Double Active-Decoupling Technique for Reducing Package Effects in a Cognitive-Radio Balun-LNA,” IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Postgraduate Research in Microelectronics & Electronics (PrimeAsia), Oct. 2011. [Gold Leaf Certificate]
• C058. Cheng Dong, Chio-In Ieong, Mang-I Vai, Peng-Un Mak, Pui-In Mak, Feng Wan, “A Real-Time Heart Beat Detector and Quantitative Investigation based on FPGA,” IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Postgraduate Research in Microelectronics & Electronics (PrimeAsia), Oct. 2011.
• C057. Tan-Tan Zhang, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, Peng-Un Mak, Feng Wan, R. P. Martins, “An Ultra-Low-Power Filtering Technique for Biomedical Applications,” International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Sept. 2011.
• C056. Chio-In Ieong, Cheng Dong, Agostinho Rosa, Mang-I Vai, Peng-Un Mak, Feng Wan, Pui-In Mak, “A Snoring Classifier based on Heart Rate Variability Analysis,” International Conference of Computing in Cardiology (CinC), Sept. 2011.
• C055. Boyu Wang, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak, and Mang I Vai, “Entropy Penalized Learning for Gaussian Mixture Models,” International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), Aug. 2011.
• C054. Chi Man Wong, Boyu Wang, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak, and Mang I Vai, “A Solution to Harmonic Frequency Problem: Frequency and Phase Coding-Based Brain-Computer Interface,” International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), Aug. 2011.
• C053. Xin Wang, Boyu Wang, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak, Mang I Vai and Chaozheng Li “An Online SSVEP-based Chatting System,” International Conference on System Science and Engineering (ICSSE), Jun. 2011.
• C052. Miguel A. Martins, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A Single-to-Differential Low-Noise Amplifier with Robust Output Differential Balancing,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 289-292, May 2011.
• C051. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Yumei Zhou, Hao Ju, Li Zhang, He Qian, Yan Wang, Zhiping Yu, “A 6-bit 1.3-GS/s Flash ADC using a Gain-Compensated THA and an Offset-Averaging Preamplifier Array,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 1-4, May 2011.
• C050. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak, Yumei Zhou, Hao Ju, Li Zhang, He Qian, Yan Wang, Zhiping Yu, “A Fast Lock-in PLL Using a Quadratic V-I Self-Tracking Charge Pump and a Replica-Biased Ring VCO,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 1872-1875, May 2011.
• C049. Liu Miao, Pui-In Mak, Zushu Yan and R. P. Martins, “A High-Voltage-Enabled Recycling Folded Cascode OpAmp for Nanoscale CMOS Technologies,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 33-36, May 2011.
• C048. Weng-Fai Cheng, Ka-Fai Un, Pui-In Mak, and R. P. Martins, “A Linearity-Improved Ultra-Wideband Balun-LNA for Cognitive Radio,” IEEE International Conference on Computer as a Tool and Conference on Telecommunications (EUROCON), pp. 1-4, Apr. 2011.
• C047. Boyu Wang, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak and Mang I Vai, “Outlier Detection for Single-Trial EEG Signal Analysis,” IEEE/EMBS International Conference on Neural Engineering (NER), pp. 478-481, April 2011.
• C046. Teng Cao, Xin Wang, Boyu Wang, Chi Man Wong, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak and Mang I Vai, “A High Rate Online SSVEP Based Brain-Computer Interface Speller,” IEEE/EMBS International Conference on Neural Engineering (NER), 465-468, April 2011.
• C045. Wenya Nan, Chi Man Wong, Boyu Wang, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak and Mang I Vai “A Comparison of Minimum Energy Combination and Canonical Correlation Analysis for SSVEP Detection,” IEEE/EMBS International Conference on Neural Engineering (NER), pp. 469-472, April 2011.
• C044. Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 0.46mm2 4-dB NF Unified Receiver Front-End for Full-Band Mobile TV in 65nm CMOS,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 172-173,  Feb. 2011. [Chip Olympics]
• C043. Chio-In Ieong, Mang-I Vai, Peng-Un Mak, Pui-In Mak, “ECG Heart Beat Detection Via Mathematical Morphology and Quadratic Spline Wavelet Transform,” IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 609-610, Jan. 2011.

2010

• C042. Chi Man Wong, Boyu Wang, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak, and Mang I Vai, “An Improved Phase-Tagged Stimuli Generation Method in Steady-State Visual Evoked Potential Based Brain-Computer Interface,” International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), pp. 745-749, Oct. 2010.
• C041. Boyu Wang, Chi Man Wong, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak, and Mang I Vai, “Gaussian Mixture Model Based on Genetic Algorithm for Brain-Computer Interfaces,” International Congress on Image and Signal Processing (CISP), pp. 4079-4083, Oct. 2010.
• C040. Boyu Wang, Chiman Wong, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak, and Mang I Vai, “Trial Pruning for Classification of Single-Trial EEG Data during Motor Imagery,” International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 4666 – 4669, Sept., 2010.
• C039. Tan-Tan Zhang, Jin-Tao Li, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, Peng-Un Mak, Sio-Hang Pun, Wan Feng and R. P. Martins, “A 28-μW EEG Readout Front-End Utilizing a Current-Mode Instrumentation Amplifier and a Source-Follower-Based LPF,” IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Postgraduate Research in Micro-electronics & Electronics (PrimeAsia), pp. 396-399, Sept. 2010.
• C038. Chon-Teng Ma, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, Peng-Un Mak, Sio-Hang Pun, Wan Feng and R. P. Martins, “A Novel Response-Translating Lowpass Filter Achieving 1.4-to-15-Hz Tunable Cutoff for Biopotential Acquisition Systems,” IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Postgraduate Research in Micro-electronics & Electronics (PrimeAsia), pp. 404-407, Sept. 2010. [Silver Leaf Certificate]
• C037. Miguel A. Martins, Ka-Fai Un, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “Differential SC Biquad Filter with Hybrid Utilization of OpAmp and Comparator-Based Circuit,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 1276-1279, May 2010.
• C036. Yong Chen, Pui-In Mak and Yumei Zhou, “Source-Follower-Based Biquad Cell for Continuous-Time Zero-Pole Type Filters,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 3629-3632, May 2010

2009

• C035. Boyu Wang, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak, and Mang I Vai, “EEG Signals Classification for Brain Computer Interfaces Based on Gaussian Process Classifier,” in Proc. of International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing (ICICS), pp.1-5, Dec. 2009.
• C034. Jin Tao Li, Sio Hang Pun, Mang I Vai, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak and Feng Wan, “Design Considerations of Current Mode Instrumentation Amplifier for Portable Biosignal Acquisition System,” in Proc. of IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BIOCAS), pp. 9-12, Nov. 2009.
• C033. Keng-Wai Lo, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “An Active-Balun LNA with Forestage-Poststage Gain Controls for VHF/UHF Mobile-TV Tuners,” IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Postgraduate Research in Microelectronics & Electronics (PrimeAsia), pp. 165-168, Nov. 2009. [Gold Leaf Certificate]
• C032. Chang-Hao Chen, Pui-In Mak, Tan-Tan Zhang, Mang-I Vai, Peng-Un Mak, Sio-Hang Pun, Wan Feng and R. P. Martins, “A 2.4 Hz-to-10 kHz-Tunable Biopotential Filter Using a Novel Capacitor Multiplier,” IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Postgraduate Research in Microelectronics & Electronics (PrimeAsia), pp. 372-375, Nov. 2009.
• C031. Jin Tao Li, Sio Hang Pun, Mang I Vai, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak and Feng Wan, “CMRR in Instrumentation Amplifier for BME Signal – Using Op Amp Power Supply Current Sensing Technique”, Chinese Biomedical Engineering Joint Annual Conference (CBEJAC), pp. 741-744, Oct. 2009.
• C030. Boyu Wang, Chi Man Wong, Feng Wan, Peng Un Mak, Pui-In Mak, and Mang I Vai, “Comparison of Different Classification Methods for EEG-Based Brain Computer Interfaces: A Case Study,” in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA), pp. 1416-1421, Jun. 2009.
• C029. Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 2xVDD–Enabled TV-Tuner RF Front-End Supporting TV-GSM Interoperation in 90nm CMOS,” in IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSI), Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 278-279, Jun. 2009. [Premium IC Design Conference]
• C028. Ka-Fai Un, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “An Open-Loop Octave-Phase Local-Oscillator Generator with High-Precision Correlated Phases for VHF/UHF Mobile-TV Tuners,” in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 433-436, May 2009.
• C027. Chon-Teng Ma, Pui-In Mak, Mang-I Vai, Peng-Un Mak, Sio-Hang Pun, Feng Wan and R. P. Martins, “A 90nm CMOS Bio-Potential Signal Readout Front-End with Improved Powerline Interference Rejection,” in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 665-668, May 2009.

2003 – 2008

• C026. Ka-Fai Un, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A DC-Offset-Compensated, CT/DT Hybrid Filter with Process-Insensitive Cutoff and Low In-Band Group-Delay Variation for WLAN Receivers,” in Proc. of IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), pp.1360-1363, Dec. 2008. [Merit Paper Award]
• C025. Chon-Teng Ma, Pui-In Mak, Vai-Mang I, Peng-Un Mak, Sio-Hang Pun and R. P. Martins, “Design of a Low-Power Low-Noise Bio-Potential Readout Front-End in CMOS,” in Proc. of Regional Inter-University Graduate Conference on Electrical Engineering (RIUGCEE), Xi’an, China, July 2008.
• C024. Pui-In Mak, Ka-Hou Ao Ieong and R. P. Martins, “An Open-Source-Input, Ultra-Wideband LNA with Mixed-Voltage ESD Protection for Full-Band (170-to-1700 MHz) Mobile TV Tuners,” in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 668-671, May 2008.
• C023. Pui-In Mak, “Views, Experience, and Prospects for Education in Circuits and Systems” in Proc. of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Education Workshop, p. 9, May 22, 2008.
• C022. Weng-Ieng Mok, Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U and R. P. Martins, “A Highly-Linear Successive-Approximation Front-End Digitizer with Built-in Sample-and-Hold Function for Pipeline/Two-Step ADC,” in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), New Orleans, USA, May 2007.
• C021. Weng-Ieng Mok, Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U and R. P. Martins, “A Novel Architecture of Comparator-Mismatch-Free Multi-bit Pipeline ADC,” in Proc. of Regional Inter-University Postgraduate Electrical and Electronic Engineering Conference (RIUPEEEC), Session of Circuit and System I, Paper 3, Macao, China, Jul. 2006.
• C020. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U, R.P. Martins, “A 1V 14mW-per-Channel Flexible-IF CMOS Analog-Baseband IC for 802.11a/b/g Receivers,” IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSI), Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 288-289, USA, Jun. 2006. [Premium IC Design Conference]
• C019. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U, R.P. Martins, “Design and Test Strategy underlying a Low-Voltage Analog-Baseband IC for 802.11a/b/g WLAN SiP Receivers,” in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 2473-2476, Greece, May 2006.
• C018. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U, R.P. Martins, “A 1-V Transient-Free and DC-Offset-Canceled PGA with a 17.1-MHz Constant Bandwidth over 52-dB Control Range in 0.35-µm CMOS,” in Proc. of IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), pp. 649-652, USA, Sept. 2005. [Premium IC Design Conference]
• C017. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U, R. P. Martins, “Multistandard-Compliant Receiver Architecture with low-voltage Implementation,” in Proc. of IEEE Ph.D. Research In Micro-Electronics & Electronics (PRIME), pp. 223-226, Lausanne, Switzerland, Jul. 2005.
• C016. Weng-Ieng Mok, Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U, R. P. Martins, “On-Chip Unsteady Reference Voltage Compensation Techniques for Very-High- Speed Pipelined ADC,” in Proc. of Regional Inter-University Postgraduate Electrical and Electronic Engineering Conference (RIUPEEEC), pp. 276-280, Hong Kong, China, Jun. 2005. [Merit Paper Award]
• C015. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U, R. P. Martins, “A 1-V IEEE 802.11a/b/g-Compliant Receiver IF-to-Baseband Chip in 0.35-μm CMOS for Low-Cost Wireless SiP,” IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), Student Design Contest Session, Anaheim, USA, Jun. 2005. [Student Paper Award]
• C014. Ka-Hou Ao Ieong, Chong-Yin Fok, Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U and R. P. Martins, “A Frequency Up-Conversion and Two-Step Channel Selection Embedded CMOS D/A Interface,” in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp.392-395, Kobe, Japan, May 2005.
• C013. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U, R. P. Martins, “A 1-V IEEE 802.11a/b/g-Compliant Receiver IF-to-Baseband Chip in 0.35-μm CMOS for Low-Cost Wireless SiP,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Student Design Contest Session, San Francisco, USA, Feb. 2005. [Student Paper Award]
• C012. Pui-In Mak, Ka-Hou Ao Ieong, Chong-Yin Fok, Seng-Pan U, R. P. Martins, “A Complex Low-IF Transceiver Architecture for Relaxing Phase Noise and Settling Time Requirements of RF PLL-FS,” in Proc. of IEEJ International Analog VLSI Workshop (AVLSIWS), pp. 221-226, Macao, China, Oct. 2004.
• C011. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U, R. P. Martins, “A Power-and-Area Efficient, Multifunctional CMOS A/D Interface for a Low-IF/Zero-IF Reconfigurable Receiver,” in Proc. of IEEJ International Analog VLSI Workshop (AVLSIWS), pp. 233-238, Macao, China, Oct. 2004. [Best Paper Award]
• C010. Weng-Ieng Mok, Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U, R. P. Martins, “Model, Characterization and Solutions of Unstable Reference Voltage for Very-High-Speed Pipelined A/D Converters,” in Proc. of IEEJ  International Analog VLSI Workshop (AVLSIWS), pp. 138-143, Macau SAR, China, Oct. 2004.
• C009. Weng-Ieng Mok, Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U, R. P. Martins, “Modeling of Noise Sources in Reference Voltage Generator for Very-High-Speed Pipelined ADC,” in Proc. of IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), vol.1 , pp. 5-8, Hiroshima, Japan, Jul. 2004. [Student Paper Award]
• C008. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U, R.P. Martins,, “A Low-IF/Zero-IF Reconfigurable Receiver with Two-Step Channel Selection Technique for Multistandard Applications,” in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp.417-420, Vancouver, Canada, May 2004.
• C007. Pui-In Mak, Kin-Kwan Ma, Weng-Ieng Mok, Chi-Sam Sou, Kit-Man Ho, Cheng-Man Ng, Seng-Pan U, R. P. Martins, “An I/Q-Multiplexed and Op-Amp-Shared CMOS Pipelined ADC with an A-DQS S/H Front-End for Two-Step-Channel-Select Low-IF Receiver,” in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp.1068-1071, Vancouver, Canada, May 2004.
• C006. Pui-In Mak, Man-Chung Wong and Seng-Pan U “A 3-D PWM Control, H-Bridge Tri-level Inverter for Power Quality Compensation in Three-Phase Four-Wired Systems,” in Proc. of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp.948-951, Vancouver, Canada, May 2004.
• C005. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U, R. P. Martins, “A Front-to-Back-end Modeling of I/Q Mismatch Effects in a Complex-IF receiver for large image-rejection,” in Proc. of IEEE International Conference of Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), pp. 631-634, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2003.
• C004. Pui-In Mak, Chi-Sam Sou, Seng-Pan U, R.P. Martins, “Frequency-Downconversion and Channel Selection Sample-and-Hold circuit with A-DQS technique for Complex Low-IF Wireless Receivers,” in Proc. of IEEE International Conference of Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), pp. 479-482, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2003.
• C003. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U, R. P. Martins, “A Programmable Switched-Capacitor A-DQS Frequency Downconverter for Two-Step Channel Selection Wireless Receiver,” in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on ASIC (ASICON), pp.573-576, Beijing, China, Oct. 2003. [Student Paper Award]
• C002. Pui-In Mak, Weng-Ieng Mok, Seng-Pan U, R. P. Martins, “I/Q Imbalance Modeling of Quadrature Transceiver Analog Front-Ends in SIMULINK,” in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Technology, pp. 2371-2374, Orlando, Florida, USA. Oct. 2003.
• C001. Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U, R. P. Martins, “A Novel IF Channel Selection Technique by Analog-Double Quadrature Sampling for Complex low-IF Receivers,” in Proc. of IEEE International Conference of Communication Technology, pp.1238-1241, Beijing, China, Apr. 2003.

Presentations

Keynotes/Distinguished/Invited Lectures

1. Pui-In Mak, “SAW-less Multi-band TDD/FDD Radio Front-Ends Using the Gain-Boosted N-Path Technique,” Hisilicon RFIC Forum, Shanghai, Jul. 2018.
2. Pui-In Mak, “Ultra-Low-Power Radios Using Current-Reuse/Function-Reuse/Ultra-Low-Voltage Techniques,” IMEC, Belgium, May 2017.
3. Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “N-path Filtering Techniques for SAW-less Radios,” Qualcomm – Distinguished Research Seminar Series, San Diego, USA, Feb. 2017.
4. Pui-In Mak, “Ultra-Low-Power Short-Range Radios for IoT,” IEEE International Conference on RFID – Technology and Application (RFID-TA), Shunde, China, Sep. 2016.
5. Pui-In Mak, “Lab-on-CMOS NMR Systems: Microelectronics meets Microfluidics,” Conference on PhD Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME) and International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD), Lisbon, Portugal, Jun. 2016.
6. Pui-In Mak, “Multistandard-Compliant and Low-Voltage Analog-Baseband Techniques for Wireless Communication Systems,” Regional Inter-University Post-graduate Electrical & Electronic Engineering Conference (RIUPEEEC), Macao, China, Jul. 2006.

Tutorials/Short Courses

1. Pui-In Mak, “Educational Tutorial on Grant and Technical Paper Writing,” IEEE International Conference on RFID – Technology and Application (RFID-TA), Shunde, China, Sep. 2016.
2. Pui-In Mak, “Circuit Techniques for Low-Cost Ultra-Low-Power Short-Range Wireless Radios,” International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test (VLSI-DAT), Taiwan, Apr. 2015.
3. Pui-In Mak, “High-/Mixed-Voltage Analog and RF Circuits and Systems for Wireless Applications,” IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), Taiwan, Dec. 2012.

   On-Line Short Course in YouTube [~2.5 hours in 7 parts]
   (Part 1 of 7) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmlbi9aiUFI
   (Part 2 of 7) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9GIa3MDY-U
   (Part 3 of 7) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLxSVvuXdhc
   (Part 4 of 7) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FArMd1x-dDU
   (Part 5 of 7) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5k6drS-i-I
   (Part 6 of 7) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xnakUzrywA
   (Part 7 of 7) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH9pfmKLxQo

   Slides: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-_9DrVl7JtlcWZ1Q2lCNWNRMnc/edit

4. Pui-In Mak, “High-/Mixed-Voltage Analog and RF Circuits and Systems for Wireless Applications,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Korea, May 2012.
5. Pui-In Mak, “High-/Mixed-Voltage Analog and RF Circuit Techniques for Nanoscale CMOS,” IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) Region-10 Summer School, Taiwan, Aug. 2011.

Technical Talks

1. Pui-In Mak, “Ultra-Low-Power Radios Using Current-Reuse/Function-Reuse/Ultra-Low-Voltage Techniques,” Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Jul. 2018.
2. Pui-In Mak, “Ultra-Low-Power Radios Using Current-Reuse/Function-Reuse/Ultra-Low-Voltage Techniques,” Chinese Academy of Sciences- Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Shanghai, China, Jul. 2018.
3. Pui-In Mak, “Trends of Technology Directions in ISSCC and How to Write an ISSCC Paper,” South China University of Technology, China, Jun. 2018.
4. Pui-In Mak, “Trends of Technology Directions in ISSCC and How to Write an ISSCC Paper,” Shenzhen University, China, Jun. 2018.
5. Pui-In Mak, “Ultra-Low-Power Radios Using Current-Reuse/Function-Reuse/Ultra-Low-Voltage Techniques,” Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China, Mar. 2018.
6. Pui-In Mak, “Ultra-Low-Power Radios Using Current-Reuse/Function-Reuse/Ultra-Low-Voltage Techniques,” Peking University, Beijing, China, Jan. 2018.
7. Pui-In Mak, “Ultra-Low-Power Radios Using Current-Reuse/Function-Reuse/Ultra-Low-Voltage Techniques,” Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Jan. 2018.
8. Pui-In Mak, “Multidisciplinary Research – Microelectronics meet Chemistry,” IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Shenzhen Workshop, Shenzhen, China, Dec. 2017.
9. Pui-In Mak, “Ultra-Low-Power Radios Using Current-Reuse/Function-Reuse/Ultra-Low-Voltage Techniques,” Zhuhai National Hi-tech Zone, Zhuhai, China, Dec. 2017.
10. Pui-In Mak, “Trends of Wireless and Technology Directions in ISSCC 2018,” ISSCC Press Conference, Peking University, China, Nov. 2017.
11. Pui-In Mak, “Trends of Wireless and Technology Directions in ISSCC 2018,” ISSCC Press Conference, CSIA-ICCAD, China, Nov. 2017.
12. Pui-In Mak, “Trend of Technology Directions in ISSCC 2017,” ISSCC Press Conference, Fudan University, China, Nov. 2016.
13.  “Trend of Technology Directions (TD) in ISSCC 2017 and Experience of Preparing ISSCC Papers – A Case Study,” ISSCC Promotion Seminar, Wuhan Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, Jun. 2017.
14.  “Trend of Technology Directions (TD) in ISSCC 2017 and Experience of Preparing ISSCC Papers – A Case Study,” ISSCC Promotion Seminar, Southeast University, China, Jun. 2017.
15. Pui-In Mak, “SAW-less Multiband Transceiver Using an N-Path SC Gain Loop,” Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China, Jan. 2017.
16. Pui-In Mak, “Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Based Digital Microfluidics,” Macau FDCT Project Conference, Macau, Dec. 2016.
17. Pui-In Mak, “Trend of Technology Directions (TD) in ISSCC 2017,” ISSCC Press Conference, Fudan University, China, Nov. 2016.
18. Pui-In Mak, “Portable Disease Diagnostic Devices,” Macau SAR Government, Macau China, July 2016.
19. Pui-In Mak, “Trend of Technology Directions (TD) in ISSCC 2016 and Experience of Preparing ISSCC Papers – A Case Study,” Zhejiang University, China, July 2016.
20. Pui-In Mak, “Trend of Technology Directions (TD) in ISSCC 2016 and Experience of Preparing ISSCC Papers – A Case Study,” Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China, July 2016.
21. Chak-Fong Cheang and Pui-In Mak, “Digital Predistortion of Power Amplifier,” Allwinner Technology, China, May 2016.
22. Pui-In Mak, “How much you know about your electronic gadgets?” Choi Kai Yau College, University of Macau, Feb. 2016.
23. Pui-In Mak, “A 0.038mm2 SAW-less Multi-Band Transceiver Using an N-Path SC Gain Loop” IEEE SSC Society Macau Chapter ISSCC Rehearsal, Macau, Jan. 2016.  
24. Pui-In Mak, “Intelligent Digital Microfluidics (iDMF) Technology – A Multidisciplinary Approach,” National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, Apr. 2015.
25. Pui-In Mak, “Gain-Boosted N-Path Filtering Techniques for IoT and Cellular Applications,” University of California Berkeley, Feb., 2015.
26. Fujian Lin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “An RF-to-BB-Current-Reuse Wideband Receiver with Parallel N-Path Active/Passive Mixers and a Single-MOS Pole-Zero LPF,” Qualcomm Inc., USA, Feb. 2014.
27. Zhicheng Lin, Pui-In Mak and R. P. Martins, “A 0.5V 1.15mW 0.2mm2 Sub-GHz ZigBee Receiver Supporting 433/860/915/960MHz ISM Bands with Zero External Components,” Qualcomm Inc., USA, Feb. 2014.
28. Pui-In Mak, “Ultra-Low-Power CMOS Radios for Short-Range Wireless Technologies and An Emerging Topic,” National Chip Implementation Center, Taiwan, Oct. 2013.
29. Pui-In Mak, “Ultra-Low-Power CMOS Radios for Short-Range Wireless Technologies and An Emerging Topic,” National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, Oct. 2013.
30. Pui-In Mak, “Ultra-Low-Power ZigBee/WPAN Radios in 65nm CMOS,” Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Aug. 2013.
31. Pui-In Mak, “Ultra-Low-Power ZigBee/WPAN Radios in 65nm CMOS,” Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China, Jan. 2013.
32. Pui-In Mak, “An Intelligent Digital Microfluidic (iDMF) System and its Potential Biology/Chemistry Applications,” CN Innovations Ltd., Shenzhen, Jan. 2013.
33. Pui-In Mak, “Highlights of ISSCC Contributions – Wireless and Analog Areas,” CN Innovations Ltd., Shenzhen, Jan. 2013.
34. Pui-In Mak, “Introduction of University of Macau Wireless and Biomedical Research Lines,” Solomon Systech Ltd., Hong Kong, Aug. 2012. 
35. Pui-In Mak, “High-/Mixed-Voltage Analog and RF Circuit Techniques for Nanoscale CMOS Technologies,” Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Nov. 2011.
36. Pui-In Mak, “A 0.46mm2 4-dB NF Unified Receiver Front-End for Full-Band Mobile TV in 65-nm CMOS,” University of California Berkeley, Feb., 2011.
37. Pui-In Mak, “High-/Mixed-Voltage Analog and RF Circuit Techniques for Nanoscale CMOS Technologies,” Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China, Dec. 2010.
38. Pui-In Mak, “High-/Mixed-Voltage Analog and RF Circuit Techniques for Nanoscale CMOS Technologies,” University of Pavia, Italy, Nov. 2010.
39. Pui-In Mak, “EEE and Me – 10 Years of Study, Education and Research,” IET Seminar, University of Macau, Macau, Dec. 2009.
40. Pui-In Mak, “High-/Mixed-Voltage Analog and RF Circuit Techniques for Nanoscale CMOS Technologies,” Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, Nov. 2009.
41. Pui-In Mak, “High-/Mixed-Voltage Analog and RF Circuit Techniques for Nanoscale CMOS Technologies,” Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal, Nov. 2009.
42. Pui-In Mak, “Introduction of the first U.S. Patent of Macau in Hi-Tech Microelectronics – Two-Step Channel Selection for Wireless Receiver Front-Ends,” University of Macau Press Conference, Macau, Jun. 2009.
43. Pui-In Mak, “A 2xVDD-Enabled RF Front-End for Mobile-TV Tuners,” Fudan University, Shanghai, May 2009.
44. Pui-In Mak, “Introduction of University of Macau Wireless and Biomedical Research Lines,” Fudan University, Shanghai, May 2009. 
45. Pui-In Mak, “A Survey of Macau High-School Students Technology Knowledge, Interests and More,” University of Macau, Macau, Apr. 2009.
46. Pui-In Mak, “The Role of IET-HK Macau Student Section – Past and in the Years to Come,” University of Macau, Macau, Apr. 2009.
47. Pui-In Mak, “Education, Research and Development of EEE,” University of Macau, Macao, China, Macau, Feb. 2009.
48. Pui-In Mak, “Introduction of University of Macau,” Instituto Salesiano, Macau, Feb. 2009.
49. Pui-In Mak, “Education, Research and Development of Microelectronics,” University of Macau, Macau, Oct. 2008.
50. Pui-In Mak, “Applying VLSI Technologies to Human Care – Low-Voltage Low-Power Readout Front-End for Biopotential Acquisition Systems,” IEEE and IEE Macau Engineer Seminar, University of Macau, Macau, Oct. 2006.
51. Pui-In Mak, “Low-Voltage Analog Techniques for Mixed-Signal VLSI Circuits,” Snowbush Microelectronics, Toronto, Canada, Oct. 2006.
52. Pui-In Mak, “Low-Voltage Analog Techniques for Mixed-Signal VLSI Circuits,” University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Oct. 2006.

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Contact Details

Faculty of Science and Technology
University of Macau, E11
Avenida da Universidade, Taipa,
Macau, China

Room: E11-3053 (or meet me in N21, 3006)
Telephone: (853) 8822-8794
Fax: (853) 8822-2426

Email: pimak