Conference

Year 2022

  1. Che Hao Li  and Chien-Nan Kuo, “A 120-160 GHz 28 mW LNA in 70-nm GaAs mHEMT Technology,” IEEE International Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), May 2022.

Year 2021

  1. Chiao-Yun Hsiao, Chung-Tse Michael Wu, and Chien-Nan Kuo, “A W-Band 1-dB Insertion Loss Wilkinson Power Divider Using Silicon-Based Integrated Passive Device,” IEEE Intern. Microwave Symp. (IMS), June 2021.

Year 2020

  1. Kai-Chieh Yu and Chien-Nan Kuo, “A 94 GHz Down-Conversion Mixer for Radar System in 40 nm Digital CMOS Technology,” IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC2020), Dec. 2020.
  2. Chien-Chia Ma and Chien-Nan Kuo, “A CMOS Linear Cascode Power Amplifier for Bluetooth Dual-Mode Long-Range Applications,” IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC2020), Dec. 2020.
  3. Chien-Nan Kuo and Ting-Yi Chou, “A 28-GHz Variable Gain Amplifier with Low Phase Variation in 90-nm CMOS,” IEEE Int. Symp. on RF Integrated Technology, Sept. 2020, pp. 157-159.

Year 2019

  1. Po-Chen Yeh and Chien-Nan Kuo, “A 94 GHz 10.8 mW Los-Noise Amplifier With Inductive Gain Boosting in 40 nm Digital CMOS Technology,” IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC2019), Dec. 2019, pp. 1573-1575.
  2. Wei-Hsien Chen, Chia-Hung Chang, and Chien-Nan Kuo, “Vital-sign Radar with Digital-assisted Calibration for Noise Reduction and DC Offset Elimination,” 2019 Progress In Electromagnetic Research Symposium, June, 2019.
  3. Wei-Hsien Chen, Chia-Hung Chang, Chien-Nan Kuo, and Chia-Chin Hsu, “Non-contact Pulse-Based Radar with an Excited RF Pulse Generator for Vital-sign Application,” 2019 Progress In Electromagnetic Research Symposium, June, 2019.
  4. Wei-Che Sun and Chien-Nan Kuo, “A 19.1% PAE, 22.4-dBm 53-GHz Parallel Power Combining Power Amplifier with Stacked-FET Techniques in 90-nm CMOS,” IEEE Intern. Microwave Symp. (IMS), June 2019, pp. 327-330.
  5. Po-Chen Yeh and Chien-Nan Kuo, “A W-band 6.8 mW Low-Noise Ampflifier in 90 nm CMOS Technology Using Noise Measure,” IEEE Intern. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS2017), May 2019.
  6. Yu-Ting Lin, Chiao-Yun Hsiao, Pei-Ling Chi, and Chien-Nan Kuo, “A 39 GHz Reflection-Type Phase Shifter for Reflectarry Antenna Application,” Intern. Symp. on VLSI Design, Automation and Test, Apr. 22-25, 2019.

Year 2018

  1. M.-T. Hsu, T.-Y. Chiu, S. -Y. Wu, Y. T. Cheng, C.-H. Li and C.-N. Kuo, “A silicon-based parabolic sub-THz reflector antenna for gain enhancement and near-field focus applications,” 2018 IEEE Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2018, pp. 808-811.

Year 2017

  1. Chien-Nan Kuo, Wei-Cheng Chen, Te-Yen Chiu, and Chun-Hsing Li,“Enhancement of CMOS THz Imaging Sensing By Packaging Technology,” IEEE Intern. Symp. on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology (RFIT 2017), Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 2017, pp. 22-24.
  2. Yi-Xuan Lu, Meng-Tse Hsu, Yu-Ting Cheng, Chun-Hsing Li, andChien-Nan Kuo, “Focused Source Formation Using a Micro Disc-like Patch Antenna Array For THz CMOS Transceiver Applications,” IEEE 19th Intern. Conf. on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducer 2017), June, 2017.
  3. Wei-Cheng Chen, Tzu-Chao Yan, Hao-Chiao Hong, and Chien-Nan Kuo, “Integrated 330 GHz CMOS Power Detector With Built-In Chopper And Digital Output For THz Imaging Application,” 2017 Progress In Electromagnetic Research Symposium, May, 2017. (MOST 105-2221-E-009-171-MY3)
  4. Lin-Yi Huang, Yu-Ting Lin, and Chien-Nan Kuo,“A 38 GHz Low-Loss Reflection-Type Phase Shifter,” IEEE 17th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF), Jan., 2017, pp. 54-56.

Year 2016

  1. Han-Bo Lin, Tzu-Chao Yan, and Chien-Nan Kuo,“A 1-5 GHz Frequency-to-Voltage Converter Using Limiting Amplifier,” IEEE Int. Symp. on RF Integrated Technology, Aug. 24-26, 2016.

Year 2015

  1. Chun-Hsing Li, Tzu-Chao Yan, Yuhsin Chang, Chuong Chen, and Chien-Nan Kuo,“Low-cost High-performance CMOS Terahertz Imaging System,” IEEE Int. SoC Design Conf., Nov. 2-5, 2015. (Invited)
  2. Tzu-Chao Yan, Chun-Hsing Li, and Chien-Nan Kuo, “280 GHz Signal Sensor Design Using Subharmonic Mixing in 40 nm CMOS Technology,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, July 2015, p. 2101.
  3. Chun-Hsing Li, Chih-Wei Lai, Tzu-Chao Yan, and Chien-Nan Kuo, “A Low-Cost Broadband Bondwire Interconnect for THz Heterogeneous System Integration,” IEEE Int. Microwave Symp. (IMS), May 2015, pp. 1-4.
  4. C.-L. Ko, C.-H. Li, C.-N. Kuo, M.-C. Kuo and D.-C. Chang, “A 8-mW 77-GHz Band CMOS LNA by Using Reduced Simultaneous Noise and Impedance Matching Technique,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), May 2015.
  5. Y.-L. Yeh, C.-N. Kuo, C.-F. Lee, and K. Chen, “DC-to-5-GHz Variable Gain Amplifier for High Speed DSO,” IEEE International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation, and Test (VLSI-DAT), Apr. 2015.
  6. W.-C. Chen, C.-W. Lai, T.-C. Yan, C.-H. Li, T.-Y. Chao and C.-N. Kuo, “Electronic THz Transmissive Imaging System,” IEEE 15th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF), Jan., 2015.

Year 2014

  1. T.-C. Yan, C.-H. Li, C.-W. Lai, W.-C. Chen, T.-Y. Chao, and C.-N. Kuo, “CMOS THz Transmissive Imaging System,” IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (ASSCC), Nov. 2014.
  2. C.-W. Lai, W.-C. Chen, T.-C. Yan, C.-H. Li, and C.-N. Kuo, “The Experimental Study of THz Image Sensor in 0.18 um CMOS Technology,” IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Nov. 2014.
  3. T.-C. Yan, W.-Z. Lin, and C.-N. Kuo, “An Inductorless RC-based Quadrature Phase Generator and Its Application to Vector-Sum Phase Shifter,” IEEE 14th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF), Jan., 2014.

Year 2013

  1. C.-H. Li, C.-W. Lai, and C.-N. Kuo, “A 147 GHz fully differential D-band amplifier design in 65 nm CMOS,” IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), 2013.
  2. T.-C. Yan, W.-Z. Lin, and C.-N. Kuo, “A 0.75-2.67 GHz 5-bit Vector-Sum Phase Shifter,” the European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conf., Oct. 2013.
  3. C.-H. Li, J.-J. Wu, C.-N. Kuo, Y.-T. Cheng, and M.-C. Kuo, “A Broadband Interconnect for THz Heterogeneous System Integration,” 2013 IEEE International Microwave Symposium, June, 2013. (NSC 101-2220-E-009-053)
  4. C.-H. Li, C.-L. Ko, C.-N. Kuo, M.-C. Kuo, and D.-C. Chang, “A Low-Cost Broadband Bondwire Interconnect for Heterogeneous System Integration,” 2013 IEEE International Microwave Symposium, June, 2013. (NSC 101-2220-E-009-053)
  5. C.-H. Li, C.-N. Kuo, and M.-C. Kuo, “A High-Q On-Chip Bondwire Transformer and Its Application to Low Power Receiver Front-End Design,” the 13th IEEE Topical Meeting on Si Monolithic ICs in RF Systems, Austin, TX, January 2013, pp. 21-23.

Year 2012

  1. C.-K. Kuan, T.-C. Yan, and C.-N. Kuo, “A 1-4 GHz Frequency-to-Voltage Converter Design,” IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, Dec. 2012, pp. 1109-1111. (NSC 100-2220-E-009-056)
  2. T.-C. Yan, H.-B. Lin, and C.-N. Kuo, “A V-band Injection-Locked Frequency Tripler Module with Adaptive Free-Running Frequency Tuning,” 2012 IEEE International Microwave Symposium, June, 2012, pp. 1-3. (NSC 100-2220-E-009-013)
  3. C.-L. Ko, C.-P. Chang, C.-N. Kuo, D.-C. Chang, and Y.-Z. Juang, “A 1-V 60 GHz CMOS Low Noise Amplifier with Low Loss Microstrip Lines,” IEEE International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation, and Test (VLSI-DAT), Apr. 2012.
  4. C.-H. Li, and C.-N. Kuo, “16.9-mW 33.7-dB Gain mmWave Receiver Front-end in 65 nm CMOS,” the 12th IEEE Topical Meeting on Si Monolithic ICs in RF Systems, Santa Clara, CA, January 2012, pp. 179-182.

Year 2011

  1. K.-H. Yang, M.-C. Kuo, T.-C. Yan, and C.-N. Kuo, “A 1.3 GHz-5.3 GHz Wideband High Linearity Balun Low Noise Amplifer,” IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, Dec. 2011, pp. 506-509.
  2. T.-C. Yan, W.-Z. Lin, and C.-N. Kuo, “A 3.5 GHz Phase Shifter of High Input Power Range with Digitally Controlled VGA,” IEEE International Symp. on Radio-Freq. Integrated Technology, Nov. 2011, pp. 29-33.
  3. T.-C. Yan, and C.-N. Kuo, “Design of Millimeter-wave CMOS Frequency Tripler,”, IEEE International SoC Design Conference, Nov. 2011, pp. 116-119.
  4. Y.-W. Chang, T.-C. Yan, and C.-N. Kuo, “Wideband Time-delay Circuit,” the European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, Oct. 2011, pp. 454-457.
  5. C.-H. Li, C.-Y. Hsu, C.-N. Kuo, “Low Power 2.4-GHz Receiver Front-end Using Resonator Coupling Technique,” IEEE 54th International Midwest Symp. on Circuits and Systems, Aug. 2011, pp. 1-4.

Year 2010

  1. Y.-W. Chang, and C.-N. Kuo, “Tunable Delay Compensation Circuit in Polar Loop Transmitter for WiMAX Applications,” IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, Dec. 2010, pp. 426-429. (NSC-98-2220-E-009-064)
  2. C.-L. Liu, C.-H. Li, and C.-N. Kuo, “Low Voltage Low Power 5-Ghz Double-Balanced Mixer with Active Phase Splitter,” IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, Dec. 2010, pp. 550-553. (NSC-98-2220-E-009-064)
  3. C.-H. Li, and C.-N. Kuo, “Design Optimization of a 1.4 GHz Low Power Bulk-Driven Mixer,” IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, Dec. 2010, pp. 1035-1038. (NSC-98-2220-E-009-064)
  4. T.-C. Yan, H.-Y. Shih, T.-Y. Yang, C.-N. Kuo, “A Q-band Direct Divide-by-4 Injection-Locked Frequency Divider with Quadrature Outputs,” the 40th European Microwave Conference, Sept. 2010, pp. 77-80. (NSC-97-2220-E-009-010)
  5. C.-C. Tsai, D. Chang, H.-S. Chen, and C.-N. Kuo, “A 11-mW Quadrature Frequency Tripler with Fundamental Cancellation,” the 10th IEEE Topical Meeting on Si Monolithic ICs in RF Systems, New Orland, LA, Jan. 2010, pp. 100-103. (NSC-97-2220-E-009-010)

Year 2009

  1. Y.-L. Tsou, H.-Y. Shih, C.-N. Kuo, and C.-H. Chang, “Differential LC Ladder LNA with Proposed third-Order Active Notch Filter for UWB Band Group1,” IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Sept. 2009. pp. 511-515.
  2. M.-C. Chen, H.-S. Chen, T.-C. Yan, and C.-N. Kuo, “A CMOS Up-Conversion Mixer with Wide IF Bandwidth for 60-GHz Applications,” the 9th IEEE Topical Meeting on Si Monolithic ICs in RF Systems, San Diego, CA, January 2009. (NSC-96-2220-E-009 -022).

Year 2008

  1. H.-Y. Shih, W.-H. Chen, K.-C. Juang, T.-Y. Yang, and C.-N. Kuo, “A 1.2V Interference-Sturdiness, DC-Offset Calibrated CMOS Receiver Utilizing a Current-Mode Filter for UWB,” IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, Nov. 2008, pp. 345-348.
  2. C.-T. Fu, S. S. Taylor, and C.-N. Kuo, “A 5-GHz, 30-dBm, 0.9-dB Insertion Loss Single-Pole Double-Throw T/R Switch in 90nm CMOS,” 2008 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symp., Atlanta, Georgia, June, 2008, pp. 317-320.

Year 2007

  1. C.-H. Li, C.-T. Fu, T.-Y. Chao, C.-N. Kuo, Y.-T. Cheng, and D.-C. Chang, “Broadband Flip-Chip Interconnects for Millimeter-Wave Si-Carrier System-on-Package,” 2007 IEEE International Microwave Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii, June, 2007, pp. 1645-1648. (NSC 95-2220-E-009-034)
  2. C.-T. Fu, C.-L. Ko, and C.-N. Kuo, “A 2.4 to 5.4 GHz Low Power CMOS Reconfigurable LNA for Multistandard Wireless Receiver,” 2007 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symp., Honolulu, Hawaii, June, 2007, pp. 65-68. (NSC 95-2220-E-009 -034)
  3. C.-L. Ko, C.-N. Kuo, and Y.-Z. Juang, “On-Chip Transmission Line Modeling and Applications to Millimeter-Wave Circuit Design in 0.13um CMOS Technology,” 2007 International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test, Hsinchu, Taiwan, April 2007, pp. 196-199. (NSC 95-2220-E-009 -034)
  4. T.-T. Hsu, Y.-L. Liu, and C.-N. Kuo, “Sub-mW 5-GHz Receiver Front-End Circuit Design,” the 7th IEEE Topical Meeting on Si Monolithic ICs in RF Systems, Long Beach, CA, January 2007, pp. 205-208. (NSC 94-2220-E-009 -003)

Year 2006

  1. Y.-C. Chen, C.-H. Li, J. K. Huang, C.-N. Kuo, and Y. T. Cheng, “Low Power 3~8-GHz UWB Tunable LNA Design Using SiP Technology,” the 2006 IEEE Int. Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems Proc., Nice, FR, Dec. 2006, pp. 1026-1029.
  2. C.-T. Fu and C.-N. Kuo, “3~11-GHz CMOS UWB LNA Using Dual Feedback for Broadband Matching,” 2006 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symp., San Francisco, CA, June, 2006, pp. 53-56.
  3. T.-T. Hsu and C.-N. Kuo, “Low Voltage, Low Power 6~10.6-GHz Ultra-Wideband CMOS Mixer Combined With Active Balun,” IEEE International Symp. Circuits And System, Kos, Greece, May, 2006.
  4. T.-T. Hsu and C.-N. Kuo, “Low Power 8-GHz Ultra-Wideband Active Balun,” the 6th IEEE Topical Meeting on Si Monolithic ICs in RF Systems, San Diego, CA, January 2006.