EE Building 9F R92901
Professor Kuang-Wei Cheng
Address
Email
TEL
+886-6-2757575 ext.62369
Lab Weblink
Wireless Integrated Circuits and Systems Lab
(R92971/ext.62400-1671)
Background
Educations
2009
Ph.D., University of Washington, WA, USA
2002
M.S.E.E., National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2000
B.S.E.E., National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Experiences
2023-present
Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan
2017-2023
Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan
2012-2017
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan
2010-2012
Principal Investigator of Biomedical IC Group, Institute of Microelectronics, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore
2006
Circuit Design Engineer, National Semiconductor Corporation, USA
2002-2004
IC Design Senior Engineer, MediaTek Inc., Taiwan
Specialities
- Ultra-low-power RF front-end circuits and energy efficient wireless transceivers
- Low power techniques for ADC and PLL
- Wireless power transfer and energy harvest techniques
- Bio-medical and sensor interface integrated circuits design
Publication
Journal
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- S.-K. Chang, Z.-W. Lin, and K.-W. Cheng, “A Multi-Channel Injection-Locked OOK Transmitter with Current Mode Edge-Combining Power Amplifier,” IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters, vol. 7, pp. 111-114, 2024. (Invited)
- K.-W. Cheng, S.-K. Chang, S.-T. Chang, S.-L. Li, and Y.-C. Huang, “A 11 pJ/bit Multichannel OOK/FSK/QPSK Transmitter with Multi-Phase Injection-Locking and Frequency Multiplication Techniques,” IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 70, no. 12, pp. 5229-5241, Dec. 2023
- C.-Y. Li, Z.-H. Chen, H.-Y. Kao, P.-Y. Hsiao, Y.-H. Huang, S.-K. Chang, Y.-C. Huang, S.-Y. Chu, C.-L. We, Y.-H. Liu, K.-W. Cheng, C.-C. Tsai, “Design and development of a low-power wireless MEMS lead-free piezoelectric accelerometer system,” IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 72, pp. 1-11, Feb. 2023
Conference
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- T-J Hsu, J-H Hong, and K.-W. Cheng, “28 GHz VCO Using Magnetically Tuning Trifilar Transformer in Cryogenic CMOS Application,” in IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), May 2024, pp. 1-4
- S.-K. Chang, S.-T. Chang, Z.-W. Lin, and K.-W. Cheng, “An 890 μW Multichannel Injection-Locked OOK Transmitter with 23% Global Efficiency and 22 pJ/bit Energy Efficiency,” in IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conf. (ASSCC), Nov. 2023, pp. 1-3. (Invited paper of A-SSCC special session at 2024 CICC)
- S. Wang and K.-W. Cheng, “A 24 GHz Single‐To‐Differential LNA With Transformer Coupling and Current Reuse Techniques,” in Taiwan and Japan Conf. on Circuits and Systems (TJCAS), Sep. 2023
Patent
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- K.-W. Cheng, C.-A. Shen, and T.-J. Hsu, “Semiconductor device and operating method thereof,” US Patent App. 18/679,255, 2024
- K.-W. Cheng, Y.-C. Wu, and S.-E. Chen, “Self-Compensated Complementary Rectifier,” TW Patent I623182, 2018.
- K.-W. Cheng, W.-H. Ho, and S.-K. Chang, “Ultra Low Power Transmitter Applied in Multi-Channel Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) Communication,” US Patent 9,565,042, 2017.
Others
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- Kuang-Wei Cheng and Yi-Jen Chiu,“The Realization of the Batteryless IoT Link,” MOST Science Development Monthly, no. 527, Nov. 2016
Projects
- 晶片前瞻技術模組教材發展計畫—前瞻設計模組, Jan. 2024–Mar. 2025
- Ultra-low power multi-mode multi-channel wireless transmitter for the IOT, Aug. 2023–Jul. 2026
- NSF ACED: ROOTS: Real-time Optimization Of Transceiver Systems, Jul. 2023–Jun. 2026
- Design of High Sensitivity Rectifier for RFID, Oct. 2022–Sep. 2023
- Low voltage phase lock loop, Sep. 2022-Aug. 2024
- Ultra-Low-Power High-Sensitivity Receiver for Low-Power Wide-Area Network and Narrowband Internet of Things Applications, Aug. 2022–Jul. 2023.
- High-Security and Low-Power Design & Test Technologies for SOC in IoT Edge Nodes, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA, US, Jul. 2022–Jun. 2024
- Low power low jitter clock generator, Mar. 2022-Feb. 2024
- High sensitivity radio frequency identification technology, Oct. 2022- Sep. 2023
- TSMC-NCKU RF Research Center, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC), and Ministry of Science and Technology, July 2021–Jun. 2023.
- AI and PUF-based Technologies for Low-power and Secure IoT Chips and Networks,” Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA, US, Jun. 2020–May 2022.
- Design and Measurement of Radio Frequency Identification,” UltraChip, Jan. 2020–Jul. 2020.
- Wireless RF Energy Harvester,” CMOS-Crystal, Aug. 2018–Jul. 2019.
- Analysis, design and implementation of high-security, low-power IoT circuits and systems, May 2018–Apr. 2022, Co-PI
- Ultra-low-power interferer-resilient wireless transceiver for high RF security wake-up IoT systems, May 2018–Apr. 2022,PI
- The development of wireless lead-free piezoelectric MEMS accelerometers system with low power consumption, Jun. 2017–May 2018.
- Ultra-low-power wake-up receiver for self-powering sensor platform, Dec. 2016–Dec 2017
- Ultra-low-power multi-mode wireless transceiver for IoT applications, Aug. 2016–Jul. 2019
- Ultra low power capacitive to digital converter for environmental humidity detection on self-powering sensor platform, Dec. 2015 - Dec. 2016
- 應用於腦波感知安全帽之神經放大器, College student research scholarship, Jul. 2015–Feb. 2016
- 無線電獵能裝置轉換驅動電子鐘, College student research scholarship, Jul. 2014–Feb. 2015
- Low power quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator, Jul. 2013 - Aug. 2015, PI
- General: A self-sustained wireless communication system with green energy harvesters; Sub-project 2: An ultra-low power, miniaturized transceiver for autonomous radio, May. 2013 - Apr. 2016, PI
- An ultra-low power, miniaturized transceiver for autonomous radio, May 2013–Apr. 2016
- Ultra low power wake-up receiver for wireless sensor networks, Jul. 2012 - Aug. 2013, PI
Classes
2023 Fall
2023 Spring
2022 Fall
2022 Spring
2021 Fall
2020 Spring
Students
Current Academic Year Lab Members
Master
Sin Wang
You-Ren Chuang
Ming-Hsuan Kuo
Yen-Chang Chen
Yun-Sheng Hsieh
Yi-Hsuan Hsia
Tai-Jung Hsu
Yu-Chi Chiu
Kai-Chen Wu
Zhi-Wei Lin
Jhih-Hao Hong
Shao-Chen Chang
Kuo-Ching Tai
Chia-Han Wu
Cheng-Ru Liu
Tsung-Kai Hsu
You-Ting Ye
Pei-Ling Chen
Chia-Hsuan Shih
Hao-Xhe Chen
Zong-EN Wu
Graduates of all Previous Years
master
100
Yu-Chun Ying (co-advisor)
102
Shih-En Chen   Wen-Hao He
103
Yu-Hao Chiu (co-advisor)
104
Jhih-Syuan Lin
105
Yi-Ching Wu   Shang-Te Yang
106
Sing-Hao Wang
107
Chen-Min Chou   Hsin-Fang Li   Sih-Hong Chen   Yung-Chang Lin   Wei-Wei Chen   Zhi-Ting Tsai
108
Yu-Chieh Huang   Yu-Ting Chiu
109
Si-Lou Li   Li-Xuan Tsai
110
Jia-Cheng LI   Jing-Guang Chen   Bo-Sheng Li   Cheng-Hao Kao
111
Chao-An Shen   Yi-Chung Lin   Shao-Ting Chang   Jen-Wei Hsu
112
Pin-Cheng Yeh   Sin Wang   You-Ren Chuang   Ming-Hsuan Kuo   Yen-Chang Chen   Yun-Sheng Hsieh   Yi-Hsuan Hsia
Ph.D.
109
Shih-En Chen
112
Sheng-Kai Chang
Honors
- S.-K. chang,Zhi-Wei Lin:Bronze Award of Design Group, 24th Macronix Golden Silicon Awards, Taiwan, 2024
- Outstanding Young Scholar Award, Taiwan Integrated Circuit Design Society (TICD), Taiwan, 2024
- Zhi-Wei Lin:Student Travel Grant, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2024
- Zhi-Wei Lin, Kai-Chen Wu : Excellent Prize of Analog Circuits Design Group, University/College IC Contest, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2024
- Sin-Wang, Yen-Chang Chen : Design integrity of the Certificate, Analog Circuits Design Group, University/College IC Contest, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2024
- Shao-Chen Chang,Jhih-Hao Hong : Design integrity of the Award, Analog Circuits Design Group, University/College IC Contest, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2023
- Pin-Cheng Yeh, Yun-Sheng Hsieh : Design integrity of the Award, Analog Circuits Design Group, University/College IC Contest, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2023
- Jen-Wei Hsu, Shao-Ting Chang : Design integrity of the Award, Analog Circuits Design Group, University/College IC Contest, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2023
- Best Advisor Award/Bronze Award of Design Group, 22th Macronix Golden Silicon Awards, Taiwan, 2022
- Pin-Cheng Yeh:Lam Research Thesis Award
- Yi-Chung Lin,Pin-Cheng Yeh:Bronze Award of Design Group, 20th Macronix Golden Silicon Awards, Taiwan, 2022
- Excellent Teaching Faculty Award, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, NCKU,2021
- Shao-Ting Chang, Zong-Yun Cai : Design integrity of the Award, Analog Circuits Design Group, University/College IC Contest, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2021
- Deng-Shen Yang:Undergraduate research fellowship, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST),2021
- S.-K. Chang, S.-E. Chen:Bronze Award of Design Group, 20th Macronix Golden Silicon Awards, Taiwan, 2020
- Best Advisor Award, 20th Macronix Golden Silicon Awards, Taiwan, 2020
- Li-Xuan Cai,Cheng-Hao Gao:Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award2020
- Deng-Shen Yang:Undergraduate research fellowship, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST),2020
- Yu-Chieh Huang:The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China,2019
- Future Science and Technology Breakthrough Award,MOST,2019
- Best Young Professional Member Award, IEEE Tainan Section,2019
- Excellent Teaching Faculty Award, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, NCKU,2019
- IEEE Tainan Section Macronix Award, 2018
- C.-M. Chou, S.-H. Chen : Design integrity of the Award, Analog Circuits Design Group, University/College IC Contest, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2018
- S.-K. chang : Winner of the SSCS 2017- 2018 Circuit Analysis and Design Contest
- S.-K. Chang, S.-E. Chen:Silver Award of Design Group, 17th Macronix Golden Silicon Awards, Taiwan, 2017
- C.-M. Chou:Best Design, CIC Outstanding Chip Design Award, 2017
- Best Advisor Award, 17th Macronix Golden Silicon Awards, Taiwan, 2017
- Outstanding Advanced Research Project Award, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2016
- Excellent Teaching Faculty Award, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, NCKU, 2016
- S.-E. Chen, S.-K. Chang:Bronze Award, Technology and Engineering for New Generation (TENG) Prize, NCKUEE, 2016
- S.-E. Chen, S.-T. Yang:Excellence Award of Application Group, 16th Macronix Golden Silicon Awards, Taiwan, 2016
- Outstanding Project Award, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2015
- J.-S. Lin, P.-M. Chu, S.-K. Chang : Excellent Teaching Assistant Award, NCKUEE, 2015
- S.-E. Chen, Y.-H. Chiu : Design integrity of the Award, Analog Circuits Design Group, University/College IC Contest, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2015
- Best Student Paper Award, IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symp., 2009
- Graduate Student Travel Award, Graduate School's Fund for Excellence and Innovation, University of Washington, Seattle, 2008
- Outstanding Student Designer Award, Analog Devices Inc., 2008
- Second Place, VLSI Conference Poster Contest, Dept. of Electric Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, 2006
- Lee Memorial Fellowship, College of Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, 2005-2006
- Excellent Prize of Analog Circuit Design Group, University Integrated Circuit Design Contest, Taiwan, 2002
- Excellent Prize of Hard IP Design Group, University Silicon Intellectual Property Design Contest, Taiwan, 2002
- First Prize of Design Group, 2nd Semiconductor Design and Application Competition, Macronix Golden Silicon Awards, Taiwan, 2002