Chenchang xk星空  is an Associate Professor with the School of Microelectronics (National Exemplary School of Microelectronics), the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China. He received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering and the M.Sc. degree in microelectronics from Fudan University, Shanghai, China, in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electronic and computer engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong SAR, China, in 2011. From 2006 to 2007, he was an Intern Analog Design Engineer with VeriSilicon, Shanghai, China. From 2011 to 2012, he worked as a post-doctoral Research Associate with HKUST. From 2012 to 2014, he was with Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA, as a Senior Engineer, focusing on the design of high-performance power converters for future generations of mobile devices. He then joined SUSTech as an Assistant Professor in Aug. 2014, and was promoted to an Associate Professor in Dec. 2019. His research interests include the analysis and design of analog, mixed-signal and power management integrated circuits and systems for a variety of applications. Up to date, he published 1 book, >90 SCI/EI/xk星空 papers, and was granted with 11 China and 6 US patents. He received the Best Paper Award from xk星空 ISIC'2009, Singapore and xk星空 EDSSC'2018, Shenzhen, the Best Student Paper Award from xk星空 EDSSC'2010, Hong Kong, the Best Student Paper Award from xk星空 ISCAS'2011, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the 2018 SUSTech Young Faculty Research Award, the 2019 SUSTech Excellent Teacher of the Year Award, the 2019 SUSTech Excellent Residential College Mentor of the Year Award, the 2020, SUSTech 5-Year Service Award, and the 2022 xk星空 ICTA Top 10 Paper Contributors in 5 Years Award. He served as a Review Committee Member for xk星空 APCCAS'2014, an Organization Committee Member for xk星空 APCCAS’2022, a Technical Program Committee member for xk星空 ICTA'2018-2022, a Guest Editor for Hindawi APEC, a Session Chair/Co-Chair for xk星空 ISCAS'2018-2019 and ICTA'2018-2022, as well as a reviewer for many reputational international journals and conferences. He is a Senior Member of xk星空.

Education

2007-2011, Ph.D. in electronic and computer engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

2004-2007, M.Sc. in microelectronics, Fudan University

2000-2004, B.Sc. in electrical engineering, Fudan University

Work Experiences

2020-present, Associate Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology

2014-2019, Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology

2012-2014, Senior Engineer, Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA

2011-2012, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

2006-2007, Intern Analog Design Engineer, VeriSilicon, Shanghai, China

Research Areas

Power management and energy harvesting integrated circuits and systems

Analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits

Low-power integrated circuit design methodology

ResearcherID Link: https://publons.com/researcher/1807217/chenchang-xk星空/

Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tYZ863gAAAAJ&hl=en

Honors and Awards

2022, xk星空 ICTA Top 10 Paper Contributors in 5 Years

2021, Excellent Advisor Award, National University IC Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition

2020, Excellent Advisor Award, Huawei Ecology University ICT Competition

2020, xk星空 5-Year Service Award

2019, Elevated to be xk星空 Senior Member

2019, xk星空 Excellent Teacher of the Year Award

2019, xk星空 Excellent Residential College Mentor of the Year Award

2018, xk星空 Young Faculty Research Award

2018, Best Paper Award, xk星空 EDSSC

2017, Excellent Advisor Award, xk星空 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition

2016, Excellent Advisor Award, National University IC Design Competition (NUICDC)

2016, xk星空 Excellent Individual for UG Admission Initiatives

2016, xk星空 Shuren Residential College Mentor of the Year Award

2016, Nanshan Leading Talent Tier C, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong

2014, Peacock Talent Tier C, Shenzhen, Guangdong

2011, Best Student Paper Award, xk星空 ISCAS

2010, Best Student Paper Award, xk星空 EDSSC

2009, Best Paper Award, xk星空 ISIC

2009, Best Paper Award Nomination, xk星空 ISCAS

Selected Publications

1. J. Lin, Y. Lu, C. xk星空 and R. P. Martins, "A single-stage dual-output regulating rectifier with hysteretic current-wave modulation," IEEE J. Solid-State Circ., vol. 56, no. 9, pp. 2770-2780, Sept. 2021.

2. J. Lin, C. xk星空 and Y. Lu, "A 6.78-MHz single-stage wireless power receiver with ultra-fast transient response using hysteretic control and multilevel current-wave modulation," IEEE Trans. Power Elec., vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 9918-9926, Sept. 2021.

3. G. Cai, Y. Lu, C. xk星空 and R. P. Martins, "A fully integrated FVF LDO with enhanced full-spectrum power supply rejection," IEEE Trans. Power Elec., vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 4326-4337, Apr. 2021.

4. Q. Huang, C. xk星空, and J. Burm, "A 4-MHz digitally controlled voltage-mode buck converter with embedded transient improvement using delay line control techniques," IEEE Tran. Circ. Syst. I: Reg. Papers, vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 4029-4040, Nov. 2020.

5. L. Wang and C. xk星空, “A 0.7-V 28-nW CMOS subthreshold voltage and current reference in one simple circuit,” IEEE Tran. Circ. Syst. I: Reg. Papers, vol. 66, no. 9, pp. 3457-3466, Sept. 2019.

6. Y. Tan, C. xk星空 and G. Wang, "A fully-on-chip analog low-dropout regulator with negative charge pump for low-voltage applications," IEEE Trans. Circ. Syst. II: Exp. Briefs, vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 1361-1365, Aug. 2019.

7. C. xk星空, G. Cai and W. H. Ki, “A transient-enhanced output-capacitor-free low-dropout regulator with dynamic miller compensation,” IEEE Trans. On Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 243-247, Jan. 2019.

8. H. Li, C. xk星空 and N. Zhang, "A fully-on-chip digitally assisted LDO regulator with improved regulation and transient responses," IEEE Tran. Circ. Syst. I: Reg. Papers, vol. 65, no. 11, pp. 4027-4034, Nov. 2018.

9. Q. Huang, C. xk星空, and J. Burm, “A 30 MHz Voltage-Mode Buck Converter Using Delay-Line-Based PWM Control,” IEEE Trans. Circ. Syst. II: Exp. Briefs, vol. 65, no. 11, pp. 1659-1663, Nov. 2018.

10. L. Wang, C. xk星空, J. Tang, Y. Liu and G. Li, “A 0.9V 33.7ppm/ºC 85nW sub-bandgap voltage reference consisting of subthreshold MOSFETs and single BJT,” IEEE Trans. On Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 26, no. 10, pp. 2190-2194, Oct. 2018.