JUNJIE LU
(618) 967-3751
5300 California Avenue, Irvine, CA 92617
junjielu@broadcom.com
EDUCATION
 Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Aug. 2010 – May 2014
• Dissertation: An Analog VLSI Deep Machine Learning Implementation, Advisor: Dr. Jeremy Holleman
• GPA: 4.0/4.0
 B. S. in Electrical Engineering
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
• GPA: 3.7/4.0
Sep. 2007 – Jul. 2010
WORK AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
 Scientist, Staff II – Design
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA
• Research on low-power, high-precision analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits
 Intern – IC Design
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA
• Design analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits
Mar. 2014 – Present
Feb. 2014 – Mar. 2014
 Research Assistant
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Aug. 2010 – Feb. 2014
• Research on ultra-low-power analog and mixed signal integrated circuit to implement efficient analog
signal processing algorithms
 Intern – IC Design
Siemens Medical Solutions, USA
• Design analog circuit for medical imaging systems
May 2013 – Aug. 2013
 R&D Engineer
Philips Electronics, Shanghai, China
Jul. 2007 – May. 2010
• Research on and design switching mode DC-DC converter and power management IC
HONORS AND AWARDS
• Top10 best student papers at IEEE 7th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
• Frontpage featured article in Electronics Letters
• The University of Tennessee EECS Department Excellence Fellowship
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University National Scholarship
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University Excellent Student Honor
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University Freshmen Fellowship
2014
2014
2010 – 2012
2005
2004
2003
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
 Membership
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Member of IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, Member of IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
2012 – 2014
 Reviewing (Served as Expert Reviewer more than 80 times)
Professional Journals
• IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC)
• IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI)
• IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (TCASII)
• IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (TPEL)
• IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (JETCAS)
• IET Electronics Letters (EL)
• Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing (ALOG)
• International Journal of Electronics and Communications (AEUE)
• Journal of Semiconductors (JOS)
• Chinese Journal of Electronics (CJE)
Conference Proceedings
• 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
• 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
• 2014 IEEE International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC)
• 2014 The 12th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference
• 2013 International conference on Consumer Electronics, Communications and Networks
 Technical Program Committee Member
• 2013 International Conference on Consumer Electronics, Communications and Networks
• 2014 International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability
• 2015 International Conference on Multimedia Technology
• 2014 International Conference on Smart Electronics and Communication
• 2015 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Informatics, Communication and Energy Systems
 Editorial Board
• International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
PUBLICATIONS (TOTAL CITATION 80)
 Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:
J. Lu, S. Young, I. Arel and J. Holleman, " A 1 TOPS/W Analog Deep Machine-Learning Engine with FloatingGate Storage in 0.13 μm CMOS", IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 270-281, Jan. 2015.
J. Lu, T. Yang, M. S. Jahan and J. Holleman, "A nano-power tunable bump circuit using a wide-input-range
pseudo-differential transconductor," Electron. Lett., vol. 50, no. 13, pp. 921-923, June. 2014.
J. Lu and J. Holleman, "A low-power high-precision comparator with time-domain bulk-tuned offset
cancellation," IEEE Trans. Circuits and Syst. I, Reg. Papers, May, 2013, pp. 1600-1603.
S. Young, J. Lu, J. Holleman and I. Arel, "On the impact of approximate computation in an analog DeSTIN
architecture," IEEE Trans. Neural Netw. Learn. Syst., vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 934-946, May. 2014.
 Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings:
J. Lu, S. Young, I. Arel and J. Holleman, "A 1TOPS/W analog deep machine-learning engine with floating-gate
storage in 0.13μm CMOS," in IEEE Int. Solid-State Circuits Conf. (ISSCC) Dig. Tech. Papers, Feb. 2014, pp.
504-505.
J. Lu, S. Young, I. Arel and J. Holleman, "An analog online clustering circuit in 130nm CMOS," in Proc. IEEE
Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (ASSCC), Nov. 2013, pp. 177-180.
J. Lu and J. Holleman, "A wideband ultra-low-current on-chip ammeter," in Proc. IEEE Custom Integr. Circuits
Conf. (CICC), Sept. 2012, pp. 1-4.
J. Lu and J. Holleman, "A floating-gate analog memory with bidirectional sigmoid updates in a standard digital
process," in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits Syst. (ISCAS), May 2013, pp. 1600-1603.
J. Lu and J. Holleman, "A low-power dynamic comparator with time-domain bulk-driven offset cancellation," in
Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits Syst. (ISCAS), May 2012, pp. 2493-2496.
J. Lu, T. Yang, M. S. Jahan and J. Holleman, "A Low-Power 84-dB Dynamic-Range Tunable Gm-C Filter for
Bio-Signal Acquisition," in Proc. 57th IEEE Midwest Symp. Circuits Syst. (MWSCAS), Aug. 2014, pp. 1029-1032.
M. S. Jahan, T. Yang, J. Lu, J. Holleman, " A 167 µW 915 MHz Gain-Boosted LC VCO," in Proc. IEEE Int.
Symp. Circuits Syst. (ISCAS), May 2015.
T. Yang, J. Lu, M. S. Jahan, K. Griffin, J. Langford, J. Holleman, " A Configurable 5.9 μW Analog Front-End for
Biosignal Acquisition," in Proc. IEEE Custom Integr. Circuits Conf. (CICC), Sept. 2015 (to appear).
Y. Xue, J. Lu, Z. Wang, L. M. Tolbert, B. J. Blalock and F. Wang, "Active compensation of current unbalance in
paralleled silicon carbide MOSFETs," in Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition
(APEC), Mar. 2014, pp. 1471-1477.
Y. Xue, J. Lu, Z. Wang, L. M. Tolbert, B. J. Blalock and F. Wang, "Active current balancing for parallelconnected silicon carbide MOSFETs," in Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Sept.
2013, pp. 1563-1569.
T. Yang, J. Lu and J. Holleman, "A high input impedance low-noise instrumentation amplifier with JFET input,"
in Proc. 56th IEEE Midwest Symp. Circuits Syst. (MWSCAS), Aug. 2013.
Y. Xue, J. Lu, Z. Wang, L. M. Tolbert, B. J. Blalock and F. Wang, " A Compact Planar Rogowski Coil Current
Sensor for Active Current Balancing of Parallel-Connected Silicon Carbide MOSFETs," in Proc. IEEE Energy
Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Sept. 2014, pp. 4685-4690.
T. Yang, J. Lu, N. Poore and J. Holleman, "A Current-Reuse Complementary-Input Chopper-Stabilized
Amplifier for Neural Recording," in Proc. IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conf. (NEWCAS), Jun.
2014, pp. 85-88.
 Thesis
J. Lu, "An Analog VLSI Deep Machine Learning Implementation," Ph. D. Dissertation, the University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mar. 2014.
PRESENTATIONS
 A 1TOPS/W analog deep machine-learning engine with floating-gate storage in 0.13μm CMOS, at IEEE
International Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2014.
 A Low-Power 84-dB Dynamic-Range Tunable Gm-C Filter for Bio-Signal Acquisition, at. 57th IEEE
Midwest Symp. Circuits Syst. (MWSCAS), Aug. 2014
 A wideband ultra-low-current on-chip ammeter, at IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2013.
 A floating-gate analog memory with bidirectional sigmoid updates in a standard digital process, at IEEE
International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2013.
 A low-power dynamic comparator with time-domain bulk-driven offset cancellation, at IEEE International
Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2012.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2010-2012
• Teaching Assistant of ECE 400 - Senior Design, ECE 336 - Electronics and ECE 255 - Logic Design