Related Research Publications
Sensor Interface ICs
J1
G.T. Ong and P.K. Chan, “A Power-Aware Chopper-Stabilized Instrumentation
Amplifier for Resistive Wheatstone Bridge Sensors”, to appear in IEEE Transactions on
Instrumentation and Measurement, 2014. (Regular Paper)
J2
Alexander Edward and P. K. Chan, “An Ultra-Low Voltage Analog Front End for
Strain Gauge Sensory System Application in 0.18 µm CMOS”, IEICE Transactions on
Electronics, vol. E95-C, no. 4, pp. 733-743, April 2012. (Regular Paper)
J3
J. Cui and P. K. Chan, “A Low-Power Capacitive Transducer for Portable Electrical
Capacitance Tomography with High Dynamic Range”, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 11, no.12,
pp. 3388-3399, Dec. 2011. (Regular Paper)
J4
D. Y. Chen and P. K. Chan, “An Intelligent ISFET Sensory System with Temperature
and Drift Compensation for Long Term Monitoring”, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 8, no. 12, pp.
1948-1959, Dec. 2008. (Regular Paper)
J5
X. L. Zhang and P. K. Chan, “A Low-Power Switched-Capacitor Capacitive
Transducer with High Resolution”, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and
Measurement, vol. 57, no. 7, pp. 1492-1499, July 2008. (Regular Paper)
J6
W. F. Lee and P. K. Chan, “A Capacitive-Based Accelerometer IC using Injection
Nulling Switch Technique”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part I, vol. 55, no. 4,
pp. 980-989, May 2008. (Regular Paper)
J7
P. K. Chan and D. Y. Chen, “A CMOS ISFET Interface Circuit with Dynamic Current
Temperature Compensation Technique”, Special Issue on Smart Sensors, IEEE Transactions
on Circuits and Systems, Part I, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 119-129, Jan. 2007. (Regular Paper)
J8
J. Peng and P. K. Chan, “Analysis of Nonideal Effects on a Tomography-Based
Switched-Capacitor Transducer”, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 381-391, March
2007. (Regular Paper)
J9
K.A. Ng and P. K. Chan, “A CMOS Analog Front End IC for Portable EEG/ECG
Monitoring Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part I, vol. 52, no. 11,
pp. 2335-2347, Nov. 2005. (Regular Paper)
C1
Y.M. Wang, P.K. Chan and Holden K. H. Li, “A Compact CMOS Ring Oscillator with
Temperature and Supply Compensation for Sensor Applications”, Proc. IEEE Computer
Society Annual Symposium on Very Large Scale Integration (ISVLSI), July 2014.
C2
S.Q. Ye and P. K. Chan, “A Low-Power Switched-Capacitor Humidity Sensor
Interface”, Proc. IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), pp. 10391042, Dec. 2010.
C3
Y. Chai and P.K. Chan, “A Low-Power Bio-Sensor Interface with Wide Measurement
Range”, Proc. IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), pp. 117-120,
Dec. 2008.
C4
D.Y. Chen, P.K. Chan and M.S. Tse, “A CMOS ISFET Interface Circuit for Water
Quality Monitoring”, Proc. IEEE Conference on Sensors, pp. 1217-1220, Nov. 2005.
C5
J. Peng and P.K. Chan “A Tomography Based Switched-Capacitor Measuring Circuit
with Low Offset and Low Temperature Drift”, Proc. IEEE Instrumentation and
Measurement Technology Conference (IMTC), Vol. II, pp. 1429-1432, May 2004.
C6
P.K. Chan and J. Cui, “A Precision CMOS Sample-and-Hold Circuit with Low
Temperature Drift for Integrated Transducers”, Proc. IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits
and Systems (MWCAS), Vol. I, pp. 145-148, July 2004.
C7
P.K. Chan and X.L. Zhang, “A Switched-Capacitor Interface Circuit with Reduced
Capacitors in Differential Capacitive Sensor Network”, Proc. European Conference on
Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD), Vol. I, pp. 345-348, Sept.2003
C8
P.K. Chan and H.L. Zhang, “A Switched-Capacitor Interface Circuit for Integrated
Sensor Applications”, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
pp. 372-375, May,2001.
C9
Y.T. Chuah, P.K. Chan and L. Siek, “A Wireless Telemetry System for Strain
Measurement”, Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering
(CCECE), Nova Scotia, Canada, pp. 1018-1021, May 2000.
C10 W.F. Lee, P.K. Chan, L. Siek, M.C. Yeo and S.Y. Chui, “A Capacitive Sensor Interface
using ASM-based Digital Controller for Automobile Application”, Proc. IEEE Asia-Pacific
Conference on ASICS (AP-ASIC), Korea, pp.127-130, Aug.,1999.
C11 W.F. Lee, P.K. Chan and L. Siek, “Electrical Modeling of MEMS Sensor for Integrated
Accelerometer applications”, Proc. IEEE Hong Kong Electron Devices Meeting (HKEDM),
Hong Kong, pp. 88-91, June 1999.
Related Research Publications
Analog/Mixed-Signal ICs
J10
J. K. Yin and P. K. Chan, “Jitter Analysis of Polyphase Filter Based Multiphase Clock
in Frequency Multiplier”, IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, vol.
20, no. 8, pp. 1373-1382, Aug. 2012. (Regular Paper)
J11
X. P. Fan, P. K. Chan and P. Y. Chee, “A 150 MS/s 10 bit CMOS Pipelined Subranging
ADC with Time Constant Reduction Technique”, IEICE Transactions on Electronics, vol. E92C, no. 5, pp. 719-727, May 2009. (Regular Paper)
J12
J. K. Yin and P. K. Chan, “A Low-Jitter Polyphase Filter Based Frequency Multiplier
with Phase Error Calibration”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part II, vol. 55, no.
7, pp. 663-667, July 2008. (Express Briefs)
J13
W.F. Lee and P.K. Chan, “A Low-Cost Programmable Clock Generator for SwitchedCapacitor Applications”, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing”, vol. 47, no. 3,
pp. 247-257, June 2006. (Regular Paper)
J14
W.F. Lee and P.K. Chan, “An Injection-Nulling Switch for Switched-Capacitor Circuit
Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 54, no. 6, pp.
2416-2426, Dec. 2005. (Regular Paper)
J15
K.A. Ng and P.K. Chan, “A Time-Multiplexed Switched-Capacitor CDS Equalizer with
Reduced Crosstalk Layout”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part I, pp. 20652074, vol. 52, no. 10, Oct. 2005. (Regular Paper)
J16
X.P. Fan and P.K. Chan, “Analysis and Design of Low-Distortion CMOS Source
Followers”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part I, vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 1489-1501,
Aug. 2005. (Regular Paper)
C12 X.L. Tan, P.K. Chan and U. Dasgupta, “An Asynchronous Sub-Two-Step Quantizer
for Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta Modulators”, to appear in Proc. IEEE International
Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), June 2014.
C13 M.M.J Herath and P. K. Chan, “A Dynamic Comparator with Analog Offset
Calibration for Biomedical SAR ADC Applications”, Proc. International Symposium on
Integrated Circuits (ISIC), Dec. 2011.
C14 S.L. Mah, P. K. Chan and Mishra S. K., “A Precision Low-Power MismatchCompensated Sample-and-Hold Circuit for Biomedical Applications”, Proc. IEEE Asia Pacific
Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), pp. 192-195, Dec. 2010.
C15 Y. Susanti, P.K. Chan and V.K.S. Ong “An Ultra Low-Power Successive
Approximation ADC Using an Offset-Biased Auto-Zero Comparator”, Proc. IEEE Asia Pacific
Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), pp. 284-287, Dec. 2008.
C16 X.P. Fan and P.K. Chan, “Improved Source-Follower Buffer for High-Speed ADC
testing”, Proc. IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APPCAS),pp. 21-24,
Dec. 2006.
C17 X.P. Fan and P.K. Chan, “A CMOS High-Speed Multistage Preamplifier for
Comparator Design”, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
Vol. I, pp. 545-548, May 2004.
C18 X. P. Fan and P. K. Chan, “A CMOS Duty Cycle Corrector for High-Speed PhaseLocked Loop”, Proc. International Symposium on Integrated Circuits, Devices and Systems,
Sept. 2004.
C19 X.P. Fan, P.K. Chan and L. Siek, “A Highly Linear Switch for High-Speed SwitchedCapacitor Circuits”, Proc. IEEJ International Analog VLSI Workshop, pp. 1-4, September
2002.
C20 K.H. Chow, P.K. Chan and L. Siek, “Overloading in Multistage Sigma-Delta
Modulators”, Proc. IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on ASICS (AP-ASIC), Korea, pp. 242-245,
Aug.1999.
C21 G.B. Lee, P.K. Chan and L. Siek, “A CMOS Phase Frequency Detector for Charge
Pump Phase-Locked Loop”, Proc. IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
(MWSCAS), pp. 601-604, Aug. 1999.
Related Research Publications
Amplifier ICs
J17
S.S. Chong and P. K. Chan, Cross Feedforward Cascode Compensation for Low
Power Three-Stage Amplifier with Large Capacitive Load”, IEEE Journal of Solid-State
Circuits, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 2227-2234, Sept. 2012. (Regular Paper)
J18
M. T. Tan, P. K. Chan, C. K. Lam and C. W. Ng, “AC-Boosting Frequency
Compensation with Double Pole-Zero Cancellation for Multistage Amplifiers”, Journal of
Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing (CSSP), vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 941-951, Oct. 2010
(Regular Paper)
J19
P. K. Chan and J. Cui, “Design of Chopper-Stabilized Amplifiers with Reduced Offset
for Sensor Applications”, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 8, no. 12, pp. 1968-1980, Dec. 2008.
(Regular Paper)
J20
P.K. Chan and Y.C. Chen, “Gain-enhanced Feed-forward Path Compensation
Technique for Pole-Zero Cancellation at Heavy Capacitive Loads”, IEEE Transactions on
Circuits and Systems, Part II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, vol. 50, no.12, pp. 933941, Dec. 2003. (Regular Paper)
J21
P. K. Chan, L.S. Ng, L. Siek and K.T. Lau, “Designing CMOS Folded-Cascode
Operational Amplifier with Flicker Noise Minimization”, Microelectronics Journal, vol. 32,
no.1, pp. 69-73, Jan. 2001. (Regular Paper)
J22
P. K. Chan, L. Siek, T. Lim and K.W. Han, “An Adaptive-Biased Low Input
Capacitance Buffer for Analogue Testing”, IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 36, no.9, pp. 775-776,
April 2000. (Letter)
C22 H. L. Tan, G. T. Ong and P. K. Chan, “An Improved Dynamic-Biased CMOS
Operational Amplifier for Biomedical Circuit Application”, Proc. of International
Symposium on Integrated Circuits (ISIC), Dec. 2011.
C23 H.Y. Zhang, M.T. Tan and P.K. Chan, “A Single-Supply Inductorless CMOS Class G
Speaker Amplifier”, Proc. IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWCAS), Aug.
2011.
C24 G.T. Ong and P.K. Chan, “A Micropower Gate-Bulk Driven Differential Difference
Amplifier with Folded Telescopic Cascode Topology for Sensor Applications”, Proc. IEEE
Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWCAS), pp. 193-196, Aug. 2010.
C25 Gibran Limi Jaya and P. K. Chan, “An Ultra Low-Power CMOS EMG Amplifier with
High Efficiency in Operation Frequency per Power”, Proc. International Symposium on
Integrated Circuits (ISIC), pp. 433-436, Dec. 2009.
C26 X.L. Zhang and P.K. Chan, “An Untrimmed CMOS Amplifier with High CMRR and
Low Offset for Sensor Applications”, Proc. IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and
Systems (APCCAS), pp. 802-805, Dec. 2008.
C27 P.K. Chan, A. H. Grani, H.B. Tan and V. K. S. Ong, “A Micropower CMOS Amplifier
for Portable Surface EMG Recording”, Proc. IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and
Systems (APCCAS), pp. 491-494, Dec. 2006.
C28 P.K. Chan, K.A. Ng and X. L. Zhang, “A CMOS Chopper-Stabilized Differential
Difference Amplifier for Biomedical Integrated Circuits”, Proc. IEEE Midwest Symposium
on Circuits and Systems (MWCAS), Vol. III, pp. 33-36, July 2004.
C29 P.K. Chan and J.C. Tao, “A High-Bandwidth High-Swing CMOS Power Amplifier for
Portable Audio Players”, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
(ISCAS), Vol. I, pp. 301-304, May 2002.
C30 P.K. Chan, L. Siek, H.C. Tay and J.H. Su, “A Low-Offset Class-AB CMOS Operational
Amplifier”, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), vol. III, pp.
455-458, May 2000.
Related Research Publications
Power Management ICs
J23
X.L. Tan, K.C. Koay, S.S. Chong and P.K. Chan. “A FVF LDO Regulator with DualSummed Miller Frequency Compensation for Wide Load Capacitance Range Applications”,
to appear in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part I, Special Issue of ISCAS 2013,
2014. (Regular Paper)
J24
S. S. Chong and P. K. Chan, “A Sub-1V Transient-Enhanced Output-Capacitorless
LDO Regulator with Push-Pull Composite Power Transistor”, to appear in IEEE Transactions
on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, 2014. (Regular Paper)
J25
S.S. Chong and P. K. Chan, “A 0.9-µA Quiescent Current Output-Capacitorless LDO
Regulator with Adaptive Power Transistors in 65-nm CMOS”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits
and Systems, Part I, vol. 60, no. 4, pp/ 1072-1081, April 2013. (Regular Paper)
J26
S. S. Chong, H. Kwantono and P. K. Chan, “A 4.7 µA Quiescent Current, 450 mA
CMOS Low-Dropout Regulator with Fast Transient Response”, IEICE Transactions on
Electronics, vol. E94-C, no. 8, pp. 1271-1281, Aug. 2011. (Regular Paper)
J27
G. T. Ong and P. K. Chan, “A Low Quiescent Biased Regulator with High PSR
Dedicated to Micropower Sensor Circuits”, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 12661275, July 2010. (Regular Paper)
J28
Y. Tian and P. K. Chan, “Design of High-Performance Analog Circuits using
Wideband Gm-Enhanced MOS Composite Transistors”, IEICE Transactions on Electronics,
vol. E93-C, no. 7, pp. 1199-1208, July 2010. (Regular Paper)
C31 K. C. Koay, S. S. Chong and P. K. Chan, “A FVF Based Output Capacitorless LDO
Regulator with Wide Load Capacitance Range, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on
Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 1488-1491, May 2013.
C32 G. T. Ong and P. K. Chan, “A Low Noise, 1.28µA Quiescent Regulator with
Broadband High PSR for Micropower Sensors”, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on
Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), May 2012.
C33 S.S. Chong and P. K. Chan, “A Flipped Voltage Follower Based Low-Dropout
Regulator with Composite Power Transistor”, Proc. International Symposium on
Integrated Circuits (ISIC), Dec. 2011.
C34 S.S. Chong and P.K. Chan, “A Quiescent Power-Aware Low-Voltage Low Dropout
Regulator for SoC Applications”, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and
Systems (ISCAS), pp. 37-40, May 2011.
C35 H.Y. Zhang, P.K. Chan and M. T. Tan, “A High PSR Voltage Reference for DC-to-DC
Converter Applications”, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
(ISCAS), pp. 816-819, May 2009.
Graduate Students
List of Graduated PhD Students
1. Lee Wing Foon, “A Signal-Conditioning Chip for Accelerometer Application”. PhD
Thesis 2006.
2. Fan Xian Ping, “A High-Speed CMOS Pipelined Subranging ADC”, PhD Thesis 2006.
3. Chen Deyu, “An Intelligent ISFET Sensory System for Water Quality Monitoring”, PhD
Thesis 2009.
4. Yin Jee Khoi, “A Low Jitter Frequency Multiplier”, PhD Thesis 2009.
5. Cui Jie, “A Monolithic Capacitive Transducer for Electrical Capacitance Tomography",
PhD Thesis 2010.
6. Ong Geok Teng, “A Low-Offset Small-Area Micropower Chopper-Stabilized
Instrumentation Amplifier Dedicated to Sensor Applications” PhD Thesis 2012.
7. Chong Sau Siong, “Design of High-Performance Low-Dropout Regulators for On-Chip
Applications”, PhD Thesis 2014.
List of Graduated MEng Students
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7.
8.
Lee Guan Boon, “Low-Voltage Phase-Locked Loop”, MEng Thesis 2001.
Chuah Yew Tat, “Inductively-Coupled Transmitter”, MEng Thesis 2001.
Chow Kit Ho, Melvin, “High Resolution Sigma-Delta A/D Converter”, MEng Thesis 2001.
Zhang Hong Liang, “Mixed-Signal Multi-Dimensional Capacitive Sensor”, MEng Thesis
2001.
Zhang Xiao Ling, “A Sensing Interface for High-Resolution Accelerometers”, MEng
Thesis 2004.
Ng Kian Ann, “A Monolithic IC System for Portable Medical Applications”, MEng Thesis
2005.
Peng Jia, “A Transducer for Tomography Imaging Applications”, MEng Thesis 2006.
Zhang Hui Yuan, “Design of a Class G Audio Amplifier”, MEng Thesis 2012.
List of Graduated MSc Students
1. Tao Jian Cheng, “Design of a CMOS Class-AB Power Amplifier”, MSc Thesis 2001.
2. Chen Yi Chang, “Compensation Strategy in CMOS Operational Amplifier Design”, MSc
Thesis 2002.
3. Kyaw Htin, “On-Chip Automatic Tuning Circuit”, MSc Thesis 2003.
4. Ding Jeng Chung, “A Bandwidth-efficient CMOS Operational Amplifier for Low-Voltage
Applications”, MSc Thesis 2004.
5. Oung Kar Liang, “Nano Gap IC Interface Circuit” MSc Thesis 2007. (NTU-TUM Joint MSc)
6. Mukesh Rao Engla Syam “Design of Sensor Interface for Nanowire Sensor for BioMedical Applications”, MSc Thesis 2007. (NTU-TUM Joint MSc)
7. Sravanthi Vullikanti, “Design of an Ultra Low-Power Interface Circuit for MEM-Based
Accelerometer IC” MSc Thesis 2007. (NTU-TUM Joint MSc)
8. Shiv Kumar Mishra, “Analysis and Design of a CMOS Sample-and-Hold Circuit for
Biomedical Applications”, MSc Thesis 2007.
9. Mirea Iulian, “A CMOS Capacitor Multiplier”, MSc Thesis 2008.
List of Current Postgraduate Students
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Wang Yanmei
Tan Xiaoliang
Koay Kuan Chang
Wang Dong
Xiao Fei
(PhD)
(PhD)
(PhD)
(PhD)
(MEng)
On-going
On-going
On-going
On-going
On-going
Current Job Position of Former Research Students
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Chen Deyu
Chong Sau Siong
Senior Staff Scientist
Design Engineer
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Chuah Yew Tat
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Cui Jie
Principal Member of
Technical Staff
IPR and Patent Manager
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Fan Xian Ping
Hendra Kwantono
Iulian Mirea
Lee Wing Foon
Principal Engineer
Design Engineer
Principal Engineer
Associate Professor
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Lee Guan Boon
Mukesh Rao Engla Syam
Ong Geok Teng
Peng Jia
Ng Kian Ann
Senior IC Design Engineer
Senior Design Engineer
Senior Staff Engineer
Principal Engineer
Research Fellow
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Sravanthi Vullikanti
Tay Hwee Chua
Design Engineer
Director
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Tian Yang
Yin Jee Khoi
Zhang Hong Liang
Zhang Hui Yuan
Research Assistant
Scientist
Director
IC Design Engineer
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Zhang Xiao Ling
Principal Engineer
Broadcom, Singapore
Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific
Pte Ltd.
Maxim Integrated, Singapore
Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific
Pte Ltd.
O2 Micro, Singapore
Broadcom, Singapore
Broadcom, U. S. A.
University of Electronic Science
and Technology of China
ST Microelectronics, Singapore
ON Semiconductor, India
MediaTek, Singapore
Avago Technologies, Singapore
Singapore Institute
of Neurotechnology
Texas Instruments, India
MEDs IC Solutions Pte Ltd.
(MOSIS Asia Pacific HQ Office)
Temasek Laboratories @ NTU
Institute of Infocomm Research
Luminex Pte Ltd. Singapore
Panasonic Semiconductor Asia
Pte Ltd.
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