Yihan Zhang


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A full-stack IC (integrated circuit) engineer working on multi-disciplinary projects



"... find the tallest Chinese guy in the crowd. That is Yihan. "

— Ken Shepard

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Publications

A complete list is also available at my Google Scholar page. List of publications in reverse chronological order (as of May 2023):

  1. Y. You, R. Tian, Y. Zhang, Z. Chen, W. Lu, and Y.Zhang, “A 15.7 V-compliant 86% Peak Efficiency Current-Mode Stimulator with Dynamic Voltage Supply for Implantable Medical Devices”, 2023 IEEE European Solid-State Circuit Conference (ESSCIRC), Sep. 12, 2023.

  2. X. Xu, L. Shen, S. Ye, J. Wu, Z. Chen, J. Gao, J. Cui, Y. Zhang, R. Huang, and L. Ye, “A 12.5-ppm/oC 1.086nW/kHz Relaxation Oscillator with Clock-Gated Discrete-Time Comparator in 22nm CMOS Technology”, 2023 IEEE European Solid-State Circuit Conference (ESSCIRC), Sep. 12, 2023.

  3. Y. You, K. Ma, R. Tian, Y. Zhang, Z. Chen, and Y. Zhang, “A 10-bit 15 V-Compliant Bi-Phasic Current-Mode Vagus Nerve Stimulation Circuit in 180 nm BCD Technology”, to appear in 2023 International Symposium on Circuit and Systems (ISCAS), May. 22, 2023.

  4. Y. Zhang, Y. You, W. Ren, X. Xu, L. Shen, J. Ru, R. Huang, and L. Ye, “A 0.954nW 32kHz Crystal Oscillator in 22nm CMOS with Gm-C-Based Current Injection Control,” in 2023 IEEE International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), pp. 68-69, Feb. 20, 2023

  5. Y. Zhang, P. Muthuraman, V. Andino-Pavlovsky, I. Uguz, J. Elloian, and K. L. Shepard, “Augmented Ultrasonography with Implanted CMOS Electronic Motes,” in Nature Communications, 13, 3521, 2022.

  6. X. Xu, S. Ye, J. Gao, Y. Zhang, L. Shen, and L. Ye, “A 32-ppm/oC 0.9-nW/kHz Relaxation Oscillator with Event-Driven Architecture and Charge Reuse Technique,” in 2022 International Symposium on Circuit and Systems (ISCAS), Jun. 1, 2022.

  7. C. Xue, Y. Zhang, P. Chen, M. Zhu, T. Wu, M. Wu, Y. He, and L. Ye, “Reliability-Improved Read Circuit and Self-Terminating Write Circuit for STT-MRAM in 16 nm FinFET”, in 2022 International Symposium on Circuit and Systems (ISCAS), May. 31, 2022.

  8. H. Zhang, L. Shen, S. Zhang, H. Li, Y. Zhang, Z. Tan, R. Huang, and L. Ye, “A 77μW 115dB-Dynamic-Range 586fA-Sensitivity Current-Domain Continuous-Time Zoom ADC with Pulse-Width-Modulated Resistor DAC and Background Offset Compensation Scheme,” in 2022 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), pp. 1-2, Apr. 24, 2022.

  9. Y. Zhang, C. Xue, X. Wang, T. Liu, J. Gao, P. Chen, J. Liu, L. Sun, L. Shen, J. Ru, L. Ye, and R. Huang, “Single-Mode 6T CMOS SRAM Macros with Keeper-Loading-Free Peripherals and Row-Separate Dynamic Body Bias Achieving 2.53fW/bit Leakage for AIoT Sensing Platforms,” in 2022 IEEE International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), pp. 184-186, Feb. 20, 2022

  10. Y. Liu, Z. Wang, W. He, L. Shen, Y. Zhang, P. Chen, M. Wu, H. Zhang, P. Zhou, J. Liu, G. Sun, J. Ru, L. Ye, and R. Huang, “An 82nW 0.53pJ/SOP Clock-Free Spiking Neural Network with 40µs Latency for AIoT Wake-Up Functions Using Ultimate-Event-Driven Bionic Architecture and Computing-in-Memory Technique,” in 2022 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), pp. 372-374, Feb. 20, 2022

  11. L. Ye, Z. Wang, Y. Liu, P. Chen, H. Li, H. Zhang, M. Wu, W. He, L. Shen, Y. Zhang, Z. Tan, Y. Wang, and R. Huang, “The Challenges and Emerging Technologies for Low-Power Artificial Intelligence IoT Systems,” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 68, no. 12, pp. 4821-4834, Dec. 2021

  12. Z. Wang, Y. Liu, P. Zhou, Z. Tan, H. Fan, Y. Zhang, L. Shen, J. Ru, Y. Wang, L. Ye and R. Huang, “A 148-nW Reconfigurable Event-Driven Intelligent Wake-Up System for AIoT Nodes Using an Asynchronous Pulse-Based Feature Extractor and a Convolutional Neural Network,” in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 56, no. 11, pp. 3274-3288, Nov. 2021

  13. H. Li, Z. Tan, Y. Bao, H. Xiao, H. Zhang, K. Du, L. Shen, J. Ru, Y. Zhang, L. Ye, and R. Huang, “Energy-Efficient CMOS Humidity Sensors Using Adaptive Range-Shift Zoom CDC and Power-Aware Floating Inverter Amplifier Array,” in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 56, no. 12, pp. 3560-3572, Dec. 2021

  14. Z. Wang, H. Zhang, Y. Zhang, L. Shen, J. Ru, H. Fan, Z. Tan, Y. Wang, L. Ye, and R. Huang, “A Software-Defined Always-On System With 57–75-nW Wake-Up Function Using Asynchronous Clock-Free Pipelined Event-Driven Architecture and Time-Shielding Level-Crossing ADC,” in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 56, no. 9, pp. 2804-2816, Sept. 2021

  15. Z. Wang, L. Ye, Y. Liu, P. Zhou, Z. Tan, H. Fan, Y. Zhang, J. Ru, Y. Wang, R. Huang, “A 148nW general-purpose event-driven intelligent wake-up chip for AIoT devices using asynchronous spike-based feature extractor and convolutional neural network,” in 2021 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), pp. 436-438, Feb. 13, 2021

  16. H. Li, Z. Tan, Y. Bao, H. Xiao, H. Zhang, K. Du, Y. Zhang, L. Ye, R. Huang, “A 1.5μW 0.135pJ·%RH2 CMOS Humidity Sensor Using Adaptive Range-Shift Zoom CDC and Power-Aware Floating Inverter Amplifier Array,” in 2021 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), pp. 72-74, Feb. 13, 2021

  17. Y. Zhang, F. A. Cardoso, and K. L. Shepard, “A 0.72 nW, 1 Sample/s Fully Integrated pH Sensor with 65.8 LSB/pH Sensitivity,” in 2020 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Jun. 15, 2020

  18. W-C. Cornell, Y. Zhang, A. Bendebury, A. J. W. Hartel, K. L. Shepard, and L. E. P. Dietrich, “Phenazine Oxidation by a Distal Electrode Modulates Biofilm Morphogenesis,” in Biofilm, vol. 2, May. 2020 (co-first author)

  19. C. Shi, T. Costa, J. Elloian, Y. Zhang, K. L. Shepard, “A 0.065-mm3 monolithically-integrated ultrasonic wireless sensing mote for real-time physiological temperature monitoring,” in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 412-424, Jun. 2020

  20. Y. Zhang and K. L. Shepard, “A 0.6-mm2 Powering and Data Telemetry System Compatible with Ultrasound B-Mode Imaging for Freely Moving Biomedical Sensor Systems,” in 2019 Custom Integrated Circuit Conference, Apr. 16, 2019

  21. H. Sakhtah, L. Koyama, Y. Zhang, D. K. Moralesa, B. L. Fields, A. Price-Whelan, D. A. Hogan, K. L. Shepard, and L. E. P. Dietrich, “The Pseudomonas aeruginosa efflux pump MexGHIOpmD transports a natural phenazine that controls gene expression and biofilm development,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), vol. 113, no. 25, E3538-E3547, Jun. 6, 2016

  22. D. L. Bellin, H. Sakhtah, Y. Zhang, A. Price-Whelan, L. E. P. Dietrich, and K. L. Shepard, “Electrochemical camera chip for simultaneous imaging of multiple metabolites in biofilms,” in Nature Communications, 7, 10535, 2016

  23. H. Cai, Y. Yang, Y. Zhang, C. Zhou, C. Guo, J. Liu, and T. Ren, “A High Sensitivity Mass-Loading Surface Acoustic Wave DNA Sensor,” in Modern Physics Letters B, vol. 28, no. 7, Mar. 2014

  24. H. Cai, C. Zhou, Y. Zhang, Y. Yang, T. Ren, C. Guo, and J. Liu, “SAW Based Mass-Loading Biosensor for DNA Detection”, in 2013 IEEE International Conference of Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits, Jun. 3, 2013