Yang Xu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Office: Siegel Hall 134
3301 South Dearborn Chicago, IL 60616

Phone: 312.567.8813
Fax: 312.567.8976
Email: yxu@ece.iit.edu
Web: Personal Webpage

Expertise

RFIC design for digital communication and wireless medical technology, ultra low-power RFIC designs in digital communication such as CDMA/WCDMA cellular systems, sensor mesh networks, and satellite navigation systems, analog IC design automation, RFIC noise/nonlinearity macromodel and analog IC design for manufacturability.

Education

B.S., EE, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 1997
M.S., EE, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 2000
Ph.D., ECE, Carnegie Mellon University, 2005

Research

Professor Xu's research interests include RFIC design for digital communication and wireless medical technology. His research focuses on the ultra low-power RFIC designs in digital communication such as CDMA/WCDMA cellular systems, sensor mesh networks, and satellite navigation systems. He is also interested in analog IC design automation, RFIC noise/nonlinearity macromodel and analog IC design for manufacturability.

Current Projects

Awards/Honors

Patents

Books

Selected Publications

Yang Xu, K. Wang, T. Pals, A. Hadjichristos, K. Sahota and C. Persico, "A Low-IF CMOS Simultaneous GPS Receiver Integrated in a Multimode Transceiver ", IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), San Jose, CA, Sept, 2007

V. Peluso, Yang Xu, P. Gazzerro, et. al, "A Dual-Channel Direct-Conversion CMOS Receiver for Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting", International Solid-State Circuit Conference(ISSCC), San Francisco, CA, Feb, 2006

Yang Xu, C. Boone and L. Pileggi, "Metal-mask configurable RF circuits", IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits(JSSC) , Volume: 39 Issue: 8, Aug. 2004

Yang Xu and L. Pileggi, "Structured BEOL Mask Configurable RF Integrated Circuits", IEEE/MTTS RFIC symposium, Fort Worth, TX. June 2004 Government Microcircuit Applications & Critical Technology Conference (GOMAC), Las Vegas, NV, April, 2005

Yang Xu, K. Hsiung, X. Li, I. Nausieda, S. Boyd, and L. Pileggi, "OPERA: optimization with ellipsoidal uncertainty for robust analog IC design," 42th IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), Anaheim, CA. June 2005

Yang Xu, L. Pileggi and S. Boyd, "ORACLE: Optimization with Recourse of Analog Circuits including Layout Extraction," 41th IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Diego , CA. June 2004

X. Li, P. Gopalakrishnan, Yang Xu and L. Pileggi, "Robust Analog/RF Circuit Design with Projection-Based Performance Modeling," IEEE Trans. on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 2-15, Jan. 2007

Yang Xu; Xin Li; P. Li; Pileggi, L.; "Noise Macromodel in Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits", Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE), Munich, German, March 2003