MSc thesis project proposal
[2025] Projects in Sijun Du's Group
Available research directions and projects are listed below:
- Energy Harvesting
- Kinetic
- Thermoelectric or Solar
- RF power
- Wireless Power Transfer
- Inductive
- RF power
- Ultrasonic
- DC-DC Converters
- Switched-cap
- Isolated
- Switch-mode / hybrid
Assignment
- Literature review of power management integrated circuits (PMIC) in the chosen research project.
- You will lead, design, tape out, and measure an ASIC for the proposed circuit.
Requirements
You should be familiar with analog IC design and Cadence environment. If you are interested in knowing more about any specific research directions, please send the following documents to Sijun Du for further discussions at email: [email protected]
- Your up-to-date CV
- BSc transcripts
- MSc grades (obtained to date)
Suggested courses to appear in your IEP:
- Analog Circuit Design Fundamentals
- Measurement and Instrumentation
- Analog CMOS Design 1 and 2
- Digital IC Design 1 and 2
- Analog Integrated Circuit Design
Not a must in your IEP, but you are encouraged to learn some course materials:
- Power conversion techniques in CMOS technology (Only the SMPC and SCPC parts)
- Semiconductor Device Physics
Contact
dr. Sijun Du
Electronic Instrumentation Group
Department of Microelectronics
Last modified: 2024-11-27