2009
 

Ji-Hye Bong, Yong-Jin Kwon, Kyeong-Sik Min, and Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang,"New word-line driving scheme for suppressing oxide-tunneling leakage in sub-65-nm SRAMs," Int. Symp. on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), pp. 459-464, March 2009.

Kyeong-Sik Min, Kwan-Hee Jo, Ji-Hye Bong, and Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang, "A compact Verilog-A model for Multi-Level-Cell Phase-Change RAMs," submitted to Int. Conf. on Solid-State Devices and Materials (SSDM), Sendai, Japan, 2009.

Sangho Shin, Kyungmin Kim, and Sung-Mo Kang, "Memristor-Based Programmable Analog Circuits," submitted to IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems I (TCAS-I), May 15, 2009.

Sangho Shin, Kyungmin Kim, and Sung-Mo Kang, "Memristor-Based Fine Resolution Programmable Resistance and Its Applications," accepted for presentation, ICCCAS2009, July 23-25, 2009. (Manuscript submitted Apr. 28, 2009)

Je-Hyoung Park, Ali Shakouri, and Sung-Mo Kang, "Power Blurring: Fast Chip Level Static and Transient Thermal Analysis Method for VLSI ICs in Packages," to be submitted, IEEE Trans. Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD).

Je-Hyoung Park, Sangho Shin, James Christofferson, Ali Shakouri, and Sung-Mo Kang, "Power Blurring Method Validation Through Thermal Measurements," to be submitted, IEEE Trans. Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD).

Seok-Oh Yun, Sangho Shin, Jongmoon Kim, Sanghyun Cho, Wonkab Oh, Sung-Mo Kang, Hyung-Joun Yoo and Jinho Ko, "0.18um CMOS 5.8GHz DSRC Transceiver IC for ETC/ITS Applications," to be submitted, IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT).

Sangho Shin, and Sung-Mo Kang, "2.4GHz CMOS Freqeuncy Synthesizer with Fast Settling Time," to be submitted, IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems (TCAS-I).

Je-Hyoung Park, Ali Shakouri, and Sung-Mo Kang, "Fast Thermal Analysis of Vertically Integrated Circuits (3D ICs) Using Power Blurring Method," InterPACK'09, San Francisco, July 19-23, 2009.

Jun Hu, Yang Liu, C. Z. Ning ,Robert Dutton, and Sung-Mo Kang, "Fringing field effects in semiconductor nanowire based double heterostructures," Photonics West 09,24-29 January 2009, San Jose.

    2008
 

Kerry Maize, Xi Wang, Je-Hyoung Park, James Christofferson, Sung-Mo Kang, and Ali Shakouri, "High Speed Transient Thermal Characterization and Simulation of Integrated Circuits," 1st International Symposium on Thermal Design and Thermophysical Property for Electronics, Tsukuba, June 18-20, 2008 (Invited)

Jun Hu, Yang Liu, C. Z. Ning, Robert Dutton,and Sung-Mo Kang,"Fringing field effects on electrical resistivity of semiconductor nanowire-metal contacts", Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 083503, 2008

Je-Hyoung Park, Xi Wang, Ali Shakouri, and Sung-Mo Kang, "Fast Calculation of Temperature Profiles of IC Chips with High Spatial Resolution," Semiconductor Thermal Measurement, Modeling, and Management Symposium (Semi-Therm 24), pp.51~55, San Jose, March 16-20, 2008.

Je-Hyoung Park, Ali Shakouri, and Sung-Mo Kang, "Fast Evaluation Method for Transient Hot Spots in VLSI ICs in Packages," 9th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED'08), pp. 600-603, San Jose, March 17-19, 2008.

Sangho Shin, Seokoh Yun, Sanghyun Cho, Jongmoon Kim, Minseok Kang, Wonkap Oh, and Sung-Mo Kang, "0.18um CMOS Integrated Chipset for 5.8GHz DSRC Systems with +10dBm Output Power," pp. 1958-1961, ISCAS 2008.

Yong Sin Kim and Sung-Mo Kang, "A 8-Gb/s/pin Current Mode Multi-Level Simultaneous Bidirectional I/O," pp. 3069-3072, ISCAS 2008.

Jaejin Jung, Kwang-Hyun Baek, Shin-Il Lim, SuKi Kim, and Sung-Mo Kang, "A 6 bit 1.25 Gsamples/s DAC for a WPAN," pp. 2262-2265, ISCAS 2008.

    2007
 

Je-Hyoung Park, Virginia Martin Heriz, Ali Shakouri, and Sung-Mo Kang, " Ultra Fast Calculation of Temperature Profiles of VLSI ICs in Thermal Packages Considering Parameter Variations," IMAPS 40th International Symposium on Microelectronics, San Jose, Nov. 11-15, 2007.

Andrew B. Kahng, Sung-Mo Kang, Wei Li and Bao Liu, "Analytical Thermal Placement for VLSI Lifetime Improvement and Minimum Performance Variation," International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD),Lake Tahoe, Oct. 7-10, 2007.

Je-Hyoung Park, Ali Shakouri, and Sung-Mo Kang, "Fast Evaluation of Transient Hot Spots in VLSI Chip Packages," IMAPS Advanced Technology Workshop (ATW) on Thermal Management, San Jose, Sep. 24-27, 2007. (Student Competition Winner)

Virginia Martin Heriz, Je-Hyoung Park, Ali Shakouri, and Sung-Mo Kang, Method of Images for the Fast Calculation of Temperature Distributions in Packaged VLSI Chips," Proceedings of 13th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs (THERMINIC), Hungary, Sep. 17-19, 2007.

Yong Sin Kim and Sung-Mo Kang, " Programmable high speed Simultaneous Bidirectional I/O," Proc. of ISQED 2007, pp. 416-419, Mar. 2007.

Sangho Shin, Kyungmin Kim, Kwyro Lee, and Sung-Mo Kang, " Fast Frequency Offset Cancellation Loop using Low-IF Receiver and Fractional-N PLL," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol.54, no.3, pp.272-276, Mar. 2007.

Jun Hu, Yang Liu, Alex Maslov,Cun-Zheng Ning ,Robert Dutton, and Sung-Mo Kang, "Simulation of p-n junction properties of nanowires and nanowire arrays," Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 6468, 64681E, San Jose, Jan. 2007

    2006
 

Jeng-Liang Tsai, Charlie Chung-Ping Chen, Guoqiang Chen, Brent Goplen, Haifeng Qian, Yong Zhan, Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang, Martin D. F. Wong, and Sachin S. Sapatnekar, "Temperature-Aware Placement for SOCs," Proc. of the IEEE, Special Issue on On-Chip Thermal Engineering, pp. 1502-1518, Aug. 2006

H. Schmidt, A. Shakouri, M. Isaacson, and S. M. Kang, "Roles of Biolelectronics for Quality of Life," (invited paper), 32nd European Solid-State Circuits Conference, pp. 33-41, Montreaux, Switzerland, Sept. 18-22, 2006.

Je-Hyoung Park, Sung-Mo Kang, Yan Zhang, Kazuhiko Fukutani, and Ali Shakouri, "Three-Dimensional Electro-Thermal Modeling of Thin Film Micro-Refrigerators for Site-Specific Cooling of VLSI ICs," IMAPS 39th International Symposium on Microelectronics, pp. 883-890, San Diego, Oct. 8-12, 2006.

Yong Sin Kim and Sung-Mo Kang, " A High Speed Low-Power Accumulator for Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizer,"IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium 2006, June 2006, pp. 502-505.

Sangho Shin, Kwyro Lee, and Sung-Mo Kang, "4.2mW CMOS Frequency Synthesizer for 2.5GHz ZigBee Application with Fast Settling Time Performance," IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium 2006, June 2006, pp. 411-414.

Yong Sin Kim, Sangho Shin, and Sung-Mo Kang, "A 4-Gb/s/pin Current Mode 4-Level Simultaneous Bidirectional I/O with Current Mismatch Calibration," ISCAS, May 2006, pp.1007-1010

Sangho Shin, Kwyro Lee, and Sung-Mo Kang, " 2.4GHz ZigBee Radio Architecture with Fast Frequency Offset Cancellation Loop," ISCAS, May 2006, pp. 97-100.

Sangho Shin, Kwyro Lee, and Sung-Mo Kang, " Low-Power 2.4GHz CMOS Frequency Synthesizer with Differentially Controlled MOS Varactor," ISCAS, May 2006, pp. 553-556.