Yan LI, Professor
The head of the Group of Integrated Circuit in the Faculty of Engineering
The Expert Committee Member of Shenzhen Semiconductor Industry Association
Email：liyan@smbu.edu.cn
李琰 教授
集成电路与工程团队负责人
深圳市半导体行业协会专家委员会委员
He received Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2021, Master's degree from the National Institute of Applied Sciences in France in 2003, and Doctoral degree from the University of Paris-Sud (Paris 11) in 2007.As the project leader, he has overseen numerous projects funded by the National Science Foundation of China and various scientific and technological projects at the provincial level of Guangdong and the municipal level of Shenzhen. He is the recipient of the “Shenzhen Science and Technology Award for Young Scientists” and the Expert Committee member of Shenzhen Semiconductor Industry Association. He has been granted 14 Chinese invention patents. The 40-picosecond-resolution TDC chip and the 5.8 GHz radio frequency ETC chip developed by him/her have already been applied in industrial applications.
The postgraduate students under his supervision won the second prize in the 3rd China Postgraduate IC Innovation Contest in 2020 and the Bronze Award for Outstanding Postgraduate Thesis at the 18th Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems in 2022 respectively.
Research Interests: CMOS mixed-signal chips, single-photon processing, and dTOF signal processing.
2001年于中国科学技术大学获电子工程学士学位，2003年于法国国家应用科学学院获硕士学位，2007年于法国巴黎第十一大学获得博士学位。作为负责人，主持了多项国家自然科学基金项目和广东省、深圳市等各级科技项目。 “深圳市科学技术奖励青年科技奖”获得者，深圳市半导体行业协会专家委员会委员。获得中国发明专利14项，研发的40皮秒分辨率TDC芯片和5.8 GHz射频ETC芯片已成功获得工业应用。
指导的研究生分别获得2020年第三届中国研究生创“芯”大赛二等奖和2022年第18届亚太区电路与系统会议研究生优秀论文铜奖。
研究方向：CMOS混合信号芯片、单光子信号处理，dTOF信号处理。
Selected papers：
1. Zhouji Du, Qin Ke, Hang Yu, Yan Li, et. al., “A 2-channel time-to-digital converter with 20-ps resolution for pico-second timing application,” 2022 IEEE 11th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, Oct. 2022, pp.874-875, Osaka, Japan.
2. Qin Ke, Zhouji Du, Hang Yu, Yan Li, et. al., “A pico-second timing system on a chip (SoC) for Magnetostrictive displacement sensors (MDSs),” 2022 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Postgraduate Research in Microelectronics and Electronics, Nov. 2022, pp 72-76, Shenzhen, China.
3. Y. Li, H. Yu, S.H. Liu, X.H. Huang, L. Jiang. “A CMOS Time-to-Digital Converter for real-time optical time-of-flight sensing system,” IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol.56(8), 2018, pp.113-119.
4. X. Zhang; D. Xi; Q. Liu; Y. Li; H. Yu; Y. Li, “Performances Study on TDC Timing Samples Resolution in a MVT Chip,” 2024 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (RTSD), Tampa, FL, USA, 2024, pp. 1-1, doi: 10.1109/NSS/MIC/RTSD57108.2024.10656425.
5. W. Hu; Z. Li; Y. Li; H. Yu; H. Lao; Q. Xu; D. Xi; Q. Xie, “A Low-offset Low-noise Comparator for MVT-SiPM Detector Based on 0.18 μm CMOS Process,” 2023 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and International Symposium on Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors (NSS MIC RTSD), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2023, pp. 1-1.
6. Q. Xu; Q. Xie; Y. Li; H. Yu; D. Xi; Y. Liu; H. Lao; Z. Li; W. Hu, “Performance Evaluation of Eight-Channels Picosecond Chip MVT22_8LF,” 2023 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and International Symposium on Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors (NSS MIC RTSD), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2023, pp. 1-1.
Z. Li; W. Hu; Y. Li; H. Yu; H. Lao; Q. Xu; D. Xi; Q. Xie, “Design of A Picosecond Resolution Control Loop for Fine TDC Based on 0.11 μm CMOS Process,” 2023 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and International Symposium on Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors (NSS MIC RTSD), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2023, pp. 1-1.
