WU, Liang
Assistant Professor

Education Background
Ph.D, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
M.S., Fudan University
B.S.,? Fudan University

Research Field
Radio-frequency, millimeter-wave and terahertz integrated circuits and systems
Email
wuliang@cuhk.edu.cn
Biography
Dr. Liang Wu is an Assistant Professor in the School of Science and Engineering (SSE), Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. His research interests include radio-frequency, millimeter-wave and terahertz CMOS integrated circuits and optical-and-wireless convergence systems for 5G and Internet-of-Everything applications.
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Dr. Wu received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Fudan University in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2012. Since his study at HKUST, he has been working on CMOS millimeter-wave phased array circuits and systems. From 2013 to 2015, he was with HKUST as a Research Assistant Professor, and also served as the Deputy Director of HKUST-Qualcomm Joint Innovation and Research Laboratory. He initiated researches on CMOS fully-integrated visible light communication (VLC) system-on-a-chip (SoC). He co-founded Jetcomm Technologies to commercialize his intellectual properties on VLC and obtained funding support from the Hong Kong Innovation Technology Commission. From 2016 to 2018, he was with the State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, City University of Hong Kong, as a Senior Research Fellow, where he successfully developed a 310-GHz CMOS radiator system chip.
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Dr. Wu has published papers on top-tier IEEE journals including Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Transactions on Circuits and Systems I (TCAS-I) and Journal of Light-wave Technologies (JLT), and on IEEE conferences including International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). In addition, He has filed 2 PCT and 3 US patents. Dr. Wu is a member of IEEE and has been serving as an executive committee member of AP/MTT Hong Kong Chapter since 2017. He has served as the TPC member in International Wireless Symposium (IWS) 2014 and co-chaired the 16th IEEE (HK) AP/MTT Postgraduate Conference in 2015. Currently, Dr. Wu is serving as a peer reviewer for a number of renowned IEEE journals including JSSC, TCAS-I, TCAS-II, TMTT, MWCL, and TVLSI.

Academic Publications
Journal Papers
1.?????? L. Wu, and Q. Xue, “E-Band Multiphase LC Oscillators with Rotated-Phase-Tuning Using Implicit Phase Shifters,” IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Vol. 53, No. 9, pp. 2560-2571, Sep. 2018.
2.?????? J. Jin, L. Wu, and Q. Xue, “A V-Band CMOS VCO with Digitally-Controlled Inductor for Frequency Tuning,” IEEE T. Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs (TCAS-II), Vol. 65, No. 8, pp. 979-983, Aug. 2018.
3.?????? L. Wu, S. Liao, and Q. Xue, “A 312-GHz CMOS Injection-Locked Radiator with Chip-and-Package Distributed Antenna,” IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Vol. 52, No. 11, pp. 2920-2933, Nov. 2017.
4.?????? L. Wu, A. W. L. Ng, S. Zheng, H. F. Leung, Y. Chao, A. Li, and H. C. Luong, “A 0.9?5.8-GHz Software-Defined Receiver RF Front-End with Transformer-Based Current-Gain Boosting and Harmonic Rejection Calibration,” IEEE T. Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), Vol. 25, No. 8, pp. 2371-2382, Aug. 2017.
5.?????? A. Li, Y. Chao, X. Chen, L. Wu, and H. C. Luong, “A Spur-and-Phase-Noise-Filtering Technique for Inductor-less Fractional-N Injection-Locked PLLs,” IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Vol. 52, No. 8, pp. 2128-2140, Aug. 2017.
6.?????? L. Wu, H. F. Leung, and H, C. Luong, “Design and Analysis of CMOS LNAs with? Transformer Feedback for Wideband Input Matching and Noise Cancellation,” IEEE T. Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers (TCAS-I), Vol. 64, No. 6, pp. 1626-1635, Jun. 2017.
7.?????? L. Wu, H. F. Leung, A. Li, and H. C. Luong, “A 4-Element 60-GHz Phased-Array Receivers with Beamforming Calibration,” IEEE T. Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers (TCAS-I), Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 642-652, Mar. 2017.
8.?????? X. Li, L. Wu, Z. Liu, B. Hussain, W. C. Chong, K. M. Lau, and C. P. Yue, “Design and Characterization of Active Matrix LED Microdisplays with Embedded Visible Light Communication Transmitter,” IEEE / OSC J. Lightwave Technology (JLT), Vol. 34, No. 14, pp. 3449-3457, Jul. 2016.
9.?????? F. Che, L. Wu, B. Hussain, X. Li, and C. P. Yue, “A Fully Integrated IEEE 802.15.7 Visible Light Communication Transmitter with On-Chip 8-W 85% Efficiency Boost LED Driver,” IEEE / OSC J. Lightwave Technology (JLT), Vol. 34, No. 10, pp. 2419-2430, May 2016.
10.?? B. Hussain, X. Li, F. Che, C. P. Yue, and L. Wu, “Visible Light Communication System Design and Link Budget Analysis,” IEEE / OSC J. Lightwave Technology (JLT), Vol. 33, No. 24, pp. 5201-5209, Dec. 2015.
11.?? L. Wu, and H. C. Luong, “A 49-to-62GHz Quadrature VCO with Bimodal Enhanced-Magnetic-Tuning,” IEEE T. Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers (TCAS-I), Vol. 61, No. 10, pp. 3025-3033, Oct. 2014.
12.?? L. Wu, A. Li, and H. C. Luong, “A 4-Path CMOS 42.8-to-49.5GHz LO Generation with Automatic Phase Tuning for 60GHz Phased-Array Receivers,” IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Vol. 48, No. 10, pp. 2309-2322, Oct. 2013.
13.?? L. Wu, and H. C. Luong, “Analysis and Design of a 0.6V 2.2mW 58.5-to-72.9 GHz Divide-by-4 Injection-Locked Frequency Divider with Harmonic Boosting,” IEEE T. Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers (TCAS-I), Vol. 60, No. 8, pp. 2001-2008, Aug. 2013.
Conference Papers
1.?????? A. Li, Y. Chao, X. Chen, L. Wu, and H. C. Luong, “An Inductor-less Fractional-N Injection-Locked PLL with a Spur-and-Phase-Noise Filtering Technique,” 2016 Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSI), pp. 220-221, Hawaii, USA, Jun. 2016.
2.?????? C. P. Yue, L. Wu, X. Li, F. Che, and B. Hussain, “Recent Advancements in Visible Light Communication Modulator SoCs,” 2015 Photonic Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, Nassau, Bahamas, Jul. 2015.
3.?????? L. Wu, X. Li, W. C. Chong, Z. Liu, F. Che, B. Hussain, K. M. Lau, and C. P. Yue, “An AMLED Microdisplay Driver SoC with Built-In 1.25-Mb/s VLC Transmitter,” 2015 Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSI), pp. 328-329, Kyoto, Japan, Jun. 2015.
4.?????? B. Hussain, F. Che, F. Zhang, T. S. Yim, L. Cheng, W.-H. Ki, C. P. Yue, and L. Wu, “A Fully Integrated IEEE 802.15.7 Visible Light Communication Transmitter with On-Chip 8-W 85% Efficiency Boost LED Driver,” 2015 Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSI), pp. 216-217, Kyoto, Japan, Jun. 2015.
5.?????? B. Hussain, F. Che, C. P. Yue, and L. Wu, “Link Budget Analysis for Visible Light Communication Systems,” International Wireless Symposium (IWS), Shenzhen, China, Mar. 2015.
6.?????? F. Che, B. Hussain, L. Wu, and C. P. Yue, “Design and Implementation of IEEE 802.15.7 VLC PHY-I Transceiver,” 2014 IEEE 12th International Conference on Solid -State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT), pp. 1-4, Guilin, China, Oct. 2014.
7.?????? Q. Pan, Y. Wang, Z. Hou, L. Sun, Y. Lu, L. Wu, W.-H. Ki, P. Chiang, and C. P. Yue, “A 41-mW 30-Gb/s CMOS Optical Receiver with Digitally-Tunable Cascaded Equalization,” European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), pp. 127-130, Venice, Italy, Sep. 2014.
8.?????? M. Liu, K. Qiu, F. Che, S. Li, B. Hussain, L. Wu and C. P. Yue, “Towards Indoor Localization using Visible Light Communication for Consumer Electronic Devices,” International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 143-148, Chicago, USA, Sep. 2014.
9.?????? Z. Hou, Q. Pan, Y. Wang, L. Wu, and C. P. Yue, “A 23-mW 30-Gb/s Digitally Programmable Limiting Amplifier for 100GbE Optical Receivers,” Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC), pp. 279-282, Florida, USA, Jun. 2014.
10.?? Y. Wang, Y. Lu, Q. Pan, Z. Hou, L. Wu, W.-H. Ki, and C. P. Yue, “A 3-mW 25-Gb/s CMOS Transimpedance Amplifier with Fully Integrated Low-Dropout Regulator for 100GbE Systems,” Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC), pp. 275-278, Florida, USA, Jun. 2014.
11.?? L. Wu, H. F. Leung, A. Li, Z. Hong, Y. Qin, and H. C. Luong, “A 4-Element 60-GHz CMOS Phased-Array Receiver with Transformer-Based Hybrid-Mode Mixing and Closed-Loop Beam-Forming Calibration,” 2013 Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSI), pp. 296-297, Kyoto, Japan, Jun. 2013.
12.?? L. Wu, and H. C. Luong, “A 0.6V 2.2mW 58-to-73GHz Divide-by-4 Injection-Locked Frequency Divider,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), pp. 1-4, San Jose, USA, Sep. 2012.
13.?? L. Wu, and H. C. Luong, “A 49-to-62GHz CMOS Quadrature VCO with Bimodal Enhanced Magnetic Tuning,” European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), pp. 297-300, Bordeaux, France, Sep. 2012.
14.?? L. Wu, A. Li, and H. C. Luong, “A 4-Path 42.8-to-49.5GHz LO Generation with Automatic Phase Tuning for 60GHz Phased-Array Receivers,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), pp. 270-271, San Francisco, USA, Feb. 2012.
15.?? L. Wu, A. W. L. Ng, L. L. K. Leung, and H. C. Luong, “A 24-GHz and 60-GHz Dual-Band Standing-Wave VCO in 0.13μm CMOS Process,” Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC), pp. 145-148, Anaheim, USA, Jun. 2010.
16.?? L. Wu, A. W. L. Ng, Lincoln L. K. Leung, and H. C. Luong, “A 24-GHz and 60-GHz Dual-Band Standing-Wave VCO in 0.13μm CMOS Process,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC) Student Forum, San Francisco, USA, Feb. 2010.