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·  Jack LAU, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering &

Director, Consumer Media Laboratory

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Clear Water Bay

Hong Kong

Email: eejlau@ee.ust.hk

Year 2000 Ten Outstanding Young Persons Awardee

Patents granted for drug system, sensor

University applauds first bachelor-degree graduates

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·   Research Interests

Integrated Circuits and Passive Components for Wireless Communication

Integrated Magnetic Sensor.

·  Brief Biography

Jack Lau obtained his BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley under the Honors Degree Program (Option H). He completed his Ph.D. degree in 1994 and became the first Ph.D. to graduate from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His MS thesis was on the design and analysis of integrated pin drivers for in-circuit testing. While at Berkeley, he worked at Hewlett Packard as a technical support intern and at Schlumberger as an automatic test equipment engineer. After obtaining his MS degree, he worked as a CPU design engineer at the Integrated Information Technology Santa Clara, California. His Ph.D. thesis was on integrated magnetic sensors in both bulk silicon and SOI technologies. From 1995-96, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Integrated Systems at Stanford University researching in RF CMOS circuits and substrate noise coupling issues.

Jack Lau is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and was the Director of the Consumer Media Laboratory at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

He is a recipient of the UC Berkeley Alumni Scholarship, Cray Research Scholarship, Unisys Scholarship, and other awards. In 1995, he received the 1995 School of Engineering Faculty Teaching Appreciation Award. He is also a member of IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu, and Tau Beta Pi.

As a side note, Jack Lau was born in Hong Kong. He attended St. Joseph's College. He subsequently moved to the United States and graduated from Lowell High School in San Francisco.

In the year 2000, he was selected as one of the 10 Most Outstanding Young Persons in Hong Kong. 

 About the Research Group

The Uman Research Group

 About the Consumer Media Laboratory

The Consumer Media Lab

 About High Frequency Circuit Course Notes

The High Frequency Circuit Course Notes (these notes are NOT intended for sale and are used strictly for educational purposes

  International Committee

  1. 2000 Dec, Subcommittee on Solid State Devices, IEEE International Electron Device Meeting, San Francisco.
  2. 1999 June, Panel Member, Rump Session, Joint Session of VLSI Technology and Circuits, "Title: SOI: what are the roadblocks,if any, to become a mainstream technology?", Kyoto, Japan
  3. 1999 February, Organizer and Speaker, IEEE International Solid State Circuit Conference Workshop on RF Passive Components, San Francisco
  4. 1998 to present, Member, IEEE EDS VLSI Technology and Circuits Technical Committee

·   Recent Publications

  1. Yu Liu and Jack Lau,"A novel link state routing protocol and TCP performance investigation in ad hoc networks," accepted for publication in Computer Communications journal.
  2. Hau-Yiu Tsui and Jack Lau, " Experimental Results and Die Area Efficient Self-Shielded On-Chip Vertical Solenoid Inductors for Multi-GHz CMOS RFIC,"  2003 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, Philadelphia, June 8-10, 2003, pp. 243-246. (Second Best Student Paper Award)
  3. Hau-Yiu Tsui and Jack Lau, " A 5GHz 56dB Voltage Gain 0.18um CMOS LNA with Built-in Tunable Channel Filter for Direct Conversion 802.11a Wireless LAN Receiver ,"  2003 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, Philadelphia, June 8-10, 2003, pp. 225-228.
  4. Yu Liu and Jack Lau," A Power-Based Source Routing for Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Communications"  presentated in the Fourth IEEE Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks, September 2002, Stockholm, Sweden.
  5. Yu Liu and Jack Lau, A novel link state routing protocol and TCP performance investigation in ad hoc networks, "  presentated in IEEE International Conference on networks, August 2002, Singapore.
  6. Yu Liu, Jack Lau, "An Analysis of TCP over Different Routing Protocols in Ad hoc Networks," ; accepted for presentation in The Mobile Ad Hoc Network 2002 on March 2002.
  7. Zhaofeng Zhang, Jack Lau, "A Flicker-Noise-Free DC-Offset-Free LBJT Harmonic Mixer in a CMOS Process,"  RAWCON 2001, pp.113-116,  Denver, Aug. 2001.      
  8. Zhaofeng Zhang, Jack Lau, "Experimental Study on  MOSFET’s Flicker Noise under Switching Conditions and Modelling for RF Applications," CICC 2001, pp. 393-396, San Diego, May 2001.
  9. Jing Jung Tang, King Sau Cheung, Jack Lau, "A 2.4 GHz Four Port Mixer for Direct Conversion Used in Telemetering," ISCAS 2001, pp.378-381, vol. 4, Sydney, 2001.
  10. Zhaofeng Zhang, Louis Tsui, Zhiheng Chen, Jack Lau, "A CMOS Self-Mixing-Free Front-End for Direct-Conversion Applications,"  ISCAS 2001, pp.386-389, vol. 4, Sydney, 2001.
  11. Hung Yan Cheung, King Sau Cheung, Jack Lau, "A Low Power Monolithic AGC With Automatic DC Offset Cancellation For Direct Conversion Hybrid CDMA Transceiver Used in Telemetering,"  ISCAS 2001, pp.390-393, vol. 4, Sydney, 2001.
  12. Zhaofeng Zhang, Zhiheng Chen, Louis Tsui, Jack Lau, "A 930 MHz CMOS DC-Offset-Free Direct Conversion 4-FSK Receiver," IEEE International Solid State Circuit Conference, pp.290-291, pp.456, San Francisco, Feb. 2001.
  13. Jack Lau, "Low Cost RF IC Design," International Symposium on Advanced Analog CMOS circuits, Tokyo, Dec., 2000 (invited talk).
  14. Keqiang Shen, Jack Lau,"A Three Terminal SOI Gated Varactor for RF Application," IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices, February 2001.
  15. Wallace Wong, Ping Shing Hui, Zhiheng Chen, Keqiang Shen, Jack Lau, Philip C. H. Chan, Ping K. Ko, "A Wide Tuning Range Gated Varactor," IEEE Journal on Solid State Circuits, May 2000.
  16. Zhaofeng Zhang, Zhiheng Chen, Jack Lau, "A 900MHz CMOS Balanced Harmonic Mixer for Direct Conversion Receivers," IEEE RAWCON, pp.219-222, Denver, Sept. 2000.
  17. M. Kumar, Y. Tan, J.K.O. Sin, L.X. Shi, and J. Lau, "A 900MHz SOI Fully-Integrated RF Power Amplifier for Wireless Transceivers," IEEE International Solid-State Circuit Conference, San Francisco, Feb. 2000.
  18. Hau-Yiu Tsui, Jack Lau, "SPICE Simulation and Tradeoffs of CMOS LNA Performance with Source-Degeneration Inductor," IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 47, pp. 62-65, Jan. 2000.
  19. Wei Jin, Philip C. H. Chan, Jack Lau, "A Physical Thermal Noise Model for SOI MOSFET,"  IEEE Trans. on Electron Devices, pp.768-773, 1999
  20. Tam Yue, M. Kumar, J. K. O. Sin, Jun Cai, Jack Lau, "LDMOS Technology Compatible with CMOS BJT and Passive Components for Integrated RF Power Amplifiers", European Solid State Device Research Conference, Belgium, 1999.
  21. Anvil Ng, Ross D. Murch, Jack Lau, "2.4 GHz ISM Band Antenna for PC Cards", IEEE AP-S International Symposium, 1999, Orlando, USA
  22. Wing-Faat Liu, Jack Lau, Roger S. Cheng, "Considerations on Applying OFDM on a Highly Efficient PA at 1 GHz", IEEE Tran. on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 1329-1336. Nov. 1999.
  23. Wallace Wong, Frankie Hui, Keqiang Shen, Zhiheng Chen, Jack Lau, Philip C. H. Chan, Ping K. Ko, "A 2 GHz, 300 MHz Tuning Range, 200 MHz/V Gain Voltage-Controlled Oscillator Using Gated Varactor in 0.35 um CMOS," Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Kyoto, June, 1999. (First paper at this conference from Hong Kong.)
  24. Zhiheng Chen, Jack Lau, "Circuit Requirements for Direct Conversion FLEX Pager Receiver," IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 46, no. 6, pp. 802-807. June, 1999.
  25. Frankie Hui, Keqiang Shen, Zhiheng Chen, Jack Lau, Margaret Huang, Mansun Chan, Guojing Guo, Ping K. Ko, Philip C. H. Chan, "High-Q SOI Gated Varactor for use in RF ICs," 1998 IEEE International SOI Conference, Stuart, Florida, October 5-8, 1998.
  26. Tony Yeung, Jack Lau, H.C. Ho, M. C. Poon, "Design Considerations for Extremely High-Q Integrated Inductors and Their Application in CMOS RF Power Amplifier," 1998 Radio and Wireless Conference (RAWCON), Colorado Springs, August 9-12, 1998
  27. Zhiheng Chen, Jack Lau,"Direct Conversion Architecture for FLEX Paging Receiver," Digest of the IEEE RFIC, Baltimore, June 7-9, 1998, pp. 293-296.
  28. Zhaofeng Zhang, Alan Pun, Jack Lau,"Interference Issues in Silicon RFIC," Digest of the IEEE RFIC, Baltimore, June 7-9, 1998, pp. 119-122.
  29. Alan Pun, Tony Yeung, Jack Lau, Francois J. R. Clement, David Su, "Substrate Noise Coupling through Planar Spiral Inductor," IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, June, 1998, pp. 877-884.
  30. Alan Pun, Tony Yeung, Jack Lau, Francois J. R. Clement, David Su, "Experimental Results and Simulation of Substrate Noise Coupling via Planar Spiral Inductor in RF ICs," Tech. Digest of the 1997 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM),pp. 325-329, Washington, D.C., U.S.A, 1997.
  31. Wing-Hong Chan, Jack Lau, Aaron Buchwald, "A 622 MHz Interpolating Ring VCO with Temperature Compensation and Jitter Analysis", 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Hong Kong.
  32. Tony Yeung, Alan Leung-Lin Pun, Jack Lau, F. Clement, "Noise Coupling in Heavily and Lightly Doped Substrate from Planar Spiral Inductor," 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Hong Kong.
  33. Ping K. Ko, Jack Lau, "SOI for Low Power/Wireless Application (Invited Paper)", 1996 International Electron Devices and Material Symposia, Taiwan, R.O.C
  34. Tallis Blalack, Jack Lau, Francois J. R. Clement, Bruce A. Wooley, "Experimental Results and Modeling of Noise Coupling in a Lightly Doped Substrate", 1996 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
  35. C. Patrick Yue, Jack Lau, Thomas H. Lee, S. Simon Wong, "A Physical Model for Planar Spiral Inductors on Silicon", 1996 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
  36. Denny Cheung, Philip. C.H. Chan, Jack Lau, "Narrow Width Design Methodology for Low Power/Low Voltage Operation Amplifier in SOI Technology", 1996 IEEE International SOI Conference, October 1-3 in Sanibel Island - Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.A.
  37. S. Rao Banna, Philip C.H. Chan, Jack Lau, "On Buried Oxide Effects in SOI Lateral Bipolar Transistors", IEEE Transactions of Electron Devices, Jan. 1997, pp. 139-144.
  38. S. Rao Banna, Philip C.H. Chan, Jack Lau, "Evidence of Buried Oxide Effects in SOI Lateral Bipolar Transistors", 1996 International Electron Devices and Material Symposia, Taiwan, ROC.
  39. Jack Lau, C. T. Nguyen, Ping K. Ko, Philip. C.H. Chan, "Minimum Detectable Signals of Integrated Magnetic Sensors", Sensors and Actuators: A Physical, vol. 54, 1996, pp. 636-640.
  40. Jack Lau, C. T. Nguyen, Ping K. Ko, Philip C.H. Chan, "Lateral Carrier Domain Magnetometerin SOI" IEEE Transactions of Electron Devices, November 1996, pp. 1851-1856.
  41. Denny Cheung, Philip C.H. Chan, Jack Lau, "Narrow-width Design Methodology for SOI Analog Circuit Design", Proc. of IEEE International Symposium of Circuits and Systems, May, 1996, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
  42. Jack Lau, C.T. Nguyen, Ping K. Ko, and Philip C.H. Chan, "Modelling of Split-Drain MAGFET", Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical, Vol. SNA049/3, pp. 155-162, 1995.
  43. Jack Lau, C.T. Nguyen, Ping K. Ko, and Philip C.H. Chan, "Minimum Detectable Signal of Integrated Magnetic Sensors in Bulk CMOS and SOI Technologies", Digest of Technical Papers, Eurosensors IX, Stockholm, pp. 257-296, June 25-29, 1995.
  44. Jack Lau, C. Nguyen, Ping K. Ko, and Philip C.H. Chan, "A Low-Power and Highly Sensitive Laeral Thyristive Magnetometer", Proceedings 1994 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), San Francisco, CA, U.S.A., pp. 143-146, December 10-14, 1994. (First paper from Hong Kong accepted at this conference.)
  45. Jack Lau, Ping K. Ko, C. Nguyen, and Philip C.H. Chan, "Lateral Carrier Domain Magnetometer Fabricated on BESOI", Proceedings 1994 IEEE SOI Conference, Nantucket Island, MA, U.S.A., pp. 103-104, October 4-6, 1994.
  46. Jack Lau, Ping K. Ko, and Philip C.H. Chan, "On the Modelling of a CMOS Magnetic Sensor", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium of Circuits and Systems, May 30 - June 2, 1994.
  47. Jack Lau, Ping K. Ko, and Philip C.H. Chan, "An Analytical Model and Experimental Results of a Highly Integrateable Magnetic Field Sensor", Proceedings of International Electron Devices and Materials Symposium, July 12-15 1994, Hsinchu, Taiwan, pp. 6.3.9 to 6.3.12., July 1994.
  48. J. Huang, K.K. Lin, Jack Lau, D.A. Hodges, C. Spanos, G.C. Johnson, R.T. Howe, "Texture of Undoped LPCVD Polycrystalline Silicon Films", ASM Int. Symp. Textures in Non-metallic Materials, Indianapolis, October 1989.

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Jack Lau
Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Clear Water Bay
Hong Kong
 
Email:  eejlau@ee.ust.hk
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