Patents and Publications – Lorentz Solution

PeakView™ is based on patented techniques for the fast, accurate fullwave 3D simulation of electromagnetic structures.

“Electromagnetic Simulator Systems and Methods”

Author: Zhao, J. – U.S. Patent Number: 7,562,000
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“Methods for Integrated Circuit Analysis”

Author: Han, Y. and Zhao, J. – U.S. Patent Number: 9,305,124

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Recent Publications

Youngae Han; Jinsong Zhao, “Accurate Substrate Analysis Based on a Novel Finite Difference Method via Synchronization Method on Layered and Adaptive Meshing,” Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on, vol.32, no.10, pp.1520,1532, Oct. 2013
Youngae Han; Jinsong Zhao, “A Novel High-Capacity Electromagnetic Compression Technique Based on a Direct Matrix Solution,” Advanced Packaging, IEEE Transactions on , vol.33, no.4, pp.787,793, Nov. 2010

Product Acknowledgements/PeakView Contributions

Nicholas D. Saiz, J. Gabriel Buckmaster and Tomas H. Lee (Stanford University), “A Ka-band Beamformer for Wireless Power Transfer to Body Area Networks”, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June 14-15, 2018.
Amir Hossein Masnadi Shirazi, Amir Nikpaik, Reza Molavi, Member, Sam Lightbody, Hormoz Djahanshahi, Mazhareddin Taghivand, Member, Shahriar Mirabbasi, and Sudip Shekhar, “On the Design of mm-Wave Self-Mixing-VCO Architecture for High Tuning-Range and Low Phase Noise”, IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, VOL. 51, NO. 5, MAY 2016, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/abstractAuthors.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7409990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel7%2F4%2F4359912%2F07409990.pdf%3Farnumber%3D7409990
Chuan Qin, Lei Zhang1, Zhijian Pan, Li Zhang, Yan Wang, Zhiping Yu, “A 5-GHz Inductor-Noise Cancelling Receiver with 1.8 dB Noise Figure in 65nm LP CMOS” http://rfic-ieee.org/ 2016(Accepted).
Dongyang Yan, Lei Zhang, Member, IEEE, Li Zhang, and Yan Wang, “A 3.1-4.2GHz Automatic Amplitude Control Loop VCO with Constant KVCO and <10mV Amplitude Variation” ISCAS 2016(Accepted).
Jun Luo; Lei Zhang; Li Zhang; Yan Wang; Zhiping Yu, “A 24GHz low power and low phase noise PLL frequency synthesizer with constant KVCO for 60GHz wireless applications,” in Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2015 IEEE International Symposium on , vol., no., pp.2840-2543,24-27 May 2015, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7169278&isnumber=7168553
Charthad, J.; Weber, M.J.; Ting Chia Chang; Arbabian, A., “A mm-Sized Implantable Medical Device (IMD) With Ultrasonic Power Transfer and a Hybrid Bi-Directional Data Link,” Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of , vol.50, no.8, pp.1741,1753, Aug. 2015, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7109955&isnumber=7166356
Luo, Jun ; Zhang, Lei ; Zhu, Wei ; Zhang, Li ; Wang, Yan ; Yu, Zhiping, “A 64dB gain 60GHz receiver with 7.1dB noise figure for 802.11ad applications in 90nm CMOS”, May 2015, Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2015 IEEE International Symposium on, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7169168&isnumber=7168553
Taghivand, M.; Aggarwal, K.; Poon, A.S.Y., “21.5 A 3.24-to-8.45GHz low-phase-noise mode-switching oscillator,” Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers (ISSCC), 2014 IEEE International , vol., no., pp.368,369, 9-13 Feb. 2014, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6757473&isnumber=6757318
M. Taghivand, Y. Rajavi, K. Aggarwal, and A. S. Y. Poon, “An Energy Harvesting 2×2 60GHz Transceiver with Scalable Data Rate of 38-to-2450Mb/s for Near Range Communication,” Proc. IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), San Jose, CA, Sept. 2014.
X. You, H. Feng, X. Xing and Z. Wang, “A Power Mixer based Dual-Band Transmitter for NB-IoT applications,” 2019 IEEE 62nd International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Dallas, TX, USA, 2019, pp. 287-290, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8884866&isnumber=8884793
L. Rao, H. Feng, X. Xing and Y. Tan, “A 15.6 dBm P, 24 dB Gain, 24.4%PAE, Linear CMOS Power Amplifier for 5G Application,” 2019 IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), Xi’an, China, 2019, pp. 1-3, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8754295&isnumber=8753821
J. Han, Y. Lu, N. Sutardja, K. Jung and E. Alon, “Design Techniques for a 60 Gb/s 173 mW Wireline Receiver Frontend in 65 nm CMOS Technology,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 871-880, April 2016, doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2016.2519389, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7437437&isnumber=7446371
J. Han, N. Sutardja, Y. Lu and E. Alon, “Design Techniques for a 60-Gb/s 288-mW NRZ Transceiver With Adaptive Equalization and Baud-Rate Clock and Data Recovery in 65-nm CMOS Technology,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 52, no. 12, pp. 3474-3485, Dec. 2017, doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2017.2740268, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8025518&isnumber=8118328
J. Han, Y. Lu, N. Sutardja, K. Jung and E. Alon. (2015). A 60Gb/s 173mW receiver frontend in 65nm CMOS technology. 10.1109/VLSIC.2015.7231268, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280570555_A_60Gbs_173mW_receiver_frontend_in_65nm_CMOS_technology
B. Wheeler. (2019). Low Power, Crystal-Free Design for Monolithic Receivers. UC Berkeley. ProQuest ID: Wheeler_berkeley_0028E_18563. Merritt ID: ark:/13030/m5sr43cs. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/13f3h6hd
X. Hu. (2019). Advanced on Chip-in-Cell Wireless Platform to Continuously Monitor Physiological Parameters in Single Cell. Stanford University. PhD Dissertation. https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:zx160zd7696/CHIC_Sesors_Hu_Xiaolin_Jasmine_thesis_final-augmented.pdf
F. Kuo et al., “A Bluetooth Low-Energy Transceiver With 3.7-mW All-Digital Transmitter, 2.75-mW High-IF Discrete-Time Receiver, and TX/RX Switchable On-Chip Matching Network,” in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 1144-1162, April 2017, doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2017.2654322. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7862859&isnumber=7888613
Q. Liao et al., “A 50-Gb/s PAM-4 Silicon-Photonic Transmitter Incorporating Lumped-Segment MZM, Distributed CMOS Driver, and Integrated CDR,” in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 767-780, March 2022.
Raleigh Smith (2019). The Bang Bang PLL as a Clock Source in Serial-De-Serializer (SERDES) Applications. Carleton University. PhD Dissertation. https://curve.carleton.ca/system/files/etd/8ad43bd8-d074-471f-ac77-976211af09bb/etd_pdf/137adb71d8f1e927f16bc15e83bc599f/smith-thebangbangpllasaclocksourceinserialdeserializer.pdf
Qian Chen et al.(2022). “A Single Chain 800M/1.8G/2.4GHz Multistandard Transceiver With Multibranch Transformer for Low-Cost IoT Applications” in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS—II: EXPRESS BRIEFS, VOL. 69, NO. 12