Department of Microelectronics
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science

dr. Sijun Du

Assistant Professor
Electronic Instrumentation (EI), Department of Microelectronics

Expertise: Power management integrated circuit (PMIC), energy harvesting, wireless power transfer, DC/DC converters.

Themes: Autonomous sensor systems

Biography

Sijun Du received a B.Sc. degree (Hons.) in Electronic Engineering from Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC), Paris, France, in 2011, and an M.Sc. degree (Distinction) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Imperial College London, UK, in 2012. From 2012 to 2013, he was with the Lip6 laboratory at Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC). From 2013 to 2014, he was a digital IC design engineer in Shanghai, China. In October 2014, he joined the University of Cambridge, UK, for Ph.D. research, where he spent less than three years submitting his thesis. In 2016, he did a three-month internship in the R&D department at Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA, USA. In 2018, he was a visiting scholar at Fudan University, China, for three months. From 2018 to 2020, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC), University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. In 2020, he joined the Department of Microelectronics, Delft University of Technology, where he is now an Assistant Professor.

He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Chartered Engineer (CEng). He received the prestigious NWO VENI grant in the 2021 round (AES domain, 1st place in ranking). He is a co-recipient of the 2022 ICECS Best Student Paper award. He is a technical committee (TC) member of the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS). He serves as the review committee member and session chair in ISCAS 2020, ISCAS 2021, and ISCAS 2022. He serves as the Power & Energy track co-chair for ISCAS 2025. He is a member of the 2023 ISSCC Student Research Preview (SRP) committee.

He has authored and co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed technical papers and 5 patents. His current research is focused on energy-efficient integrated circuits and systems, including energy harvesting, wireless power transfer, and DC/DC converters used in autonomous wireless sensors for the Internet of Things (IoT), wearable electronics, biomedical devices, and microrobots.

EE2C1 Transistor Circuits

Analysis and design of digital integrated circuits (electronics and systems aspects)

EE4610 Digital IC design

Analysis and design of digital systems with full comprehension of its performance, power dissipation, size and reliability.

EE4C10 Analog circuit design fundamentals

  1. A Fully Integrated Sequential Synchronized Switch Harvesting on Capacitors Rectifier Based on Split-Electrode for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
    Xinling Yue; Jiarui Mo; Zhiyuan Chen; Sten Vollebregt; Guoqi Zhang; Sijun Du;
    IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,
    Volume 39, Issue 6, pp. 7643-7653, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2024.3369728

  2. Measuring residual stresses in individual on-chip interconnects using synchrotron nanodiffraction
    Yaqian Zhang; Leiming Du; Olof Bäcke; Sebastian Kalbfleisch; Guoqi Zhang; Sten Vollebregt; Magnus Hörnqvist Colliander;
    Applied Physics Letters,
    Volume 124, pp. 083501-1-6, 2024. DOI: 10.1063/5.0192672

  3. A Coupling-Adaptive Wireless Power Transfer System With Voltage-/Current-Mode Receiver and Global Digital-PWM Regulation
    Lu, Tianqi; Du, Sijun;
    IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
    pp. 1-13, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2024.3461857

  4. A Single-Stage Dual-Output Regulating Voltage Doubler for Wireless Power Transfer
    Lu, Tianqi; Makinwa, Kofi A. A.; Du, Sijun;
    IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
    Volume 59, Issue 9, pp. 2922-2933, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2024.3378675

  5. Investigating Mechanical Properties of Silicon Carbide Coated Carbon Nanotube Composite at Elevated Temperatures
    Jiarui Mo; Gerald J.K. Schaffar; Leiming Du; Verena Maier-Kiener; Daniel Kiener; Sten Vollebregt; Guoqi Zhang;
    In IEEE 37th Intl. Conf. on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS2024),
    2024. DOI: 10.1109/MEMS58180.2024.10439455

  6. A Switching-Mode Single-Stage Dual-Output Regulating Rectifier Achieving 92.33% Efficiency and Extended Range for Wireless Power Transfer
    Lu, Tianqi; Du, Sijun;
    In 2024 IEEE European Solid-State Electronics Research Conference (ESSERC),
    pp. 169-172, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/ESSERC62670.2024.10719538

  7. A Fully Integrated Recursive Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converter with Hybrid Hysteresis-CFM Control
    Li, Shuangmu; Lu, Tianqi; Jiang, Junmin; Du, Sijun;
    In 2024 IEEE European Solid-State Electronics Research Conference (ESSERC),
    pp. 57-60, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/ESSERC62670.2024.10719469

  8. A 3-Phase Resonant Current-Mode Wireless Power Receiver with Residual-Free Energy Delivery and Digital-Assisted ZVS Achieving 94.5% Efficiency
    Lu, Tianqi; Du, Sijun;
    In 2024 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC),
    pp. 1-2, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/CICC60959.2024.10529042

  9. 27.4 A 13.56MHz Wireless Power Transfer System with Hybrid Voltage-/Current-Mode Receiver and Global Digital-PWM Regulation Achieving 150% Transfer Range Extension and 72.3% End-to-End Efficiency
    Lu, Tianqi; Du, Sijun;
    In 2024 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC),
    pp. 450-452, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC49657.2024.10454547

  10. Performance Optimization of SSHC Rectifiers for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
    Yue, X.; Du, S.;
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs,
    Volume 70, Issue 4, pp. 1560-1564, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2022.3224033

  11. A Dynamically Reconfigurable Recursive Switched- Capacitor DC–DC Converter With Adaptive Load Ability Enhancement
    Q. Lu, S. Li, B. Zhao, J. Jiang, Z. Chen; S. Du;
    IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,
    Volume 38, Issue 4, pp. 5032-5040, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2023.3235305

  12. A Single-Stage Regulating Voltage-Doubling Rectifier for Wireless Power Transfer
    Tianqi Lu; Sijun Du;
    IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters,
    Volume 6, pp. 29-32, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/LSSC.2023.3239691

  13. A Bias-Flip Rectifier With Duty-Cycle-Based MPPT for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
    Yue, Xinling; Javvaji, Sundeep; Tang, Zhong; Makinwa, Kofi A. A.; Du, Sijun;
    IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
    pp. 1-11, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2023.3313733

  14. A Bias-Flip Rectifier With Duty-Cycle-Based MPPT for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
    Yue, X.; Javvaji, S.; Tang, Z.; Makinwa, K. A. A.; Du, S.;
    IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
    pp. 1-11, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2023.3313733

  15. A Level Shifter With Almost Full Immunity to Positive dv/dt for Buck Converters
    Yang, Y.; Huang, M.; Du, S.; Martins, R. P.; Lu, Y.;
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers,
    Volume 70, Issue 11, pp. 4595-4604, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2023.3307869

  16. A Self-Bias-Flip With Charge Recycle Interface Circuit With No External Energy Reservoir for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Array
    Li, Z.; Chen, Z.; Wang, J.; Wang, J.; Jiang, J.; Du, S.; Cheng, X.; Zeng, X.; Han, J.;
    IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,
    Volume 38, Issue 9, pp. 11630-11641, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2023.3286399

  17. The Advances in Conversion Techniques in Triboelectric Energy Harvesting: A Review
    Peng, W.; Du, S.;
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers,
    Volume 70, Issue 7, pp. 3049-3062, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2023.3261780

  18. A Synchronized Switch Harvesting Rectifier With Reusable Storage Capacitors for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
    Yue, X.; Du, S.;
    IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
    Volume 58, Issue 9, pp. 2597-2606, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2023.3260145

  19. A Single-Stage Three-Mode Reconfigurable Regulating Rectifier for Wireless Power Transfer
    Liu, S.; Lu, T.; Tang, Z.; Chen, Z.; Jiang, J.; Zhao, B.; Du, S.;
    IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,
    Volume 38, Issue 7, pp. 9195-9205, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2023.3262728

  20. 30.3 A Bias-Flip Rectifier with a Duty-Cycle-Based MPPT Algorithm for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting with 98% Peak MPPT Efficiency and 738% Energy-Extraction Enhancement
    Yue, X.; Javvaji, S.; Tang, Z.; Makinwa, K. A. A.; Du, S.;
    In 2023 IEEE International Solid- State Circuits Conference (ISSCC),
    pp. 442-444, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC42615.2023.10067284

  21. Low Temperature Fine Pitch All-Copper Interconnects Combining Photopatternable Underfill Films
    Xinrui Ji; Henk Van Zeijl; Weiping Jiao; Shan He; Leiming Du; Guoqi Zhang;
    In Proc. of Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC),
    2023.

  22. High-Temperature Creep Properties of a Novel Solder Material and Its Thermal Fatigue Properties Under Potting Material
    Leiming Du; Guoqi Zhang; Xiujuan Zhao; Willem Van Driel; Rene Poelma;
    In Proc. of Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC),
    2023.

  23. A 13.56MHz Fully Integrated 91.8% Efficiency Single-Stage Dual-Output Regulating Voltage Doubler for Biomedical Wireless Power Transfer
    Lu, Tianqi; Chang, Zu-Yao; Jiang, Junmin; Makinwa, Kofi; Du, Sijun;
    In 2023 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC),
    pp. 1-2, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/CICC57935.2023.10121186

  24. A Bias-Flip Rectifier with a Duty-Cycle-Based MPPT Algorithm for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting with 98% Peak MPPT Efficiency and 738% Energy-Extraction Enhancement
    Yue, X.; Javvaji, S.; Tang, Z.; Makinwa, K. A. A.; Du, S.;
    In 2023 IEEE International Solid- State Circuits Conference (ISSCC),
    pp. 442-444, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC42615.2023.10067284

  25. A Self Bias-flip Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Array without External Energy Reservoirs achieving 488% Improvement with 4-Ratio Switched-PEH DC-DC Converter
    Li, Z.; Chen, Z.; Law, M. K.; Du, S.; Cheng, X.; Zeng, X.; Han, J.;
    In 2023 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC),
    pp. 1-2, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/CICC57935.2023.10121219

  26. A 13.56MHz Fully Integrated 91.8% Efficiency Single-Stage Dual-Output Regulating Voltage Doubler for Biomedical Wireless Power Transfer
    Lu, T.; Chang, Z. Y.; Jiang, J.; Makinwa, K.; Du, S.;
    In 2023 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC),
    pp. 1-2, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/CICC57935.2023.10121186

  27. A 90.6% Efficient, 0.333 W/mm2 Power Density Direct 48V-to-1V Dual Inductor Hybrid Converter with Delay-line Based V2D Controller
    Hua, Y.; Lu, Q.; Li, S.; Zhao, B.; Du, S.;
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs,
    pp. 1-5, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2022.3219243

  28. A Crystal-Less Clock Generation Technique for Battery-Free Wireless Systems
    Chang, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Yang, C.; Luo, Y.; Du, S.; Chen, Y.; Zhao, B.;
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers,
    pp. 1-12, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2022.3201196

  29. An Output Bandwidth Optimized 200-Gb/s PAM-4 100-Gb/s NRZ Transmitter With 5-Tap FFE in 28-nm CMOS
    Wang, Z.; Choi, M.; Lee, K.; Park, K.; Liu, Z.; Biswas, A.; Han, J.; Du, S.; Alon, E.;
    IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
    Volume 57, Issue 1, pp. 21-31, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2021.3109562

  30. A Nanopower 95.6% Efficiency Voltage Regulator with Adaptive Supply-Switching for Energy Harvesting Applications
    Zou, Y.; Yue, X.; Du, S.;
    In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
    pp. 3557-3561, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS48785.2022.9937775

  31. A Reconfigurable Cold-Startup SSHI Rectifier with 4X Lower Input Amplitude Requirement for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
    Yue, X.; Zou, Y.; Chen, Z.; Liang, J.; Du, S.;
    In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
    pp. 649-653, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS48785.2022.9937838

  32. A Highly Efficient Fully Integrated Active Rectifier for Ultrasonic Wireless Power Transfer
    Yue, X.; Chen, Z.; Zou, Y.; Du, S.;
    In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
    pp. 531-535, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS48785.2022.9937532

  33. Performance Enhancement with a Capacitor-Scaling Design for SSHC Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Interfaces
    Zou, Y.; Du, S.;
    In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
    pp. 2758-2762, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS48785.2022.9937764

  34. A Nano-power Wake-up Circuit for Energy-driven IoT Applications
    Teng, L.; Liang, J.; Du, S.;
    In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
    pp. 2383-2387, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS48785.2022.9937295

  35. A 10-mV-Startup-Voltage Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting System With a Piezoelectric Starter
    Wang, R.; Liang, Y.; Du, S.;
    In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
    pp. 1482-1486, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS48785.2022.9937554

  36. A PV-assisted 10-mV Startup Boost Converter for Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting
    Liang, Y.; Wang, R.; Chen, Z.; Du, S.;
    In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
    pp. 644-648, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS48785.2022.9937311

  37. A Ring-Oscillator Sub-Sampling PLL With Hybrid Loop Using Generator-Based Design Flow
    Wang, Z.; Choi, M.; Wright, J.; Lee, K.; Liu, Z.; Yin, B.; Han, J.; Du, S.; Alon, E.;
    In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
    pp. 2881-2885, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS48785.2022.9937615

  38. A 200Gb/s PAM-4 Transmitter with Hybrid Sub-Sampling PLL in 28nm CMOS Technology
    Wang, Z.; Choi, M.; Kwon, P.; Lee, K.; Yin, B.; Liu, Z.; Park, K.; Biswas, A.; Han, J.; Du, S.; Alon, E.;
    In 2022 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits (VLSI Technology and Circuits),
    pp. 34-35, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/VLSITechnologyandCir46769.2022.9830237

  39. A 6.78 MHz Dual-output Reconfigurable Rectifier with Hysteretic Output Regulation for Wireless Power Transfer Systems
    Lu, T.; Du, S.;
    In 2022 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS),
    pp. 1-4, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9971112

  40. A 2-Mode Reconfigurable SSHI Rectifier with 3.2X Lower Cold-Start Requirement for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting*
    Yue, X.; Du, S.;
    In 2022 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS),
    pp. 1-4, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9970776

  41. An Automated and Process-Portable Generator for Phase-Locked Loop
    Wang, Z.; Choi, M.; Chang, E.; Wright, J.; Bae, W.; Du, S.; Liu, Z.; Narevsky, N.; Schmidt, C.; Biwas, A.; Nikolic, B.; Alon, E.;
    In 2021 58th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC),
    pp. 511-516, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/DAC18074.2021.9586318

  42. Voltage Flip Efficiency Optimization of SSHC Rectifiers for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
    Yue, X.; Du, S.;
    In 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
    pp. 1-5, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS51556.2021.9401330

  43. An Automated and Process-Portable Generator for Phase-Locked Loop
    Wang, Z.; Choi, M.; Chang, E.; Wright, J.; Bae, W.; Du, S.; Liu, Z.; Narevsky, N.; Schmidt, C.; Biwas, A.; Nikolic, B.; Alon, E.;
    In 2021 58th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC),
    pp. 511-516, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/DAC18074.2021.9586318

  44. Mass sensitivity of aluminum nitride thin film based surface acoustic wave sensors prepared for biosensing application
    Ying-ge Li; Lian-xiang Ma; P. M. Sarro; Dong-xing Du; Xue-feng Liu;
    In Symposium on Piezoelectricity, Acoustic Waves, and Device Applications (SPAWDA),
    pp. 368-370, 2016.

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