Biography

With Dr. Smith and Laura in 2016, Taipei

Chih-Chan Tu received B.S., M.S, and Ph.D degree of EE, National Taiwan University, in 2010, 2013 and 2018, respectively. In 2017, he was with IMEC, Belgium, as an exchange researcher, investigating MEMS Magnetic sensors for biomedical applications. His research focuses on sensor readout circuits and systems, and the applications include bio-potential monitoring and magnetic field sensing. His Ph.D research was awarded as the annual best dissertation of Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering, NTU, in 2018. He also won MXIC silicon competition Bronze prize in 2014 and 2017.

Dr. Tu joined Realtek, Taiwan in 2018, where he contributed to low-power wireless-baseband filters for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth applications, Giga-bit automotive Ethernet transceivers, and proposed some new architectures for temperature sensors in wireless SoC. In 2021, he joined Mediatek, working on ultra-high-speed data converters for next-generation communication systems.

In 2023, Dr. Tu changed his career, he joined WorldQuant as a Quantitative Researcher.

Linkedin Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/chih-chan-tu/37/151/63b

Publications

U.S. Patents:

[1] C. -C. Tu, “Amplifying circuit,” US Patent No. 11,757,418. (Sep. 12, 2023)

[2] C. -C. Tu, “Amplifier circuit,” US Patent No. 11,736,070. (Aug. 12, 2023)

[3] C. -C. Tu, “Temperature sensing circuit,” US Patent No. 11,493,390. (Nov. 8, 2022)

[4] C. -C. Tu, C. -L. Chen and K. -U. Chen, “Calibration device and calibration method,” US Patent No. 11,424,733. (Aug. 13, 2022)

[5] Y. -L. Tsai, F. -W. Lee, C. -C. Tu, B. -C. Yang and T. -H. Lin, “Biomedical signal sensing circuit,” US Patent No. 9,833,195. (Dec. 5, 2017)

International Journals:

[1] C. -C. Tu, Y. -K. Wang and T. -H. Lin, "A Low-Noise Area-Efficient Chopped VCO-based CTDSM for Sensor Applications in 40-nm CMOS," IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 52, No. 10, pp. 2523 - 2532, Oct. 2017.

International Conferences:

[1] P. -H. Huang, C. -C. Tu, and T. -H. Lin, "An Area-Efficient VCO-Based Hall Sensor Readout System for Autofocus Applications," IEEE ISCAS, May, 2019.

[2] D. -K. Lin, C. -C. Tu, S. -K. Kui and T. -H. Lin, "An Analog Front-End Circuit for CO2 Sensor Readout in 0.18-µm CMOS Process," IEEE VLSI-DAT, Apr. 2019

[3] C. -C. Tu, F. -Y. Lee, Y. -K. Wang. H. -C. Chen and T. -H. Lin, "An Area-Efficient Capacitively-Coupled Sensor Readout Circuit with Current-Splitting OTA and FIR-DAC," IEEE A-SSCC, Nov. 2017.

[4] C. -C. Tu, Y. -K. Wang and T. -H. Lin, "A 0.06mm^2 ± 50mV Range -82dB THD Chopper VCO-based Sensor Readout Circuit in 40nm CMOS," IEEE Symp. VLSI Circuits, Jun. 2017.

[5] C. -C. Tu, Y. -K. Wang and T. -H. Lin, "A 40-nV/√Hz 0.0145-mm^2 Sensor Readout Circuit with Chopped VCO-Based CTDSM in 40-nm CMOS," IEEE A-SSCC, Nov. 2016.

[6] C. -C. Tu, K. -C. Chen, T. -Y. Wu and T. -H. Lin, "An Area-Efficient Wideband CMOS Hall Sensor System for Camera Autofocus Systems," IEEE A-SSCC, Nov. 2016.

[7] C. -C. Tu, F. -Y. Lee and T. -H. Lin, "An Area-Efficient Capacitively-Coupled Instrumentation Amplifier with a Duty-Cycled Gm-C DC Servo Loop in 0.18-um CMOS,"IEEE A-SSCC, Nov. 2014.

[8] C. -C. Tu, F. -Y. Lee and T. -H. Lin, "A 135 uW 0.46mOhm/rtHz Thoracic Impedance Variance Monitor with Square-Wave Current Modulation," IEEE A-SSCC, Nov. 2014.

[9] C. -C. Tu and T.-H. Lin, "Analog Front-End Amplifier for ECG Applications with Feed-Forward EOS Cancellation," IEEE VLSI-DAT, Apr. 2014.

[10] C. -C. Tu and T. -H. Lin, "Measurement and Parameter Characterization of Pseudo-Resistor Based CCIA for Biomedical Applications," IEEE ISBB, Apr. 2014.

[11] Y.-L. Tsai, P.-Y. Hsiao, L.-G. Chen, C.-W. Huang, H.-T. Hsueh, C.-C. Tu, C.-T. Lin, S.-S. Lu, and T-H. Lin, "A Sensor-Merged Oscillator-Based Readout Circuit for Pizeo-Resistive Sensing Applications," IEEE BioCAS, pp. 332-335, Nov. 2012.