Professor
Prof. Young-Kyun Cho
Young-Kyun Cho received the B.S. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea, in 2001, the M.S. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea, in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea, in 2019.
He was a Principal Researcher with Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Daejeon. He was an assistant professor of Kongju National University and currently is an assistant professor of RICE at Chungnam National University.
His research interests include novel devices, mixed signal circuits, Nyquist and oversampling rate data converters, and dc–dc converters for integrated circuits and RF components, mm-wave & sub-THz system, and semiconductor antennas for high-frequency systems.
Dr. Cho was the recipient of the Best Paper Award at the IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference in 2006, the Outstanding Employee Award by ETRI in 2015, and was twice awarded the Minister of Knowledge Economy and President Prize of Republic of Korea at the National Semiconductor Design Contest in 2009 and 2014, respectively.
Contact
Email: ykcho at cnu.ac.kr
Tel: +82 42-821-6884 (office), 7713(lab)
Office: E2 428, Chungnam National University @Daejeon
Experiences
Student Union President of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ajou University, 1999
Research assistant at nano device and circuit laboratory, POSTECH, 2001~2003
Researcher, ETRI, 2003~2009
Senior Researcher, ETRI, 2010~2018
Commercialize supporting on SAR ADC, LG Electronics, 2011
Principal Researcher, ETRI, 2019~2020
IEEE Member, 2018~
Assistant Professor, Kongju National University, 2020~2023
Assistant Professor, Chungnam National University, 2023~
Honors and Awards
Inside Cover Article, Advanced Electronics Materials, 2020 Vol. 11.
Y.-K. Cho et. al., “Reconfigurable Beamforming Silicon Plasma Antenna with Vertical PIN Diode Array,” Advanced Electronic Materials, Vol. 6, Issue. 11, 2020.
Cover Article, ETRI Journal 2016 Vol. 2.
Y.-K. Cho et. al., “5.2mW 61dB SNDR 15 MHz Bandwidth CT DS Modulator using single operational amplifier and single feedback DAC,”ETRI Journal, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 217-226, 2016.
Outstanding Employee of This Year, ETRI, 2015.
President Prize (Grand Prize), 15th National Semiconductor Design Contest: Advanced Class-S Transmitter for Next Generation Eco-basestation System, 2014.
Minister Prize of Knowledge Economy (Silver Prize), 10th National Semiconductor Design Contest: A 1.2V CMOS Analog Front-End for Image Signal Processing, 2009.
IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC) Best Poster Paper Award: Selective Oxidation Fin Channel MOSFET for Source/Drain Series Resistance Reduction, 2006.
Awards for the Graduation with Honors from the Director of POSTECH, 2003.
Awards for Jeongsu Scholarship Foundation, 1999~2000.