Hyunchol Shin received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, in 1991, 1993, and 1998, respectively.

During his Ph.D, he held an internship as a Doktorand with the Daimler-Benz Research Center, Ulm, Germany. Upon completion of the Ph.D, he worked at several research institutions and companies, such as Samsung Electronics, Suwon, Korea, The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), CA., USA, and Qualcomm, San Diego, CA, USA, where he was involved with RF/analog circuit and transceiver design for wireless communications.  In 2003, he joined the faculty members of the Department of Electronic Convergence Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea, as a Professor. In 2010-2011, he took his sabbatical leave at Qualcomm Corporate R&D, San Diego, CA, USA as a visiting professor. And since 2024, he has been with School of Semiconductor Systems Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea, where he is currently a Professor.

He has coauthored over 70 journal and conference papers. He holds over 30 patents in the field of RF/analog circuit design. His research interests focus on CMOS RF/analog/microwave circuits and phase-locked loop (PLL) frequency synthesizers. Prof. Shin has served on Technical Program Committees of several IEEE conferences such as International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), VLSI Circuit Symposium, Asian Solid-State Circuit Conference (A-SSCC), International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWCAS), and International System-on-Chip Conference (ISOCC).

학력

1987. 3 - 1991. 2 KAIST 전기및전자공학과 공학사 (B.S)

1991. 3 - 1993. 2 KAIST 전기및전자공학과 공학석사 (M.S)

1993. 3 - 1998. 2 KAIST 전기및전자공학과 공학박사 (Ph.D)

경력

2023. 2 - 현재 광운대학교 전자정보공과대학 학장

2003. 9 - 현재 광운대학교 전자융합공학과 교수 

2014. 4 - 2019.12 과학기술정통부 선정 전파연구센터 (Radio Research Center) 센터장 

2016. 2 - 2018. 2 광운대학교 전자정보공과대학 부학장 

2010. 8 - 2011. 8 Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA. Corporate R&D, Visiting Faculty

2002. 5 - 2003. 8 Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA. Senior Engineer 

2000. 4 - 2002. 4 UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Postdoc 

1998. 1 - 2000. 3 삼성전자 선임연구원 

1997. 4 - 1997. 10 Daimler-Benz 연구소, Ulm, Germany, 박사과정연구원(Doktorand) 

학회 및 대외 활동

IEEE Senior Member (2010 - 현재) 

IEICE Member (2005 - 현재) 

대한전자공학회, 한국전자파학회, 한국통신학회, 한국ITS학회 평생회원 

반도체공학회 부회장 (2019 - 현재)

대한전자공학회 RF집적회로연구회 위원장 (2013 - 2016), 상임위원(2013 - 현재)

한국전자파학회 이사 (2014 - 현재) 

대한전자공학회 평의원 (2016 - 현재) 

한국전자파학회 평의원 (2015 - 현재) 

방위사업청 기술자문위원 (2016 - 2017)

학술 활동

International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC) General Chair (2019)

International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC) Vice General Chair (2018)

International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC) Technical Program Committee Chair (2017)

IEEE VLSI Circuit Symposium TPC Member (2016 - 2018) 

IEEE ISSCC TPC Member (2015 - 2018) 

URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (AP-RASC) TPC (2016) 

International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC) Technical Program Committee Vice-Chair (2014 - 2015) 

IEEE A-SSCC RF Subcommittee TPC Member (2007 - 2012) 

IEEE Int. Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems RF Track Chair (2011) 

Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science, Guest Editor (2008, 2016) 

수상 실적

2019 대한전자공학회 JSTS 우수논문상

2019 ISOCC 우수포스터논문상

2019 제20회 대한민국 반도체 설계대전 대통령상

2017 대한전자공학회 공로상

2017 ISOCC 우수논문상 (2편)

2017 대한전자공학회 RF 연구회 최우수연구실상

2017 광운대학교 산학협력상

2015 ISOCC 우수논문상 

2012 광운IT작품전시회 우수상 

2012 제12회 RF집적회로기술워크샵 IEEE SSCS Seoul Chapter 우수논문상 

2011 광운 IT작품전시회 우수상 

2008 동부하이텍 IP 설계공모전 우수설계상 

2008 제 8회 RF집적회로기술워크샵 IEEE SSCS Seoul Chapter 우수논문상 

2007 제 7회 RF집적회로기술워크샵 IEEE EDS Seoul Chapter 우수논문상 

2006 제 6회 RF집적회로기술워크샵 IEEE EDS Seoul Chapter 우수논문상 

2000 제 8회 한국반도체학술대회 우수논문상 

논문 및 저술 활동

SCI논문 50여편 

국제학술대회 발표논문 40여편 

학진등재지 학술논문 30여편 

국내학술대회 발표논문 100여편 

국내외 특허출원 및 등록 40여건 

대학전자회로실험, 한티미디어 (2021)

RF전자공학 2판, 공역, 휴먼사이언스 (2015) 

CMOS RFIC 설계, 공저, 홍릉과학출판사 (2009) 

이동통신소자설계, 공저, 도서출판 인터비전 (2007) 

무선통신시스템구현, 공저, 도서출판 인터비전 (2007)

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION 

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering (Mar. 1993 - Feb. 1998)

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejon, Korea

Dissertation: Reduction of Parasitic Capacitance in Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor and its Monolithic Integration with Field Effect Transistor

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Mar. 1991 - Feb. 1993)

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejon, Korea

Thesis: Design and Fabrication of Monolithic Feedback Amplifier

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (Mar. 1987 - Feb. 1991)

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejon, Korea

Graduated Summa Cum Laude

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES 

Kwangwoon University, Dept. Electronics Convergence Engineering, Seoul (Sept. 2003 – Present) Professor, High-Speed Integrated Circuit and System Lab.

CMOS RF Transceivers for wireless communications, RF/Analog IC design, Microwave and millimeter-wave integrated circuit design, High-speed analog circuit design Teaching courses on RF/analog/digital/microwave integrated circuit design, wireless communication transceivers and system.

Qualcomm Inc, Corporate Research and Development, San Diego, CA. (Aug. 2010 – Present)

Visiting Faculty: RF/Analog ASIC Engineering, Involved in the next-generation RF transceiver front-end design. The multiband front-end module includes switch bank and wideband LNA, all of which should be integrated on SOI substrate. Designing active feedback LNAs for wideband/multiband diversity receive path.

Qualcomm Inc, RF/Analog IC Design, San Diego, CA. (May. 2002 – Aug. 2003)

Senior Engineer: Involved in the development of GSM/WCDMA multi-mode quad-band RF transceiver (RTR6250) in SiGe BiCMOS technology, technically in charge of GSM transmitter design of offset phase-locked loop (OPLL) type. Design experiences cover the most key RFIC’s as well as the top-level chip design for both of CDMA and GSM RF transceiver. Also working closely on system level design for CDMA and GSM standards as well as the 3G wireless communications. In the GSM Tx design, developed and published a new analysis method for the spectral spreading of a GMSK signal so that it helps specify the distortion requirements of a transmitter to meet the 400 kHz emission mask.

University of California at Los Angeles, Electrical Engineering Dept, Los Angeles, CA. (Apr. 2000 – Apr. 2002)

Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer: Advisor: Prof. Frank Chang. Three major projects First; High-speed digital I/O interface based on a novel RF/wireless inter- and intra-chip interconnect concept. Demonstrated 2Gbps RF-interconnect prototype in 0.18um CMOS based on capacitive coupling and 10-GHz RF modulation. Design involved 10 GHz RF direct conversion transceiver and CDMA baseband modem. Also involved in the 2.7Gbps CDMA-based high-speed interchip interconnect in CMOS. Second; Dual-band (6- and 9-GHz) direct-conversion transceiver IC design in SiGe BiCMOS for a reconfigurable aperture antenna (funded by DARPA). Developed a 1.8-V 6/9-GHz Reconfigurable Dual-Band Quadrature LC VCO in SiGe BiCMOS Technology with a switching time of 3.6 nsec. Third; designed a frequency synthesizer at 5.2GHz for IEEE802.11a using 0.25um CMOS. Also taught EE115B Analog Electronic Circuits II in Fall 2001as a Lecturer.

Samsung Electronics, RF Product, System LSI Business, Suwon, Korea (Jan. 1998 – Mar. 2000 )

Senior Engineer: Involved in developing PCS/Cellular RF chips (KB8671/72) and baseband analog processor (KB8656/57/58 - completed transfer to volume production) using 0.5um BiCMOS technology for CDMA/AMPS cellular phones. Especially designed the following blocks: RxAGC with low current consumption (8mA), TxAGC with varying current consumption and high ACPR, 500MHz LC-tuned VCO with low phase noise of 115 dBc/Hz @ 100kHz, Analog quadrature modulator/demodulator. In addition, involved in design of the following blocks: low noise amplifier with 2 dB noise figure and +6 dBm IIP3, gilbert-cell mixer, CDMA/FM DAC & ADC, gm-C filters, Charge-pump PLL. For the development of the above chipsets, achieved in-depth knowledge about the CDMA system - budget analysis for RF front end, system architecture, CDMA coding method, digital modulation scheme, interface with mobile station modem.

DaimlerBenz Research Center, Ulm, Germany (Apr. 1997 - Oct. 1997)

Doktorand: Advisor: Dr. Helmut Leier. Developed an InP/InGaAs HBT process using polyimide planarization and an AlInAs/InGaAs HBT process using air-bridge process. Developed InP/InGaAs HBT for the first time at Daimler Research Center. Devices showed fT of 60 GHz and fMAX of 140 GHz. Invented and devised a new device structure for reduced base-collector capacitance which got a European and US patent. Investigated the emitter size effects on fT and proposed a formula for the relation. Developed 27-GHz oscillator using the fabricated transistors.

Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute, Compound Semiconductor Device Lab. Daejon, Korea ( Mar. 1993 - Nov. 1993 )

Internship: Involved in developing a X-band T/R module for DBS application using 0.5 um GaAs MESFET technology. Designed an LC-tuned voltage controlled oscillator. Investigated various VCO topologies with respect to phase noise and power consumption.

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Dept. of EE, Daejon, Korea ( Mar. 1991 - Feb. 1997 )

Graduate Student Researcher: Advisor : Prof. Young-Se Kwon. Conducted research in the following areas : Developed GaAs MMIC LNA at 6 GHz using Triquint foundry (1991). Developed GaAs MESFET MMIC Library - active and passive devices using the KAIST process. Much efforts has been done on developing and stabilizing the infant MMIC process (1992). Using the in-house process, developed various GaAs MESFET MMIC’s - Feedback amplifier with 5GHz-BW (1992), Wideband amplifier with 10 GHz-BW(1993), 2GHz VCO(1994), Mixer & Power Combiner (1995). Developed a cascode-type LNA for DBS using InGaAs p-HEMT technology(1997). As a doctoral research, developed a novel structure for monolithically integrating AlGaAs/GaAs HBT and GaAs FET (1994 - 1996) on the same substrate. Extensive experience in Device technology and epitaxial growth using MOCVD. All the epi-layers for the fabrication were grown by myself. Investigated the macro-step formation mechanism during the epi-growth on the vicinal substrate using an atomic force microscope (1996).

TEACHING EXPERIENCES 

University of California at Los Angeles, Electrical Engineering Department, as a Lecturer, EE115B Analog Electronic Circuits II, Fall 2001

Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea, as a Professor since Fall 2003, Microelectronic circuits, Analog Integrated Circuit Design, Digital Integrated Circuit Design, RF Integrated Circuit Design, Special topics in Integrated Circuit Design, Advanced RF Circuits and Systems.

AWARDS AND HONORS 

Co-recipient of Best Paper Award by LG Electronics for the paper entitled “Design of a       40GHz PLL Frequency Synthesizer with Wide Locking Range ILFD in 65nm CMOS” presented at The 2015 International SoC Design Conference, Jeju, Korea, Nov. 3, 2015.

Co-recipient of IEEE Best Paper Award by IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Seoul Chapter for the paper entitled “A CMOS Transceiver for Implantable Cardioverter Telemetry Service” presented at The 12th IEEK RF Integrated Circuits Technology Workshop, Jeju, Korea, Sep. 20, 2012.

Co-recipient of IEEK Best Paper Award for the paper entitled “RF Tunable Filter for Wideband Transmitter” presented at The IEEK SoC Conference, Jeonbuk University, Korea, May 16, 2009.

Co-recipient of Best Design Award for the design entitled “A CMOS RF Frequency Synthesizer Employing All Digital Auto Calibration Technique with Enhanced Precision and Agility” presented at The 2nd Dongbu Hitek IP Design Contest, Seoul, Korea, Nov. 6, 2008.

Co-recipient of IEEE Best Paper Award by IEEE SSCS Seoul Chapter for the paper entitled “A 54-862 MHz CMOS Direct Conversion Transmitter for IEEE 802.22 Cognitive Radio Applications” presented at The 8th IEEK RF Integrated Circuits Technology Workshop, Jeju, Korea, Sep. 2008.

Co-recipient of IEEE Best Paper Award by IEEE EDS Seoul Chapter for the paper entitled “A CMOS Frequency Synthesizer with Linearized Coarse Tuned VCO for Quad-Band Multi-Standard Mobile Broadcasting Tuners” presented at The 7th IEEK RF Integrated Circuits Technology Workshop, Jeju, Korea, Sep. 2007.

Co-recipient of IEEE Best Paper Award by IEEE EDS Seoul Chapter for the paper entitled “A 2.4-GHz CMOS Driver Amplifier Based on Multiple-Gated Transistor and Resistive Source Degeneration for Mobile WiMAX” presented at The 6th IEEK RF Integrated Circuits Technology Workshop, Jeju, Korea, Sep. 2006.

Co-recipient of Best Paper Award for the paper entitled “Intermediate-Frequency/Baseband Analog Processing Chipset for CDMA/AMPS Mobile Handsets,” presented at The 7th Korean Conference on Semiconductors, Seoul, Korea, Jan. 2000.

Recipient of KOSEF (Korea Science and Engineering Foundation) scholarship for supporting the visiting research at DaimlerBenz Research Center, 1997.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 

• Technical Program Committee Member

- IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), RF subcommittee, 2015 - Present

- IEEE VLSI Circuit Symposium, Technical Program Committee, 2016 - Present

- IEIE RF Integrated Circuits Technology Workshop, Executive Committee Chair, 2014 - Present

- IEIE SoC Conference, Technical Program Committee, 2007 - Present

- International SoC Conference (ISOCC), TPC Vice Chair, 2014 and 2015

- IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), RF subcommittee, 2007 – 2012

- IEEE Int. Midwest Symp. on Circuits and Symposium (MWSCAS), RF track chair, 2011

- Korean Semiconductor Conference (KCS), RF/Analog design subcommittee, 2006 - 2008

• Technical Paper Reviewer

- IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Technique

- IEEE Microwave and Wireless Component Letters

- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I & II

- IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

- IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 

• Guest Editorship

- Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science, “Special Issue on RF Integrated Circuit Technology

  Workshop”, vol. 8, no. 4, Dec. 2008 

• Memberships to professional organizations

- Senior Member, IEEE, USA, 1998 – present (M’98-SM’10)

- Institute of Electronics, Information and Comm. Engineers (IEICE), Japan, 2009 - present

- Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea (IEEK)

- Korea Electromagnetic Engineering Society (KEES)

- Korea Institute of Communication and Science (KICS)