Publications

International journal papers

• Jaehyun Lee, Dong-Gu Choi, Gain Kim, Minyoung Song, and Jong-Hyeok Yoon, "BEE-SLAM: A 65nm 17.96 TOPS/W Location-Sharing-based Multi-Agent Neuromorphic SLAM Accelerator for Swarm Robotics," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), 2024. [Invited paper, Accepted]

• Sangwoo Jung, Jaehyun Lee, Dahoon Park, Youngju Lee, Jong-Hyeok Yoon and Jaeha Kung, “A Dual-Precision and Low-Power CNN Inference Engine Using a Heterogeneous Processing-in-Memory Architecture,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers (TCAS-I), 2024. [Early Access]

• Foroozan Karimzadeh, Jong-Hyeok Yoon, and Arijit Raychowdhury, “BitS-Net: Bit-Sparse Deep Neural Network for Energy-Efficient RRAM-Based Compute-In-Memory,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers (TCAS-I), 2022. 

• Jong-Hyeok Yoon, Muya Chang, Win-San Khwa, Yu-Der Chih, Meng-Fan Chang and Arijit Raychowdhury, “A 40 nm 118.44TOPS/W Voltage Sensing Compute-in-memory RRAM Macro with Write Verification and Multi Bit Encoding,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 845 - 857, Mar. 2022. [Invited paper]

• Jong-Hyeok Yoon, Muya Chang, Win-San Khwa, Yu-Der Chih, Meng-Fan Chang and Arijit Raychowdhury, “A 40-nm 64Kb 56.67TOPS/W Voltage-Sensing Computing-In-Memory/Digital RRAM Macro supporting Iterative Write with Verification and Online Read-Disturb Detection,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 68-79, Jan. 2022. [Invited paper]

• Jong-Hyeok Yoon, and Arijit Raychowdhury, “NeuroSLAM: A 65-nm 7.25-to-8.79-TOPS/W Mixed-Signal Oscillator-based SLAM Accelerator for Edge Robotics,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 66-78, Jan. 2021. [Invited paper]

• Jong-Hyeok Yoon, Kyeongha Kwon and Hyeon-Min Bae, “3.125-to-28.125 Gb/s 4.72 mW/Gb/s Multi-Standard Parallel Transceiver Supporting Channel-independent Operation in 40 nm CMOS,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers (TCAS-I), vol. 67, no. 8, pp. 2647-2658, Aug. 2020.

• Sejun Jeon, Woohyun Kwon, Jong-Hyeok Yoon, Taehun Yoon, Kyeongha Kwon, Jaehyeok Yang, and Hyeon-Min Bae, “A Framed-Pulsewidth Modulation Transceiver for High-Speed Broadband Communication Links,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers (TCAS-I), Vol. 67, no. 8, pp. 2825-2835, Aug. 2020.

• Kyeongha Kwon, Jong-Hyeok Yoon, Younho Jeon, Hanho Choi, Sejun Jeon and Hyeon-Min Bae, “An Electronic Dispersion Compensation Transceiver for 10- and 28-Gb/s Directly Modulated Lasers-Based Optical Links,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 55-64, Jan. 2019.

• Jong-Hyeok Yoon, Soon-Won Kwon and Hyeon-Min Bae, “A DC-to-12.5 Gb/s 9.76 mW/Gb/s All-Rate CDR With a Single LC VCO in 90 nm CMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 856-866, Mar. 2017.

• Joon-Yeong Lee, Jaehyeok Yang, Jong-Hyeok Yoon, Soon-Won Kwon, Hyosup Won, Jinho Han and Hyeon-Min Bae, “A 4 × 10-Gb/s Referenceless-and-Masterless Phase Rotator-Based Parallel Transceiver in 90-nm CMOS,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 2310-2320, June 2016.

• Hyosup Won, Taehun Yoon, Jinho Han, Joon-Yeong Lee, Jong-Hyeok Yoon, Taeho Kim, Jeong-Sup Lee, Sangeun Lee, Kwangseok Han, Jinhee Lee, Jinho Park and Hyeon-Min Bae, “A 0.87 W Transceiver IC for 100 Gigabit Ethernet in 40 nm CMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 399-413, Feb. 2015.

• Kyeongha Kwon, Jonghyeok Yoon and Hyeon-Min Bae, “A 6 Gb/s Transceiver With a Nonlinear Electronic Dispersion Compensator for Directly Modulated Distributed-Feedback Lasers,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 503-514, Feb. 2015.

• Joon-Yeong Lee, Jong-Hyeok Yoon and Hyeon-Min Bae, “A 10-Gb/s CDR With an Adaptive Optimum Loop-Bandwidth Calibrator for Serial Communication Links,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers (TCAS-I), vol. 61, no. 8, pp. 2466-2472, Aug. 2014.

International conference proceedings

• Dong-Gu Choi, Jaehyun Lee, Jahyun Koo, Woo Kyoung Han, Dahoon Park, Jaeha Kung, Junghyup Lee, Jong-Hyeok Yoon, "A 65nm 687.5-TOPS/W Drive Strength-based SRAM Compute-In-Memory Macro with Adaptive Dynamic Range for Edge AI applications," IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), 2024.

• Jaehyun Lee, Dong-gu Choi, Minyoung Song, Gain Kim, Jong-Hyeok Yoon, "BEE-SLAM: A 65nm 17.96 TOPS/W 97.55%-Sparse-Activity Hybrid Mixed-Signal/Digital Multi-Agent Neuromorphic SLAM Accelerator for Swarm Robotics," IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2024. [Invited to 2025 JSSC Special Issue]

• Samuel D Spetalnick, Ashwin Sanjay Lele, Brian Crafton, Muya Chang, Sigang Ryu, Jong-Hyeok Yoon, Zhijian Hao, Azadeh Ansari, Win-San Khwa, Yu-Der Chih, Meng-Fan Chang, Arijit Raychowdhury, “A 40nm VLIW Edge Accelerator with 5MB of 0.256pJ/b RRAM and a Localization Solver for Bristle Robot Surveillance,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Digest of Technical Papers, 2024. 

• Seongyeon Yu, Namwook Hur, Wansun Kim, Mann-Ho Cho, Hyunchul Sohn, Joonki Suh, Hongsik Jeong, Jong-Hyeok Yoon, “A PRAM-based PIM Architecture Using the Gilbert Multiplier-based Active Feedback and Input-aware SAR ADC,” 2023 20th International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC), 2023. [Best paper award]

• Minxiang Gong, Hua Chen, Muya Chang, Jong-Hyeok Yoon, Xin Zhang, Rinkle Jain and Arijit Raychowdhury, "A GaN-Based Reconfigurable Series-Parallel Hybrid Converter Supporting 48/24/12V Input and 0.8-1.2V Output with 83.7/87.8/90.7% Peak Efficiency," 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Orlando, FL, USA, 2023, pp. 912-918.

• Geunha Kim, Sehwan Lee, Taeryoung Seol, Seungyeob Baik, Yeonjae Shin, Gain Kim, Jong-Hyeok Yoon, Arup K. George and Junghyup Lee, “A 1V-Supply 1.85VPP-Input-Range 1kHz-BW 181.9dB-FOMDR 179.4dB-FOMSNDR 2nd-Order Noise-Shaping SAR-ADC with Enhanced Input Impedance in 0.18μm CMOS,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Digest of Technical Papers, 2023, pp. 484-486.

• Jaehyun Lee and Jong-Hyeok Yoon, "A Neuromorphic SLAM Accelerator Supporting Multi-Agent Error Correction in Swarm Robotics," 2022 19th International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC), 2022, pp. 241-242.

• Sangwoo Jung, Jaehyun Lee, Huiseong Noh, Jong-Hyeok Yoon and Jaeha Kung, “DualPIM: A Dual-Precision and Low-Power CNN Inference Engine Using SRAM- and eDRAM-based Processing-in-Memory Arrays,” in 2022 IEEE 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS), Jun. 2022, pp. 70–73.

• Brian Crafton, Zishen Wan, Samuel Spetalnick, Jong-Hyeok Yoon, Wei Wu, Carlos Tokunaga, Vivek De and Arijit Raychowdhury, “Improving Compute In-Memory ECC Reliability with Successive Correction,” IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2022. 

• Brian Crafton, Samuel Spetalnick, Jong-Hyeok Yoon and Arijit Raychowdhury, “CIM-SECDED: a 40nm 64Kb Compute In-Memory RRAM Macro with ECC Enabling Reliable Operation,” IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), 2021. 

• Brian Crafton, Samuel Spetalnick, Jong-Hyeok Yoon and Arijit Raychowdhury, “Statistical Optimization of Compute In-Memory Performance Under Device Variation,” International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), 2021. [The Best Paper Award] [Article: https://b.gatech.edu/3fr0EUE]

• Jong-Hyeok Yoon, Muya Chang, Win-San Khwa, Yu-Der Chih, Meng-Fan Chang and Arijit Raychowdhury, “A 40nm 100Kb 118.44TOPS/W Ternary-weight Compute-in-Memory RRAM Macro with Voltage-sensing Read and Write Verification for reliable multi-bit RRAM operation,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2021. [The Best Regular Paper Award & invited to 2022 JSSC Special Issue] [Article: https://b.gatech.edu/343qE2E]

• Jong-Hyeok Yoon, Muya Chang, Win-San Khwa, Yu-Der Chih, Meng-Fan Chang and Arijit Raychowdhury, “A 40nm 64Kb 56.67 TOPS/W Read-Disturb-Tolerant Compute-in-Memory/Digital RRAM Macro with Active-Feedback-based Read and in-situ Write Verification,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Digest of Technical Papers, 2021. [Invited to 2022 JSSC Special Issue & selected as a highlight for the press at ISSCC] [Article:https://bit.ly/30RwYbS]

• Jong-Hyeok Yoon and Arijit Raychowdhury, “A 65nm 8.79TOPS/W 23.82mW Mixed-Signal Oscillator-Based NeuroSLAM Accelerator for Applications in Edge Robotics,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Digest of Technical Papers, 2020. [Invited to 2021 JSSC Special Issue & selected as a highlight for the press at ISSCC][Article: https://lnkd.in/dZ4xzEv]

• Jong-Hyeok Yoon, Kyeongha Kwon and Hyeon-Min Bae, “A 3.125-to-28.125 Gb/s Multi-Standard Transceiver with a Fully Channel-independent Operation in 40nm CMOS,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2018.

• Kyeongha Kwon, Jonghyeok Yoon, Hanho Choi, Younho Jeon, Jaehyeok Yang, Bongjin Kim, Soonwon Kwon, Minsik Kim, Sejun Jeon, Hyosup Won and Hyeon-Min Bae, “A 28Gb/s Transceiver with Chirp-Managed EDC for DML Systems,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Digest of Technical Papers, 2018.

• Sejun Jeon, Woohyun Kwon, Taehun Yoon, Jong-Hyeok Yoon, Kyeongha Kwon, Jaehyeok Yang and Hyeon-Min Bae, “A 20Gb/s transceiver with Framed-Pulsewidth-Modulation in 40nm CMOS,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Digest of Technical Papers, 2018.

• Jong-Hyeok Yoon, Soon-Won Kwon and Hyeon-Min Bae, “A DC-to-12.5Gb/s 4.88mW/Gb/s all-rate CDR with a single LC VCO in 90nm CMOS,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2015.

• Kyeongha Kwon, Jonghyeok Yoon, Hyosup Won and Hyeon-Min Bae, “A fully analog electronic dispersion compensator for 10-Gb/s directly modulated distributed-feedback lasers,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2015.

• Kyeongha Kwon, Jonghyeok Yoon, Soon-Won Kwon, Jaehyeok Yang, Joon-Yeong Lee, Hyosup Won and Hyeon-Min Bae, “A 6Gb/s transceiver with a nonlinear electronic dispersion compensator for directly modulated distributed-feedback lasers,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Digest of Technical Papers, 2014.

Granted international and domestic patents

• HyeonMin Bae, KyeongHa Kwon, and JongHyeok Yoon, “Electronic dispersion compensation for low-cost distributed feedback-directly modulated laser,” US Patent, 9166698 B2, EP Patent, 2866362 B1, JP Patent, 5905064 B2, KR Patent 10-1636149, and CN Patent, 104577689 B.

• Hyeon Min Bae, Joon Yeong Lee, Hyo Sup Won, Jong Hyeok Yoon, Jin Ho Park, and Tae Ho Kim, “Adaptive optimum CDR bandwidth estimation by using a kalman gain extractor,” US Patent, 8938043 B2.

• Hyeon Min Bae, Tae Hun Yoon, and Jong Hyeok Yoon, “Phase interpolator based output waveform synthesizer for low-power broadband transmitter,” US Patent, 8917116 B2, EP Patent, 2779518 B1, JP Patent, 5823482 B2, KR Patent, 10-1633542, and CN Patent, 104052438 B.