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2025

[2025.10] Our lab won 2nd place in the "산학 프로젝트 첼린지 예선" organized by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy & Graduate School of Semiconductor Technology. Congratulations!

[2025.09] Mingyu Jeon (Undergraduate Student) has been selected for the "3+3 M.S/Ph.D Fast-Track Course" in the Department of Semiconductor Engineering, supported by Samsung Electronics. Congratulations!

[2025.09] Geon Kim (M.S./Ph.D.) has been selected for the "K-Top Tier M.S./Ph.D. Scholarship" funded by Gyeongsangbuk-do & POSTECH. Congratulations!

[2025.09] Seung-Ju Lee (Ph.D.) and Yeon-Woo Jeong (Ph.D.) have been selected for the IPESK(한국이공학진흥원)’s ‘Next Generation Engineering Researcher (차세대 공학연구자)'. Congratulations!

[2025.09] In-Hye Hur (M.S./Ph.D.) and Eun-Jae Ko (M.S./Ph.D.) joined our research group. Welcome!!

[2025.08] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "저손실 스트레스 분산형 아키텍쳐 개발" 차세대 NF 기술 워크샵, Samsung Electronics.

[2025.08] Mun-Jung Cho (M.S./Ph.D.) has been selected for the 2025 Ph.D Student Research Scholarship awarded by the National Research Foundation. Congratulations!

[2025.08] Dong-Chan Lee (M.S./Ph.D.) and Min-Gyu Jeong (M.S./Ph.D.) have been selected for the 2025 Master's Student Research Scholarship awarded by the National Research Foundation. Congratulations!

[2024.08] PICTUS Lab has secured funding for the research project "국가아젠다 기초연구" NRF. (2025.09.01 ~ 2028.12.31)

[2025.08] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "Dual Current Path Power Management Integrated Circuit Design for Step-Down Multiple-Output and Step-Up Output " 단기강좌, Kyungpook National University (KNU).

[2025.08] Our paper "A Fast Start-Up Dual Energy Harvesting IC with Battery-Independent Synchronous Accumulated Electric Charge Extraction (SAECE) Achieving 660% FoMavg for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting" was accepted in IEEE Asian Solid-state Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), Nov. 2025.

[2025.08] Prof. Shin will serve as the Technical Program Committee of IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC).

[2025.07] Our paper "A Wide Load Range Output Capacitor-Less LDO with Load Tracking Zero Compensation for IoT Applications" was accepted in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (TIE). [Q1 / IF 7.2, Top-tier Journal (JCR <10%)]

[2025.06] Our paper "Dual-Output RF Energy Harvester with Adaptive Energy Buffering for Enhanced Power Availability Under Intermittent Input for PPG Sensors" was accepted in IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), Oct. 2025.

[2025.06] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "최우수국제학술대회 논문 세션-아날로그 회로 (STWMO LED Driver)" 대한전자공학회 하계학술대회.

[2025.06] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "전기차 시스템 설계를 위한 전력전자기술: 이론과 응용" 전문교육프로그램, KIPE.

[2025.05] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "3D Resonant Current Mode Wireless Power Receiver" ISSCC 리뷰 워크샵, 반도체공학회.

[2025.04] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "AI 반도체 효율 향상을 위한 PMIC 기술" AI를 가능하게 하는 반도체 기술 워크숍, IEIE.

[2025.04] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "Power Management Integrated Circuits (PMICs)의 이해" Kyungpook National University (KNU), IDEC.

[2025.03] Prof. Shin will serve as the Technical Program Committee of Power Supply on Chip 2025 (PwrSoC 2025).

[2025.03] PICTUS Lab has secured funding for the research project "GaN 기반 고전압 가변형 전력 제어 System 개발 " 삼성전자 (2025.03.24 ~ 2025.12.31).

[2025.03] Our paper "A 90-260 VAC Isolated Offline Single-Stage Single-Transformer-Winding Multiple-Output (STWMO) RGBW LED Driver with <0.7% Current Variation and Dimmable Current-Regulated Error-Based Control" was accepted in IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSIC), Jun. 2025. [One of the Top Circuit Conferences]

[2025.03] Our paper "A 94.1%-Efficiency Flying-Capacitor-Shared 2-Inductor 3-Level Boost Converter with Simultaneous VCF and IL Balance Achieving <0.92%-VCF and <0.22%-IL Error" was accepted in IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSIC), Jun. 2025. [One of the Top Circuit Conferences]

[2025.02] Jong-Hun Kim received 장려상 in Samsung Humantech Paper Award. Congratulations!

[2025.02] Min-Gyu Jeong, Dong-Chan Lee, and Geon Kim (MS/PhD) joined our research group. Welcome!!

2024

[2024.11] Jong-Hun Kim received the Best Paper Award from Korean Institute of Power Electronics (KIPE). Congratulations!

[2024.11] Jong-Hun Kim has been selected to receive APEC Student Attendance Support. Congratulations!

[2024.11] Mun-Jung's work on LED Driver has been accepted to ISSCC'25 Student Research Preview (SRP). Congratulations!

[2024.10] Our paper ''Programming-Free Three-Dimensional Resonant Current-Mode Wireless Receiver with Real-Time Link-Adaptivity and a 0.904 cm3 Receiver Coil for Implantable Systems" was accepted in IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2025. [Top Circuit Conference, 반도체 올림픽]

[2024.10] Our paper ''A Load-Independent Multi-Relays Wilreless Power Transfer with Self-Regulation and Single Compensation Network" was accepted in IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Mar. 2025. [Top Power Electronics Conference]

[2024.08] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "와이드 밴드갭 소자를 위한 구동 및 보호 회로" Samsung Electronics.

[2024.08] PICTUS Lab has secured funding for the research project "고효율 고집적 멀티 레벨 타입 직류-직류 변환기 설계" 차세대 반도체 혁신융합대학 사업단 (2024.08.01 ~ 2024.12.31).

[2024.08] Min-Sik Kim (MS/PhD) for being selected for the 2024 Master's Student Research Scholarship awarded by the National Research Foundation. Congratulations!

[2024.06] Seung-Ju Lee, and Jong-Hun Kim (MS/PhD) for being selected for the 2024 Ph.D Student Research Scholarship awarded by the National Research Foundation. Congratulations!

[2024.03] Mun-Jung Cho (MS/PhD) for being selected for the 2024 Master's Student Research Scholarship awarded by the National Research Foundation. Congratulations!

[2024.06] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "Integrated Circuit for Power Electronics" Chungbuk National University (CNU).

[2024.05] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "Power Management Integrated Circuits (PMICs)의 이해" Kyungpook National University (KNU), IDEC.

[2024.03] PICTUS Lab has secured funding for the research project "고속 Dynamic Voltage Scaling (DVS)를 위한 고집적 하이브리드 DC-DC 컨버터 설계" 삼성전자 (2024.03.01 ~ 2027.12.31).

[2024.03] PICTUS Lab has secured funding for the research project "이상 신호 감지 기반 High-Speed Protection 및 제어 시스템" 삼성전자 (2024.03.06 ~ 2024.12.31).

[2024.03] PICTUS Lab has secured funding for the research project "TPMS용 고출력 초소형 에너지 하베스팅 인터페이스 회로 기술개발" 현대자동차 (2024.03.05 ~ 2024.11.04).

[2024.02] Myeong-Ho Kim (MS/PhD) joined our research group. Welcome!!

2023

[2023.12] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "Integrated Circuits for Power Electronics" LX Semicon

[2023.11] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "Energy Harvesting Interface Integrated Circuits" Hyundai Motor

[2023.10] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "Tutorial: Multi-Level DC-DC Converter Design" ISOCC 2023

[2023.10] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "Power Management Techniques" 한국전기연구원 (KERI)

[2023.09] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "3레벨 DC-DC 컨버터의 상태 기반 플라잉 커패시터 밸런싱 제어 기법 " 제23회 RF/아날로그 회로 워크샵.

[2023.08] Seung-Ju's work on a Three-Level DC-DC Converter has been accepted to IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC)

[2023.08] Yeon-Woo's work on an Energy Harvesting IC has been accepted to IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC)

[2023.07] PICTUS Lab joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at POSTECH (포스텍 전자전기공학과)

[2023.06] PICTUS Lab has secured funding for the research project "DC Microgrid를 위한 복수의 기능을 갖는 고신뢰성 전력변환 시스템 " NRF (2023.06.01 ~ 2026.05.31).

[2023.06] PICTUS Lab has secured funding for the research project "부하에 따라 선택적 정전압/전전류 모드를 동시 지원하는 장거리 다중출력 도미노 무선 전력 전송 " NRF (2023.06.01 ~ 2024.05.31).

[2023.05] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "ISSCC 2023 PMIC Session Review " ISSCC-IEDM Joint Review Workshop, 2023.

[2022.04] Our paper "A High Conversion Ratio DC-DC Boost Converter with Continuous Output Current Using Dual-Current Flows" was published in Energies.

[2023.03] Congratulations! Yeon-Woo's work on PZT Energy Harvesting IC is invited to JSSC (ISSCC 2023 Special Issue)

[2023.03] Congratulations! Seung-Ju's work on 3-Level Converter is invited to JSSC (ISSCC 2023 Special Issue)

[2023.03] Mun-Jung Cho (MS/PhD) and Min-Sik Kim (MS/PhD) joined our research group. Welcome!!

[2023.02] Congratulations! Seung-Ju received 장려상 in Samsung Humantech Paper Award.

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https://newsis.com/view/?id=NISX20221201_0002107395&cID=10814&pID=10800

[메트로신문] UNIST, '국제고체회로학회 2023' 논문 3편 채택

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2022

[2022.12] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "체내삽입형 의료기기를 위한 무선충전 기술" 의료/바이오 응용을 위한 전자공학 시스템 기술 워크숍 2022.

[2022.12] Our paper “A Boost-Oriented SIDO (BO-SIDO) Step-Up/Down DC-DC Converter Embedding Buck Conversion with an Energy-Balancing Capacitor,” was accepted in IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters (SSC-L). [L1]

[2022.12] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting" Gyeongsang National University 2022.

[2022.11] Our paper "A Rectifier-Reusing Bias-Flip Energy Harvesting Interface Circuit with Adaptively Reconfigurable SC Converter for Wind-Driven Triboelectric Nanogenerator" was accepted in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (TIE). [Q1/L1, IF 8.162]

[2022.10] Our paper ''A Scalable N-Step Equal Split SSHI Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Circuit Achieving 1170% Power Extraction Improvement and 22nA Quiescent Current with a 1μH-to-10μH Low Q Inductor" was accepted in IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2023.

[2022.10] Our paper "A 95.3% 5V-to-32V Wide Range 3-Level Current Mode Boost Converter with Fully State-based Phase Selection Achieving Simultaneous High-Speed VCF Balancing and Smooth Transition" was accepted in IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2023.

[2022.10] Prof. Shin received the Excellent Young Researcher Award from IDEC 2022.

[2022.10] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "Hybrid DC-DC Converters" 반도체 산학연 교류회 2022.

[2022.09] Our paper "A Power/Hardware Efficient SiPM Readout IC Embedded in a Boost Converter for Mobile Radiation Dosimeters" was accepted in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (TPEL). [Q1, IF 5.967]

[2022.08] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "Research of Dual-Path Power Converter" IEEE RFIT 2022.

[2022.08] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "Gate Driver Techniques for WBG Device" LG Electronics H&A Webinar.

[2022.08] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "Power Management Integrated Circuits (PMICs)의 이해" Kyungpook National University (KNU), IDEC.

[2022.08] PICTUS Lab has secured funding for the research project "지역지능화혁신인재양성사업" IITP (2022.07.01 ~ 2029.12.31).

[2022.08] PICTUS Lab has secured funding for the research project "저전력 센서와 구동을 위한 자립형전원 센서 플랫폼 개발" KEIT (2022.04.01 ~ 2028.12.31).

[2022.07] Our paper "A Voltage Mode PWM DC-DC Boost Converter with Adaptive Dead-time Generator for Solid-State Drives" was published in Journal of Integrated Circuits and Systems (JICAS).

[2022.07] U-SURF 2022 program (고민규, 김민식, 이주녕) has just started. Welcome!!

[2022.07] Hwa-Su Kim (MS/PhD) joined our research group. Welcome!!

[2022.06] PICTUS Lab has secured funding for the research project "PIM 반도체 설계연구센터" IITP (2022.05.01 ~ 2025.12.31)

[2022.06] PICTUS Lab has secured funding for the research project "고효율 고집적 멀티 레벨 하이브리드 타입 DC-DC Buck Converter 설계 " 삼성전자 (2022.05.01 ~ 2025.04.30).

[2022.05] PICTUS Lab has secured funding for the research project "차세대 초고속 저궤도 위성통신을 위한 W밴드 컴팩트·고효율·신개념 RF/전력 핵심부품 개발" IITP (2022.04 ~ 2029.12).

[2022.05] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "Energy Harvesting Interface Integrated Circuits" Kyung Hee University.

[2022.05] Our paper "A Resonant Current-Mode Wireless Power Transfer for Implantable Medical Devices – An Overview " was published in Biomedical Engineering Letters (BMEL).

[2022.04] Our paper "A 5.6W-Power 96.6%-Efficiency Boost-Oriented SIDO Step-Up/Down DC-DC Converter Embedding Buck Conversion with an Energy-Balancing Capacitor" was accepted in IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSIC). [L1, One of the Top Circuit Conferences]

[2022.03] Our paper "An Input-Independent Loop Type-III Buck Converter with PSRR Improvement and EMI Suppression for Enhancing the Security of Edge Devices " was accepted in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (TPEL). [Q1, IF 6.153]

[2022.02] Our paper "A Power-Efficient Resonant Current Mode Receiver with Wide Input Range over Breakdown Voltages Using Automated Maximum Efficiency Control" was accepted in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (TPEL). [Q1, IF 6.153]

[2022.01] Prof. Shin gave an invited talk, "Dual Current Path Power Management Integrated Circuit Design for Step-Down Multiple-Output and Step-Up Output" Seoul National University, e-TEC talks.

[2022.01] Jong-Hun Kim (MS/PhD) joined our research group. Welcome!!

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