PROFESSOR
권구덕 교수(Kuduck Kwon, Ph. D.)
BIOGRAPHY
Kuduck Kwon received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), in Daejeon, Korea, in 2004 and 2009, respectively. His doctoral research concerned digital TV tuners and dedicated short-range communication (DSRC) systems.
From 2009 to 2010, he was a Post-Doctoral Researcher with KAIST, where he studied a surface acoustic wave (SAW)-less receiver and developed RF transceivers for DSRC applications. From 2010 to 2014, he was a Senior Engineer with Samsung Electronics Co. LTD., Suwon, Korea, where he was involved in studying software-defined receiver and developing silicon tuner and cellular RFICs. In 2014, he joined the Department of Electronics Engineering, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea, where he is currently a Professor. His research interests include CMOS RF/analog integrated circuits and RF system design for wireless communications.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Department of Electronics Engineering (EE)
College of Information Technology (IT)
Kangwon National University (KNU)
(24341) 1 Kangwondaehak-gil, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do, 200-701 Republic of Korea
Tel: +82-33-250-6302, Fax: +82-33-259-5675
Email: kdkwon at kangwon.ac.kr
EDUCATION
Ph.D in EECS, KAIST .................... Sept. 2009
- Thesis: The Design of the Large Dynamic Range CMOS RF Active Tunable Filter and Baseband Analog Circuitry for the Wide Band UHF Application
B.S. in EECS, KAIST .......................Feb. 2004
Daegu Science High School ........Feb. 1999
-Finished in 2 years
RESEARCH AREAS
1. mmWave/RF/Analog IC design
Design CMOS mmWave/RF/analog ICs for wireless applications
Design receivers for 2G/3G/4G/5G sub-6GHz and mmWave cellular application
Design receivers for the 5.8GHz DSRC transceiver
Design receivers for universal silicon tuner
Analyze system architecture and link budget
Study 5G FR2 (mmWave) transceiver
Study FEM-less transceiver for future FDD systems
Study CMOS duplexer and channel-selection LNA for FEM-less transceiver
Study impedance/dielectric spectroscopy IC
Study wireless sensor network (IoT RFIC)
Study ultra-low-power RF front-end for wide/narrow-band receiver applications
Study SAW-less software-defined radio (SDR) receivers
Study RF-to-DC converter for ambient RF energy harvesting
2. Fingerprint Recognition System Design
Novel fingerprint recognition system in CMOS/BiCMOS process
Silicon LED design
Activities
2011. 1 – Present: IEEE Senior Member
2014. 1 – Present: IEIE Member / 대한전자공학회 정회원 / 평의원
2018. 1 – Present: ISE (The Institute of Semiconductor Engineers) Member / 반도체공학회 정회원
2018. 2 – Present: KIEE (The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers) Member / 대한전기학회 정회원
2021. 1 – 2022. 12: 대한전자공학회 상임이사
2020. 1 – 2020. 12: 대한전자공학회 이사
2017. 1 – 2019.12: 대한전자공학회 협동이사
2014. 3 – Present: IEEE SSCS Seoul Chapter Member
2018. 7 – Present: IDEC JICAS Editorial Committee Member
2017. 1 – Present: Co-chair in M Sector (RF and Wireless Design) of Korea Conferences on Semiconductors
2015. 1 – Present: Committee Member of IEIE RF/Analog Circuit Workshop
2017. 1 – Present: TPC Member of IEIE/IEEE International SoC conference
2018. 1 – 2019.12: Member in Council of Kangwon National University / 강원대학교 평의원
2018. 3 – 2020. 2: Secretary Professor in IT College of Kangwon National University / IT대학 총무
2009. 9 – Present: Reviewer for IEEE Journals such as JSSC, TMTT, TCAS-I, TCAS-II, ACESS and MWCL
2014. 3 – Present: Reviewer for IEIE journals
2018. 1 – 2018. 12: TPC Member of IEIE Autumn Conference
2017. 1 – 2017. 12: Editorial Committee Member in IEIE Magazine
2018. 1 – 2018. 12: Chair for Publication in 2018 IEIE RF/Analog Circuit Workshop
2015. 1 – 2015. 12: TPC Member in 2015 IEIE RF/Analog Circuit Workshop
Honors and Awards
2020. 12. 14: Beomyu Park, Donguk Shin, and Hyojin Kim received 3rd award in 12th ETNEWS ICT Best Paper Award (Advisor Professor: Kuduck Kwon)
2020. 10. 13: Hyojin Kim and Jaegeun Cho received Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Award in the 21th Korea Semiconductor Design Competition (Advisor Professor: Kuduck Kwon)
2019. 12. 11: Beomyu Park, Myunghun Lee, and Donggu Lee received 3rd award in 11th ETNEWS ICT Best Paper Award (Advisor Professor: Kuduck Kwon)
2019. 9. 26: Beomyu Park and Myunghun Lee received Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Award and Donggu Lee received ADT Special Award in the 20th Korea Semiconductor Design Competition (Advisor Professor: Kuduck Kwon)
2018. 11. 23: Kanghyun Byun received LG Electronics Award and Best Paper Award in 2018 IEIE Autumn Conference (Advisor Professor: Kuduck Kwon)
2018. 10. 15: Donggu Lee received KIPO(Korean Intellectual Property Office) Commissioner Award in the 19th Korea Semiconductor Design Competition (Advisor Professor: Kuduck Kwon)
2013. 11: Samsung Best Paper Award 2013: Bronze Medal
- Y.T. Lee, K. Kwon et al., " A fully integrated SAW-less multimode multiband CMOS transceiver for 2G/3G/4G mobile application”, currently in mass production (Galaxy S4, Galaxy Zoom and so on)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Kangwon National University
- Professor, Dept. of EE......................................... Sept. 2022-Present
- Associate Professor, Dept. of EE......................................... Sept. 2019-Aug. 2022
- Assistant Professor, Dept. of EE.......................................... Mar. 2014-Aug. 2019
Participated in the study of CMOS duplexer and channel-selection LNA for FEM-less transceiver, 5G NR(sub-6GHz and mmWave) transceiver, RFIC for MedRadio applications, ultra-low-power RFIC for IoT applications, and wideband receiver for SDR
SAMSUNG Electronics. Co. Ltd.
- Senior Engineer, Modem Team, DMC R&D center.......... Mar. 2010-Feb. 2014
Participated in the development of the SAW-less transceiver for 2G/3G/4G cellular application
Detailed work description:
Developed CMOS SAW-less direct-conversion receiver as a IP leader and designer
Analyzed 2G/3G/4G cellular standards and made system link budget
Designed low-noise amplifier(LNA), passive mixer, and trans-impedance amplifier(TIA)
Developed RFIC is embedded in SAMSUNG smart phone ( Galaxy S4 )
KAIST
- Post-doctoral Researcher, in EE....................................... Sept. 2009-Feb. 2010
Participated in the study of the SAW-less SDR receiver
Detailed work description:
Studied a RF analog-to-digital converter for the future SDR receiver
Studied a highly linear receiver architecture for the SAW-less SDR receiver
PHYCHIPS
- Intern, Design 3 Team....................................................... Aug. 2008-Aug. 2009
Participated in the development of the 5.8GHz transceiver for DSRC application
Detailed work description:
Developed CMOS 5.8GHz direct-conversion receiver
Analyzed the DSRC standard and made system link budget
Designed RF front-end (LNA, RF IQ generator, IQ mixer), IF poly-phase filter (PPF), IF band-pass filter (BPF), and ASK demodulator in a low-IF conversion receiver for a 5.8GHz DSRC transceiver
KAIST
- Research Assistant, Wireless PHYCOM Lab ................... Mar. 2004-Aug. 2009
Participated in the development of the receiver for DTV tuner ICs ( funded by LG Electronics Institute of Technology )
Detailed work description:
Developed CMOS wideband direct-conversion receiver for the ATSC terrestrial and cable digital TV standard
Developed low-power wideband RF front-end for the ATSC terrestrial and cable digital TV standard
Designed and measured a wideband LNA, a RF active tracking filter, harmonic rejection mixer, and baseband analog circuitry
Participated in the study on the silicon LED, photodiode, and their feasibility on the integrated fingerprint recognition slim sensor ( funded by KAIST )
Detailed work description:
Proposed the integrated fingerprint recognition system using a silicon LED and silicon photodiode in standard CMOS/BiCMOS process.
Designed and measured a silicon LED.