Richelle Smith
Richelle Smith
Stanford University
smithrl@stanford.edu
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BIOGRAPHY
Richelle L. Smith is a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University. She received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering-Electrophysics from the University of Southern California (USC) in 2017, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2019 and 2024, respectively.
Her research interests include analog/mixed-signal circuit design and energy-efficient systems, with a focus on phase-domain communications and computing. Recent projects encompass oscillatory computing for combinatorial optimization, quantum computing emulation with oscillator circuits, brain-inspired/neuromorphic circuit design, as well as wireline transceivers and phase-domain/edge modulation signaling.
She has held internship positions at Linear Technology, Rambus Labs, Stanford Brains in Silicon Lab, TDK-InvenSense, and Silicon Laboratories. She holds 5 U.S. patents. Dr. Smith serves as a Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems—Part I: Regular Papers and IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems—Part II: Express Briefs.
Selected Awards
USC Trustee Full Tuition Scholarship, 2013–2017
Rambus Innovator of the Future Scholarship, 2013
Tau Beta Pi Forge No. 42 Scholarship, 2015
Barry Goldwater Scholarship, 2016
Astronaut Scholarship, 2016
USC Discovery Scholar Prize, 2017
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2017–2022
Stanford Graduate Fellowship (Sang Samuel Wang Scholar), 2017–2022
Analog Devices Outstanding Student Designer Award, 2019
Cadence Women in Technology Scholarship, 2021
ARCS Foundation Northern California Fellowship (William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation Scholar), 2022–2024
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) Predoctoral Achievement Award, 2022–2023
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
I. Edge-Modulated Communications / Wireline Transceivers
1. Differential Edge Modulation Signaling for Low-Energy, High-Speed Wireline Communication,
Richelle L. Smith, Masum Hossain, Carl W. Werner, Joseph M. Kahn, and Thomas H. Lee,
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 70, no. 8, pp. 3359–3372, Aug. 2023.
doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2023.3279231
2. Differential Edge Modulated Signaling with Encoded Clock and Dynamic Data Rate Scaling,
Richelle L. Smith, Shakib Mahmood, Can Ni, Aurangozeb, Joohee Kim, Carl W. Werner, and Masum Hossain,
IEEE Solid-State Circuit Letters, Vol. 4, March 2021.
doi: 10.1109/LSSC.2021.3069796
3. Equalization Techniques for Time Domain Signaling,
Shakib Mahmood, Parneet Tethy, Richelle L. Smith, Carl W. Werner, and Masum Hossain,
IEEE Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS), pp. 1–3, Oct. 2024.
doi: 10.1109/EPEPS61853.2024.10754249
II. Phase-Domain Oscillatory Computing / Potts Machine
4. Computing Max 3-Cut With CMOS Tripolar Oscillatory Cellular Neural Networks,
Richelle L. Smith and Thomas H. Lee,
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 72, no. 12, pp. 2032-2036, Dec. 2025.
doi: 10.1109/TCSII.2025.3627078
5. Quantum Computing Gate Emulation Using CMOS Oscillatory Cellular Neural Networks,
Richelle L. Smith and Thomas H. Lee,
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 71, no. 10, pp. 4541–4545, Oct. 2024.
doi: 10.1109/TCSII.2024.3397846
6. Polychronous Oscillatory Cellular Neural Networks for Solving Graph Coloring Problems,
Richelle L. Smith and Thomas H. Lee,
IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems, vol. 4, pp. 156–164, March 2023.
doi: 10.1109/OJCAS.2023.3262204
7. Analysis and Design of a Tetrahedral Oscillator,
Richelle L. Smith and Thomas H. Lee,
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 75–79, Jan. 2022.
doi: 10.1109/TCSII.2021.3097100
8. Hybrid Frequency Domain Simulation Method to Speed-up Analysis of Injection Locked Oscillators,
Richelle L. Smith and Thomas H. Lee,
IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), pp. 722–726, Aug. 2021.
doi: 10.1109/MWSCAS47672.2021.9531699
III. Brain-Inspired Circuits / Bio-Inspired Electronics for Biomedical Applications
9. Modeling of Injection Locking in Neurons for Neuromorphic and Biomedical Systems,
Richelle L. Smith and Thomas H. Lee,
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 1–5, May 2021.
doi: 10.1109/ISCAS51556.2021.9401122
10. A Low Thermal Sensitivity Subthreshold-Current to Pulse-Frequency Converter for Neuromorphic Chips,
Ben V. Benjamin, Richelle L. Smith, and Kwabena A. Boahen,
IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 956–964, Dec. 2023.
doi: 10.1109/JETCAS.2023.3321105
11. An Analytical MOS Device Model With Mismatch and Temperature Variation for Subthreshold Circuits,
Ben V. Benjamin, Richelle L. Smith, and Kwabena A. Boahen,
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 70, no. 6, pp. 1826–1830, June 2023.
doi: 10.1109/TCSII.2023.3234009
IV. Radio Frequency & Millimeter-Wave Integrated Circuits
12. Hybrid Analysis and Simulation Methodology for Noise in Active Mixers,
Richelle L. Smith and Thomas H. Lee,
IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), pp. 1–5, Aug. 2022.
doi: 10.1109/MWSCAS54063.2022.9859447
SELECTED POPULAR PRESS COVERAGE
1. Engineering Phenom Follows Footsteps of Female Researchers into Science
University of Southern California News, March 2018. Featured on homepage of USC News as “Editors Pick.”
Coverage of my research, outreach, efforts to promote women in STEM, and horse polo.
2. Meet 3 Astronaut Scholars Who Are Pushing the Frontiers of Science
Trojan Family Magazine, Summer 2018.
Coverage of my research and volunteering, aimed at a general audience.
3. National Merit Scholarship Featured Scholar: Richelle L. Smith
National Merit Scholarship Corporation 2016–17 Annual Report, March 2018.
Coverage of my research, teaching, and volunteering activities, written for a broad audience. Quoted on how scholarships can change lives, on webpage for potential donors. Profiled on their website as “Featured Scholar.”
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