Assoc. Professor, School of Electrical Engineering

 

Zhejiang University, Yuquan Campus
38 Zheda Road
Hangzhou, China 310027

 

Professional Activities

Member, IEEE
Reviewer for IEEE MWCL, MTTs, IET Electronics Letters, and IET CDS
 

Education

Ph.D. – Nanyang Technological University, School of EEE, 2006
B. Eng. – Zhejiang University, Department of Optical Engineering, 1998

Working Experience

2006-,present, Faculty, School of EE, Zhejiang University
2005-2006, Project Officer, School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2000-2002, Engineer, MOTOROLA, Hangzhou
1998-1999, Officer, Chinese Commodity Inspection Bureau (Zhejiang,Lishui)
 

Awards and Honors

Marie Curie International Incoming Fellow (European Commission), 2009

 

Research Interests

Millimeter wave and radio frequency Integrated Circuits Design

 

Current Projects

1. Ultra-low power CMOS integrated circuits for cognitive radio
2. Low data rate RFID circuits
3. Silicon based Millimeter wave ICs for high data-rate short range communications

Publication List

B. Hu, X. Yu, L. He, W. Lim, K. Yeo, “Analysis and Design of Wideband Low Noise Amplifier With Digital Control”, RadioEngineering, pp. 527-535, Dec. 2010. (SCI)

X. P. Yu, et. Al, “0.8 mW 1.1–5.6 GHz dual-modulus prescaler based on multi-phase quasi-differential locking divider”, Electronics Letters, pp. 1595 - 1597 , Nov. 2010. (SCI)

X. P. Yu, H. M. Cheema, R. Mahmoudi, A. van Roermund, and X. L. Yan, “A 3 mW 54.6 GHz Divide-by-3 Injection Locked Frequency Divider with Resistive Harmonic Enhancement”, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters (MWCL), Sept. 2009. (SCI)

X. P. Yu, W. M. Lim, M. A. Do, X. L. Yan, K. S. Yeo, “6.1 GHz 4.6 mW CMOS Divide-by-55/56 Prescaler”, Electronics Letters, Nov. 2008. (SCI)

S. M. Han, G. Sun, F. Jiang, X. P Yu, X. B. Wu, “Area-Efficient CMOS Transimpedance Amplifier for Optical Receivers”, Analog Integrated Circuits & Signal Processing, Kluwer Academic Publishers (Now Springer), Jan. 2009. (SCI)

J. Jin, X. P. Yu, J. J. Zhou, and T. T. Yan, “GHz Range Injection Locked Frequency Dividers with Band-Width Enhancement and Supply Rejection”, Electronics Letters, Vol. 44, No. 17, pp.999-1000, Aug. 2008. (SCI)

X. P. Yu, W. M. Lim, M. A. Do, X. L. Yan, and K.S. Yeo, “A Low Power CMOS Phase-Switching Prescaler for 1.8-2.4 GHz Wireless Communications”, Analog Integrated Circuits & Signal Processing, Kluwer Academic Publishers (Now Springer), Vol. 56, No.3, pp. 245-249, Sep. 2008. (SCI)

X. P. Yu, M. A. Do, J. G. Ma, W. M. Lim, K.S. Yeo, and X. L. Yan, “Sub-1V Low Power Wide Range Injection-Locked Frequency Divider”, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters (MWCL), Vol. 17, pp. 528-530, Jul. 2007. (SCI)

X. P. Yu, M. A. Do, W. M. Lim, K. S. Yeo, and J. G. Ma, “Design and optimization of the extended true-single-phase-clock based prescaler,” IEEE trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 3828- 3835, Nov. 2006. (SCI)

X. P. Yu, M. A. Do, L. Jia, J. G. Ma, K. S. Yeo, “Design of a low power wide band high resolution programmable frequency divider,” IEEE trans. VLSI, Vol. 13, no. 9, pp.1098- 1103, Sep. 2005. (SCI)

X. P. Yu, M. A. Do, J. G. Ma, K. S. Yeo, R. Wu and G. Q. Yan, “10Gb/s linear full-rate CMOS phase detector for clock data recovery circuit,” Analog Integrated Circuits & Signal Processing, vol. 45, pp. 191-196, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2005. (SCI)

X. P. Yu, M. A. Do, J. G. Ma, K. S. Yeo, R. Wu and G. Q. Yan, “Low power high speed CMOS dual-modulus prescaler design with imbalanced phase switching technique,” IEE Proc. Circuits, Devices & Systems, Vol. 152, Issue: 2, pp. 127- 132. Apr. 2005. (SCI)

X. P. Yu, M. A. Do, J. G. Ma, K. S. Yeo, R. Wu and G. Q. Yan, “1V 10GHz CMOS frequency divider with low power consumption,” Electronics Letters, Vol. 40, Issue: 8, pp. 467-468, Apr. 2004. (SCI)

M. A. Do, X. P. Yu, J. G. Ma, K. S. Yeo, R. Wu and Q.X. Zhang, “GHz programmable counter with low power consumption,” Electronics Letters, Vol. 39, Issue: 22, pp.1572-1573, Oct. 2003. (SCI)

G. Q. Yan, M. A. Do, X. P. Yu, J. G. Ma, K. S. Yeo and R. Wu, “Compact Baluns for the 4-10GHz Band Applications,” Analog Integrated Circuits & Signal Processing, vol. 45, pp. 5-13, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2005. (SCI)

J. J. Liu, M. A. Do, X. P. Yu, J. G. Ma, K. S. Yeo, and S. Jiang, “CMOS Even Harmonic Switching Mixer for Direct Conversion Receivers,” Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers (JCSC), Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 183-196, World Scientific Publishing, Apr. 2006. (SCI)

L. Jia, J. G. Ma, K. S. Yeo, M. A. Do, X. P. Yu, and W. M Lim, “A 1.8-V 2.4/5.15-GHz Dual-Band LC VCO in 0.18 μm CMOS Technology,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Vol. 16, pp. 194-196, Apr. 2006. (SCI)

L. Jia , K. S. Yeo, J. G. Ma, M. A. Do and X. P. Yu, “Noise transfer characteristics and design techniques of a frequency synthesizer”, Analog Integrated Circuits & Signal Processing, vol. 52, pp. 89-97, Kluwer Academic Publishers(Now Springer), 2007. (SCI)

K. S. Yeo, A. Cabuk, R. Wu, M. A. Do, J. G. Ma, X. P. Yu, and G. Q. Yan, “A New Non-Sequential Linear CMOS Phase Detector for CDR Applications”, IEE Proc. Circuits, Devices & Systems, pp. 667-672, Dec. 2005. (SCI)



Conference proceedings:

Boyu Hu, X. P. Yu, L. N. He , “A Gm-boosted and Current Peaking Wideband Merged LNA and Mixer”, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband(ICUWB), Nanjing, China, September 20-23, 2010.

Boyu Hu, X. P. Yu, L. N. He , “0.9-10GHz Low Noise Amplifier With Capacitive Cross Coupling”, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband(ICUWB), Nanjing, China, September 20-23, 2010.

Boyu Hu, X. P. Yu, L. N. He , “A Group-Selected and Gain Controllable CMOS Active Mixer for UWB Applications”, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband(ICUWB), Nanjing, China, September 20-23, 2010.

Cheema, H.M., Yu, X., Mahmoudi, R., Zeijl, P.T.M. van & Roermund, A.H.M. van, “A dual-mode
mm-wave injection-locked frequency divider with greater than 18% locking, range in 65nm
CMOS”,IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, May 23-28, 2010.

X. P. Yu, J. Zhou, X. L. Yan, W. M. Lim and M. A. Do, “Sub-mW Multi-GHz CMOS Dual-Modulus Prescalers Based On Programmable Injection-Locked Frequency Dividers”, IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, June, 2008, Atlanta, Georgia, 2008.

X. P. Yu, M. A. Do, W. M. Lim, X. L. Yan, and K. S. Yeo, “Odd phase switching prescaler based on Injection Locked Frequency Divider”, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, June, 2007, Honululu, USA.

X. P. Yu, M. A. Do, J. G. Ma and K. S. Yeo, “ A New Phase Noise Model for TSPC based divider”, 2006 IFIP International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration, Nice, France on October 16-18, 2006.

X. P. Yu, M. A. Do, J. G. Ma and K. S. Yeo, "A new 5GHz CMOS dual-modulus prescaler," 2005 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Kobe, Japan, May, 2005.

R. Wu, K. S. Yeo, M. A. Do, J. G. Ma, X. P. Yu and G. Q. Yan, “A new simple and linear CMOS phase detector for low-power applications,” 10th International Symposium on Integrated Circuits, Devices and System (ISIC’04), Singapore, Sep. 2004.

M. A. Do, X. P. Yu, J. G. Ma, K. S. Yeo, R. Wu and Q.X. Zhang, “A 2GHz programmablecounter with new re-loadable D flip-flop,” Proceeding of 2003 IEEE Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC’03), pp. 269-272, Dec. 2003.

M. A. Do, X. P. Yu, J. G. Ma, K. S. Yeo and Q.X. Zhang, “A 1.5V Frequency Divider for 5~6GHZ Wireless LAN Applications,” Proceeding of Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC’03), pp. 998-1001, Nov. 2003.

Activities in International Conference

12th International Symposium on Integrated Circuits, Singapore, Dec, 2009
13th International Symposium on Integrated Circuits, Singapore, Dec, 2011
As a special session organizer