Prof. Dr. Taekwang Jang
Prof. Dr. Taekwang Jang
Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
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Research area
The Energy Efficient Circuits and IoT Systems Group, led by Prof. Taekwang Jang, focuses on analog and mixed-signal circuits and systems. Sensor interfaces, energy harvesters, power converters, communication transceivers, frequency synthesizers, and data converters are his primary interests. In terms of system-level designs, his group focuses on highly energy-constrained applications such as wireless sensor nodes and biomedical electronics.
Taekwang Jang received his B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from KAIST, Korea, in 2006 and 2008, respectively. From 2008 to 2013, he worked at Samsung Electronics Company Ltd., Yongin, Korea, focusing on mixed-signal circuit design, including analog and all-digital phase-locked loops for communication systems and mobile processors. In 2017, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at the same institution. In 2018, he joined ETH Zürich as an assistant professor and is leading the Energy-Efficient Circuits and Intelligent Systems group. He is also a member of the Competence Center for Rehabilitation Engineering and Science, and the chair of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, Switzerland chapter.
His research focuses on circuits and systems for highly energy-constrained applications such as wireless sensor nodes and biomedical interfaces. Essential building blocks such as a sensor interface, energy harvester, power converter, communication transceiver, frequency synthesizer, and data converters are his primary interests. He holds 15 patents and has (co)authored more than 80 peer-reviewed conferences and journal articles. He is the recipient of the 2024 IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society New Frontier Award, the SNSF Starting Grant, the IEEE ISSCC 2021 and 2022 Jan Van Vessem Award for Outstanding European Paper, the IEEE ISSCC 2022 Outstanding Forum Speaker Award, and the 2009 IEEE CAS Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award. Since 2022, he has been a TPC member of the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), IMMD Subcommittee, and IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (ASSCC), Analog Subcommittee. He also chaired the 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology (RFIT), Frequency Generation Subcommittee. Since 2023, he has been serving as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC) and was appointed as a Distinguished Lecturer for the Solid-State Circuits Society in 2024.
Membership
| Since | Membership |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Chair of IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, Switzerland Chapter |
Honours
| Year | Distinction |
|---|---|
| 2024 | IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Distinguished Lecturer |
| 2024 | IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society New Frontier Award |
| 2022 | IEEE ISSCC Jan Van Vessem Award for Outstanding European Paper |
| 2022 | IEEE ISSCC Outstanding Forum Speaker Award |
| 2022 | IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, Chapter of the Year Award |
| 2022 | SNSF Starting Grant |
| 2021 | IEEE ISSCC Jan Van Vessem Award for Outstanding European Paper |
| 2009 | IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems 2009 Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award |
Course Catalogue
Spring Semester 2025
| Number | Unit |
|---|---|
| 227-0330-00L | Energy-Efficient Analog Circuits for IoT Systems |