A team from the University of Macau (UM) State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI and Institute of Microelectronics (IME) once again showcased its cutting-edge research at the 73rd International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) held in San Francisco, United States. Maintaining its exceptional performance from last year, UM had 11 papers accepted at this year’s conference. These consistent achievements underscore the international recognition of UM and its sustained leadership in the field of microelectronics.
This year’s conference (ISSCC 2026) accepted 246 papers from a competitive pool of more than 1000 submissions globally. UM significantly contributed with 11 papers as the primary affiliation. Aligning with the conference theme of ‘Advancing AI with IC & SoC Innovations’, UM’s accepted papers span crucial areas such as data conversion, wireless communications, power conversion, sensors. These topics are directly relevant to emerging research areas including the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and big data, and the papers present groundbreaking circuit designs in bulk-CMOS technologies. Members of the UM team who attended this year’s conference include Prof. Sai-Weng Sin, Prof. Chi-Hang Chan, Prof. Ka-Meng Lei and Prof. Mo Huang, and a number of UM researchers and postgraduate students.
Highlighting the exceptional talent within UM, one postdoctoral fellow (Jiacheng Yang) received the prestigious Pre-doctoral Achievement Award from the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, recognizing their outstanding research contributions in microelectronics.
Organised by the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, the ISSCC is the most prestigious international conference in the field of electronics, with a rigorous paper selection process. It is also the world’s largest and highest-level conference on solid-state circuits held annually, which showcases the latest global trends in solid-state circuit research and development. The UM team’s trip to this year’s event was sponsored by the Science and Development Fund of Macao and the university.
