Ka-Meng Lei - University of Macau | State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI

Ka-Meng Lei

李家明 Ka-Meng Lei

Assistant Professor

Email: kamenglei

Phone: (+853) 8822-4432

Room Number: N21-3015f

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, China (2016)
B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, China (2012)

Professional Experience

State-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI

Assistant Professor, State-Key Lab. of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, University of Macau (Sep. 2019 – Present)
Lecturer (UM Macao Fellow), State-Key Lab. of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, University of Macau (Dec. 2016 – Aug. 2019)

Harvard University

Postdoctoral Fellow (Visiting scholar), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (Jun. 2017 – Aug. 2019)

Research

Research Interests

Ultra-low-voltage analog IC design
Miniaturized nuclear magnetic resonance system
Sensors and analog front-end interfaces

Professional Affiliations

Senior members of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – Also in Circuits and Systems Society and Solid-State Circuits Society

Professional Review Services

Journals

Nature Communications
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I – Regular Papers
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II – Express Briefs
IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
IEEE Sensors Journal
IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience
Analytical Methods
International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications

Conferences

IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems – ISCAS
IEEE Sensors Conference
IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems – ISICAS
IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems – MWSCAS
IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference – BioCAS
IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems – APCCAS
IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems – ICECS

Professional Services

TPC member of International Conference on Integrated Circuits, Technologies and Applications (ICTA) 2021 – now
Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 2024 – now
Chapter Vice Chair – IEEE CAS Macau Chapter 2023 – now
Associate Editor of Open Journal of Circuits and Systems, 2022 – now
Co-chair of SSCS Webinar for Young Excellence, 2021 – now
IEEE SSCS Young Professionals committee member, 2020 – now
Demo Chair – International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems 2020 & 2022
Treasurer – IEEE CAS Macau Chapter 2019-2020
Organizing Committee – Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference 2019
General Secretary of IEEE Macau student branch, Aug. 2008 – Aug. 2009

Teaching courses:

Advanced Topic in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD course)
Interface Microelectronic Circuits and Sensors Design (MSc course)
Physics I (BSc course)
Physics for ECE (BSc course)
Graduation Project I/II (BSc course)

Awards Total:8

Ka-Meng Lei, Best poster award (as supervisor)
Workshop on IC Advances in China (ICAC)
Jan-2023
Ka-Meng Lei, 2016 Young Researcher Award
International Institute of Macau – IIM
Feb-2017
Ka-Meng Lei, 2016-2017 Pre-doctoral Acheivement Award
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
Feb-2017
Ka-Meng Lei, Hadi Heidari, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, Franco Maloberti, R. P. Martins, ISSCC Silkroad Award
IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)
Feb-2016
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, A-SSCC Distinguished Design Award

IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC) (2015)
Feb-2016
Ka-Meng Lei, Student/Young Researcher Grant

the Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society (2015)
Oct-2015
Ka-Meng Lei, ISSCC Student Travel Grant Award
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, 2015
Feb-2015
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, ASQED 2013 Best Paper Award (A 2.93 µW 8-bit Capacitance- to -RE Converter for Movable Laboratory Mice blood Pressure Monitoring)
International Society for Quality Electronic Design(ISQED)
Aug-2013

Patents and Technology Transfer Total:6

Shuhao Fan, Qi zhou, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak and R. Martins , 一种微型多核核磁共振成像平台
CN118033512A

China Invention Patent (in substantive examination)
May-2024
Rui Luo, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak and R. Martins, 一种时钟频率校准电路及校准系统
CN118018006A

China Invention Patent (in substantive examination)
May-2024
Y. Jia, W. Hui, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak and R. Martins, 一种基于集成电路的单细胞阻抗测量系统及方法
CN117607208A

China Invention Patent (in substantive examination)
Feb-2024
H. Li, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak and R. Martins, 一种晶振启动电路及控制电路
CN116054819A

China Invention Patent (in substantive examination)
May-2023
Shuhao Fan, Qi Zhou, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak and R. Martins, 磁共振成像扫描仪和磁共振成像系统
CN115856740A

China Invention Patent (in substantive examination)
Mar-2023
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and R. Martins, Palm-size μNMR relaxometer using a digital microfluidic (DMF) device and a semiconductor transceiver for chemical/biological diagnosis
US10436726B2

US Patents
Oct-2019

Journals and magazines Total:25

Zixuan Wang, Xin Wang, Ka-Meng Lei, Wenjing Zhang, Yunjin Yin, Tailong Xu, Zhikuang Cai, Yufeng Guo, Pui-In Mak, A 16-MHz Crystal Oscillator with 17.5-μs Startup Time under 104-ppm-∆F Injection Using Automatic Phase-Error Correction
IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits (Early Access)
Feb-2024
Qi Zhou, Shuhao Fan, Ka-Meng Lei, Donhee Ham, Rui P. Martins, Pui-In Mak, Miniature Magnetic Resonance Imaging System for in Situ Monitoring of Bacterial Growth and Biofilm Formation
IEEE Trans. Biomedical Circuits Syst. (Early Access)
Feb-2024
Haihua Li, Ka-Meng Lei, Rui P. Martins and Pui-In Mak, A 12/13.56MHz Crystal Oscillator with Binary-Search-Assisted Two-Step Injection Achieving 5.0nJ Startup Energy and 45.8μs Startup Time
IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits
VOL. 59, no. 2, pp. 464-475 Feb-2024
Chengyu Che, Ka-Meng Lei, Rui P. Martins and Pui-In Mak, A 0.4-V 8,400-µm2 Voltage Reference in 65-nm CMOS Exploiting Well-Proximity Effect
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II - Express Briefs
VOL. 70, no. 10, pp. 3822-3826 Oct-2023
Dan Shi, Ka-Meng Lei, Rui P. Martins and Pui-In Mak, A 0.4-V 0.0294-mm2 Resistor-Based Temperature Sensor Achieving ±0.24 °C p2p Inaccuracy From −40 °C to 125 °C and 385 fJ·K2 Resolution FoM in 65-nm CMOS
IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS
VOL. 58, NO. 9, pp. 2543 - 2553 Sep-2023
Hengchen Zou, Ka-Meng Lei, Rui P. Martins and Pui-In Mak, A CMOS Hall Sensors Array with Integrated Readout Circuit Resilient to Local Magnetic Interference from Current-Carrying Traces
IEEE Sensors J.
VOL. 23, no. 14, pp. 16145-16153 Jul-2023
Shuhao Fan, Qi Zhou, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, A Miniaturized 3-D-MRI Scanner Featuring an HV-SOI ASIC and Achieving a 10 × 8 × 8 mm3 Field of View
IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits
VOL. 58, no. 7, pp. 2028-2039 Jul-2023
Jens Anders, Ka-Meng Lei, et al., CMOS IC for the quantum information sciences
IEEE Trans. Quantum Eng.
VOL. 4, Art no. 5100230, pp. 1-30 Jul-2023
Daniel Krüger, Aoyang Zhang, Behdad Aghelnejad, Henry Hinton, Victor Marrugat Arnal, Yi-Qiao Song, Yiqiao Tang, Ka-Meng Lei, Jens Anders and Donhee Ham, A Portable CMOS-based Spin Resonance System for High-Resolution Spectroscopy and Imaging
IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS
VOL. 58, NO. 7, pp. 1838 - 1849 Jul-2023
LIWEN LIN, KA-MENG LEI, PUI-IN MAK AND RUI P. MARTINS, An Ultra-Low-Voltage Single-Crystal Oscillator-Timer (XO-Timer) Delivering 16-MHz and 32.258-kHz Clocks for Sub-0.5 V Energy-Harvesting BLE Radios in 28-nm CMOS
IEEE Open J. Circuits Syst.
VOL. 4, pp. 126 - 138 Mar-2023
Shuhao Fan, Qi Zhou, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, Miniaturization of a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance System: Architecture and Design Considerations of Transceiver Integrated Circuits
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I – Regular Papers
VOL. 69, no. 8, pp. 3049-3060 Aug-2022
Chi-Hang Chan, ... Ka-Meng Lei, ..., Trending IC design directions in 2022
J. Semicond.
vol. 43, no. 7 Jul-2022
M. Loo, H. Ramiah, Ka-Meng Lei, C. C. Lim, N. S. Lai, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, Fully-Integrated Timers for Ultra-Low-Power Internet-of-Things Nodes–Fundamentals and Design Techniques
IEEE Access
VOL. 10, pp. 65936 – 65950 Jun-2022
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, A 0.35-V 5,200-µm2 2.1-MHz Temperature-Resilient Relaxation Oscillator with 667fJ/cycle Energy Efficiency Using an Asymmetric Swing-Boosted RC Network and a Dual-Path Comparator
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
vol. 56, No,9, pp. 2701-2710 Sep-2021
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, Startup Time and Energy-Reduction Techniques for Crystal Oscillators in the IoT Era
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs
vol. 68, no 1, pp. 30-35 Jan-2021
Ka-Meng Lei, Dongwan Ha, Yi-Qiao Song, Robert Westervelt, R. P. Martins, Pui In Mak, Donhee Ham, Portable NMR with Parallelism
ACS Analytical Chemistry
2020, 92, 2, 2112–2120 Jan-2020
Antoine Dupré, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, R. P. Martins, Weng-Kung Peng, Micro-and nanofabrication NMR technologies for point-of-care medical applications–A review
Microelectronic Engineering
Volume 209, 15 March 2019, Pages 66-74 Mar-2019
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, A Regulation-Free Sub-0.5-V 16-/24-MHz Crystal Oscillator With 14.2-nJ Startup Energy and 31.8- μ W Steady-State Power
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
Vol.53, No.9, pp 2624 - 2635 Sep-2018
Ka-Meng Lei, Hadi Heidari, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, Franco Maloberti, R. P. Martins, A Handheld High-Sensitivity Micro-NMR CMOS Platform with B-Field Stabilization for Multi-Type Biological/Chemical Assays
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
vol. 52,Issue 1, pp. 284-297 Jan-2017
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, A μNMR CMOS Transceiver Using a Butterfly-Coil Input for Integration with a Digital Microfluidic Device inside a Portable Magnet
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
vol. 51, Issue. 10, pp. 2274-2286 [Invited Paper] Oct-2016
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, A μ NMR CMOS Transceiver Using a Butterfly-Coil Input for Integration With a Digital Microfluidic Device Inside a Portable Magnet
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
Vol 51, Issue: 10, pp 2274 - 2286 Oct-2016
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, CMOS Biosensors for In Vitro Diagnosis – Transducing Mechanisms and Applications
RSC Lab on a Chip
2016, 16, pp. 3664-3681 Sep-2016
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, A Palm-Size µNMR Relaxometer Using a Digital Microfluidic Device and a Semiconductor Transceiver for Chemical/Biological Diagnosis
Royal Society of Chemistry - Analyst, 2015
2015,140, 5129-5137 Jun-2015
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, NMR-DMF: A Modular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-Digital Microfluidics System for Biological Assays
Analyst, 2014,
139, 6204-6213. Dec-2014
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, R. P. Martins, Systematic Analysis and Cancellation of Kickback Noise in a Dynamic Latched Comparator
Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Springer
Vol. 77, Issue 2, pp 277-284 Nov-2013

Conference papers and presentations Total:21

Shuhao Fan, Qi Zhou, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, A Miniature Multi-Nuclei NMR/MRI Platform with a High-Voltage SOI ASIC Achieving a 134.4dB Image SNR with a 173×250×103μm3 Resolution
IEEE Int. Solid-State Circuits Conf. (ISSCC) 2024
pp. 316-317 Feb-2024
Rui Luo, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, A 0.5V 6.14μW Trimming-Free Single XO Dual Output Frequency Reference with [5.1nJ, 120μs] XO Startup and [8.1nJ, 200μs] Successive-Approximation-Based RTC Calibration
IEEE Int. Solid-State Circuits Conf. (ISSCC) 2024
Feb-2024
Shi Dan, Ka-Meng Lei, Rui P. Martins, Pui-In Mak, Simple-Logic Comparator-Offset Mitigation Technique for Resistor-Based Temperature Sensor in DFLL
IEEE International Conference on Integrated Circuits, Technologies and Applications (ICTA)
Oct-2023
Wenhao Hui, A. Lyu, Y. Liu, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, Ka-Meng Lei, Y. Jia, Single-Cell Electric Impedance Sensor Based On Integrated Circuit Chip
in 27th Int. Conf. Miniaturized Syst. Chem. Life Sci. (MicroTAS)
oral presentation Oct-2023
Qi Zhou, Shuhao Fan, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, Real-Time In-Situ Bacterial Growth Monitoring Using Miniaturized MRI System
in 27th Int. Conf. Miniaturized Syst. Chem. Life Sci. (MicroTAS)
oral presentation Oct-2023
Shuhao Fan, Q. Zhou, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, A Miniaturized 3-D-MRI Scanner Featuring A High-Voltage SOI ASIC For Noninvasive Object Reconstruction And Flow Analysis
in 27th Int. Conf. Miniaturized Syst. Chem. Life Sci. (MicroTAS)
Poster Oct-2023
Haihua Li, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak and Rui Martins, A 12/13.56MHz Crystal Oscillator with Binary-Search-Assisted Two-Step Injection Achieving 5.0nJ Startup Energy and 45.8µs Startup Time
2023 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)
Feb-2023
Liwen Lin, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins, A sub-0.5V Crystal Oscillator-Timer (XO-Timer) Combining 16MHz Reference and 32kHz Sleep Timer with a Single Crystal for Energy-Harvesting Radios in 28nm CMOS
in IEEE Proc. Asian Solid-State Circ. Conf.
pp 1-3 Nov-2022
D. Krüger, A. Zhang, H. Hinton, V. M. Arnal, Y.-Q. Song, Y. Tang, Ka-Meng Lei, J. Anders, D. Ham, A Portable CMOS-based MRI System with 67×67×83 μm3 Image Resolution
in IEEE Proc. European Solid-State Circ. Conf.
pp 225-228 Sep-2022
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Rui P. Martins, A 0.45-V 3.3-µW Resistor-Based Temperature Sensor Achieving 10mK Resolution in 65-nm CMOS
IEEE International Conference on Integrated Circuits, Technologies and Applications (ICTA)
Nov-2021
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, R. P. Martins, A 0.4V 6.4µW 3.3MHz CMOS Bootstrap Relaxation Oscillator with ±0.71% Frequency Deviation from -30°C to 100°C for Wearable and Sensing Applications
forthcoming Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems – ISCAS 2018
May-2018
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, A Regulation-Free Sub-0.5V 16/24MHz Crystal Oscillator for Energy Harvesting BLE Radios with 14.2nJ Startup Energy and 31.8uW Steady-State Power
IEEE Int. Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), Digest of Technical Papers
accepted. pp. 52-53 Jan-2018
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, R. P. Martins, A 0.4V 4.8μW 16MHz CMOS Crystal Oscillator Achieving 74-Fold Startup-Time Reduction Using Momentary Detuning
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
pp. 1-4 May-2017
Ka-Meng Lei, Hadi Heidari, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, Franco Maloberti, R. P. Martins, A Handheld High Sensitivity Micro-NMR CMOS Platform with B-Field Stabilization for Multi-Type Biological/Chemical Assays
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuit
vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 284-297 [Invited Paper] Jan-2017
Ka-Meng Lei, Hadi Heidari, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, Franco Maloberti, R. P. Martins, A Handheld 50pM-Sensitivity Micro-NMR CMOS Platform with B-Field Stabilization for Multi-Type Biological/Chemical Assays
IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Digest
pp. 474-475 Feb-2016
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, A μNMR CMOS Transceiver Using a Butterfly-Coil Input for Co-integration with a Digital Microfluidic Device Inside a Portable Magnet
IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC)
pp. 1-4 Nov-2015
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, A thermal-insensitive all-electronic modular µNMR relaxometer with a 2D digital microfluidic chip for sample management
International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS)
pp.302-304 Oct-2015
Hadi Heidari, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, Franco Maloberti, Exploring the Noise Limits of Fully-Differential Micro-Watt Transimpedance Amplifiers for Sub-pA/√Hz Sensitivity
,” IEEE Ph.D. Research In Micro-electronics and Electronics (PRIME)
pp.290-293 Jul-2015
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, A Multi-Step Multi-Sample µNMR Relaxometer Using Inside-Magnet Digital Microfluidics and a Butterfly-Coil-Input CMOS Transceiver
IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)
SRP Session 2, Paper No. 1 Feb-2015
Diyang Zhao, Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, Design considerations of a low-noise receiver front-end and its spiral coil for portable NMR screening
IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS)
pp 403-406 Nov-2014
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak, Man-Kay Law and Rui P. Martins, A 2.93 µW 8-bit capacitance-to-RF converter for movable laboratory mice blood pressure monitoring
in Proc. Asia Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ASQED)
pp 216-219 Aug-2013

Books and Book Chapters Total:3

Ka-Meng Lei, Pui-In Mak and Rui P. Martins , Ultra-Low-Voltage Clock References
in Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits in Nanoscale CMOS

Analog Circuits and Signal Processing book series (ACSP), pp. 91-127

Springer, Cham
978-3-031-22230-6 Jan-2023
Ka-Meng Lei, Pui In Mak, Man-Kay Law, R. P. Martins, Handheld Total Chemical and Biological Analysis Systems: Bridging NMR, Digital Microfluidics, and Semiconductors
Springer Press, USA
978-3-319-67825-2 Jan-2018
Ka-Meng Lei, NAN SUN, Pui In Mak, R. P. Martins, DONHEE HAM, Micro-NMR on CMOS for biomolecular sensing, Chapter in CMOS Circuits for Biological Sensing and Processing [Collaboration Harvard University & University of Macau]

Springer Press: USA, 2018
Nov-2017

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