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Yichuang Sun received a PhD degree from the University of York, UK in 1996. He is a Professor of Communications and Electronics (since January 2001), Head of Communications and Intelligent Systems Research Group, and Head of Electronic, Communications and Electrical Engineering Division in the School of Engineering and Technology at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. Professor Sun's expertise and interests are uniquely in the integration of communications, electronics and computing. He has been conducting active research in wireless and mobile communications, 5G and 6G technologies, RF systems and circuits, analogue and mixed-signal circuits, memristor circuits and systems, neural networks, machine learning, and neuromophic computing. He has published some 400 papers in peer reviewed journals and conferences and contributed 10 chapters in edited research books. He has also published 4 text and research books: Continuous-time Active Filter Design, CRC Press, USA, 1999, Design of High frequency Integrated Analogue Filters, IEE Press, UK, 2002, Wireless Communication Circuits and Systems, IET Press, 2004, and Test and Diagnosis of Analogue, Mixed-signal and RF Integrated Circuits - the Systems on Chip Approach, IET Press, 2008. He has supervised over 35 PhD students and research fellows and over 25 visiting scholars and fellows from across the world.
Professor Sun serves on several Technical Committees of IEEE Circuits & Systems Society and IEEE Communications Society. He has been/is Book Series Editor of an IEE book series, Editor of 8 IEEE and international journals and sole or lead Guest Editor of 10 IEEE and IEE/IET journal special issues. He has been on the technical/scientific programme committee of numerous IEEE and international conferences in various roles such as Track Chair, Organiser of Special Sessions, TPC Member and Session Chair. He is a referee for many book publishers, IEEE and international journals and conferences. He has also been an evaluator or panel member of research grant proposals for EPSRC, Royal Society, Austrian, Finnish, Dutch, Singapore and Canadian research councils, and technology patents for USA and UK organisations. He has been evaluator of Canada Research Chairs and professorships for universities in USA, Canada, Ireland and the UK, including Minnesota, McGill, Toronto, and Dublin. He has been an external PhD examiner for many universities worldwide including Imperial College, UCL, Southampton, Queen Mary, McGill, Melbourne, La Trobe, and Nanyang Tech. He has also been/is an external examiner of several UK universities including the University of Oxford for their undergraduate programmes. Professor Sun has been awarded many national and international awards, prizes and honours.
Research interests
My research expertise and interests fall in the following areas:
Wireless and Mobile Communications and Networks
6G and 5G mobile communications, RIS aided radio communications, machine learning for wireless communications, wireless energy harvesting and power transfer, physical layer security, millimeter wave and THz communications, MIMO and massive MIMO communications, space-time coding and spatial multiplexing, multiuser and multicarrier communications, cooperative and relay communications, cognitive radio communications, vehicular communications, wireless sensor networks.
Microelectronic and RF Circuits, Devices and Systems
RF and mmWave communication circuits, energy harvesting and power electronic circuits, biomedical circuits and systems, analogue and mixed-signal circuits, analogue filters and amplifiers, impedance matching networks, antenna tuning circuits and systems, reconfigurable analogue and RF circuits, data converters and Sigma-Delta modulators, analogue and mixed-signal test and diagnosis, sensors and instruments, memristor circuits and systems, memristive logic and memory circuits.
Machine Learning, Neural Networks, and Neuromorphic Computing
Machine learning, deep learning and bio-inspired optimisation for electronics, communications, computing, image processing, smart grid, and intelligent transport systems.
Memristive neural networks, in-memory computing, brain-like computing, and neuromorphic engineering in analogue, mixed-signal and digital integrated technologies.
Teaching specialisms
Microelectronics and VLSI
Analogue Integrated Circuits and Systems
Telecommunications Systems
Wireless and Mobile Communications
Commercial and public engagement
External Examiner of the University of Oxford, UK, 2022 - .
Editor of IETE Journal of Education, from 2023.
Book Series Editor of IEE Circuits, Devices and Systems Book Series, IEE, UK, 2003-2008.
Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I: Regular Papers, 2010-2011, 2016-2017, 2018-2019.
Editor of Journal of Semiconductors, 2016-2019.
Editor of Active and Passive Electronic Components, 2010-2017.
Editor of ETRI Journal, since 2006.
Editor of Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, from 2018.
Associate Editor of Frontiers in Communications and Networks, from 2022.
Associate Editor of Frontiers in Antennas and Propagation, from 2022.
Guest Editor (lead), Special Issue on Memristive Electronic Circuits, Neural Networks and Neuromorphic Computing, IET Electronics Letters, https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/1350911x/homepage/call-for-papers/si-2023-000394, 2023-2024.
Topic Editor (lead) of Machine Learning in Communication Systems and Networks for the journals of Applied Sciences, Sensors, Electronics, Photonics, JSAN, https://www.mdpi.com/topics/ml_communication_networks, 2022-2023.
Guest Editor (lead) of Special Issue on Cognitive and AI-enabled Wireless and Mobile Communications, IET Communications, 2020.
Guest Editor (co) of Special Issue on 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I, December 2016.
Guest Editor (lead) of Special Issue on Software Defined Radio Transceivers and Circuits for 5G Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-II, January 2016.
Guest Editor (lead) of Special Issue on Cooperative Wireless and Mobile Communications, IET Communications, 2013.
Guest Editor (sole) of Special Issue on Advanced Signal Processing for Wireless and Mobile Communications, IET Signal Processing, 2009.
Guest Editor (sole) of Special Issue on MIMO Wireless and Mobile Communications, IEE Proc. Communications, 2006.
Guest Editor (sole) of Special Issue on Analogue and Mixed-Signal Test for Systems on Chip, IEE Proc. Circuits, Devices and Systems, 2004.
Guest Editor (sole) of Special Issue on RF Circuits and Systems for Wireless Communications, IEE Proc. Circuits, Devices and Systems, 2002.
Guest Editor (sole) of Special Issue on High-frequency Integrated Analogue Filters, IEE Proc. Circuits, Devices and Systems, 2000.
Track Chair/TPC, IEEE/ECS European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD), since 2007.
TPC/RCM Memebr of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), annually, since 1999.
Organiser and Chair of SPECIAL SESSION on Millimeter-Wave Integrated Circuits Design in CMOS & SiGe Technologies, IEEE ISCAS 2019.
TPC Member of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) since 2016
TPC Member of IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), since 2008
TPC of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), annually, since 2009
TPC Member of many IASTED conferences on communications&networks and circuits&systems, since 2003
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Technical Committees on: ASP, CASCOM
IEEE Communications Society Technical Committees on: WTC, RCC
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A 40-GHz Load Modulated Balanced Power Amplifier using Unequal Power Splitter and Phase Compensation Network in 45-nm SOI CMOS
Chen, L., Chen, L., Ge, Z., Sun, Y. & Zhu, X., 8 Jun 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A family of memristive multibutterfly chaotic systems with multidirectional initial-based offset boosting
Lin, H., Wang, C., Du, S., Yao, W. & Sun, Y., 31 Jul 2023, In: Chaos, Solitons and Fractals. 172, 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Event-Triggered Control for Robust Exponential Synchronization of Inertial Memristive Neural Networks Under Parameter Disturbance
Yao, W., Wang, C., Sun, Y., Gong, S. & Lin, H., 26 Apr 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Neural Networks.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Single-Slope ADC with Embedded Convolution Filter for Global-Shutter CMOS Image Sensors
Kłosowski, M., Sun, Y., Jendernalik, W., Blakiewicz, G., Jakusz, J. & Szczepanski, S., 12 Apr 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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User Comfort-Oriented Home Energy Management System Under Demand Response
Alfaverh, F., Denai, M. & Sun, Y., 6 Apr 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review