Book Chapters (Supervised master students are delineated with an uppercase MS)

[B3] M. KlokaMS, H. Tang. Systematic Design of a Gain-Boosted Amplifier for Differential Bottom-Plate Sampling in 0.13-µm CMOS vol. 42, 1-20. Hauppauge, NY, 11788: Nova Science Publisher, 2021.

[B2] H. ChangMS, H. Tang, Recent Advances in Clock Jitter Reductions in Low-Pass Continuous-Time Delta-Sigma Modulators vol. 40, 1-30. Hauppauge, NY, 11788, Nova Science Publishers: Nova Science Publishers, 2020.

[B1] H. Tang, H. Zhang, A. Doboli, Towards High-Level Synthesis of Analog and Mixed-Signal Systems from VHDL-AMS Specifications - A Case Study for a Sigma-Delta Analog-Digital Converter, Languages for System Specification, Kluwer Academic Publishers,  pp. 201-216, ISBN:1-4020-7990-7, 2004.

 

Journal Papers

 

[J21] S. SubediMS, H. Tang, ¡°Development of a multiple-camera 3D vehicle tracking system for traffic data collection at intersections¡±, IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Apr 2019, 13, 4, pp. 614-621.

[J20] H. Tang, ¡°Analysis of Effect of Feedback Current Variation in Continuous-time DeltaSigma Modulators¡±, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Dec 2017, Vol 93, Issue 3, pp. 467-476.

[J19] H. ChangMS, H. Tang, ¡°Review and Comparison of Clock Jitter Reduction Techniques in Low-pass Continuous-Time Delta-Sigma Modulators¡±, Journal of Low-power Electronics and Applications, 2017, 7(3), 22; doi:10.3390/jlpea7030022.

[J18] Peng LiMS, H. Tang, ¡°A SoC Hardware Implementation of Real-Time Video Segmentation based on Mixture of Gaussian Algorithm¡±, Journal of Low-power Electronics and Applications, 2017, 7(2), 12; doi:10.3390/jlpea7020012. 

[J17] Hai DinhMS, H. Tang, ¡°Development of a Tracking-based System for Automated Traffic Data Collection for Roundabouts¡±, Journal of Modern Transportation, 2017, Vol. 25(1), pp 12-23, DOI: 10.1007/s40534-017-0124-z.

[J16] H. Tang, ¡°Practical analysis of clock jitter reduction techniques under power supply noise for continuous-time delta-sigma modulators¡±, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Nov 2016, Volume 89, Issue 2, pp 373-381.

[J15] H. Tang, ¡°System-level Post-Optimization of Delta-Sigma Modulators using Finite Difference Stochastic Approximation", Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, July 2016, Volume 88, Issue 1, pp 31¨C42.

[J14] M. WebbMS, H. Tang, ¡°Expediting analog design retargeting by design knowledge re-use and circuit synthesis: a practical example on a Delta-Sigma modulator¡±, International Journal of Electronics, (online published Dec 2015) Vol. 103, Issue 8, pp. 1415-1429, August 2016.

[J13] M. WebbMS, H. Tang, ¡°Hierarchical statistical analysis of complex analog and mixed-signal systems¡±, International Journal of Electronics, Vol. 101, No. 12, pp. 1647-1661, Dec. 2014.

[J12] Hai DinhMS, H. Tang, E. Kwon, ¡°A Simple Method for Camera Calibration for Roundabout Traffic Scenes using a Single Circle¡±, IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 175-182, May 2014.

[J11] Peng LiMS, Hua Tang, A Low-Power VLSI Implementation for Fast Full-Search Variable Block Size Motion Estimation, International Journal of Electronics, Vol. 100, No. 9, pp. 1240-1255, Sep 2013.

[J10] Peng LiMS, Hua Tang, Design of a Low-Power Coprocessor for Mid-Size Vocabulary Speech Recognition Systems, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, Vol. 58, No. 5, pp. 961-970, May 2011.

[J9] M. WebbMS, H. Tang, A Low-power and Low-complexity Continuous-time Gm-C based Delta-Sigma Modulator for WCDMA/UMTS, International Journal of Electronics, Volume 96, Issue 6, pp. 585-602, Jun 2009. 

[J8] M. WebbMS, H. Tang, A Symbolic Approach toward High-level Variation-aware Topology Synthesis of Delta-Sigma Modulators, International Journal of Electronics, Volume 95, Issue 10, pp. 1033-1053, Oct. 2008.

[J7] H. Tang, A Systematic Design Flow for Optimal Capacitance Assignment in Switched-Capacitor Biquads, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, Vol. 55, No. 7, pp. 2076-2087, Aug 2008.

[J6] H. Tang, Symbolic Statistical Analysis of SNR Variation for Delta-Sigma Modulators, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, Vol. 54, No. 8, pp. 720-724, Aug 2007.

[J5] Y. Wei, H. Tang, A. Doboli, Systematic Methodology for Designing Reconfigurable Delta-Sigma Modulator Topologies for Multimode Communication Systems, IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 480-496, Mar 2007.

[J4] H. Zhang, S. Doboli, H. Tang, A. Doboli, Compiled Code Simulation of Analog and Mixed-Signal Systems Using Piecewise Linear Modeling of Nonlinear Parameters, Integration the VLSI Journal, Elsevier, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 193-208, Apr 2007.

[J3] M. WebbMS, H. Tang, Modeling Continuous-time Delta Sigma Modulators in MATLAB SIMULINK for System-level Simulation and Specification Translation, WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Issue 12, Vol. 5, pp. 1760-1767, Dec 2006 (Invited paper).

[J2] H. Tang, H. Zhang, A. Doboli, Refinement based Synthesis of Continuous-Time Analog Filters Through Successive Domain Pruning, Plateau Search and Adaptive SamplingIEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Vol. 25, No. 8, Aug 2006, pp. 1421-1440.

[J1] H. Tang, A. Doboli, High-level Topology Synthesis for Delta-Sigma Modulators Optimized for Complexity, Sensitivity and Power Consumption, IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Vol. 25, No. 3, March 2006, pp. 597-607.

 

Conference Papers

[C36] M. Hann, D. Del Vecchio, H. Tang, Improved Power Attenuator for Vacuum Tube Guitar Amplifiers, . IEEE. Intermountain Engineering, Technology, and Computing Conference (i-ETC), May 10-11, 2022, Brig Young University, Uath, USA.

[C35] Robillard, N., Farrell, C., Pearson, M., & Tang, H, Design of a Multi-Effects Guitar Pedal Controlled via Bluetooth App. IEEE. Intermountain Engineering, Technology, and Computing Conference (i-ETC), May 12-13, 2022, Utah Valley University, Uath, USA.

[C34] M. KlokaMS, H. Tang, ¡°Design of a Gain-Boosted Amplifier for Differential Bottom-Plate Sampling in 0.13um CMOS¡±, Proc. of 18th IEEE 17th IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology (EIT), May 20-22 2019, Brookings, South Dakota, USA.

[C33] S. SubediMS, H. Tang, "An Extended Method of Multiple-Camera Calibration for 3D Vehicle Tracking at Intersections", Proc. of 17th IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology (EIT), May 3-5, 2018, Oakland University, Michigan, U.S.A.

[C32] P. LiMS, H. Tang, "A SoC Design for Video Segmentation based on Mixture-of-Gaussian Algorithm", Proc. of 16th IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology (EIT), May 14-17, 2017, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.

[C31] H. DinhMS, H. Tang, ¡°Development of a Video Processing System for Automated Traffic Data Collection of Gap Size for Roundabouts¡±, Proc. of IEEE 30th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), Windsor, Ontario Canada, April 30 - May 3, 2017.

[C30] M. WebbMS, H. Tang, ¡°A Low-power Low-complexity Continuous-Time Gm-C Based Delta-Sigma Modulator for Wireless and Instrumentation Applications¡±, 2016 IEEE International Workshop on Electromagnetics (iWEM2016), May 16-18, 2016, Nanjing, China, pp. 1-3.

[C29] S. Hosseinpour, H. Chen, H. Tang, ¡°Barriers to the wide adoption of electric vehicles: A literature review based discussion¡±, Proc. of Portland Inter. Conf. on Manag. of Engi. and Tech. (PICMET¡¯15), Aug. 2-6, Portland, OR, USA, 2015, pp. 2329-2336.

[C28] H. ChangMS, H. Tang, ¡°Feasibility Analysis of Fixed-width Pulse Feedback to Reduce Clock Jitter Effects in Continuous-time Lowpass Delta-Sigma Modulators¡±, Proc. of 56th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS¡¯13), Columbus, Ohio, Aug 5-8th, 2013, pp. 1-4.

[C27] H. DinhMS, H. Tang, ¡°Camera Calibration for Roundabout Traffic Scenes¡±, Proc. of 55th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS¡¯12), Boise Idaho, Aug 5-8th, 2012, pp. 1-4.

[C26] H. Tang, ¡°An Optimization Based Approach for Topology Exploration of Switched-Capacitor Biquad Filters¡±, Proc. of Intelligent Human Machine Systems and Cybernetics Conference (IHMSC¡¯10), Nanjing, China, Aug 26-28th, 2010, pp. 307-310.

[C25] P. LiMS, H. Tang, ¡°A Low-power VLSI Implementation for Full-search Variable Block Size Motion Estimation in H.264/AVC¡±, Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS¡¯10), Paris, France, May 30-Jun 2nd, 2010, pp. 2972-2975.

[C24] P. LiMS, H. Tang, ¡°VLSI Architecture Design for Reconfigurable Block Size Motion Estimation¡±, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE¡¯10), Las Vegas, NV, Jan 11-13rd, 2010, pp. 439-440.

[C23] P. LiMS, H. Tang, ¡°Design of a Co-Processor for Output Probability Calculation in Speech Recognition¡±, Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS¡¯09), Taipei, Taiwan, May 24-27th, 2009, pp. 369-372.

[C22] P. LiMS, H. Tang, Q. Lian, ¡°Low Power Embedded Speech Recognition System Based on a MCU and a Co-processor¡±, Proc. of 34th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP¡¯09), Taipei, Taiwan, April 19-24th, 2009, pp. 625-628.

[C21] H. ChangMS, H. Tang, ¡°Efficient System-level Statistical Design of Analog Systems via Variance Minimization¡±, Proc. of IASTED International Conference on Circuits and Systems, Kona, HI, August 18-20th, 2008, pp. 1-6.

[C20] Y. ZhengMS, H. Tang, ¡°Towards a Hardware-based System for Real-Time Vehicle Tracking¡±, Proc. of IEEE Intelligent Vehicle Symposium (IV¡¯08), June 4-6th, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2008, pp. 285-290.

[C19] H. ChangMS, H. Tang, ¡°A Simple Technique to Reduce Clock Jitter Effects in Continuous-time Delta-Sigma Modulators¡±, Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS¡¯08), Seattle, WA, May 23-26th, 2008, pp. 1870-1873.

[C18] M. WebbMS, H. Tang, ¡°Analog Design Retargeting by Design Knowledge Reuse and Circuit Synthesis¡±, Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS¡¯08), Seattle, WA, May 23-26th, 2008, pp. 892-895.

[C17] H. Tang, ¡°Post-Optimization of Delta-Sigma Modulators Considering Circuit Non-idealities¡±, Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS¡¯08), Seattle, WA, May 23-26th, 2008, pp. 2546-2549.

[C16] H. Tang, ¡°Hierarchical Statistical Analysis of Performance Variation for Continuous-time Delta-Sigma Modulators¡±, Proc. of 15th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI-SoC¡¯07), Atlanta, GA, Oct 15-18th, 2007, pp. 37-41.

[C15] H. Tang, T. Kwon, Y. ZhengMS, H. ChangMS, ¡°Designing CMOS Processors for Vehicle Tracking¡±, Proc. of 50th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS¡¯07), Montreal, Canada, Aug 5-8th, 2007, pp. 1328-1331.

[C14] H. Tang, M. WebbMS, ¡°Optimal Synthesis of Delta-Sigma Modulator Topologies Considering SNR Variation¡±, Proc. of 50th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS¡¯07), Montreal, Canada, Aug 5-8th, 2007, pp. 730-733.

[C13] M. WebbMS, H. Tang, ¡°System-level Simulation for Continuous-Time Delta-Sigma Modulator in MATLAB SIMULINK¡±, Proc. of 5th WSEAS International Conference on Circuits, Systems, Electronics, Control & Signal Processing (CSECS'06), Dallas, TX, Nov 1-3rd, 2006, pp. 1-4 (Invited paper).

[C12] Y. Wei, H. Tang, A. Doboli, ¡°Systematic Methodology for Designing Reconfigurable Delta Sigma Modulator Topologies for Multimode Communication Systems¡±, Proc. of IEEE Design Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE'06), Messe Munich, Germany, March 6-10th, 2006, pp. 1-6.

[C11] H. Tang, H. Zhang, A. Doboli, ¡°Layout Aware Analog Synthesis based on Multi-level Optimization, Performance Model Approximation, and Solution Space Pruning¡±, Proc. of SINTES12 (International Symposium on System Theory, Automation, Robotics, Computers, Electronics, and Instrumentation), Craiova, Romania, Oct 20-22nd, 2005, pp. 1-4.

[C10] H. Tang, H. Zhang, A. Doboli, ¡°Parameter Domain Pruning for Improving Convergence of Synthesis Algorithms¡±, Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'05), Kobe, Japan, May 23-26th, 2005, pp. 1282-1285, Vol. 2.

[C9] H. Zhang, H. Tang, A. Doboli, ¡°An Explorative Tile-based Tool for Automated Design, Placement and Routing of High Frequency Analog Filters¡±, Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'05), Kobe, Japan, May 23-26th, 2005, pp. 5629-5632, Vol. 6.

[C8] H. Tang, A. Doboli, ¡°MINLP Based Topology Synthesis for Delta-Sigma Modulators Optimized for Signal Path Complexity, Sensitivity and Power Consumption¡±, Proc. of IEEE Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE'05), Messe Munich, Germany, Mar 7-11th, 2005, pp. 264-269.

[C7] H. Tang, H. Zhang, A. Doboli, ¡°Towards High-Level Synthesis of Analog and Mixed-Signal Systems from VHDL-AMS Specifications - A Case Study for a Sigma-Delta Analog-Digital Converter¡±, Proc. of Forum on Specification and Design Languages (FDL'03), Frankfurt, Germany, Sep 23-26th, 2003, pp. 1-11.

[C6] N. Thepaysuwan, H. Tang, A. Doboli, ¡°An Exploration Based Binding and Scheduling Technique for Synthesis of Digital Blocks for Mixed-Signal Applications¡±, Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'03), Bangkok, Thailand, May 25-28th, 2003, pp. 629-632, Vol. 5.

[C5] H. Tang, H. Zhang, A. Doboli, ¡°Synthesis of Continuous-Time Filters and Analog to Digital Converters by Integrated Constraint Transformation, Floorplanning and Routing¡±, Proc. of ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI'03), Washington DC, Apr 28-29th, 2003, pp. 207-210.

[C4] H. Tang, H. Zhang, A. Doboli, ¡°Layout-Aware Analog System Synthesis Based on Symbolic Layout Description and Combined Block Parameter Exploration, Placement and Routing¡±, Proc. of IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI'03), Tampa, FL, Feb 20-21st, 2003, pp. 266-271.

[C3] H. Tang, A. Doboli, ¡°Layout-Aware Synthesis for Analog Systems Based on Combined Block Sizing, Floorplanning and Global Routing¡±, poster paper, IEEE Annual International ASIC/SOC Conference, Rochester, NY, Sep 25-27th, 2002.

[C2] H. Tang, A. Doboli, ¡°Employing Layout Templates for Synthesis of Analog Systems¡±, Proc. of IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Tulsa, OK, August 6-8th, 2002, pp 505-508, Vol. 2.

[C1] H. Tang, A. Doboli, ¡°Layout Aware Synthesis Methodology for Analog Systems Based on Combined Block Sizing, Floorplanning and Global Routing¡±, Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Logic and Synthesis (IWLS), New Orleans, LA, Jun 4-7th, 2002, pp. 41-44.

 

 

Presentation:

[1] An Efficient Methodology and Algorithm for Synthesis and Optimization of Analog and Mixed-signal Systems, Ph.D. thesis presented at 2005 3rd EDAA PhD Forum (joint with Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE'05)), Messe Munich, Germany, Mar 7-11th, 2005.

[2] H. DinhMS, H. Tang, E. Kwon, Camera Calibration for Roundabout Traffic Scenes, poster presented in Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington DC, Jan 23-27th, 2011.