Artificial-Intelligence and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits Group (AIMS)

About Us

Welcome to AIMS!

Artificial-Intelligence and Mixed-Signal Integrated CIrcuits Group (AIMS) is leaded by Professor Chun Zhao, in Emerging Electronics and Energy Technologies Research Centre, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. The name AIMS reflects both the acronym and research interests. Our aims focus on four key research areas: (1) Neuromorphic IC; (2) Neural Network IC; (3) Computing-in-Memory IC; and (4) High-Speed High-Performance IC.

Current Research

  1. A 10-bit Coarse-Fine SAR ADC with Offset Compensation
  2. Low Latency Sigma-Delta ADC
  3. Digital Front-End for Audio Power Amplifier
  4. A Coarse-Fine Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) Design with Differential Current-Steering and Arithmetic Charge-Distribution

Completed Projects

  1. A PVT-Insensitive 7-Bit Coarse-Fine Ratio-Metric Digital-to-Time Converter for Fractional-N Phase-Locked Loops in 65-nm CMOS
  2. A High-Efficient DC-DC Buck Converter with Adaptive Constant On-Time Control
  3. A Compact Multi-Bit Multi-Order FIR DAC Design for Internet of Things
  4. Synaptic Thin-Film Transistor Model based on Behavioral Simulation

People

Supervisor: Prof. Chun Zhao (XJTLU)

Leader: Rui Li (XJTLU)

Co-Leader: Shenjian Zhang (KCL)

External Mentor: Yuxin Guan (Jupiter SR)

Alumni：

  • Jiaxiu Xu
  • Yu Sun
  • Wenjing Qu
  • Xinyi Chen
  • Bowen Duan
  • Zetong Li

News

– Nov. 1, 2026: Our group has been renamed from the ‘Advanced Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits Group (AMSIC)’ to the ‘Artificial-Intelligence and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits Group (AIMS)’！

– Congratulations to Jiaxiu Xu for being awarded AMSIC Scholar of the Year 2025!

– Jan. 20, 2025: Congratulations on the acceptance of TWO Jiaxiu’s and Shenjian’s recent works by IEEE ISCAS 2025!

– Congratulations to Rui Li for being awarded AMSIC Scholar of the Year 2024!

– Oct. 25, 2024: Congratulations on the acceptance of TWO Rui’s and Shenjian’s recent works by IEEE LASCAS 2025!

– Aug. 30, 2024: Successful completion of AMSIC & XJTLU SURF 2024!

– Jun. 13, 2024: Launch of AMSIC & XJTLU Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) 2024!
Team member: Shenjian Zhang, Jiaxiu Xu, Yu Sun, Wenjing Qu, Xinyi Chen, Bowen Duan, Zetong Li

– Jan. 2024: ‘Advanced Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits Group (AMSIC)’ was founded!
Our group was established in January 2024 with support from Shenjian Zhang and Prof. Chun Zhao (XJTLU). The initial target aims to innovate state-of-the-art analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits and systems, expecially corresponding with CMOS-based and synaptic-device-based artificial-intelligence intergrated circuit (AIIC) designs and applications.

Contact Us

Embedded AI Hardware Universities-Enterprises Joint Key Laboratory
IR-724,
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University,
111 Ren’ai Road,
Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), Suzhou,
Jiangsu Province, P. R. China
215123

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G1-1001 | G1-1004,
Artificial Intelligence Industry Park,
88 Jinjihu Road,
Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), Suzhou,
Jiangsu Province, P. R. China
215123