Lei Zhang, Associate Professor
Tel: +86-10-6277-2102
Email: zhang.lei@tsinghua.edu.cn
Lei Zhang, graduated with honors from the Department of Electronic Engineering in Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2003. During 2006 to 2008, he has been a visiting scholar for the joint degree program in University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), U.S.A, and received his Ph.D. degree in Tsinghua University in 2008. He has been a Postdoctoral Fellow in UCLA from 2008 to 2010. Since 2010, he has been Assistant Professor and subsequently Associate Professor in Tsinghua University from 2012. His research interests cover analog and RF/mmW/THz integrated circuits (IC) and systems for the Sixth-Generation (6G) wireless communications and teraherz imaging, high speed high precision sensor interface signal chain, fully integrated multi-channel automotive radar, data converters, AI-driven IC design methodology, AI multi-modal signal processing, and CMOS integrated microarray biochips for biosensing and biodetections. Prof. Zhang is a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a member of analog signal processing technical committee (ASPTC) of IEEE Circuits and System Society (CASS), and a member of National Intelligent Connected Vehicle Standardization Committee of China. He has directed/participated over 30 projects including National Key Research and Development Program of China, National Basic Research Program of China, National High-tech R&D Program of China, NSFC, etc., and published over 130 technical papers with over 500 citations, co-authored 4 technical books, and held 4 international conference awards, 7 National provincial and ministerial awards of China, and over 40 patents.
Address: 2-511 Ziqiang Science and Technology Building, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Tel: +86-10-6277-2102
Email: zhang.lei@tsinghua.edu.cn
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
· Weiping Wu, Xun Bao, Jingze Wang, Shi Chen, Shulan Chen, Yan Wang, and Lei Zhang, “An H-Band Continuous Broadband RF-Domain Quadrature Receiver Using a Harmonic-Enhanced LO Generator in 65-nm CMOS,” IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, in press. (SCI, EI)
· Congrui Li, Jiahao Wang, Yan Wang, and Lei Zhang, “A Capacitor-Array-Based Phase Calibration Method for Digital Switched Attenuators,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Tech. Lett., in press. (SCI, EI)
· Weiping Wu, Xun Bao, Jingze Wang, Shi Chen, Yan Wang, and Lei Zhang, “A 256-316-GHz Frequency Quadrupler with Polyphase Continuous Harmonic Tuning and Power Combining Network in 65-nm CMOS,” IEEE Europ. Solid-State Electron. Research Conf. (ESSERC), Palma, Spain, Sep. 2026. (EI)
· Weiping Wu, Yanjun Ma, Xun Bao, Lei Zhang, and Aoyang Zhang, “An H-Band CMOS Frequency Doubler with 6.01dBm Single-Element Pout and 1.49%-DC-to-RF-Efficiency Using Dual-Harmonic Continuous-Mode Tuning Technique,” IEEE Custom Integr. Circuits Conf. (CICC), Seattle, WA, U.S.A., Apr. 2026. (EI)
· Jiahao Wang, Congrui Li, Yan Wang, Zhiping Yu, and Lei Zhang, “A 123-GHz Power Amplifier Utilizing Adaptive Gain and Linearity Compensation Achieving 31.6-dB Gain With 12.05-dBm Psat and 10.18-dBm OP1dB,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 73, no. 12, pp. 10441-10451, Dec. 2025. (SCI, EI)
· Xun Bao, Weiping Wu, Zelong Chen, Yan Wang, and Lei Zhang, “A 74-to-100 GHz High-Efficiency Power Amplifier with Interdigitated-Coupled-Four-Line-Based Matching Networks,” IEEE Europ. Solid-State Electron. Research Conf. (ESSERC), Munich, Germany, Sep. 2025. (EI)
· Wenlong Wang and Lei Zhang, “DOA Estimation for Coherent and Non-Coherent Mixed Signals Using Toeplitz Diagonal Diffusion,” IEEE Signal Process. Lett., vol. 32, pp. 1985-1989, 2025. (SCI, EI)
· Weiping Wu, Xun Bao, Shi Chen, Jingze Wang, Shulan Chen, Yan Wang, Lei Zhang, “A CMOS 228-324GHz RF Domain Quadrature Receiver with a Broadband Harmonic-Enhanced LO Generator,” IEEE Custom Integr. Circuits Conf. (CICC), Boston, MA, U.S.A., Apr. 2025. (EI)
· Weiping Wu, Xun Bao, Shulan Chen, Yan Wang, Lei Zhang, “A 67.8-to-108.2GHz Power Amplifier with a Three-Coupled-Line-Based Complementary-Gain-Boosting Technique Achieving 442GHz GBW and 23.1% peak PAE,” IEEE Int. Solid-State Circuits Conf. (ISSCC), San Francisco, CA, U.S.A., Feb. 2024. (EI)
· Weiping Wu, Jingze Wang, Shi Chen, Shulan Chen, Xun Bao, Yan Wang, and Lei Zhang, “A 276–312-GHz (×12) Frequency Multiplier Chain With Milliwatt Level Output Power in 65-nm CMOS Technology,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Tech. Lett., vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 1556-1559, Nov. 2023. (SCI, EI)
· Weiping Wu, Ruolan Chen, Shi Chen, Jingze Wang, Liang Chen, Lei Zhang, and Yan Wang, “A Compact W-Band Power Amplifier with a Peak PAE of 21.1% in 65nm CMOS Technology,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Tech. Lett., vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 703-706, Jun. 2023. (SCI, EI)
· Liang Chen, Lei Zhang, Weiping Wu, and Yan Wang, “A Compact 140-GHz CMOS Power Amplifier With 10.5-dBm Output Power and 27.6-dB Power Gain Supporting up to 128-QAM Modulation,” IEEE Solid-State Circuits Lett., vol. 5, pp. 214-217, Aug. 2022. (SCI, EI)
· Liang Chen, Lei Zhang, Yan Wang, and Zhiping Yu, “A Compact E-Band Power Amplifier with Gain-Boosting and Efficiency Enhancement,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 68, no. 11, pp. 4620-4630, Nov. 2020. (SCI, EI)
· Liang Chen, Lei Zhang, and Yan Wang, “A 26.4 dB Gain 15.82 dBm 77 GHz CMOS Power Amplifier with 15.9% PAE Using Transformer Based Quadrature Coupler Network,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Comp. Lett., vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 78-81, Jan. 2020. (SCI, EI)
· Lei Zhang et al., “New Technological Trends for Automotive Radar,” Blue Book of Intelligent Connected Vehicle, Social Science Academic Press, Beijing, 2019.
· Ji Dong, Lei Zhang, and Yan Wang, “Reconfigurable Antenna for Automotive Radar System,” IEEE Int. Symp. Antennas Propagation USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI), Atlanta, GA, U.S.A., Jul. 2019. (EI)
· Wei Zhu, Lei Zhang, and Yan Wang, “A 10.56-GHz Broadband Transceiver with Integrated T/R Switching via Matching Network Reuse and 0.3–2.1-GHz Baseband in 28-nm CMOS Technology,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 67, no. 7, pp. 2599-2617, Jul. 2019. (SCI, EI)
· Liang Chen, Lei Zhang, Weiping Wu, Li Zhang, and Yan Wang, “A Compact 76-81 GHz 3TX/4RX Transceiver for FMCW Radar Applications in 65-nm CMOS Technology,” IEEE Radio-Frequency Integr. Circuits Symp. (RFIC), Boston, MA, U.S.A., Jun. 2019. (EI)
· Liang Chen, Lei Zhang, Li Zhang, and Yan Wang, “A Compact E-Band PA with 22.37% PAE 14.29 dBm Output Power and 26 dB Power Gain with Efficiency Enhancement at Power Back-off,” IEEE Radio-Frequency Integr. Circuits Symp. (RFIC), Boston, MA, U.S.A., Jun. 2019. (EI)
· Wei Zhu, Wei Lv, Bingbing Liao, Yanping Zhu, Yuefei Dai, Pei Li, Lei Zhang, and Yan Wang, “A 21 to 30-GHz Merged Digital-Controlled High Resolution Phase Shifter-Programmable Gain Amplifier with Orthogonal Phase and Gain Control for 5-G Phase Array Application,” IEEE Radio-Frequency Integr. Circuits Symp. (RFIC), Boston, MA, U.S.A., Jun. 2019. (EI)
· Lei Zhang, “Technological Trends for Automotive Radar,” Blue Book of Intelligent Connected Vehicle, Social Science Academic Press, Beijing, 2018.
· Dong Huang, Lei Zhang, Li Zhang, and Yan Wang, “A 60-GHz, 15-dB Gain Range Digitally Controlled Phase-Inverting VGA with 0-dBm OP1dB and 3° Phase Variation in 65-nm CMOS,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett., vol. 28, no. 9, pp. 819-821, Sep. 2018. (SCI, EI)
· Jinwen Geng, Lei Zhang, Cheng Zhu, Lan Dai, Xizeng Shi, and He Qian, “An Oscillator-Based CMOS Magneto-Sensitive Microarray Biochip with On-Chip Inductor Optimization Methodology,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 2556-2569, May 2018. (SCI, EI)
· Chuan Qin, Lei Zhang, Chunyuan Zhou, Li Zhang, Yan Wang, and Zhiping Yu, “Dual AC Boosting Compensation Scheme for Multi-Stage Amplifiers,” IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II: Exp. Briefs, vol. 64, no. 8, pp. 882-886, Aug. 2017. (SCI, EI)
· Dong Huang, Lei Zhang, Di Li, Li Zhang, Yan Wang and Zhiping Yu, “A 60 GHz 360° 5-bit Phase Shifter with Constant IL Compensation Followed by a Normal Amplifier with ±1 dB Gain Variation and 0.6dBm OP-1dB,” IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II: Exp. Briefs, vol. 64, no. 12, pp. 1437-1441, Dec. 2017. (SCI, EI)
· Jinwen Geng, Lei Zhang, Cheng Zhu, and He Qian, “An Oscillator-based CMOS Magneto-Sensitive Biosensor with In-Situ Switched Capacitor Calibration Scheme,” IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett., vol. 26, no. 8, pp. 640-642, Aug. 2016. (SCI, EI)
· Chuan Qin, Lei Zhang, Li Zhang, Yan Wang, Zhiping Yu, “An 5-GHz Inductor-Noise Cancelling Receiver with 1.8 dB Noise Figure in 65nm LP CMOS,” IEEE Radio-Frequency Integr. Circuits Symp. (RFIC), San Francisco, CA, U.S.A., May 2016. (EI)
