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Last Update: July 16th, 2024
About me
Zhen Xu is an undergraduate student from School of Microelectronics, the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). I major in Electronic Science and Technology and expect to get my Bachelor’s degree in July of 2025.
GPA: 3.42/4.3
Ranking: 25/76
TOEFL: 106
GRE: 323+3.5
e-mail: xuzhen020913@gmail.com
github page: https://github.com/xuzhen0913
Research Experiences
Improvement of interface quality between MoS2 and HfO2
03/2023-08/2023
Hefei, China, Integrated Nanoelectronics and X-Computing Lab
Conducted research on essays related to 2D-semiconductors and 2D-insulating materials, including lectures about the manufacture and properties of MoS2 and hBN and the improvement of interface quality
Participated in the hands-on production of transistor devices such as scribing, lithography, lift-off, ALD, CVD, etc.
Expressed opinions on the development of 2T1C and 3T0C models for storage and the integration of storage and computation
Academic Activities
Design and Implementation of Integer Square Root Circuit
05/2024
Hefei, China, USTC
Designed an integer square root circuit and its testbench using Verilog HDL
Conducted code simulation and netlist simulation using Cadence Incisive
Conducted logic synthesis and equivalence checking using Cadence Genus
Completed physical design of the chip using Cadence Innovus
Design and Application of Operational Amplifier Circuits
06/2024
Hefei, China, USTC
Designed an open-loop operational amplifier and utilized Cadence tools to optimize its performance, achieving desired specifications such as gain, bandwidth, phase margin, and slew rate
Used this operational amplifier to design a voltage follower with excellent input-output range and bandwidth
Used this operational amplifier to design an inverting amplifier with a gain of -10, featuring excellent low-frequency gain and bandwidth
Research Interests
Analog Circuits, Digital Circuits, RF Circuits.
Skills
programming languages: Verilog HDL, C, LaTeX, MATLAB
languages: Chinese(native), English(TOEFL 106, GRE 323+3.5)
Developer Tools: Cadence, Quartus, VS Code, MATLAB
Students who have questions about applying for graduate school in Japan please check the Application guide I write.
My CV is attached here, if you have interest in having me as your graduate student, please contact me.