Microelectronic Engineering & Applications Program (Master Program)

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The Department of Electronic Engineering at CYCU has a highly-praised atmosphere of academic study and outstanding research achievements. At present the department is active in the research and development of :



Sensor materials and integrated-circuit related technology
Analog / mixed-signal/Radio-Frequency (RF) / System-On-a-Chip (SOC) circuit design
Electronic design automation
Communication theory
Multi-media signal processing
Internet and wireless network applications

It not only achieves outstanding performance in these fields but also creates leading technology. The department receive funding of about NT$ 17,000,000 every year and has 18 laboratories as well as an Electronics and Information Technology Research Center (EITC). The EITC was established in 2000, and is supported by major research labs located in the Departments of Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Information and Computer Engineering. The mission of the center is to develop low-power and portable SOC technology for diverse applications by using VLSI related methodology.
Projects

Listed below are some of the projects involving DIGS students.


Project Title Faculty Involved
Electronic Tongue System for Remote MultiIon Sensing Using Blind Source Separation and Wireless Sensor Network Chung, Wen Yaw Danny
Classification of Capsule Endoscope Images Using Local Binary Patterns and Support Vector Machines Miaou, Shaou Gang
Incremental Delta Sigma A/D Converter Chung, Wen Yaw Danny
Network Packet Processing on Multicore Architecture Lai Yu-Kuen

Electronic Tongue System for Remote MultiIon Sensing Using Blind Source Separation and Wireless Sensor Network


This project presents an electronic tongue system with blind source separation (BSS) and wireless sensor network (WSN) for remote multi-ion sensing applications. Electrochemical sensors, such as ion-sensitive field-effect transistor (ISFET) and extended-gate field-effect transistor (EGFET), only provide the combined concentrations of all ions in aqueous solutions. Mixed hydrogen and sodium ions in chemical solutions are observed by means of H+ ISFET and H+ EGFET sensor array. The BSS extracts the concentration of individual ions using independent component analysis (ICA). The parameters of ISFET and EGFET sensors serve as a priori knowledge that helps solve the BSS problem. Using wireless transceivers, the ISFET/EGFET modules are realized as wireless sensor nodes. The integration of WSN technology into our electronic tongue system with BSS capability makes distant multi-ion measurement viable for environment and water quality monitoring.


Classification of Capsule Endoscope Images Using Local Binary Patterns and Support Vector Machines



WCE (Wireless Capsule Endoscopy) was first proposed in 2000, which integrates wireless transmission with image and video technology. This project proposes a technique to classify or detect the abnormalities from capsule endoscope images using Local Binary Patterns and Support Vector Machines. Experimental results carried out on 10-runs of 5-fold cross validation using 80% of the training dataset, show that the combination of image downsampling by 1, LBP using 128 bins non-overlapping blocks, 52 Multimedia Computing and Telecommunication Lab. and OCSVM classifier performs the best. The resulting average of a-means is 98.71% and the computational time in the testing phase is 0.27 sec., which is acceptable for real-time applications.

Publications


Here is a list of publications that involve international graduate students.

Year SCIE, EI IEEE Others
2007 1 - 2
2008 1 - 6
2009 3 - 9


2007
1 Wen-Yaw Chung ,Yu-Lin Tsai , Roderick Yap , Tai-Tsun Liu, "The Design of Voltage Level Calibration Circuit for Sensor Array of pH ISFET Using FPGA", Proceedings of The International Electron Devices and Materials Symposium 2007, Taiwan, 2007.
2 Wen-Yaw Chung and Ya Feng-Shuo, "A 2-MHz Implantable Wireless Downlink Transceiver for Glucose Biosignal Sensing Systems", Annual Symposium on Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Feng Chia University, Taichung City, Taiwan. December 2007. Poster Presentation.
3 T.T. Liu, W.Y. Chung, F.R.G. Cruz, Y.L. Tsai, D.G. Pijanowska, W. Torbicz, P.B. Grabiec, and B. Jarosewicz, "Vth-extractors based readout circuit of ISFET with temperature compensation," IEEE Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits 2007, pp. 901 - 904, Dec. 2007. (EI)


2008
1 W.Y. Chung, S.C. Cheng, C.C. Chuang, and F.R.G. Cruz, "A wide current range readout circuit with potentiostat for amperometric chemical sensors," 13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, vol. 23, pp. 543 - 546, Dec. 2008
2 W.Y. Chung, K.C. Chang, D.Y. Hong, C. Cheng, F.R.G. Cruz, T.T. Liu, C.H. Yang, J.L. Chiang, D.G. Pijanowska, M. Dawgul, W. Torbicz, P.B. Grabiec, and B. Jarosewicz, "An electronic tongue system design using ion sensitive field effect transistors and their interfacing circuit techniques," 2008 17th Biennial University/Government/Industry Micro-Nano Symposium, United States, pp.44 - 48, July 2008. (EI)
3 Arnold C. Paglinawan, Wen-Yaw Chung, Yi-Te Tsai, Ying-Hsiang Wang, Feng-Shuo Ya and Shyh-Liang Lou, "A System Design and Controller for an Implantable Glucose Biosensor with Feedback Insulin Delivery," The Tenth World Congress on Biosensors, Shanghai International Convention Centre, Shanghai, China. May 2008. Poster Presentation.
4 Danny Wen-Yaw Chung, Alfonso Cesar B. Albason, Andrew Shyh-Liang Lou and Arthur A Sheng Hu, "A Low Power Wireless Downlink Transceiver for Implantable Glucose Sensing Biosystems", The 13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Suntec City, Singapore. ICBME 2008, 3-6 December 2008, Volume 23 pp. 418-421. Oral Presentation.
5 Budhi Kristianto, Chung Wen-Yaw, Tsai Yuh-Show, "DICOM Waveform Generator", Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Medical Informatics in Taiwan 2008, Taipei, Taiwan, 2008, pp.100-105
6 Santoso, D., Yap, R., Chung, WY., Tsai, YS., "A Wireless Clinical Thermometer for Frequent Baby Monitoring", Proceeding of Joint Conference on Medical Informatics in Taiwan (JCMIT), 2008.
7 Santoso, D., Chung, WY., Tsai, YS., "Integrated In-House Health Management Platform", Proceeding of International Symposium on Biomedical Engineering (ISOBME), 2008.


2009
1 Timotius, I. K., Miaou, S. G, Valdeavilla, E. B., and Liu, Y. H., “Abnormality Detection for Capsule Endoscope Images Based on Support Vector Machines,” Biomed. Eng. Applications, Basis, and Communications, (Submitted 2009). (SCIE, EI)
2 Miaou, S. G., Chang, F. L., Timotius, Ivanna K., Huang, H. C., Su, J. L., Liao, R. S., and Lin, T. Y., “A Multi-Stage Recognition System to Detect Multiple Types of Abnormality from Capsule Endoscope Images, ” (Wining Excellent Paper Award of the Year) J. of Medical and Biological Eng., Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 114-121, 2009. (SCIE, EI)
3 W.Y. Chung, F.R.G. Cruz, C.H. Yang, F.S. He, T.T Liu, D.G. Pijanowska, W. Torbicz, P.B. Grabiec, and B. Jarosewicz, "CMOS readout circuit developments for ion sensitive field Effect transistor based applications," Solid State Circuits Technologies, INTECH, ISBN 978-953-307-045-1, pp. 421 -444 , Jan. 2010. (Book Chapter)
4 M.A. Te, F.R.G. Cruz, W.Y. Chung, and R. Yap, "Design of 13-bit incremental delta-sigma ADC using 0.35um CMOS technology," National Electrical, Electronics, and Computing Conference 2009, Philippines, pp. 23 - 26, Dec. 2009
5 W.C. Lin, W.Y. Chung, and F.R.G. Cruz, "Blind source separation signal processing for multi-ion sensing analysis," Biomedical Engineering Society 2009 Annual Symposium, Taiwan R.O.C., Dec. 2009
6 C.C. Hsu, W.Y. Chung, J.B. Chen, and F.R.G. Cruz, "Wireless sensor monitoring study and multi-ion sensing system development for swimming pool water quality," Biomedical Engineering Society 2009 Annual Symposium, Taiwan R.O.C., Dec. 2009
7 W.Y. Chung, F.R.G. Cruz, H. Szu, D.G. Pijanowska, M. Dawgul, W. Torbicz, P.B. Grabiec, B. Jarosewicz, J.L. Chiang, K.C. Chang, C. Cheng, and W.P. Ho, "Electronic tongue system for environmental multi-ion sensing with independent component analysis signal processing," Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 7343, pp. 73431D/1 - 73431D/8, April 2009. (EI)
8 Danny Wen-Yaw Chung, Alfonso Cesar B. Albason, Andrew Shyh-Liang Lou and Arthur A Sheng Hu, "A 2-MHz Bi-Directional Wireless Transceiver System for Implantable Glucose Sensors", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Taipei International Convention Center, Taipei, Taiwan. 24-27 May 2009. pp 645 - 648. Poster Presentation
9 Alfonso Cesar B. Albason, Danny Wen-Yaw Chung, Shyh-Liang Lou "A 2-MHz Wireless CMOS Transceiver for Implantable Biosignal Sensing Systems", Journal of Signal Processing Systems: SP Circuits and Systems for Bio-Signals Received: 15 June 2009 Revised: 15 October 2009 Accepted: 28 December 2009 Published online: 10 March 2010 DOI 10.1007/s11265-010-0459-8
10 Theophilus Wellem, Petry Purenia, Yu-Kuen Lai, Wen-Yaw Chung, "The Performance Analysis of Cache Memory Organization for Sketch-based Application", In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information & Communication Technology and Systems (ICTS 2009), Surabaya, Indonesia, Agustus 2009. ISSN 2085-1944
11 Kimberly Jane S. Uy, Patricia Angela Reyes-Abu, Wen-Yaw Chung, "A High Precision Temperature Insensitive Current and Voltage Reference Generator", Proceedings of World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology Vol. 38, ISSN: 2070-3724, Penang, Malaysia, February 2009
12 Chung Wen-Yaw, Patricia Angela Reyes-Abu, "Design of Operational Transconductance Amplifier for Notch Filters for Powerline Interference Elimination on ECG Signals", International Symposium on Digital Life Technologies 2009 (ISDLT), Taiwan, May 2009

Introduction
The International Graduate Program of Microelectronic Engineering and Applications, which was set up in 2006, is part of the Department of Electronic Engineering at Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU). The Department of Electronic Engineering was established in 1966 with an undergraduate program leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science. In response to the Government's extended education policy, an evening undergraduate program was established in 1971. Graduate programs in Electronic Engineering leading to the degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy were established later, in 1981 and 1993 respectively. In 1997, the evening program was converted into a second, full-time day course, which finally merged with the day program in 2000. So far, three sessions of classes have been offered each year. In order to strengthen in-service education, increase the overall educational standard, and provide an excellent learning environment, this department also set up an Executive Master Program in 2002.

At present, the department's student body has more than 700 students in its undergraduate program, 100 students in its master's program, 65 students in its executive master's program, and 35 students in its Ph.D. program. Up to 2004, more than 5000 students had graduated from the department's undergraduate program. From 2001 to 2004, 190 students graduated from its master's program, and 15 students graduated from its Ph.D. program. Excellent graduates are working in every sector and carrying out substantial roles in the domestic and world-wide electronic industry.

The department currently has 20 full-time faculty (4 professors, 8 associate professors, 7 assistant professors, and 1 lecturer) and 12 adjunct professors, whose professions cover the following 3 major fields: (1) solid-state electronics; (2) electronic circuit design, automation, and computer system applications; and (3) communication engineering. The Department of Electronic Engineering at CYCU has a highly-praised atmosphere of academic study and outstanding research achievements. At present the department is active in the research and development of :

Sensor materials and integrated-circuit related technology
Analog / mixed-signal/Radio-Frequency (RF) / System-On-a-Chip (SOC) circuit design
Electronic design automation
Communication theory
Multi-media signal processing
Internet and wireless network applications
It not only achieves outstanding performance in these fields but also creates leading technology. The department receive funding of about NT$ 17,000,000 every year and has 18 laboratories as well as an Electronics and Information Technology Research Center (EITC). The EITC was established in 2000, and is supported by major research labs located in the Departments of Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Information and Computer Engineering. The mission of the center is to develop low-power and portable SOC technology for diverse applications by using VLSI related methodology.

The department aims at training students to be intellectually, ethically, and professionally capable in the field of electronic engineering, and also at devoting its resources to academic research with the aim of serving the nation and society, and promoting the welfare of human beings. In terms of teaching, the Department of Electronic Engineering strives to balance both theory and practice, to develop independent thinking, innovation, and problem solving ability in students, and to encourage team spirit and respect for the profession; and subsequently lay down the foundation for a lifetime of learning and the ability to face the challenges of the 21th Century. In terms of research and service, the Department of Electronic Engineering strives to devote itself to relevant research fields in electronic engineering, pursue new knowledge, and cooperate with the needs of the nation and society to promote economical development and people's well-being.



Courses Requirement

The International Graduate Program of Microelectronic Engineering and Applications is associated with the Electronic Engineering Department at CYCU. It provides graduate studies at both MS and Ph.D. levels in:

Microelectronics (solid-state electronics, IC fabrication technology, sensor development and applications)
Digital / analog / RF / SOC circuit design
Electronic design automation
Signal processing
Communication
Biomedical applications
The program is supported by a series of courses and research projects, with emphasis on low power VLSI microelectronics and SOC design methodology. These courses are taught by the selected faculty in various departments at CYCU, including Electronic Engineering (EL), Electrical Engineering (EE), Information and Computer Engineering (ICE), and Biomedical Engineering (BE).



Required Courses
Seminars (4 credits each for MS and Ph.D. programs), Master's Thesis (6), Doctoral Dissertation (12).

Elective courses

EL Fundamentals of VLSI Design (3)
EL CMOS Analog Integrated Circuit Design (3)
EL ASIC Design (3)
EL VLSI Devices and Processing (3)
EL Solid-state Sensors in Environmental Protection (3)
EL Thin-Film Technology (3)
BE Medical Instrumentation (3)
EL/BE/EE Digital Signal Processing (3)
EL/CS Advanced Digital Image Processing (3)
CS/EL/BE System on Chip Technologies (I) (3)
EL/CS Introduction to VLSI Design Automation (3)

Program Duration and Degree Offered

MS Program
The duration of the M.S. program is from 2 to 4 years, with more than 90% completed in 2 years. Students, who have successfully completed and passed 30 course credits (including 4 credits from Seminars, and 6 from Master's Thesis) and oral defense of thesis, within the stipulated time period, shall receive the M.S. Degree of this program, conferred by the Department of Electronic Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University.

Ph.D. Program
The normal duration for the Ph.D. program is from 4 to 6 years.

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