Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory
Department of Microelectronics

MSc X. Yue

PhD student
Electronic Instrumentation (EI), Department of Microelectronics

PhD thesis (Sep 2025): Energy-Efficient Integrated Circuits for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
Promotor: Kofi Makinwa, Sijun Du

Expertise: Pizeoelectric energy harvesting

Themes: Power Management

Biography

Xinling Yue was born in Shandong, China in 1995. She received her M.Sc. degree from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, in 2020. She is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree in the Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory of the Department of Microelectronics, Delft University of Technology. Her current research interests include energy-efficient integrated circuit and system designs for kinetic energy harvesting and wireless power transfer.

Publications

  1. A Bias-Flip Rectifier With Duty-Cycle-Based MPPT for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
    Yue, Xinling; Javvaji, Sundeep; Tang, Zhong; Makinwa, Kofi A. A.; Du, Sijun;
    IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
    Volume 59, Issue 6, pp. 1771-1781, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2023.3313733
    Keywords: ... Rectifiers;Maximum power point trackers;Power generation;Vibrations;Voltage measurement;Energy harvesting;Capacitors;Bias-flip rectifier;duty-cycle-based (DCB);energy harvesting;maximum power point tracking (MPPT);piezoelectric energy harvester;synchronized switch harvesting on inductor (SSHI).

  2. Performance Optimization of SSHC Rectifiers for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
    Yue, X.; Du, S.;
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs,
    Volume 70, Issue 4, pp. 1560-1564, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2022.3224033

  3. A Bias-Flip Rectifier With Duty-Cycle-Based MPPT for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
    Yue, Xinling; Javvaji, Sundeep; Tang, Zhong; Makinwa, Kofi A. A.; Du, Sijun;
    IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
    pp. 1-11, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2023.3313733

  4. A Bias-Flip Rectifier With Duty-Cycle-Based MPPT for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
    Yue, X.; Javvaji, S.; Tang, Z.; Makinwa, K. A. A.; Du, S.;
    IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
    pp. 1-11, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2023.3313733

  5. A Synchronized Switch Harvesting Rectifier With Reusable Storage Capacitors for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
    Yue, X.; Du, S.;
    IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
    Volume 58, Issue 9, pp. 2597-2606, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2023.3260145

  6. 30.3 A Bias-Flip Rectifier with a Duty-Cycle-Based MPPT Algorithm for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting with 98% Peak MPPT Efficiency and 738% Energy-Extraction Enhancement
    Yue, X.; Javvaji, S.; Tang, Z.; Makinwa, K. A. A.; Du, S.;
    In 2023 IEEE International Solid- State Circuits Conference (ISSCC),
    pp. 442-444, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC42615.2023.10067284

  7. A Bias-Flip Rectifier with a Duty-Cycle-Based MPPT Algorithm for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting with 98% Peak MPPT Efficiency and 738% Energy-Extraction Enhancement
    Yue, X.; Javvaji, S.; Tang, Z.; Makinwa, K. A. A.; Du, S.;
    In 2023 IEEE International Solid- State Circuits Conference (ISSCC),
    pp. 442-444, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC42615.2023.10067284

  8. A Nanopower 95.6% Efficiency Voltage Regulator with Adaptive Supply-Switching for Energy Harvesting Applications
    Zou, Y.; Yue, X.; Du, S.;
    In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
    pp. 3557-3561, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS48785.2022.9937775

  9. A Reconfigurable Cold-Startup SSHI Rectifier with 4X Lower Input Amplitude Requirement for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
    Yue, X.; Zou, Y.; Chen, Z.; Liang, J.; Du, S.;
    In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
    pp. 649-653, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS48785.2022.9937838

  10. A Highly Efficient Fully Integrated Active Rectifier for Ultrasonic Wireless Power Transfer
    Yue, X.; Chen, Z.; Zou, Y.; Du, S.;
    In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
    pp. 531-535, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS48785.2022.9937532

  11. A 2-Mode Reconfigurable SSHI Rectifier with 3.2X Lower Cold-Start Requirement for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting*
    Yue, X.; Du, S.;
    In 2022 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS),
    pp. 1-4, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9970776

  12. Voltage Flip Efficiency Optimization of SSHC Rectifiers for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
    Yue, X.; Du, S.;
    In 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
    pp. 1-5, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS51556.2021.9401330

  13. Design, fabrication and characterization of a femto-farad capacitive sensor for pico-liter liquid monitoring
    J. Wei; C. Yue; M. van der Velden; T. Chen; Z.W. Liu; K.A.A. Makinwa; P.M. Sarro;
    Sensors and Actuators A: Physical: an international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers,
    Volume 162, Issue 2, pp. 406-417, 2010.

  14. In-pixel buried-channel source follower in CMOS image sensors exposed to X-ray radiation
    C. Yue; J. Tan; X. Wang; A. Mierop; A.J.P. Theuwissen;
    In s.n. (Ed.), Proceedings of IEEE sensors 2010,
    IEEE, pp. 1649-1652, 2010.

  15. A CMOS image sensor with in pixel buried channel source follower and optimized row selector
    C. Yue; X. Wang; A. Mierop; A.J.P. Theuwissen;
    pp. 2390-2397, 2009.

  16. Implementation and Characterization of a femto-Farad Capacitive Sensor for pico-Liter Liquid Monitoring
    J. Wei; C. Yue; ZL. Chen; Z.W. Liu; K.A.A. Makinwa; P.M. Sarro;
    In J Brugger; D Briand (Ed.), Proceeding of EUROSENSORS XXIII,
    Elsevier, pp. 120-123, 2009.

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