School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Integrated Circuits and Systems (ICS)

The ICS Research at NUST SEECS

The Integrated Circuits and Systems (ICS) group at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), established in 2021. Our mission is to foster the development of integrated circuit (IC) design ecosystems within Pakistan, inspired by the transformative impact of semiconductor electronics in the mid-20th century. The global IC industry commands a valuation exceeding $600 billion USD, highlighting its central role in modern economies and technologies.The ICS group at NUST SEECS is dedicated to nurturing Pakistan’s capabilities in IC design through focused postgraduate (MS and PhD) academic programs, integration of ICS courses in UG program in Electrical Engineering, research laboratories, and a fabless chip design center, offering specialized IC design training. Our efforts aim to equip students and researchers with the skills needed to thrive in the dynamic field of IC design.

 

Our Team

Meet Our Research Team


Dr Usman Khan
Research Project Lead

Dr Khurram Javed
Assistant Professor
Dr Qurat ul Ain
Director AMSID Lab
Dr Abid Rafique
Director CICS
Dr Muhammad Imran
Director SoS Lab

 

Research Labs

IC Design Lab

Micro Nano Electronics Lab

System on Chip (SoC) Lab

Analog & Mixed Signal IC Design Lab

ICS Research

  • RISC-V based Microprocessor IPs
  • In-Memory Computing
  • System on Chip (SoC) and Computer Architecture
  • Reliable and Secure Computing
  • Design for Testability
  • Digital Embedded Systems
  • Digital IC Design
  • Biomedical Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • Power Management ICs
  • Mixed-Signal ICs
  • Nanoenergy and Nanosensing

2024

  1. HYDRA: A Hybrid Resistance Drift Resilient Architecture for Phase Change Memory-Based Neural Network Accelerators
    Thai Hoang Nguyen, Muhammad Imran, Jaehyuk Choi and Joon-Sung Yang
    IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2024

2023

  1. Fundamentals of skin bioimpedances Andrea Lo Presti, Nerio Andrés Montoya, Valeria Criscuolo, Gulaly Khan, Usman Khan, Raffaele Vecchione, Christian Falconi, Advanced Materials, 2023, 2302127.
  2. Design of a Low-Power and Area-Efficient LDO Regulator Using a Negative-R-Assisted Technique
    J. S. Kim, K. Javed and J. Roh
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II , 2023
  3. A 13.5-nA Quiescent Current LDO With Adaptive Ultra-Low-Power Mode for Low-Power IoT Applications
    J. S. Kim, K. Javed, K. H. Min and J. Roh
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II , 2023
  4. Concurrent Current and Voltage Regulated Buck–Boost Converter for Automotive LED Matrix Headlights J. Moon, J. Lee, K. Javed, J. Hong, and J. Roh IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2023
  5. CRAFT: Criticality-Aware Fault-Tolerance Enhancement Techniques for Emerging Memories-Based Deep Neural Networks
    Thai Hoang Nguyen, Muhammad Imran, Jaehyuk Choi and Joon-Sung Yang
    IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
  6. A High-Efficient 95.6% Rectifier with Passive AC-DC Voltage Quadrupler for Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting System
  7. Formal Verification of Deep Brain Stimulation Controllers for Parkinson’s Disease Treatment Arooj Nawaz, Osman Hasan, Shaista jabeen, Neural computation vol. 35,4 (2023): 671-698.

2022

  1. Thin PDMS-on-Sacrificial-PCB Devices Riccardo Pezzilli, Giuseppe Prestopino, Nerio Andrés Montoya, Claudio Leonardi, Usman Khan, Pier Gianni Medaglia, and Christian Falconi ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2022, 4, 4490−4498.
  2. Ultra-efficient thermo-convective solution-growth of vertically aligned ZnO nanowires Abhisek Chakraborty, Andrea Orsini, Jyoti Prakash Kar, Francesco Gatta, Usman Khan, Christian Falconi Nano Energy 97 (2022) 107167, June 15 2
  3. CEnT: An Efficient Architecture to Eliminate Intra-array Write Disturbance in PCM Muhammad Imran, Taehyun Kwon, Nur A. Touba and Joon-Sung Yang IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2022
  4. ADAPT: A Write Disturbance Aware Programming Technique for Scaled Phase Change Memory Muhammad Imran, Taehyun Kwon and Joon-Sung Yang IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 2022
  5. A Design of Wireless Power Receiver with Gate Charge Recycled Dual-Mode Active Rectifier and Step-Down Converter With 88.2% System Efficiency for Power Management IC
  6. Syed Adil Ali Shah, Danial Khan, Qurat ul Ain, Muhammad Basim, Khuram Shehzad, Deeksha Verma, Pervesh Kumar, Joon-Mo Yoo, Young Gun Pu, Yeonjae Jung, Hyungki Huh, Seokkee Kim, Keum Cheol Hwang, Youngoo Yang, Kang-Yoon Lee IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Sep. 2022
  7. A High-Efficiency Triple-Mode Active Rectifier with Gate Charge Recycling Technique for Wireless Power Transfer System Qurat ul Ain, Danial Khan, Muhammad Basim, Seong Jin Oh, Khuram Shehzad, ByeongGi Jang, Syed Adil Ali Shah, Jong Won Jo, Young Gun Pu, Keum Cheol Hwang, Young oo Yang and Kang-Yoon Lee IEEE Access, Vol.10, pp. 45943-45953 Apr. 2022
  8. A Comprehensive Review on High-efficiency RF-DC Converter for Energy Harvesting Applications Muhammad Basim, Qurat ul Ain, Khuram Shehzad, Syed Adil Ali Shah, Azam Ali, BeongGi Jang, YoungGun Pu, Joon-Mo Yoo and Kang-Yoon Lee IEEK Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science, Vol.22, No.5, pp. 304-325, Oct. 2022
  9. Design of a Power Regulated Circuit with Multiple LDOs for SoC Applications Danial Khan, Muhammad Basim, Qurat ul Ain, Syed Adil Ali Shah, Khuram Shehzad, Deeksha Verma and Kang-Yoon Lee MDPI Electronics, Vol.11, No.17, pp. 2774, Sep. 2022
  10. A Highly Efficient RF-DC Converter for Energy Harvesting Applications Using a Threshold Voltage Cancellation Scheme
  11. Muhammad Basim, Danial Khan, Qurat Ul Ain, Khuram Shehzad, Syed Adil Ali Shah,Byeong-Gi Jang, Young-Gun Pu, Joon-Mo Yoo, Joon-Tae Kim, and Kang-Yoon Lee MDPI Sensors, Vol. 22, No.7, pp 2659, March 2022.

2021

  1. Ion Gel Coated Graphene Field Effect Transistor for Humidity Sensing Applications De-Sheng Liu, Usman Khan, Peihang Li, Mansoor Ali Khan, Jiang Wu, Zhiming Wang IEEE Sensors Journal, 21 (17), 18483 – 18487, 2021.
  2. Piezoionic-powered graphene strain sensor based on solid polymer electrolyte De-Sheng Liu, Hanjun Ryu, Usman Khan, Cuo Wu, Jae-Hwan Jung, Jiang Wu, Zhiming Wang, Sang-Woo Kim Nano Energy, Volume 81, 105610, March 2021
  3. Reliability Enhanced Heterogeneous Phase Change Memory Architecture for Performance and Energy Efficiency Taehyun Kwon, Muhammad Imran and Joon-Sung Yang IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2021
  4. A High-Efficiency Fast Transient COT Control DCDC Buck Converter with Current Reused Current Sensor Qurat ul Ain, Danial Khan, Byeong Gi Jang, Muhammad Basim, Khuram Shehzad, Muhammad Asif, Deeksha Verma, Imran Ali, Young Gun Pu, Keum Cheol Hwang, Youngoo Yang, and Kang-Yoon Lee IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 36, pp 9521-9535, Jan 2021
  5. A Low Power 12- Bit 2- MS/s Asynchronously controlled SAR ADC for WACE ITS Sensor-Based Applications Khuram Shehzad, Deeksha Verma, Danial Khan, Qurat ul Ain, Muhammad Basim, Sung-Jin Kim, Behnam Samadpoor Rikan, Young Gun Pu, Keum Cheol Hwang, Youngoo Yang, and Kang-Yoon Lee Sensors. 2021; 21(7):2260

2020

  1. Zero-writing-power tribotronic MoS2 touch memory Usman Khan, Tae-Ho Kim, M. Atif Khan, Jihye Kim, Christian Falconi, Sang-Woo Kim Nano Energy, 75, 104936, 2020
  2. Cost-effective Reliable MLC PCM Architecture Using Virtual Data Based Error Correction Taehyun Kwon, Muhammad Imran and Joon-Sung Yang IEEE Access, 2020
  3. A 2.45 GHz High-Efficiency CMOS RF Energy Harvester with Adaptive Path Control Danial Khan, Muhammad Basim, Khuram Shehzad, Qurat ul Ain, Deeksha Verma, Muhammad Asif, Seong Jin Oh, Young Gun Pu, Sang-Sun Yoo, Keum Cheol Hwang, Younggoo Yang, Kang-Yoon Lee MDPI Electronics 2020, Vol. 9, No. 7, July. 2020
  4. A High-Performance Adaptive Digital LDO Regulator With Dithering and Dynamic Frequency Scaling for IoT Applications Muhammad Asif, Imran Ali, Danial Khan, Muhammad Riaz Ur Rehman, Qurat-Ul-Ain, Muhammad Basim, Young Gun Pu, Minjae Lee, Keum Cheol Hwang, Youngoo Yang and Kang-Yoon Lee IEEE Access Vol. 8, Pp.132200 – 132211, July 2020
  5. Design of a Low Power 10-b 8-MS/s Asynchronous SAR ADC with On-Chip Reference Voltage Generator Khuram Shehzad, Deeksha Verma, Danial Khan, Qurat ul Ain, Muhammad Basim, SungJin Kim, YoungGun Pu, Keum Cheol Hwang, Youngoo Yang and Kang-Yoon Lee MDPI Electronics 2020, Vol. 9, No. 9, pp. 872, May 2020
  6. A Design of 8 fJ/Conversion-Step 10-bit 8MS/s Low Power Asynchronous SAR ADC for IEEE 802.15.1 IoT Sensor-Based Applications Deeksha Verma, Khuram Shehzad, Danial Khan, Qurat ul Ain, Sung-Jin Kim, Dongsoo Lee, Younggun Pu, Minjae Lee, Keum Cheol Hwang, Youngoo Yang, and Kang-Yoon Lee IEEE Access, Vol. 8, pp.85869-85879, May 2020
  • NEXT, University of Rome Tor Vergata
  • Division of Microelectronic Systems Design (EMS), The University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU), Germany
  • DATES Lab, Yonsei University, South Korea
  • NYU Abu Dhabi
  • IMEC, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Peking University, P. R. China
  • IC Design Lab
  • Micro Nana Electronics (MiNE) Lab
  • System on Chip (SoC) Lab
  • Analog and Mixed Signal IC Design Lab
  • Rapid Prototyping and Production Facility (RP2F) Lab
  • Electronic Workstation
  • CADENCE Lab