​​​Energy-Efficient 

Integrated Circuits and Systems Laboratory 

Selected Recent Publications:

Peer-Reviewed Jounal Publications


[J1]   R. Sriramdas, M. Kang, M. Meng, M. Kiani, J. Ryu, M. Sanghadasa, and S. Priya, “Large power amplification in magneto-mechano-electric  

      harvesters through distributed forcing,” Advanced Energy Materials, vol. 10, pp. 1903689, Jan. 2020.

[J2]   M. Meng, D. Wang, B. D. Truong, S. Trolier-Mckinstry, S. Roundy and M. Kiani, “A multi-beam shared-inductor reconfigurable voltage/SECE-Mode piezoelectric energy harvesting circuit,” IEEE Transaction on Biomedical Circuit and System, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1277-1287, Dec. 2019. (Invited)

[J3]   M. Meng and M. Kiani, “Gastric Seed: Towards Distributed Ultrasonically Interrogated Millimeter-Sized Implants for Large-Scale Gastric Electrical-Wave Recording,” IEEE Transaction on Circuit and System II, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 1549-7747, May 2019. (Invited)

[J4]   A. Ibrahim, M. Meng and M. Kiani, “A comprehensive comparative study on inductive and ultrasonic wireless power transmission to biomedical implants,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 18, pp. 3813-3826, May 2018.

[J5]   M. Meng and M. Kiani, “A hybrid inductive-ultrasonic link for wireless power transmission to millimeter-sized biomedical implants,” IEEE Transaction on Circuit and System II, vol. 64, pp. 1137-1141, Nov. 2016.

[J6]  M. Meng and M. Kiani, “Design and optimization of ultrasonic wireless power transmission links for millimeter-sized biomedical implants,” IEEE        

      Transaction on Biomedical Circuit and System, vol. 11, pp. 98-107, Sept. 2016.


Conference Publications


[C1]   M. Duna, M. Meng, P. Wang, C. Zhang, P. P. Mercier, and D. Bharadia, “SyncScatter: enabling WiFi like synchronization and range for WiFi backscatter communication,” 18th Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI), pp. 923-937, Apr. 2021.

[C2]   M. Meng, M. Duna, H. Yu, S. Kuo, P. Wang, D. Bharadia, and P. P. Mercier, “Improving the range of WiFi backscatter via a passive retro-reflective single-side-band-modulating MIMO array and non-absorbing termination,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), pp. 202-204, Feb. 2021.

[C3]   M. Meng, A. Ibrahim, T. Xue, H. G. Yeo, D. Wang, S. Roundy, S. Trolier-Mckinstry, and M. Kiani, “Multi-beam shared-inductor reconfigurable voltage/SECE-Mode piezoelectric energy harvesting of multi-axial human motion,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), pp. 426-427, Feb. 2019

[C4]   M. Meng, Philip Graybill, Raddy L. Ramos, A. J. Khoshkholgh, A. Farajidavar and M. Kiani, “An ultrasonically powered wireless system for in vivo gastric slow wave recording” accepted to 41st Annual International Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 7064-7067, July 2019.

[C5]   M. Meng and M. Kiani, “Self-image-guided ultrasonic wireless power transmission to millimeter-sized biomedical implants” accepted to 41st Annual International Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 364-367, July 2019.

[C6]   A. Ibrahim, M. Meng, and Mehdi Kiani, “Inductive and ultrasonic wireless power transmission to biomedical implants,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and systems, pp. 1-4, May 2017.

[C7]   M. Meng and M. Kiani, “Optimal resonance configuration for ultrasonic wireless power transmission to millimeter-sized biomedical implants,” 38th Annual International Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 1934-1937, Aug. 2016.

[C8]   M. Meng and M. Kiani, “Design considerations for ultrasonic power transmission to millimeter-sized implantable microelectronics devices,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems. Conference (BioCAS) pp. 1-4, Oct. 2015.


Demos


[D1]    “Improving the range of WiFi backscatter via a passive retro-reflective single-side-band-modulating MIMO array and non-absorbing termination,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2021.

[D2]    “Efficient and reconfigurable circuit interfaces for multi-modal mechanical and directed-magnetic energy harvesting,” 2019 NSF ASSIST Annual Site Visit at University of Virginia, May 2019.

[D3]    “Multi-beam shared-inductor reconfigurable voltage/SECE-Mode piezoelectric energy harvesting of multi-axial human motion,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2019.

[D4]    “Temperature sensing using COTS based reconfigurable power management for multi-beam piezoelectric energy harvesting,” 2018 NSF ASSIST Annual Site Visit at North Carolina State University, May 2018.