High-speed and high-frequency (up to Terahertz) mixed-signal semiconductor heterojunction devices and CMOS integrated circuits for radio, radar, imager, space science instrumentation, interconnect and Edge-AI (AIoT) Systems-on-Chip applications.

A complete list of publications can be found at https://research.seas.ucla.edu/high-speed-electronics-lab/publications-2/.

• Chen, R., Yan. B., Chien, H.-Y., Chang, M.-C.F., "A 276-GHz Beamforming Transmitter in 16-nm FinFET for Phased-Array Applications", 2025 The European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference – EuMIC 2025, Utrecht, the Netherlands. (Sept 2025)
• Yan, B., Chen, R., Chang, M.-C.F., "An On-Chip Ultra-wideband Antenna with Area-Bandwidth Optimization for Sub-Terahertz Transceivers and Radars", 2025 IEEE Antenna and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting – IEEE AP-S/URSI 2025, Ottawa, Canada. (July 2025)
• Jia Zhou*, Chao-Jen Tien*, Christopher Chen, Jieqiong Du, Jhih-Wei Chen, Arhison Bharathan, Adrian Tang, Sai-Wang Tam, Mau-Chung Frank Chang, "A 71-86GHz 1024QAM Direct-Carrier Phase-Modulating Transmitter with Digital-to-Phase Converters and Constant-Envelope Phasors", 2025 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), June 16th, 2025, San Francisco, USA. (June 2025)
• Runzhou Chen, Hao-Yu Chien, Chao-Jen Tien, and Mau-Chung Frank Chang "A D-Band Direct-Modulation 64-QAM Transmitter with On-Chip Digital Calibration in 16nm FinFET Technology", 2025 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), June 16th, 2025, San Francisco, USA. (June 2025)
• Runzhou Chen, Hao-Yu Chien, Christopher Chen, Boxun Yan, Chih-Kong Ken Yang, Mau-Chung Frank Chang, "A D-Band ×15 Frequency Multiplier Chain in 45nm SiGe BiCMOS for Board-Level Packaged Array Applications", 2025 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2025, June 18th, 2025, San Francisco, USA. (June 2025)
• Lachlan Cuskelly, Yongho Lee, Christopher Chen, Daquan Huang, Mau-Chung Frank Chang, "A 134 GHz High Efficiency High Power Fundamental Oscillator in 16nm p-FinFET with 12 dBm Output Power and 6.5% DC-to-RF Efficiency", 2025 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2025, June 18th, 2025, San Francisco, USA. (June 2025)
• Boxun Yan, Ethan Lai, Mau-Chung Frank Chang, "An Efficiency-Enhanced Electrical Balance Duplexer," 2025 German Microwave Conference - GeMiC 2025, Dresden, Germany, 2025, pp. 342-345. (March 2025)
• Runzhou Chen, Boxun Yan, and Mau-Chung Frank Chang. 2025. "A Review of Circuits and Systems for Advanced Sub-THz Transceivers in Wireless Communication", Electronics 14, no. 5: 861. (February 2025)
• L. Du, Y. Du, M.-C. F. Chang, et al., "A Reconfigurable Streaming Deep Convolutional Neural Network Accelerator for Internet of Things", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, 65(1):198-208 (Jan 2018). 2021 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems: Darlington Best Paper Award
• D. Murphy, H. Darabi, M.-C. F. Chang, et al., "A Blocker-Tolerant, Noise-Cancelling Receiver Suitable for Wideband Wireless Applications", (JSSC), 47(12):2943-2963 (Dec 2012). 2012 IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits Best Paper Award
• D. Murphy, M.-C.F. Chang, et al., "A Blocker-Tolerant Wideband Noise-Cancelling Receiver With a 2dB Noise Figure", IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Paper 4.1 (2 pp.) (Feb 2012) San Francisco, CA. Distinguished Technical Paper Award & Jack Kilby Best Student Paper Award
• M.-C. F. Chang, J. Cong, G. Reinman, et al., "CMP Network-on-Chip Overlaid With Multi-Band RF-Interconnect", IEEE High Performance Computer Architecture Symposium (HPCA), 191-202 (Feb 2008) Salt Lake City, UT. 2008 HPCA Best Paper Award
• Liu, J.Y.-C., Gu., Q.J., LaRocca, T., Wang, N.-Y., Wu, Y.-C., Chang, M.-C.F., "A 60GHz High Gain Transformer-Coupled Differential Power Amplifier in 65nm CMOS", Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, 932-935 (Dec 2010) Yokohama, Japan. Best Paper of Conference Award
• Jia Zhou and M.-C. Frank Chang, et al., "A 71-86 GHz 1024 QAM Direct-Carrier Phase-Modulating Transmitter with Digital-to-Phase Converters and Constant-Envelope Phasors", to be published in 2025 RFIC Symposium, June 16th, 2025, San Francisco, USA.
• Tang, M.-C. F. Chang, "CMOS System-on-Chip Spectrometer Processors for Spaceborne Microwave-to-THz Earth and Planetary Science and Radio-Astronomy.",  IEEE Journal of Microwaves, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 599-613, Oct. 2022.
• Kim, M.-C. F. Chang, et al., "150-GHz CMOS TX/RX With Digitally Predistorted PAM-4 Modulation for Terahertz Contactless/Plastic Waveguide Communications",  IEEE Trans. on Terahertz Science and Technology, 10(4):370-382 Jul 2020 issue (Apr 2020)
• Tang and M.F. Chang, "183GHz 13.5mW/Pixel CMOS Regenerative Receiver for mm-Wave Imaging Applications", IEEE ISSCC Digest of Technical Papers, vol.54, pp.296-297, February 2011.
• D. Murphy, M.F. Chang, et al., "A Low Phase Noise, Wideband and Compact CMOS PLL for Use in Heterodyne 802.15.3c Transceiver", IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, vol.46, no. 7, July 2011 -First to realize a broadband (57-65GHz) CMOS frequency synthesizer by using an invented Digital Controlled Artificial Dielectric (DiCAD) with real-time variable permittivity and record-low phase noise of <-98dBc/Hz @1MHz frequency offset.
• M.F. Chang, C. Chien, A. Tang, Q. Gu, "Self-Healing 4Giga-bit/sec Reconfigurable CMOS Radio-on-a-Chip", Government Microcircuit Applications & Critical Technology Conference, 57-60 (March 2011) (invited) - Invented a new class of System-on-a-Chip that can self-diagnose and self-heal its own performance to meet pre-specified performance metrics (Transceiver linearity, RF/Phase noise, I/Q mismatch, LO leakage etc.)
• M.F. Chang, V. Roychowdhury, L. Zhang, Y. Qian "RF/Wireless Interconnect for Inter- and Intra-chip Communications", Proceedings of IEEE, 89(4):456-466, Apr 2001- First article to address the feasibility of using multiband RF/wireless-Interconnect for both on-chip (inter CMP cores) and off-chip (inter CPU-Memories) simultaneous and bi-direction communications with higher aggregate data rate and lower power consumption.
• M. F. Chang, P. M. Asbeck, et al., "Self-aligned and self-passivated advanced dual-lift-off HBT process," US Patent No. 5,185,274, Feb.9 1993 - Successfully developed world's 1st HBT power amplifiers at Rockwell (now Skyworks) for Smartphone deployment and enabled >5 billion power amplifiers shipment annually at Conexant/ Skyworks alone for the past two decade.

• RF Industry Icon: Mau-Chung Frank Chang, Wintek Chair in Electrical Engineering & Distinguished Professor at UCLA | Frequency Matters Podcast, October 2023
• M.C. Frank Chang Elected to European Academy of Sciences and Arts | UCLA Newsroom, July 2022
• IEEE Honors Iconic Engineers | IEEE SPectrum, December 2022

• 2024, AASF Asian American Pioneer Medal
• 2023, IEEE/Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) James Clerk Maxwell Medal
• 2023, IEEE-HKN Eminent Membership
• 2022, Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
• 2021, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Darlington Best Paper Award for "A Reconfigurable Streaming Deep Convolutional Neural Network Accelerator for Internet of Things", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, 65(1):198-208 (Jan 2018)
• 2018, IEEE HKN Vladimir Karapetoff Outstanding Technical Achievement Award "for transformative contributions in undergraduate engineering education and for pioneering research in high-speed, high-frequency semiconductor devices, materials and integrated circuits."
• 2017, J J Thomson Medal for Electronics
• 2017, IEEE Life Fellow
• 2016, IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) Best Student Paper Award - 3rd Place Y.-H. Wu, Y.-C. Kuan, M.-C.F. Chang, "Interference-Tolerant Multi-User Radar System Using One-Coincidence Frequency Hopping Code with 1GHz Bandwidth at 24GHz"
• 2015, Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
• 2014, John J. Guarrera Engineering Educator of the Year Award from the Engineers' Council "for transformative contributions in undergraduate engineering education to prepare students for the challenges of the 21st century, and for pioneering research in high-speed, high frequency semiconductor devices, materials and integrated circuits."
• 2013, Distinguished Alumnus Award, National Taiwan University
• 2013, Honorary Doctor of Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
• 2013, Honorary Doctor of Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
• 2012, Fellow, Academia Sinica
• 2012, Lifetime Achievement Award, Southern California Chiao Tung University Alumni Association
• 2012, Honorary Chair Professor, Chinese University of Science and Technology, Hefei, China
• 2012, Honorary Chair Professor, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
• 2012, Honorary Chair Professor, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
• 2012, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits Best Paper Award D. Murphy, A. Hafez, A. Mirzaei, M. Mikhemar, H. Darabi, F. Chang, A. Abidi, “A Blocker-Tolerant Wideband Noise-Cancelling Receiver with a 2dB Noise Figure
• 2012, ISSCC Distinguished Technical Paper Award and Jack Kilby Best Student Paper Award D. Murphy, A. Hafez, A. Mirzaei, M. Mikhemar, H. Darabi, F. Chang, A. Abidi, "A Blocker-Tolerant Wideband Noise-Cancelling Receiver with a 2dB Noise Figure"
• 2012, IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) Best Student Paper Award - 3rd Place A. Tang, Q. Gu, Z. Xu, G. Virbila, M.-C.F. Chang, "A Max 349 GHz 18.2mW/Pixel CMOS Tri-Color Intermodulated Regenerative Receiver for Tri-Color mm-Wave Imaging"
• 2012, IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) Best Student Paper Award - Honorable Mention A. Tang, D. Murphy, F. Hsiao, Q.J. Gu, Z. Xu, G. Virbila, Y.-H. Wang, H. Wu. "A CMOS 135-150 GHz 0.4 dBm EIRP Transmitter with 5.1dB P1dB Extension Using IF Envelope Feed-Forward Gain Compensation"
• 2011, IEEE International Symposium on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology (RFIT) Best Paper Award Q.J. Gu, Z. Xu, M.-C.F. Chang, "Millimeter wave and sub-millimeter wave circuits for integrated system-on-a-chip"2010, Honorary Chair Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
• 2010, IEEE Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) Best Paper of Conference Award J.Y.-C. Liu, Q.J. Gu, T. LaRocca, N.-Y. Wang, Y.-C. Wu, M.-C.F. Chang, "A 60GHz High Gain Transformer-Coupled Differential Power Amplifier in 65nm CMOS"
• 2009, Honorary Chair Professorship, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
• 2009, CESASC Lifetime Achievement Award
• 2009, IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Conference (RFIC) Best Paper Award T. LaRocca, J. Liu, F. Wang, M.-C.F. Chang, "Embedded DiCAD linear phase shifter for 57-65GHz reconfigurable direct frequency modulation in 90nm CMOS"
• 2008, National Academy of Engineering
• 2008, Honorary Professorship, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
• 2008, Pan Wen Yuan Foundation Award
• 2008, IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA) - Best Paper Award M. C. F. Chang, J. Cong, A. Kaplan, M. Naik, G. Reinman, E. Socher, S.-W. Tam, "CMP Network-on-Chip Overlaid With Multi-Band RF-Interconnect"
• 2006, IEEE David Sarnoff Award for his "development of HBT power amplifiers leading to their commercialization in wireless communications." The Sarnoff and IEEE-wide award that is bestowed annually by IEEE in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of electronics.
• 2002, Distinguished Engineering Alumnus, National Tsing Hua University
• 1997, Distinguished Alumnus, National Chiao Tung University
• 1996, IEEE Fellow
• 1993, Leonardo da Vinci Award (Rockwell International Engineer of the Year)