Integrated Systems and Circuits Design
Chi Zhang

name:  ZHANG, Chi

position: Research assistant
address: Europastrasse 4;  A - 9524 Villach
room nr.: ST 2.06
phone: +43 4242 90500 2123
fax: +43 4242 90500 2010
email: c.zhang(at)cuas.at

Course of education

  • 1993 - 1998 Beijing University of Technology - B.E. in Electronics Engineering
  • 2003 - 2005 University of Ulm - Master of Science
  • 2007 - 2009 Carinthia University of Applied Sciences - Master of Arts in Business

Working experience

  • 1998 - 2003: Fujitsu R&D Center Co., Ltd. (China, Japan):  Digital Design Engineer
    – Hardware implementation for 3rd Generation Mobile Systems
  • 2003 - 2005: Siemens AG (Germany): Part time 
    – Test bench design for 3rd Generation Mobile Systems
  • 2005 – now: Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (Austria): Research Assistant
    Projects:
    - Multi-Mode Sigma-Delta Analog-to-Digital Converters for 3rd Generation Mobile Phones
    -System-on-Chip for Portable Audio
    Lectures:
    -ISCD-CAD Tutorial – Cadence Transistor Level Design Tools
    -EDIS2 - Digital Systems Design 2
    -Digital-2 - Advanced Topics in Digital Integrated Circuits

Fields of interest

  • Digital filter design
  • Audio signal processing
  • Mobile system
  • Image processing and compression system

Publications

  • Chi Zhang, Christian Günter, Albrecht Rothermel "Hardware implementation of an entropy encoder for JPEG2000 " in Proceedings of Austrochip 2005 in Vienna, pp147-152, ISBN 3-901578-13-7
  • Chi Zhang, Erwin Ofner "A 36 Decimation Factor Low Power CIC Filter Application" in Proceedings of Austrochip 2006 in Vienna, pp33-36, ISBN 3-200-00770-2
  • Chi Zhang, Erwin Ofner "Low Power Decimation Filter Design for GSM Sigma-Delta A/D Converter Application" in Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit Technology in Shanghai, Oct 2006, ISBN 1-4244-0161-5
  • Chi Zhang, Erwin Ofner "ASIC Implementation of Low Power Decimation Filter for UMTS and GSM Sigma-Delta A/D Converter" in Proceedings of IWSDA'07 in Chengdu, Sep 2007, pp224-228, ISBN 1-4244-1074-6
  • Chi Zhang, Erwin Ofner "A 2.5V, 5mW UMTS and GSM Dual Mode Decimation Filter for Sigma Delta ADC" in Proceedings of A-SSCC 2007 in Jeju, Nov 2007, pp272-275, ISBN 1-4244-1359-1
  • Chi Zhang, Erwin Ofner "Low Power Non-Recursive Decimation Filters" in Proceedings of ICECS 2007 in Marrakech, Dec 2007, pp804-807, ISBN 1-4244-1378-8
    Haifeng Zhou, Chi Zhang, Erwin Ofner "Low-Power Decimation Filter for Portable Audio Applications", in Proceedings of Austrochip 2008 in Linz, Oct 2008, pp48-51, ISBN 987-3-200-01330-8
  • Erwin Ofner, Chi Zhang, Haifeng Zhou "Integration of Low-Power Decimation Filters", 3. Forschungsforum der österreichischen Fachhochschulen, April 2009, Villach, pp147-151, ISBN 978-3-853912850
  • Yingwei Wang, Chi Zhang, Erwin Ofner, Lucas Groposo "Third Order Delta Sigma Modulator for Portable Audio", in Proceedings of Austrochip 2010, Oct. 2010, Villach, pp79-82, ISBN 978-3-200-01945-4

Private

  • Children
  • Swimming, soccer, badminton
  • Travelling, hiking