{"669175":{"#nid":"669175","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Kwak\u2019s 3D Monolithic Integration Research Earns Best Student Paper Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EJungyoun Kwak has received the Best Student Paper Award at the 2023 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mwscas2023.com\/\u0022\u003EIEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems\u003C\/a\u003E held in Tempe, Ariz., on August 6-9. The award recognizes his pioneering research in the field of \u201cBeyond CMOS Circuits and Architectures\u201d.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKwak is a Ph.D. candidate in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and is part of Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/shimeng-yu\u0022\u003EShimeng Yu\u2019s\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/shimeng.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ELaboratory for Emerging Devices and Circuits\u003C\/a\u003E. The primary objective of the research group is to challenge the intrinsic limitations of conventional 2D scaling in integrated circuits. They aim to achieve this by vertically stacking circuit components using emerging devices in 3D monolithic integration.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe award-winning paper, titled \u0022A Reconfigurable Monolithic 3D Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converter with Back-End-Of-Line Oxide Channel Transistor,\u0022 introduces a cutting-edge design that offers power-efficient and high-density switched-capacitor DC-DC converters. The novel converters are strategically placed on top of systolic arrays, facilitating fine-grain voltage scaling at the array level. The innovative architecture also minimizes the idle time of processing units by independently controlling the voltage for each array, all without incurring significant area overhead.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAccording to Kwak, the work in monolithic 3D integration offers exciting prospects for the future of computing. By conducting comprehensive studies of devices, circuits, and systems within 3D frameworks, the research provides a credible roadmap for extending Moore\u0027s Law \u2014 an advancement that is critically relevant as exponential growth in computational requirements like artificial intelligence models persist.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe work is supported by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chimes.psu.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Heterogeneous Integration of Micro Electronic Systems\u003C\/a\u003E (CHIMES), which operates under the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.src.org\/program\/jump2\/\u0022\u003ESemiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)\u2019s Joint University Microelectronics Program 2.0\u003C\/a\u003E(JUMP 2.0), in collaboration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EJungyoun Kwak, a Ph.D. candidate in ECE, has received the Best Student Paper Award at the 2023 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems for his pioneering research in 3D monolithic integration and innovative circuit design.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jungyoun Kwak, a Ph.D. candidate in ECE, has received a Best Student Paper Award for his pioneering research in 3D monolithic integration."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-08-25 15:56:09","changed_gmt":"2023-08-25 15:59:02","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671484":{"id":"671484","type":"image","title":"photo_Jungyoun_Kwak_backgorund and crop.png","body":null,"created":"1692979047","gmt_created":"2023-08-25 15:57:27","changed":"1692979047","gmt_changed":"2023-08-25 15:57:27","alt":"A headshot of Ph.D. candidate Jungyoun Kwak.","file":{"fid":"254555","name":"photo_Jungyoun_Kwak_backgorund and crop.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/08\/25\/photo_Jungyoun_Kwak_backgorund%20and%20crop.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/08\/25\/photo_Jungyoun_Kwak_backgorund%20and%20crop.png","mime":"image\/png","size":181334,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/08\/25\/photo_Jungyoun_Kwak_backgorund%20and%20crop.png?itok=-VsEqsMc"}}},"media_ids":["671484"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}