Jin Liu

Dr. Jin Liu is a Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas, affiliated with the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science. She joined UT Dallas as an Assistant Professor in 1999, advancing to Associate Professor in 2005 and full Professor in 2012.

Her educational background includes:

• B.S. in Electronics and Information Systems from Zhongshan University (1992)
• M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Houston (1995)
• Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (1999)

Dr. Liu's research focuses on analog integrated circuits and systems for high-speed communications and biomedical applications. Key areas include:

• High-performance ADCs for communication systems
• Energy harvesting techniques for IoT devices
• Low-power IC design for biomedical implants
• RF/wireless circuit architectures including MIMO and 5G technologies

Her work emphasizes efficiency optimization, metastability mitigation in converters, and novel clock generation techniques for millimeter-wave applications.

Recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on high-speed data conversion (ADCs), power management ICs, and RF systems. Trends include:

• Advanced calibration techniques for analog-to-digital converters
• Time-interleaved and flash ADC architectures
• Millimeter-wave clock generators for 5G applications
• Low-power solutions for IoT and biomedical devices

Her research spans from fundamental circuit design to system-level optimization in communication and energy harvesting domains.