publications

2026

1. DATE

   LiteDVS: A Low-Data-Redundancy Dynamic Vision Sensor with Hybrid Readout and In-Pixel Denoising

   Zichen Kong, Zhongyi Wu, Xiyuan Tang, and 1 more author

   In Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference (DATE), 2026

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   @inproceedings{kong2026litedvs,
     title = {{LiteDVS}: A Low-Data-Redundancy Dynamic Vision Sensor with Hybrid Readout and In-Pixel Denoising},
     author = {Kong, Zichen and Wu, Zhongyi and Tang, Xiyuan and Wang, Yuan},
     booktitle = {Design, Automation \& Test in Europe Conference (DATE)},
     year = {2026},
     publisher = {IEEE}
   }

2025

1. TCAD

   LayoutCopilot: An LLM-Powered Multi-Agent Collaborative Framework for Interactive Analog Layout Design

   B. Liu, H. Zhang, X. Gao, and 5 more authors

   IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 2025

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   @article{liu2025layoutcopilot,
     title = {LayoutCopilot: An LLM-Powered Multi-Agent Collaborative Framework for Interactive Analog Layout Design},
     author = {Liu, B. and Zhang, H. and Gao, X. and Kong, Zichen and Tang, X. and Lin, Y. and Wang, R. and Huang, R.},
     journal = {IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems},
     year = {2025},
     publisher = {IEEE}
   }

2. arXiv

   GRAIN: A Design-Intent-Driven Analog Layout Migration Framework

   B. Liu, H. Jiang, H. Zhang, and 5 more authors

   2025

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   @article{liu2025grain,
     title = {{GRAIN}: A Design-Intent-Driven Analog Layout Migration Framework},
     author = {Liu, B. and Jiang, H. and Zhang, H. and Gao, X. and Kong, Zichen and Tang, X. and Pan, D. Z. and Lin, Y.},
     year = {2025}
   }

3. arXiv

   TopoSizing: An LLM-Aided Framework of Topology-Based Understanding and Sizing for AMS Circuits

   Z. Wei, Zichen Kong, Y. Wang, and 2 more authors

   arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.14169, 2025

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   @article{wei2025toposizing,
     title = {{TopoSizing}: An {LLM}-Aided Framework of Topology-Based Understanding and Sizing for {AMS} Circuits},
     author = {Wei, Z. and Kong, Zichen and Wang, Y. and Pan, D. Z. and Tang, X.},
     journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.14169},
     year = {2025}
   }

4. JSSC

   An Easy-Driving Incremental Zoom ADC with Skipped-Sampling Scheme and NS-SAR Quantizer

   Z. Wang, L. Jie, Zichen Kong, and 4 more authors

   IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2025

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   @article{wang2025jsscADC,
     title = {An Easy-Driving Incremental Zoom {ADC} with Skipped-Sampling Scheme and {NS-SAR} Quantizer},
     author = {Wang, Z. and Jie, L. and Kong, Zichen and Zhan, M. and Zhong, Y. and Wang, Y. and Tang, X.},
     journal = {IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits},
     year = {2025},
     publisher = {IEEE}
   }

2024

1. DAC

   PVTSizing: A TuRBO-RL-Based Batch-Sampling Optimization Framework for PVT-Robust Analog Circuit Synthesis

   Zichen Kong, X. Tang, W. Shi, and 3 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 61st ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2024

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   @inproceedings{kong2024pvtsizing,
     title = {{PVTSizing}: A {TuRBO-RL}-Based Batch-Sampling Optimization Framework for {PVT}-Robust Analog Circuit Synthesis},
     author = {Kong, Zichen and Tang, X. and Shi, W. and Du, Y. and Lin, Y. and Wang, Y.},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 61st ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC)},
     pages = {1--6},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {ACM/IEEE}
   }

2023

1. ISSCC

   A 150 kHz-BW 15-ENOB Incremental Zoom ADC with Skipped Sampling and Single-Buffer-Embedded Noise-Shaping SAR Quantizer

   Z. Wang, L. Jie, Zichen Kong, and 4 more authors

   In 2023 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2023

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   @inproceedings{wang2023isscczoomadc,
     title = {A 150~{kHz}-{BW} 15-{ENOB} Incremental Zoom {ADC} with Skipped Sampling and Single-Buffer-Embedded Noise-Shaping {SAR} Quantizer},
     author = {Wang, Z. and Jie, L. and Kong, Zichen and Zhan, M. and Zhong, Y. and Wang, Y. and Tang, X.},
     booktitle = {2023 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)},
     pages = {1--3},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {IEEE}
   }