Biography

Professor Mok received the B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, in 1986, 1989, and 1995, respectively, all in electrical and computer engineering. In January 1995, he joined the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China, where he is currently a Professor. His research interests include semiconductor devices, processing technologies and circuit designs for power electronics and telecommunications applications, with current emphasis on power management integrated circuits, low-voltage analogue integrated circuits and RF integrated circuits design.

Professor Mok received the Henry G. Acres Medal, W.S. Wilson Medal, Connaught Scholarship, Ontario Graduate Scholarship, University of Toronto Open Doctoral Fellowship and Teaching Assistant Award from the University of Toronto, and the Teaching Excellence Appreciation Award three times from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He was also a co-recipient of the Best Student Paper Award twice in 2002 and 2009 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference and twice in 2008 and 2010 IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits.

Professor Mok is a Fellow of IEEE. He was a member of the International Technical Program Committees of the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2016. He served as a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society from 2009 to 2010, as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits from 2006 to 2011, the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – I from 2007 to 2009, and the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – II from 2005 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2015. He has been serving as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – I since 2016. He was a Member of Engineering Panel of Research Grants Council (RGC), University Grants Committee, Government of the Hong Kong SAR from July 2009 to June 2015. He has been serving as a Panel Member of ASTRI Technology Review Panel and Intellectual Property Committee, ASTRI Information and Communication Technology R&D Centre, Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Limited, Hong Kong SAR, China since 2010, and a Member of Expert Review Panel, Hong Kong R&D Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies, Hong Kong SAR, China since 2017.

Education

• 1995 - Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 1989 - M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 1986 - B.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Research Interests

• Analog Integrated Circuit design for power electronics and wireless applications
• Power management IC

Funded Research Projects

• An Efficient D-Mode GaN Driver for High Voltage Pseudo-Synchronous Power Converters
• Retention Mode Analog/Digital Hybrid Low Dropout Regulator with High Power Supply Rejection for Ultra-Low-Power Applications
• Time-Domain Maximum Power Point Tracking Circuits for Microwatt Energy Harvesting Applications
• A Homogeneous DC-DC Converter Grid with Fast Load Sharing for Distributed Power Supply in SoC Applications
• A Fast Reference-Tracking On-Chip Switching Converter for DVFS Applications
• Advanced Envelope-Tracking Architectures and ICs for LTE Transmitters
• Cost-effective and Eco-friendly LED System-on-a-chip (SoC)
• Intelligent LED Lighting Microsystems (iLight) for Sustainable Environment and Novel Photonic Wireless Applications
• Low-Voltage Digital Low-Dropout Regulator
• Development of Low-Power Fast-Transient Digital Low-Dropout Regulator for SoC Power Supply
• Low-Noise Power Management System for Ultra-Low Voltage Energy-Efficient Circuits
• Research and Development of Mixed-signal Module for Power Management IC
• Development of Ultra-Low-Power Power Management Integrated Circuit for Energy-Autonomous Electronic Device
• A Monolithic Single-Inductor Multiple-Output Switching Converter with Low Cross-Regulation
• A Monolithic Digital-Control DC-DC Converter with Fast Transient Response
• A Linearization IC for WLAN Power Amplifier Applications
• On-Chip Power Management Circuits for Thermal-Aware Multiprocessor-on-a-Chip Design
• Development of Monolithic CMOS Switched-Capacitor Power Converter with High Accuracy and Fast Load Transient Response
• A Monolithic Current-Mode Switching Power Converter with On-Chip Current Sensor
• Development of a Temperature-Compensated Voltage-Controlled Crystal Oscillator
• A Monolithic Low-Voltage DC-DC Converter for Handheld Electronic Devices
• A Monolithic Low-Voltage DC-DC Converter
• Integrated Analog Display Driver Circuit Design For Poly-Si AMLCD On Glass
• A Fully Integrated Low-Noise Switching Mode Power Converter for Portable Wireless Telecommunication Equipment
• A Fully Integrated Selective Epitaxial Growth BiCMOS RF Front-end Module for Wireless Communication Applications
• Monolithic BiCMOS RF Power Amplifier
• Advanced BiCMOS Device and Circuit Design for Telecommunication Applications