Professor
Research
Interests
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CMOS Analog Integrated Circuit (IC) Design
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Display Driver ICs for LCD/OLED Displays with
Active Non-Uniformity Compensation -
Power Management ICs: LDO Regulator, Switch-Mode DC-DC Converter, and Energy-Harvesting Interfaces
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Low-Noise High-SNR CMOS Readout IC (ROIC)
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Medical (X-ray/CT) CMOS Image Sensors and Photon-Counting Detectors
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Large-Area Electronics (LAEs) with Poly-Si and
a-Si:H TFTs Fabricated on Glass/Plastic Substrates
Hyun-Sik Kim, Ph.D.
Education
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
Feb. 2011 - Feb. 2014
Academic Advisor: Prof. Gyu-Hyeong Cho
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
Feb. 2009 - Feb. 2011
Academic Advisor: Prof. Gyu-Hyeong Cho
B.S. in Electronic Eng., Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Mar. 2005 - Feb. 2009
Graduation as the Campus Valedictorian (Top Rank: 1 of 3,000)
Associate Professor
School of Electrical Engineering
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Contact Info.
Professional
Experience
Associate Professor
School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Korea
Mar. 2022 - Present
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Korea
Mar. 2019 - Feb. 2022
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Display Engineering, Dankook University, Korea
Sept. 2015 - Feb. 2019
Senior Researcher
SAMSUNG Display Co., Ltd., Korea
Mar. 2014 - Aug. 2015
OLED TV Development / OLED Module / LCD Yield Enhancement
E-mail: hyunskim (at) kaist.ac.kr
Tel.: +82-42-350-7457
Location: Rm #4223, E3-2 B/D
Awards
& Honors
Samsung Electronics' Best Patent Award
Device Solution, SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd., Aug. 2024
Best Teaching Award (EE403, Analog Electronic Circuits)
School of Electrical Engingeering in KAIST, April 2024
KAIST Technology Innovation Award
College of Engingeering in KAIST, Dec. 2022
Best Teaching Award (EE571, Advanced Electronic Circuits)
School of Electrical Engingeering in KAIST, Oct. 2022
IDEC Best Lecture Award
IC Design Education Center (IDEC), June 2021
Best Teaching Award
Dankook University, Feb. 2017
Predoctoral Achievement Award 2013-2014
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, Feb. 2014
Best Student Paper Award of IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Seoul Chapter, May 2014
Gold Medal, 19th SAMSUNG Human-Tech Paper Award
SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd., Feb. 2013
Gold Medal, 18th SAMSUNG Human-Tech Paper Award
SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd., Feb. 2012
Bronze Medal, 17th SAMSUNG Human-Tech Paper Award
SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd., Feb. 2011
Academic
Activities
Senior Member of IEEE (Solid-State Circuits Society)
Distinguished Lecturer (DL), 2024 - 2026
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS)
Guest Editor (GE)
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters (SSC-L) special issue on ISSCC 2024
IEEE Open J. Solid-State Circuits Society (OJ-SSCS) special issue on PMICs
Guest Associate Editor
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics (JESTPE)
Program (TPC) Chair, 2025
International Workshop on Power Supply on Chip (PwrSoC)
International Technical Program Committee (ITPC), 2023 - present
IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)
Technical Program Committee (TPC), 2021 - 2025
Power Managements Subcommittee Chair in 2025
Power Managements Subcommittee Co-Chair in 2024
Session Chair of Power Managements in 2021 - 2023
IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC)
Technical Program Committee (TPC), 2017 - present
Organizing Committee (OC), 2025
Session Chair of Power Managements in 2017 - 2023, 2025
IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC)
Organizing Committee (Publication), 2019 - 2020
Technical Program Committee (TPC), 2017 - 2018
RF/Analog Circuit Workshop, IEIE
Selected
Talks
Tutorial: "Fundamentals of Energy-Efficient LDO Regulator Designs"
IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), San Francisco, USA, Feb. 2026
Circuit Insights 2024: "Accelerating Response Speed in Analog Circuits"
Sponsored by IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS), IEEE A-SSCC 2024, Hiroshima, Japan, Nov. 2024
Ming-Hsieh Institute Seminar Series: "Exploring Ways to Maximize Efficiency and Performance in LDO Regulators"
Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, USA, Oct. 2024
Distinguished Lecture (DL): "Exploring Ways to Maximize Efficiency and Performance in LDO Regulators"
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) Utah Chapter, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, Oct. 2024
"Current-Shared Multi-Phase FIVRs with Phase-Shedding-Optimized AC Dynamics"
The 8th International Workshop on Power Supply on Chip (PwrSoC), Hannover, Germany, Sept. 2023
Tutorial: "LDO Regulators - From Basics to Recent Design Trends"
IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 2022
EE Colloquium Series: "Advancing Power Management IC assisted by Switched-Capacitor Circuits"
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Virtual, Nov. 2021
"Technical Trends and Challenges of Photon-Counting Detectors"
IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS), Virtual, Aug. 2021
"OLED Display Driving Technique with Real-Time Pixel Nonuniformity Compensation"
Optics & Photonics Taiwan, International Conference (OPTIC) 2019, Taichung, Taiwan, Dec. 2019
"Design Innovations in CMOS Driver Integrated Circuits for LCD and OLED Displays: from High Color-Depth LCD to OLED-Uniformity Compensation"
The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute (LCI), Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA, Nov. 2018