导师与研究领域、方向：
十大网赌正规信誉网址副教授，特聘研究员。现任电气与电子工程师协会IEEE高级会员、IEEE工业电子学会MEMS与纳米技术委员会委员，曾任国际会议IECON 2020传感器分会共同主席。博士毕业于荷兰代尔夫特理工大学，硕士毕业于英国爱丁堡大学（优等），本科毕业于南开大学。长期从事高性能传感器接口电路芯片、高性能模拟电路芯片和混合信号芯片的学术研究和产业化工作。研究成果曾多次发表在集成电路和传感器领域的国际顶级期刊和会议上（JSSC, ISSCC, TRANSDUCERS, ESSCIRC）。2017年至2021年在恩智浦半导体公司（NXP Semiconductors）荷兰总部个人健康与物联网事业部担任资深研发工程师，主持恩智浦公司多项核心产品研发项目，获批多项国际专利，所有产品均成功实现商业化。2021年回国加入十大网赌正规信誉网址，目前的研究工作专注于智能物联网和智能家居中的高性能模拟和混合信号芯片，着重研究CMOS工艺下的全集成式智能传感器芯片、高精度模拟电路、以及高性能模拟和数字转换芯片。
近期主要成果：
期刊文章：
1. Z. Cai*, R. van Veldhoven, H. Suy, G. de Graaf, K.A.A. Makinwa, M.A.P. Pertijs, “A Phase-Domain Readout Circuit for a CMOS Compatible Hot-wire CO2 Sensor,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), vol. 53, no. 11, pp. 3303-3313, Nov. 2018.
2. Z. Cai*, R. van Veldhoven, A. Falepin, H. Suy, E. Sterckx, C. Bitterlich, K.A.A. Makinwa, M.A.P. Pertijs, “A Ratiometric Readout Circuit for Thermal-Conductivity-Based Resistive CO2 Sensors,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), volume 51, Issue 10, pp. 2453‒2474, October 2016.
3. Z. Cai*, L. Rueda Guerrero, A. Louwerse, H. Suy, R. van Veldhoven, K.A.A. Makinwa, M.A.P. Pertijs, “A CMOS Readout Circuit for Resistive Transducers Based on Algorithmic Resistance and Power Measurement,” IEEE Sensors Journal (Sens. J.), volume 17, Issue 23, pp. 7917-7927, December 2017.
会议文章：
1. Z. Cai, R. van Veldhoven, H. Suy, G. de Graaf, K.A.A. Makinwa, M.A.P. Pertijs, “CMOS-Compatible Carbon Dioxide Sensors,” In Proc. Workshop on Advances in Analog Circuit Design (AACD), April 2018.
2. Z. Cai, R. van Veldhoven, H. Suy, G. de Graaf, K.A.A. Makinwa, M.A.P. Pertijs, “A Phase-Domain Readout Circuit for a CMOS Compatible Thermal-Conductivity-Based Carbon Dioxide Sensor,” In Dig. Techn. Papers IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), pp. 332-333, February 2018.
3. Z. Cai, R. van Veldhoven, A. Falepin, H. Suy, E. Sterckx, C. Bitterlich, K.A.A. Makinwa, M.A.P. Pertijs, “An Integrated Carbon Dioxide Sensor for Air-Quality Monitoring,” In Proc. Conference for ICT-Research in the Netherlands (ICT.OPEN), The Netherlands, March 2016.
4. Z. Cai, R. van Veldhoven, A. Falepin, H. Suy, E. Sterckx, K.A.A. Makinwa, M.A.P. Pertijs, “A Ratiometric Readout Circuit for Thermal-Conductivity-Based Resistive Gas Sensors,” In Proc. European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), pp. 275‒278, September 2015.
5. Z. Cai, R. van Veldhoven, A. Falepin, H. Suy, E. Sterckx, K.A.A. Makinwa, M.A.P. Pertijs, “An Integrated Carbon Dioxide Sensor Based on Ratiometric Thermal-Conductivity Measurement,” In Proc. International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS), pp. 622‒625, June 2015 (oral presentation, oral acceptance rate: 20.7%).
书籍和章节：
1. Z. Cai, R.van Veldhoven, H. Suy, G. de Graaf, K.A.A. Makinwa, M.A.P. Pertijs, “CMOS-Compatible Carbon Dioxide Sensors,” in Low-Power Analog Techniques, Sensors for Mobile Devices and Energy Efficient Amplifiers - Advances in Analog Circuit Design (AACD) 2018. Springer International Publishing, 2019, sec. II, pp. 199-219.
主要专利：
1. Z. Cai, M.A.P. Pertijs, R. van Veldhoven, K.A.A. Makinwa, “Ratiometric Device,” US9835575B2, 2017.12.5.
2. Z. Cai, M.A.P. Pertijs, R. van Veldhoven, K.A.A. Makinwa, “Ratiometric device and article of manufacture comprising instructions for ratiometric measurement,” WO2016059217A1, 2016.4.21.
3. Z. Cai, M.A.P. Pertijs, R. van Veldhoven, K.A.A. Makinwa, “Ratiometric device and article of manufacture comprising instructions for ratiometric measurement,” EP3207363B1, 2019.5.1.
4. Z. Cai, M.A.P. Pertijs, R. van Veldhoven, K.A.A. Makinwa, “比率计装置以及包括用于比率测量的指令的制品,” CN107110808A, 2017.8.29.
商业化产品：
超低功耗无线磁感应（MI）音频和数据流传输芯片、下一代无线磁感应收发器芯片、超低功耗BLE语音传输收发器芯片、动态血糖监测系统（CGM）芯片、基于机器学习（ML）的语音处理芯片等等
