A PERSON BEHIND THE WORDS
Hello, I’m Jingyang.
Finding my frequency between life and circuits.
“Life needs less overthinking. Do more. Feel more.”
景洋 Jingyang ✧LIFE / WORK / THOUGHTS
What lives here
This blog is a place for my life, work and learning, and thoughts. My work and learning focus on RF IC: a place to turn reading, study, and experiments into notes I can return to.
40%
Life
Daily moments, photos, and small things worth remembering.
40%Work & learning
RF IC, study notes, code, and diagrams.
20%Thoughts
Observations, questions, and ideas still growing.
If you’re exploring too, you’re welcome to stay a while.
EDUCATION
Education
2022.09 — 2026.06
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
Telecommunication Engineering · B.Eng.
2026.09 — present
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
RF IC Design · M.S.
THREE-YEAR PLAN
Three-year plan
Turning “what I want to make” into a few checkable things each semester, then looking back at this table three years later.
PhaseResearch planGoals
Y1 · Fall
- Work through the full “virtual tape-out” flow and get comfortable with ADS and Cadence
- Finish the relevant core courses
- Read one paper a week, starting with my group’s own work
- Study English, focused on speaking and reading
- Rethink the novelty of my short paper, run experiments, rewrite and resubmit
- Stay in the top 20% of the cohort with no failed courses
- Read 30+ papers closely
- Keep exercising and build a fitness habit
- Get my short paper accepted
- Score 90+ in the English course
Y1 · Spring
- Settle on a research direction and join more group projects
- Strengthen design skills and aim for a first tape-out
- Finish the remaining required credits
- Read at least two papers a week
- Draft a new short paper and try to submit it
- Keep studying English
- Complete a first tape-out
- Finish writing the second short paper
- Read 50+ papers closely
- Read about 200 pages of Razavi’s RF Microelectronics in English
- Stay in the top 20%
Y2 · Fall
- Choose the thesis topic and framework, and start writing
- Submit the paper from the previous semester
- Keep a pace of two close reads and two broad reads a week
- Talk with graduated seniors about the job market
- Complete another tape-out
- Keep studying English
- Complete a second tape-out
- Submit the second short paper
- 50+ close reads and 50+ broad reads
- Read 500+ pages of Razavi in English
- Sketch a rough career plan
Y2 · Spring
- Finish the proposal, defend it, and start the thesis
- Complete all credits required for graduation
- Complete a third tape-out
- Keep studying English
- Complete a third tape-out
- Pass the proposal defence
- Write a first draft of the thesis
- Finish reading Razavi’s RF Microelectronics end to end
Y3 · Fall
- Revise, polish, and trim the thesis draft
- Pass the mid-term review
- Prepare for the autumn recruiting season and review fundamentals
- Land an offer I actually want
- Finalise the thesis draft
- Meet every graduation requirement
Y3 · Spring
- Defend the thesis
- Decide where I go next
- Graduate