Research Assistant Resume Halifax, NS - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Extensive knowledge on Analog, Mix - signal and Digital CMOS design, simulation, layout and testing
Experienced from concept validation all the way through to chip fabrication
Proficient at EDA tools, programming and hardware description languages (HDLs)
Practical knowledge of high-speed Delta Sigma Modulator and Differentiator design
Excellent debug and trouble shooting skills and rich experience at project planning and management
Strong writing, communication and presentation skills
Good teamwork skills and quick learning ability
Published paper in high quality conference; 2nd prize in Student Papers Award

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Analog Design: Cadence AMS (analog mixed signal, RF analysis and design), Cadence Orcad

Digital Design: Modelsim, MAX+plusII

System Design: Matlab/Simulink

Layout Design: Cadence Virtuoso Layout Editor, EAGLE

Operating System: Win 2000/XP/Vista, Sun Solaris Unix, Red Hat Linux

Microsoft Office: Visio, Power Point, Word, Excel

Language: Verilog HDL, VHDL, C/C++, Assemble

Testing Instruments: VNA, Spectrum Analyzer, Signal Generator, RF Picoprobe packages, etc.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Halifax, NS

Research Assistant

Responsibilities:

Studied and proved the feasibility of the system conceptually
Set up the system architecture and proved it with architecture simulation tools
Designed concrete circuits for the system and implement the whole with EDA tools
A 2GHz Current-Mode Delta Sigma Modulator based on active Inductor was developed to obtain good performance and meanwhile reduced cost, chip area and power consumption
Summarized contribution, wrote and published an academic conference paper
Designed, optimized and simulated the chip layout and sent it out for foundry
Making testing plan, developing and setting up testing environment for die measurement
Collecting, clearing up and developing important data and documents for further research

Confidential, Halifax, NS

Research Assistant

Responsibilities:

Set up the system architecture and proved it with architecture simulation tools
Proposed the novel current-mode differentiator and implemented it with EDA tools
A novel current-mode differentiator implemented with transistor only was successfully developed for low noise application
Collected, cleared up and developed important data and documents

Confidential, Halifax, NS

Teaching Assistant

Responsibilities: