Analog IC Design Engineer with considerable expertise in mid- to high-frequency transistor-level design in the semiconductor industry, including clock synthesis, radio frequency circuitry (RF), and memory circuitry design. Experience also includes testing at board- and wafer-level, test automation, and simulation scripting.
I received the B.S. degree in Industrial Electronics Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain, in 2007, and the M.S. degree in Micro- and Nanoelectronics Engineering in 2009 and the Ph.D. degree in Microelectronics and Electronic Systems in 2015 both from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. From 2006 to 2008, I was with Investigation Total Ware, S.A., Spain, where I was engaged in analog and mixed-signal circuit design for highly reliable wireless telecommunication systems. From 2008 to 2015, I was with the Integrated Circuits and Systems design group at the Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona, CNM, CSIC, Spain, designing low-power high-precision mixed-signal ASICs for integrated smart sensors and IP blocks. From 2015 to 2016, I was with Broadcom Ltd., Barcelona, Spain, developing low-power CMOS IPs like low-temperature-drift oscillators, varible-temperature-coefficient current/voltage generators, temperature sensors, cross-domain level shifting and biasing circuits, touch-sensor transmitter drivers. I am co-author of 12 publications and participant in several research and industrial projects using a wide range of CMOS technology nodes. I am recipient of the 2007 Highest Grade Point Average in the Graduating Class Award, the 2014 Best Paper Award and the 2015 Student Best Paper Award Honorable Mention. My skills include: high-performance continuous-time/switched-capacitor circuits such as low-power high-resolution ADCs/DACs using Class-AB OpAmps; system high-level modeling (SciPy/Sage, Matlab); system electrical-level modeling (Verilog/-A/-AMS); EKV circuit-level modeling; full-custom IC design cycle (gEDA Tools/Cadence Virtuoso: from schematics to layout and verification); development of low-noise and low-distortion test equipment (including microcontrollers and FPGAs) and software (using C++, Tcl, VB, Python); and, experimental IC measures and parameter extraction.
PhD Student Research on Integrated Sensor Interfacing Systems featuring signal conditioning and A/D conversion. Functional blocks developed: VGA, current-steering DAC, SAR ADC, AA Filters, SPI master/slave.
My area of interest is Analog and Mixed signal circuit design. I teach Electronic Circuit, VLSI design and Signals & Systems for under graduate students and Analog Integrated Circuit Design, Data Converters and Clock & power management circuit courses for Masters students. I also teach VLSI lab courses for both both undergraduate and masters students. Every year I supervise both undergraduate and masters students in analog circuit design projects. Presently I am involved in SRC project as Co-task leader in Analog and Mixed Signal circuit verification project using Machine learning techniques.
I am a senior researcher at Nokia Bell Labs. I am specialized in the design of RFIC and mmWave IC.
Mixed Signal circuit designer with over 40 years experience.
Analog Design Engineer
I majored in electronic science and technology for my undergraduate degree and integrated circuit engineering for my postgraduate degree. During this period, my research direction was analog integrated circuit design and application.