Education:

 

1970 M.S.E.(E.E.)

University of Santa Clara

Santa Clara, CA

 

1965 B.S.E.(E.E.)

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

 

Organizational Memberships:

PATCA        Professional and Technical Consultants Association

NASE          National Association of Self Employed

 

Summary:

  • MSEE with 40+ years of experience
  • Mixed Analog/Digital systems and board level design
  • Creative problem solving
  • Complete system architecture and implementation
  • Embedded systems design using microcontroller, FPGA, custom circuits
  • High speed Clock generation and distribution up to 5.2GHz using ECL, LVDS, GaAs
  • Programmable Timing generation and control with picosecond resolution
  • Very low noise transimpedance amplifier and ADC design for video capture
  • High speed ADC and DAC systems
  • Full PCB design capability including design, layout, and prototype testing
  • Altium and PCAD PCB tools including schematic capture, spice, and board layout
  • High speed Analog and Digital pattern generation
  • High voltage digital signal isolation to 15KV
  • LTCC design and layout (Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic)
  • Custom test fixtures and equipment

 

Work Experience:

 

1991 – present : Independent Consultant

Designed high speed digital circuits for use in large test systems. Designed ultra-low jitter Phase Locked Loops for use in high precision timing generators in ATE systems with 800MHz to 3200MHz clocks.  Designed high performance mixed analog and digital systems for various systems. Designed Robotic system for verification of system performance at the Test head. Designed ECL subsystems to customer specifications using Cadence Allegro CAD system on SUN workstations.  Awarded U.S. Patent for the design of the Input/Output system of a large digital Emulation System. Developed prototype pattern generator at 5.2 GB/s. Participated in the 1991, 1992, 1993 GaAs IC Symposium as an exhibitor.  Extensive use of PCAD design and layout software for complex multilayer pcbs, flex circuits, and LTCCs.

 

1984 - 1991 : OUTLOOK Technology, Campbell, CA

V.P. and Chief Scientist

Directed R&D and Advanced Product Development including both hardware and software engineers. Was the original founder of OUTLOOK and served on the Board of Directors. Responsible for market and product development and often involved in sales activities with major customers. Designed and developed high speed digital pattern generators up to 2 GB/s using ECL and GaAs ICs. Designed and developed high speed logic analyzers up to 500 MB/s including special designs for very wide memory applications (up to 300 channels wide) and very deep memory applications (2 MBytes deep at 250 MB/s).  Combined pattern generators and logic analyzers to develop a system for Cray Computer Co. for functional testing of GaAs ICs at 500 MB/s (40 pins). Used PCAD software for schematic capture and PCB layout of critical controlled impedance boards. Designed ECL ASICs using Fairchild 2000 and 2500 gate arrays. Specified the design of a Full Custom GaAs IC for a 3.5 GB/s Pin Driver using TriQuint Semiconductor.

 

1974 - 1984 Gould Inc. (Biomation Corp.), Cupertino, CA

Sr. Member of Technical Staff

Responsible for New Product definition and development. Designed and developed several high speed logic analyzers including the popular K100 and K101 products. Designed systems using ECL and CMOS logic, Motorola and Intel microprocessors. Twice received the 'Outstanding Scientific Achievement' award from Gould (the parent company).

 

1972 - 1974 Fairchild Semiconductor, Mountain View, CA

Sr. Design Eng., Automotive Applications

Developed proposals, designed analog and digital circuits, and evaluated designs for electronic ignition and electronic fuel injection systems.

 

1972 - 1972 Dirks Electronics, Sunnyvale, CA.

Design Eng.

Design Arithmetic processing logic for a special purpose business computer.

 

1968- 1972 Singer-Link, Sunnyvale, CA

Design Eng.

Digital Hardware for Radar Simulators used in Flight Simulators. Also did Software development for 2 years on a Raytheon minicomputer. One Patent.

 

1966 - 1968 Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Sunnyvale, CA

Engineer

Ground test equipment development. Antenna testing.