University of Minnesota
Analog Group Alumni
Post-Docs
- Martin Sturm, Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 (currently at Allegro, Co) [Linkedin]
Ph.D. Degree
- Rongtai Wang
(currently at Rosemount Inc., Minnesota)
Research Topic: Suppression of Acoustic Feedback in Hearing Aids: System
and Circuit Design, June 1995
- Feng Wang
(currently at RFMD, NC --> Now @ Huawei, NC) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Optimal Design of Modulators for Oversampled Converters,
March 1997
- Jonghae Kim,
(currently at Quallcomm, San Diego, California)
Research Topic: CMOS Transceiver Design for Short Range Wireless
Telemetry, April 2001
- Wooyoung Choi,
(currently at Rosemount Inc., Minnesota)[Linkedin]
Research Topic: Optimal Test-Set Generation for Analog Sampled-Data
Systems, December 2001
- Liang Dai,
(currently at Qualcomm, San Diego, California) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Design of High Performance VCO for Communication Systems,
April 2002
- Yongwang Ding,
(currently at Qualcomm, San Francisco, California) [Linkedin]
Research Topic, Linear RF CMOS Circuit Design, June 2004
- Kavita Nair (currently
at IBM, New York) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: High-Speed High-SFDR Data Converters for Wireless Basestations, August 2004
- Byunghoo Jung
(currently at Purdue University, Indiana) [website]
Research Topic: High-Speed Analog RF Front-End Circuit Design, December
2004
- Frank Dropps (currently
at Qlogic, Minnesota) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: High Speed, High Resolution and High SFDR
Analog-to-Digital Converter Architecture and Design, May 2006
- Kin-Joe Sham
(currently Vice President of Research & Development at
OrthoCor Medical, Minnesota) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Crosstalk Mitigation Techniques in High-Speed Serial
Links, April 2009
- Liuchun Cai (currently
at Data Sciences International, St. Paul, Minnesota) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Advanced Architectures for Next Generation Wireless
Integrated Circuits, May 2009
- Narasimha Lanka (Currently
with Intel, Santa Clara, CA) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Fast Hopping Frequency Synthesis Techniques using
Injection Locking
- Mahmoud Reza Ahmadi (currently
at AMD, Boston) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Future Generation Architectures and Circuits for
High-Speed I/O Links, April 5th, 2010
- Satwik Patnaik
(currently at Intel, Oregon) [Linkedin]
Circuits for Multi-Antenna Communication Systems, Sept 15, 2010
- Shubha Bommalingaiahnapallya (currently at Intel, Or) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Realizing Analog Circuits in Digital Processes, May 4,
2011
- Taehyoun Oh
(Currently at IBM, NY), [Linkedin]
Research Topic: MIMO Crosstalk Cancellation & Signal Reutilization
Architecture for High-Speed I/Os, May 8, 2012
- Jaehyup Kim
(currently at Qualcomm, San Diego, CA), [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Design of CMOS micro-NMR ICs, June 6, 2011
- Bodhisatwa Sadhu
(Currently at IBM, T.J. Watson Labs, NY) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Circuit Techniques for Cognitive Radio Frontends, June 27,
2012
- Martin Sturm (Currently
doing a Post Doc at UofM, Analog Design Group)[Linkedin]
Passive Switched-Capacitor Filter Design, Analysis, and optimization for
Wideband Spectrum Sensing, January 30, 2013
- Sudhir Kudva
(Currently at NVIDIA, NC)[Linkedin]
High Efficiency, Low Cost Fully Integrated DC-DC Converter Solution, April
4, 2013
- Mohammad Elbadry (Currrently at
Qualcomm, CA)[Linkedin]
Quadrature
Frequency Synthesis for Wideband Wireless Transceivers
- Sachin Kalia (Currently at Intel, OR) [Linkedin]
Circuit Design Techniques for Wideband
Phased Array, June 2015
- Rakesh Kumar Palani (Currently at Broadcom, CA) [Linkedin]
Design
of PVT Tolerant Inverter Based Circuits for Low Supply Voltage, June 2015
- Ashutosh Mehra (Currently at Medtronic, MN) [Linkedin]
Ultra-Wideband
Transceiver Design and Optimization, June 2015
- Mustafijur Rahman (Currently at Qualcomm, CA), [Linkedin]
Design of Low Power Integrated Radios, June 2016
- Anindya Saha, (Currently at
Intel Corp, CA) [Linkedin]
Data Conversion Techniques for Next Generation Communications, Dec 2017
- Xingyi
Hua,
(Currently at Skyworks, CA) [Linkedin]
Power Management Techniques for Supercapacitor Based IoT
Applications, Jan 2018
- Qingrui
Meng,
(Currently at Skyworks, IA)[Linkedin]
Circuit Technique for Multiple and Wideband Beamforming, June 22, 2018
- Saurabh
Chaubey, (Currently @Analog Devices,
Colorado) [Linkedin]
Circuit Techniques for Efficient Integrated Power Management in Standard
CMOS”, August 06, 2018
- Naser
Mousavi, “Ultra Fast
Frequency Hopping Transceiver Design and Implementation for Secure
Wireless Communications ”, August 25th 2019 (@Maxlinear, CA)
- Zhiheng
Wang,
“From Stochastic to Unary Computation: Filter Applications”,
November 11, 2019(@Qualcomm, CA)
- Shiva
Zamali-Zavareh, “Jitter Suppression
Techniques for Communication Systems”, December 2, 2019 (@Micron,
MN)
M.S. Degree
- Brian Blow (@
Medtronic, MN)[Linkedin]
Research Topic: Micromachined Silicon Architecture
Using Capacitive and Piezoelectric Sensing Techniques, April 1992
- Nga Nguyen, ()
Research Topic: Design and Analysis of a CMOS Voltage Regulator, June 1993
- Sarika Agarwal (@ BAE
System, CA) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Performance Modeling of Algorithmic and Successive
Approximation A/D Converters, March 1994
- Jianfeng Shao (@ Intel, CA)
Research Topic: Macromodeling of Analog Circuits
for Hierarchical Circuit Design, June 1994
- Thomas Lee (currently
at DSP Group, MN)[Linkedin]
Research Topic: Feedforward Residue Compensation for Reducing Tones in
Sigma-Delta Modulators, May 1995
- Andrew Cable (@
Intel, AZ --> now @ LSI Logic, MN) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: A 6-Bit 40MHz CMOS Current-Mode Subranging
A/D Converter, June 1995
- Nicholas Stessman (@
Boston Scientific, MN) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: System Level Design for Test in Analog Circuits, July 1995
- Ronald Vincent Jaworski (@ Maxim in Oregon) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Analog Implementation of the FDTS Detection Algorithm for
Magnetic Recording, October 1995
- Xin Wang (@ AMD)
Research Topic: Analog Control Unit for a New KBAFC Hearing Aid, March
1996
- Oyvind Birkenes (@ TI,
Norway) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: CMOS Circuits for Short Range Wireless Communications,
July 1997
- Mike Butenhoff (@ Agere, MN --> now @ TI, MN) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: A 200MHz Fixed-Delay Tree Search Tau=1 Detector for
Disk-Drive Applications, July 1997
- Marius Dina, (@ TI,
Minnesota) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: High Speed Timing Recovery Circuit for Disk-Drive
Applications, July 1997
- Ray Barnett (@ TI,
Minnesota) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Analog Implementation of High Speed Signal Equalization
for Disk-Drive Data Detection, July 1997
- YuQing Yang (@ TI, Texas) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Low Power, Oversampled, Sensor Interface Electronics, 1998
- Wooyoung Choi, (@
Emerson Performance Technologies, MN) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Analyzing On-chip Test Techniques for Switched Capacitor
Circuits using pFEAT, April 1998
- Kavita Nair, (@
IBM, NY) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Compact, Ultra Low Power Continuous Time GM-C Filter
Design, June 1998
- Liang Dai, (@
Qualcomm, CA) [Linkedin]
"Switch Opamp based CMOS Sample-and-Hold
Circuit Design", November, 1998
- Yongwang Ding, (@
Silicon Labs, TX --> @ startup in Shanghai --> Qualcomm, CA) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: An Imbedded Strain Gage Interface Circuit, June 1999
- Jeremy Kuehlwein, (@ TI,
MN) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: CMOS Reader for Disk Drive MR Preamplifier, 1999
- Ron Alan Balczewski (@
Boston Scientific, MN) [Linkedin]
Capacitive Power Converters: Framework, Design & Analysis, April 2000
- Douglas Warren Dean (@ TI,
MN) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: A 1 GHz Differential to Single-Ended Instrumentation
Amplifier, May 2000
- Zixiang Yang
(currently at Motorola, Florida)
Research Topic: A Passive Wireless in vivo Transponder Design
- Erik H. Lange (currently
at NVE, MN)
Research Topic: A 15-Bit CMOS Feedforward Residue Compensated A/D
Converter, August 2000
- Randolf B. Hieneke, (@ IBM, MN) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: A Low-Voltage Integrated Class AB CMOS Amplifier, July
2002
- James Keoppe (@ RFMD, CA) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Enhanced Analytic Noise Model for RF CMOS Design, December
2004
- Shubba Bommalingaiahnapallya, (currently pursuing Ph.D.) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: N-Tone Sigma-Delta Analog-to-Digital Converters, December
2004
- Yi-Hung Tseng, (@ LSI
Logic, MN) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Ultra Low Power UWB Impulse Radio Design, April 2005
- Jayant Parathasarathy, (@ Nonin
Medical Inc., MN)[Linkedin]
Research Topic: Novel Integratable Passive Notch
Filter Implementation for RF Image Rejection, November 2005
- Dustin Steffenson, (@ LSI Logic, Colorado) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: 20 Gbps Clock-Recovery Circuit
Implementation in a 90nm Silicon CMOS Process Technology, February 2006
- Shen Dong, (@ Sigrity, Inc, California) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Impact of Discontinuity on High-Speed Interconnect Design,
August 2006
- Umaikhe Eberechukwu Omole (ExxonMobil @ Lagos, Nigeria, Africa) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: A Multi-band Voltage Controlled Oscillator for OFDM Based
Cognitive Overlay Systems, June 2007
- Joshua John Wibben, (@
Polar Semiconductor Inc., Minnesota) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: A High Efficiency On-Chip Power Supply
·
Emily Carroll, “High
Frequency Wide bandwidth mixer-first receiver design”, April 2019 (@Medtronics, MN)
Others
- Kang Ning, (M.S. level)(@UCSD, CA)[Linkedin]
Research Topic: Ultra-Low Power Analog Design, May 2015
- Jackson Harvey (Ph.D level)(abd) (currently at DSPG, Minnesota) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Designing ultra-low-power wireless transceivers
- Hongu-Li (M.S. level) [Linkedin]
- Chris Zillmer (M.S. level)(abd) (@ Medtronic, Minnesota) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: A compact, low power, integrated temperature sensing
system
- Michael J. Gaboury (M.S.
level)(abd)(@ Polar Semiconductor Inc,
Minnesota) [Linkedin]
Research Topic:
- Ming-Ta Hseih (M.S. level)(plan b)(@)
Research Topic:
- Deepak Haran (M.S. level)(plan b)(@) [Linkedin]
Research Topic:
- Jeffrey D. Loukusa (M.S.
level)(plan b)(@) [Linkedin]
Research Topic:
- Eric Severson (Senior honors) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Ultra Compact
DC-DC Converter
- Zain Asgar (@ Nvidia, CA) [Linkedin]
Research Topic: Network on a Chip