Greater Munich Metropolitan Area
Analog/mixed-signal integrated circuit designer with a career in leading-edge R&D. Specialties: Analog, mixed-signal IC design, oscilloscope amplifiers, sample & hold amplifiers, analog/digital converters, folding & interpolation, mixers, vector modulators, neuromimetic, SiGe, bipolar, BiCMOS, Cadence, Verilog, systemVerilog, AMS, Spectre, Spice, Matlab, C/C++
Architect and lead designer of an 8-bit 10GS/s analog/digital converter. Architect and lead designer of a 16GHz oscilloscope front-end module (variable-gain amplifier, sampler). Key design contributions to other high-frequency mixed-signals ICs for test & measurement applications. Key design contributions to a 22GHz IQ modulator for signal generator applications.
Member of the Mixed-Signal Design & Test Department at Agilent Labs. Advanced R&D in the field of analog IC design applied to high-speed serial data communication. Electronic dispersion compensation, equalization, optical switching using liquid crystal.
Analog VLSI design related to image sensors.
* Design of a visual sensor exploiting movements and vibrations for high-resolution image sensing. This sensor includes a mixed-signal integrated circuit, mechanical parts, focusing optics and discrete electronics. * Design of a MEMS gyroscope intended for flight control of tiny air vehicles.
* Leader of a research project resulting in the successful development of a system emulating the functionality of a moving eye. The system includes optical devices, mechanical components, analog VLSI image sensors and analog VLSI control chips. * Research project resulting in successful micropower analog VLSI implementations of fuzzy logic operators and fuzzy controllers.