Engineer Quality
Resume:
Loc The Vu
Antioch, CA 94531
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QUALIFICATION SUMMARY
RF, microwave, antenna, and fiber-optic communications
EDA Tools: SystemVue, OptiSystem, ADS, SpectreRF, HFSS, XFdtd, IE3D, PCAAD,
PathLoss, EDX SignalPro, Smith V3.10, OrCAD, MultiSim, and Altium Designer
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
10/2008 - 03/2010 Alliant Techsystems Inc., Plymouth, MN
Principal RF Design Contractor
. Designed and tested 500 MHz bandwidth for C-band transmitter,
receiver, and dual-patch antennas of FMCW radar for proximity
sensors. Also included passive and active band-pass filters, and
amplifiers for IF stage
. Designed target indicator for proximity sensors
. Redesigned 31.5KW of 18V and 140V lithium-ion battery management
systems from COTS to radiation hardness components and thermal
analysis for Launch Abort Systems, Orion, NASA
1999 - 2008 Top-Vu Technology Inc., Saint Paul, MN
Principal RFIC & OEIC Design Contractor
. 1 GHz bandwidth S-band receiver and transmitter on chip (RoC & ToC)
for radar applications with IBM 7HP SiGe BiCMOS 0.18 (m process
o Receiver: low noise amplifier (LNA), buffer, distributed tunable
band-pass filter (BPF), passive mixer with splitters and
combiner, distributed tunable low pass filter (LPF), voltage
control amplifier (VGA), and multi-band voltage control
oscillator (VCO)
o Transmitter: class A and AB distributed power amplifier (PA),
and driver
. 40 Gbps (OC-768) optical transceiver with CMOS, SiGe and InP
technologies
o Electronic Equalizer: transversal filter (TF), decision feedback
equalizer (DFE)
o Receiver: transimpedance amplifier (TiA) for PIN photodiode,
limiting amplifier (LiA), voltage control oscillator (VCO),
phase locked-loop (PLL), clock & data recovery (CDR), and 1-to-
16 demultiplexer (DeMux)
o Transmitter: 16-to-1 multiplexer (Mux), duo-binary, and
modulator driver
. Sigma-delta analog to digital converter (ADC) for micromachined
piezoelectric accelerometer
. GaAs MESFET dual-slope analog to digital converter for infrared
sensors
1987 - 1999 Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Senior Hybrid and D/E Quality Engineer
. Multi Chip Modules for 4.3GHz transmitter, 4.3GHz receiver, and 4.3GHz
voltage control oscillator, Stinger, LOCUSP, RIMU, Tri-Ballast, and
Tri-PLC per Mil-H-38534.
. Overall programs' quality for Mil-Star GG1320RH, Integrated Flight
Management Units GAT/GAM GG1532BG
. Measured responsivity, dark current, capacitance, and rise/fall time
for photovoltaics with 632nm wavelength laser beam and infrared
detectors
. Tested analog and digital ICs per Mil-M-38510 and Mil-Std-883;
transistors and diodes per Mil-S-19500 and Mil-Std-750; capacitors per
Mil-Std-198, resistors per Mil-Std-199; relays per Mil-R-39016,
crystal oscillators per Mil-O-55310
. Analyzed circuit applications and provided failure analysis of piece
parts
. Correlated test methods and verified specifications of components with
suppliers, and issued vendor corrective action registers for non-
compliance
1986 - 1987 EMPI Inc., Fridley, MN
Reliability Engineer
. Analyzed and tested medical devices: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve
Stimulators (TENS), and Continuous Passive Motion (CPM)
. Designed a torque test-fixture
. Qualified and tested analog, digital, and discrete components
1984 - 1986 3M Co., Saint Paul, MN
Technical Aide
. Redesigned the output driver circuits for Magnetometer of Vehicle
Detection System, Model 202/222
. Redesigned Loop-Detector tester, Series 200/400
EDUCATION
1. Graduate Courses from the University of Minnesota: VLSI Design,
Heterojunction Microwave Devices, and Microwave Circuits
1. Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Technology, University
of Minnesota, 1985
2. Baccalaureate in Electronics (3 years study), Cao Thang Technical High
School, Viet Nam
PUBLICATIONS
3. L.T. Vu, P.C. Nguyen, T.T. Vu, T.K. Quach, E.A. Roseboro, A.G.
Mattamana, T.R. Powell, P.M. Watson, L.P. Orlando, C.L. Cerny, G.L.
Creech, and T. James, "Some RF Front-End Components for Receiver-On-
Chip," 6th VACETS Technical International Conference, pages IV-15 to
16, Milpitas CA, 4 June 2005.
4. T.T. Vu, L.T. Vu, and P.C. Nguyen, "Wireless Radio Frequency, Wireline
and Fiber-Optic Communication Transceiver for Mixed Sensor Systems,"
Air Force Research Laboratory Mixed-Signal Seminar at Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base, Dayton Ohio, 25 pages, 25-27 June 2003.
5. T.T. Vu, P.C. Nguyen, L.T. Vu, C.H. Nguyen, M.D. Bui, A.C. Nguyen, and
J.N.C. Vu, R. Harjani, L.L. Kinney, K.K. Parhi, D.L. Polla, R.
Schaumann P.J. Schiller, and M.S. Shur "Gallium Arsenide Based
Microsensors Systems," Government Microcircuit Applications Conf.
Digest, 16-19 March 1998. Received Best Paper Award in 1999.
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