Engineering Assistant

TCAD DEVICE MODELLING ENGINEER

Research Expertise + Device Modelling + Master's Student

Talented Master of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering student with

extensive university research and project participation experience.

Meticulous and highly focused professional with passion for semiconductor

device modeling. Demonstrated skills in high-level languages, scripting

languages, electronic design automation tools, algorithm development

environments and microfabrication.

Skills and expertise include;

? C/C++ Languages ? Synopsys TCAD /Eagle ? PERL/TCL Scripting

Languages

? Data Analysis Software ? Microfabrication ? Device Modelling

? Electronics Engineering ? Master's Education ? Micromachining

Research

Knowledge of semiconductor device Physics, integrated microsensors and

actuators, integrated circuit technology, photonics, and LASER applications

in engineering.

EDUCATION

. Master of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering (Specialization:

Electronics Engineering), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC (September

2007 to Present).

. Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering,

AnnaUniversity, Chennai, India (2005).

. Advanced Diploma in Real Time Operating Systems, Cranes Varsity,

Bangalore, India (2006).

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

. Research Assistant, Institute of Microfabrication and Micromachining

Research (IMMR), Simon Fraser University (Spring 2009 to Present).

. Project: Investigating methods to enhance the sensitivity of various

multifinger photo gate active pixel sensor designs, using Synopsys

Sentaurus tool suite. Supervised by Prof. Glenn H Chapman & Prof. Ash

Parameswaran.

. Research Assistant, Center for Networking and Architecture Research,

Simon Fraser University (Spring 2008).

. Project: Using a novel cache memory monitoring tool CacheTrack to

optimize the performance of multicore processors by modelling the data

cache behaviour of an application. Supervised by Prof. Alexandra

Fedorova.

. Research Assistant, IMMR, Simon Fraser University (Fall 2007 to Spring

2008).

. Project: Developed a resonance based measurement technique for detecting

suspended iron nano particles. Supervised by Prof. Ash Parameswaran.

THESIS

. Thesis title: Optimization of multifinger photo gate active pixel sensors

using advanced two dimensional TCAD device simulations

. Multifinger photogate design for 0.18 m CMOS active pixel sensors was

developed and tested. Using advanced TCAD device simulations, the optimum

design for maximum sensitivity is currently being studied.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS

. Phanindra Kalyanam; "Using Synopsys Sentaurus TCAD software to design and

simulate the electrical characteristics of a PN junction diode", an

Application Note to the Canadian Microelectronic Corporation (CMC

Microsystems) (December 2009).

. Phanindra V R H Kalyanam, Glenn H Chapman, Ash M Parameswaran; "Enhanced

sensitivity achievement using advanced device simulation of multi-finger

photogate active pixel sensors". Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7536, 75360G (2010);

DOI: 10.1117/12.839157 (January 2010).

. Phanindra V R H Kalyanam, Glenn H Chapman, Ash M Parameswaran;

"Simulating enhanced photo carrier collection in the multifinger

photogate active pixel sensors". Proc. SPIE, Paper No.7875-7 (to be

presented on January 24th 2011).

REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS

. Jenny Leung, Michelle La Haye, Glenn H. Chapman, Jeff Liu, Phanindra

Kalyanam, M.Parameswaran; "The implementation and spectrum response

analysis of multi-finger photogate APS pixels". Proc. SPIE, Vol.

7249,724903 (2009); DOI: 10.1117/12.806110 (January 2009).

. K. Giroux, P. Kalyanam, N. Edelkhani, A. Khosla, B. Gray, M.

Parameswaran; "Resonance based measurement technique for the detection

of ferro magnetically tagged bio-molecules", accepted to The Canadian

Medical and Biological Engineering Society (CMBEC 32) (May 2009).

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