JEFF NIEHAUS

**** *********** ***** ( Champaign, IL 61822 217-***-**** (

abk5k7@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Electrical Engineer specializing in the definition, design,

characterization and product introduction of FPGA/ASIC/custom semiconductor

devices and digital electronic boards. Extensive experience working for

both Fortune 500 and startup technology companies. Highly detail-oriented

and analytical, effective in completing projects on time and meeting

product specifications. Work well individually or as part of a team.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HBM/SOMAT, Urbana, IL

Senior FPGA Engineer (2006-2009)

. Designed an FPGA device embedded inside a data acquisition board,

allowing market expansion into vehicle system performance testing in the

design of transportation equipment.

. Corrected FPGA timing issues which improved signal integrity on existing

products.

. Developed a Microsoft Excel-based power estimator which allowed customers

to determine the power consumed for unique product configurations.

. Enhanced board designs and found suitable suppliers to replace near-

obsolete parts, ensuring ongoing manufacturability.

. Utilized a combination of oscilloscopes, multi-meters and spectrum

analyzers to successfully debug and characterize electronic boards.

. Teamed with analog design engineer and technical writer to provide

customers with documented product line specifications.

. Collaborated with large equipment manufacturer to jointly develop of a

Matlab based software simulator which modeled the output of the

analog/digital data acquisition board.

. Designed digital and analog filters for signal re-sampling, anti-

aliasing, and DAC output smoothing.

. Synthesized digital filter and embedded into Altera FPGA devices.

COHERENT LOGIX, Austin, TX

Senior Design Engineer (2005-2006)

. Specified the digital signal processor's micro instruction set, working

with software team to ensure compatibility with the code execution

results.

. Partitioned the logic among the pipeline stages, maximizing data

throughput.

. Defined, simulated and implemented hardware for floating point

instructions.

. Designed, simulated and verified the logic using the ASIC technology

specific standard cells.

CONFORMATIVE SYSTEMS (Acquired by Intel), Austin, TX

Senior Design Engineer (2004)

. Designed FPGA code for a hardware XML accelerator.

THOMAS FITZGERALD, Patent Attorney, Rochester, NY

Contract Technical Writer (2003)

. Analyzed electronic schematics and authored the disclosure section of

patent on the ballast of a florescent light fixture.

. Researched prior patents to differentiate novelty of the invention.

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ESS TECHNOLOGY, Austin, TX

Senior Design Engineer and Senior Member of the Technical Staff (1997-2002)

. Redesigned DVD/MPEG II decoder for highest volume integrated circuit (IC)

product, increasing yield and reducing test time.

. Defined specifications of several new products including set-top box

video decoder ICs.

. Evaluated and purchased a soft-core MIPS processor and successfully

embedded within video processor IC.

. Developed embedded test circuitry for both memory and logic in support of

an integrated Design for Test (DFT) methodology.

CIRRUS LOGIC, Dallas/Austin, TX

Senior Design Engineer (1991-1997)

. Designed audio processor ICs for the 5.1 surround-sound Dolby-digital

home theater market.

. Designed and supervised IC layout of a mixed signal NTSC/PAL TV encoder.

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, Austin/Dallas, TX

Senior Member of the Technical Staff (1975-1991)

. Performed as a senior member of the technical staff at Texas Instruments

in Dallas and Austin, TX, defining and developing digital and mixed

signal integrated circuits. Served on various committees and oversaw

grant programs.

. Managed design team which produced world's first 5 ns Programmable Array

Logic Device (PAL), leapfrogging the competition and setting a new

performance standard for speed, ground bounce signal integrity, and line

drive strength.

. Architected company's first floating point integrated circuits.

EDUCATION

University of Illinois, Urbana IL

. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

. Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Computer Operating Systems/Programming Languages: Windows, Unix/ Linux, C,

Fortran, shell scripts, Matlab

Computer Aided Design Programs: RTL (Verilog and VHDL) - Logic synthesis

tools (Synopsys, Quartus, ISE); Schematic capture tools(Mentor Graphics,

Orcad); Circuit evaluation tools (SPICE, HSPICE, Primetime, Debussy,

TimeMill, PowerMill))

Desktop Applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio

SELECTED PATENTS

. US 6,385,704, "Accessing Shared Memory Using Token Bit Held by Default in

a Single Processor, May 7 2002.

. US 6,041,339, "Efficient Decimation Filtering", Mar. 21, 2000.

. US 4,916,651, "Floating point processor architecture", Jan 29 1988.

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