Engineering Electrical

SIMON SHEUNG YAN NG, PHD

Address: *** **** ****** ****, #**-01, Singapore, 218605

Tel: +65 94232635

Citizenship: British Citizen, Hong Kong Citizen, Canadian Permanent Resident

Email: *********@*****.***

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Ph.D.: Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio,

September 2009, Cumulative GPA 3.73/4.0, Dissertation Title: “A Continuous-time

Asynchronous Sigma Delta ADC for Broadband Wireless Receiver with Adaptive Digital

Calibration Technique”. Advisor: Professor Steven Bibyk.

M.S. : Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio,

December 2006, Cumulative GPA 3.7/4.0, Thesis Title: “Core Mixed Signal CMOS IPs

for Wireless Receiver”. Advisor: Professor Mohammed Ismail.

B.S. : Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio,

Summer 2005, Cumulative GPA 3.55/4.0, Cum Laude Honor.

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore, Scientist II, Technical and Project Leader in the

Department of Integrated Circuits and Systems (05/2010 – present)

• Lead a mixed signal IC design team in research and development of analog-to-digital

converters (ADC) and digital-to-analog converters (DAC) for embedded applications.

Research includes continuous-time sigma-delta ADCs, Nyquist-rate ADCs and high speed

high resolution DAC.

• Lead an analog design team to design and implement low-power and high performance

ASICs for various biomedical and communication application, including Micro-

electromechanical system (MEMS) sensor interface and high accuracy temperature sensors.

• Responsible for architecture selection, design and verification of complex analog and mixed

signal IP and system.

• Perform silicon evaluations to characterize the ASIC performance.

• Interact with customers regarding project proposal, specification, delivery items and

schedule.

• Organise peer review meeting and provide technical advice on ASIC related technical issues.

Freescale Semiconductor Inc, Internship (07/2008-04/2009)

• Perform research on Asynchronous Sigma Delta ADC for 4G wireless standard.

• Design and implement various analog and mixed signal circuit blocks for Asynchronous

Sigma Delta ADC, such as OTA, comparator and Time-to-Digital Converter.

Firstpass Technologies, Mixed Signal Design Engineer (04/2006-06/2008)

• Design and simulate various analog, mixed-signal and RF blocks for the wireless transceiver,

such as Down-conversion Mixer, Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) and Voltage Regulator.

• Perform various simulations on the wireless transceiver to ensure its overall performance.

Johnson Electric, Electronic Engineering II (05/2003-09/2004)

• Lead an electronic team in designing hardware and software for the machines for

manufacturing different electric motors.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

The Ohio State University, Research Assistant (2007-2008)

• Design and develop various RF and analog circuit blocks for broadband wireless receiver.

• Design continuous-time sigma delta ADC for broadband wireless receiver.

The Ohio State University, Research Assistant (2005)

• Design and develop the high speed Successive Approximation Register (SAR) ADC for ultra-

wideband wireless receiver.

Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Research Assistant (2001)

• Research on catastrophic fault analysis on 3-bit Digital to Analog Converter (DAC).

AWARDS

Member, National Scholars Honor Society (2007-present)

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Cum Laude Honor, Ohio State University, USA (summer 2005)

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Dean’s List, Ohio State University, USA (2004-2005)

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SRC Intel-funded master and phD student (2005-2009)

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PATENTS

Simon Sheung Yan Ng and Minkyu Je, “A Low Power High Resolution Relaxation

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Oscillator Based Sensor Interface Architecture,” US 2013/0063166, Mar 2013.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Jia Hao Cheong, Simon Sheung Yan Ng, Xin Liu, Rui-Feng Xue, Huey Jen Lim, Pradeep

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Basappa Khannur, Kok Lim Chan, Andreas Astuti Lee, Li Shiah Lim, Woo-Tae Park, and

Minkyu Je, “An Inductively Powered Implantable Blood Flow Sensor Microsystem for

Vascular Grafts,” IEEE Transactions of Biomedical Engineering, Vol 59, No 9, pp 2466-

2475, January, 2012.

Zhenguo Vincent Chia, Sheung Yan Simon Ng, Je Minkyu, “Current Mode Logic Circuits

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for 10-bit 5GHz High Speed Digital to Analog Converter,” accepted in International

Conference on Electrical, Computer, Electronics and Communication Engineering,

Singapore, September 2013.

Zhao Bin, Sheung Yan Simon Ng, “BIST circuit for testing a 5GHz High Speed DAC,”

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accepted in International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Electronics and

Communication Engineering, Singapore, September 2013.

Dan Lei Yan, He Jin, Zhao Bin, Sheung Yan Simon Ng, Je Minkyu, “A 10GHz Integer-N

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synthesizer for 5Gbps DAC application in 65nm CMOS,” accepted in International

Conference on Electrical, Computer, Electronics and Communication Engineering,

Singapore, September 2013.

Saisundar. S, Simon Ng Sheung Yan, Lim Huey Jen, Zhao Bin and Akira Yoshida, “11-bit

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6.5MS/s SAR ADC for wireless applications,” 2nd International Conference on Information

and Electronics Engineering (ICIEE 2012).

Lim Huey Jen, Simon Ng Sheung Yan and Je Minkyu, “Bandpass Continuous-Time Delta-

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Sigma Modulator for Wireless Receiver IC,” 2nd International Conference on Information and

Electronics Engineering (ICIEE 2012).

Chee Keong Ho, Simon Ng Sheung Yan and Jia Hao Cheong, Ferguson Noviar Endru and Je

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Minkyu, “Data Communication System for Sensorized Guidewire Application,” 2 nd

International Conference on Information and Electronics Engineering (ICIEE 2012).

Jia Hao Cheong, Chee Keong Ho, Simon Sheung Yan Ng, Rui-Feng Xue, Hyouk-Kyu Cha,

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Pradeep Basappa Khannur, Xin Liu, Andreas Astuti Lee, Ferguson Noviar Endru, Woo-Tae

Park, Li Shiah Lim, Cairan He, and Minkyu Je, “A Wirelessly Powered and Interrogated

Blood Flow Monitoring Microsystem Fully Integrated with a Prosthetic Vascular Graft for

Early Failure Detection,” IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (ASSCC), November,

2012.

Andreas Astuti Lee, Kok Lim Chan, Simon Sheung Yan Ng and Minkyu Je, “A Digital

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Programmable Sensor Interface Circuit for Wide Range Silicon Nanowire Pressure Sensor,”

accepted and presented in APSIPA Annual Submit Conference, Singapore, December, 2010.

Kok Lim Chan, Kei-Tee Tiew, Andreas Astuti Lee, Jianwen Luo, Simon Sheung Yan Ng and

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Minkyu Je, “A Tactile Sensor ASIC for a Sensorized Guidewire in Minimally Invasive

Surgical Operations,” IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (ASSCC), November,

2010.

Simon Sheung Yan Ng, and Steve B. Bibyk, “A Continuous-Time Asynchronous Sigma

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Delta ADC for broadband wireless receiver with Adaptive Digital Filtering Technique,”

Journal of Low Power Electronics, Vol 5, No 4, pp 509-519, December, 2009.

Simon Sheung Yan Ng, B. Jalali-Farahani, PengBei Zhang, and M.Ismail, “A low-voltage

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CMOS 5-bit 600MHz 30mW SAR ADC for UWB wireless Receivers,” presented in IEEE

Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2005.

• Simon Sheung Yan Ng, and M.Ismail, “A time-interleaved high speed SAR ADC for

Broadband Wireless Receivers,” presented in Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)

TECHCON, 2006.

DESIGN EXPERIENCE

Two high resolution low-pass CT sigma delta ADC for gyroscope sensor interface.

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Achieves 13 and 16 bit resolution with the bandwidth of 150/300 KHz.

Accurately tuned the coefficient of the loop filter with an improved calibration circuit.

Process: Global Foundries CMOS 0.18um

A high resolution narrow bandwidth band-pass CT sigma delta ADC for transceiver.

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Achieves 12 bit resolution (74dB SNR) with an oversampling of 128.

Accurately tuned the coefficient of the loop filter with an improved calibration circuit.

Process: Global Foundries CMOS 0.13um

Low Jitter High Stability Relaxation Oscillator for Tactile Sensor Interface

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Successfully improves 50% of periodic jitter without extra power and silicon area.

Operating at 100 kHz frequency with -150dB Figure of Merit.

Process: Global Foundries CMOS 0.18um

Tactile Sensor ASIC for sensorized guildwire in minimally invasive surgical operations.

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Achieves 7 bit resolution for the sensor resistance ranging between 20K to

800KOhm.

Consumes only 250uW and occupies an area of only 500um x 650um excluding pads.

Process: Global Foundries CMOS 0.18um

A 10 bit 20kHz R-2R Digital to Analog Converter (DAC)

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Combination of binary and unary architecture

20 kHz input signal frequency with 10 bits resolution.

Process: Tower Semiconductor CMOS 0.18um 1P4M.

An Asynchronous Sigma Delta ADC for a broadband wireless receiver

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Consumes 9.4mW power consumption under normal corners

Achieves 55dB SNR with 10MHz input signal bandwidth

Process: TSMC CMOS 90nm

BlueTooth v2.0 EDR transceiver

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Designed a Low Dropout (LDO) voltage regulators

Designed a 6 bit Pipeline ADC with 1MHz input signal bandwidth

Process: TSMC CMOS 0.18um

Gain and Linearity Calibrations for a down-conversion Gilbert-Cell Mixer

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Successfully improves Conversion Gain and linearity (ICP, IIP2 and IIP3).

Process: TSMC CMOS 0.18um

A SAR ADC for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Application.

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Achieves 5 bit resolution with 256 MHz input signal bandwidth

Process: TSMC CMOS 0.18um

PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Two high resolution low-pass CT sigma delta ADC for gyroscope sensor interface.

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Gyroscope sensor interface with collaborator from Shikino (Japan).

Process: Global Foundries CMOS 0.18um.

A tactile sensor for guildwire application in minimally invasive surgical operations.

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Biomedical application with collaborator from National University Hospital

(Singapore).

Process: Global Foundries CMOS 0.18um.

A 5GHz 10 bit Digital to Analog Converter (DAC).

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Military application with collaborator from Singapore Defence Science Laboratory.

Process: Global Foundries CMOS 65nm.

A high accuracy temperature sensor for automotive application.

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Automotive application with collaborator from Infineon (Singapore).

Process: Infineon CMOS 0.13um.

A high resolution low power SAR ADC for a narrow band transceiver.

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Narrow band communication application with collaborator from Cubic Micro

Engineering (Japan).

Process: Global Foundries CMOS 0.13um.

A high resolution narrow bandwidth band-pass CT sigma delta ADC for transceiver.

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Narrow band communication application with the collaborator from Cubic Micro

(Japan).

Process: Global Foundries CMOS 0.13um.

An improved ground fault indicator system (GFI).

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RELATED SOFTWARE

• Cadence, Spectre, SpectreRF, Ultrasim, Virtuoso, Virtuoso XL

• Mentor Graphics Software, ADS, Matlab

• H-Spice, P-Spice

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