RF Engineer

Jean-Jacques DeLisle

**-** **** **. ******** NY, 11377 • ******************@*****.*** • 251-***-****

RF Engineer • Analog Engineer • MS Electrical Engineering

Competencies Include:

Innovative RF System Design, Test System Design, and Test Strategy Improvement

Multidisciplinary Prototype and Integrated Circuit Development

Optimal and Robust MIMO Control System Design and MATLAB/Simulink Modeling & Simulation.

EM Simulation, 3D CAD Modeling, and Component Manufacturing

Troubleshooting RF Assemblies and Subassemblies

Technology Investigation, Research, Technical Writing, and Media Campaign Design

Skills:

RF Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Microwave Circuit Design, Analog IC Design, Robust/Optimal Control System

Design, Multivariable Modeling, CAD, PCB Board Design, IC Layout, Matlab Modeling, Antenna Design, Amplifier

Design, Filter Design, DAC/ADC/DAQ Design, Technical Writing

Expertise (Software):

C, C++, Basic, LabView, Assembly, MATLAB, SIMULINK, SKILL, Cadence, UNIX, Mac, Windows, MS Office,

Quartus, PSpice, Google Docs, HFSS (Ansys HFSS Certification), Maxwell, Solidworks, ProE, GNU Radio, Adobe Tools

Expertise (Equipment):

Network Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, Signal Analyzer, Oscilloscope, Frequency Generator, SDR, PCI/PXI Test

equipment, PC-Driven DAQ boards, Solder Tools, Rapid Prototyping, Microcontroller, Power Supply, DMM

Experience:

Engineering Editor: Microwaves & RF Magazine [Nov, 2013 – Present New York, NY]

Curated the latest technology trends and product developments throughout the global Microwave & RF industry.

Hosted trade shows, webcasts, multi-organization campaigns to promote technology developments and audience

outreach.

Generated over 30% of web traffic (mwrf.com) and produced several top traffic driving content.

RF/Analog R&D Engineer: PPC/RIT [Nov, 2007 – Feb, 2013 Rochester, NY]

Designed, simulated, fabricated, and tested RF/Analog circuitry for embedded wireless sensor node technology.

Coordinated a team of multidisciplinary researchers in bringing a complex multi-sensor platform from concept to

functional prototype for PPC LTD

Patented work in the area of Near Field Antenna Structure Design and authored for peer reviewed scientific papers

on the subject.

IC Layout Engineer: Synaptics [Dec, 2010 – Jan, 2012 Rochester, NY]

Provided layout expertise and scripting for various IC design projects in the area of capacitive touch and display

chips.

Performed the preliminary design and implemented a fully automated DAQ board for Mixed Signal IC tests.

Projects:

Power extracting device and method of use thereof (Patent) US: 7850482 [Filed Dec, 2010]

A disk structure supporting electronic and RF components that harvests energy from a coaxial environment has been

designed. The disk structure is designed to acquire sensor information internal to a coaxial system and communicate

within the same coaxial system to a monitoring service for telecommunications transmission line health characterization

and study.

5 MSPS 7-bit Thermometer Decode Current Steering DAC

This paper discusses the design elements and preliminary performance of a 5 MSPS 7-bit Thermometer Decode Current

Steering DAC made in the AMI .5um CMOS process in the cadence environment. The DAC is specified to drive a 37.5

Ohm load with 30mA of current, with a single precision resistor to establish bias currents. Preliminary work shows that

the DAC demonstrates worst case INL less than 0.25LSB and worst case DNL less than 0.1LSB under process,

temperature, and rail voltage variations.

Robust Control Design & Simulation of A Step-Up/Buck-Boost DC/DC Converter

This paper discusses the design of a H loop shaping controller for a Step-Up/Buck-Boost DC/DC Converter. The

modelling of the converter, the controller design, and a MATLAB simulation are analyzed and reviewed. The resulting

robust controller enables the closed loop system to settle within 10% of the desired reference value within 1ms, has a Gain

Margin of 13.2dB at 7,410 rad/s, and maintains a phase margin of 159 degrees at 841 rad/sec. This robust controller

ensures that the CL system behaves as a reliable, responsive, and stable circuit while rejecting high frequency

disturbances.

Publications:

Chaware, V.V.; DeLisle, J.-J.; Kemp, J.T.; Montena, N.P.; Vaughan, R.D.; Ozbas, M.; Revelli, J.F.; Bowman, R.J.,

"Experimental Verification of a Passive Sensing Node for Monitoring RF Connector-Coaxial Cable System

Performance," Sensors Journal, IEEE, vol.14, no.6, pp.1754,1764, June 2014

DeLisle J.-J; “Design and Analysis of a UHF Transmission Line Coupler for Telemetry and Power Harvesting in a

Passive Sensor System,” ProQuest/UMI, February 2013

Education:

BS Electrical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology [2006-2011]

MS Electrical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology [2011-2013]

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