NIKHILA MIRIYALA
C: 816-***-**** ****************@*****.***
Summary
Seeking entry-level positon/co-op in ASIC/SoC design. Design and Verification experience with Digital IC’s Professional Experience
PG Diploma in Physical design and SoC Integration, Shastra Microsystems Jan’16 – Jun’16 Course Complete ASIC Design Flow, Floorplan, Power plan, Placement, Timing Analysis, Congestion Analysis, Clock Tree Synthesis, Routing, Physical Verification & Sing Off Analysis [IR, SI, EM, Power] with real time examples. Project “Block level design of LEON in 45nm”
Technical Lab Assistant, University of Missouri Kansas City Oct’14 – May’16 Role Assisting students with Technical tools and Software usage (Cadence, MS-Office) Solving technical problems both hardware and software Built team work skills and demonstrated strong, influential relationships with Internationals Highlights
Relevant Courses:
VLSI Design
Analog IC Design
Mixed IC Design
Verilog HDL Design
Nanoscale devices
&manufacturing
Advanced VLSI
Physical design
Computer Architecture
Digital Signal Processing
Areas of Expertise:
CMOS IC design &
fabrication fundamentals
RTL to GDS II flow
Expert in Verilog, C and
Matlab
TCL, Perl, Csh Scripting
Experience on Unix/Linux
Work under minimal
supervision
Strong problem solving skills
EDA Tools:
Simulators
NCSim Questa Synapticad
Cadence
Virtuoso Spectre Encounter
Tempus RTLCompiler
Voltus
Synopsys
Primetime ICC HSPICE
Xilinx
Xilinx ISE Vivado
Education
MSEE University of Missouri Kansas City GPA: 3.3 May’16 BSEE Jawaharlal Nehru Tech University GPA: 3.7 May’13 Projects
Crosstalk Computation at 14nm and lesser nodes Apr’16
Explored transformative new ways to do computation using crosstalk
HSPICE verification of new logics and exploited CMOS Signal Integrity Issues Physical Implementation of Leon chip in 45nm Jan’16
Delivered complete error free Physical Design flow with timing clean and optimized area
Block Description:
Macro count – 4 Clock Frequency – 250MHz IO Pins – 1500 Instance Count – 35k Metal – 9 Physical Design and verification of DTMF chip Nov’15
Met the timing across all corners in very tight schedule, power planning to reduce IR drop. Required floor planning and P&R routing, CTS, timing analysis, and fixed LVS shorts and DRC and verified the same.
Block Description:
Macro count – 4 Clock Frequency – 200 MHz Instance Count – 6k Metal – 6 IO pins – 71 Design & Verification of AMBA AXI-AHB Bridge Sep’15
Designed the bridge in Verilog and verification is done in System Verilog on Xilinx FPGA board
Achieved Large scale design comprising 236 LUT FF pairs and minimum period of 1.682ns Heavy ion Irradiation simulation of 3D NAND flash memory cell Aug’15
Designed 3D NAND Flash Cell – a SONOS cell and observed simulation results in Sentaurus TCAD Designed Standard Cell Library NAND2, NOR2, XOR2, MUX2:1, OAI3222, AOI22, D-flop in 45nm Feb’15