Job application - Sr. Application Engineer
Resume:
Lu, Yang
Brooklyn, NY *****
USA
Email：**********@*****.***
Phone: (Mobile) 001-718-***-****
Highly Motivated engineer with power electronics; Good self-management skills; Personal ownership of the product's development; Aptitude with schematic capture and simulation tools; Ability to work independently as a project lead; A good understanding of process technology and semiconductor physics; Creative problem solving ability and troubleshooting skills; Ability to floor plan and supervise layout. Experience of lab test, evaluation and debug. IEEE student member.
Core Competencies:
4 years of experience in analog and mixed-signal power management ICs and system design: DC-DC converters, LDOs (Low Dropout Linear Regulators), display drivers, switching regulator, power supply controllers, charge pumps using 0.25um BCD 40V, 0.5um CMOS and 0.6um BCDMOS technologies.
Strong familiarity with power supply system, small signal techniques, loop compensation, bipolar/MOSFET device theory, and the design of analog building blocks such as OP amps, comparators, Precision voltage and current references, low-power oscillators, trans-conductance amplifiers, etc. Participating in developing a range of design skills, simulation, layout supervision, and laboratory characterization; Experience with Cadence schematic entry.
Work Experience:
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT@ Boston Design Center)
•Analog Design Engineer..………...…………...…………….…...………05/2008 - 05/2009
12/2008 - 05/2009: “High efficiency PWM/PSM Buck regulator”
Designed high efficiency step-down regulator which is able to work both at PWM and PSM (Power Saving Modulation) to obtain best efficiency for a wide range of load conditions. It is able to deliver 0.75V - 3.7 V/400mA for output from a single battery voltage.
05/2008 - 12/2008: “PWM and PFM Boost WLEDs Driver (Maximum 10 LEDs)”
Designed PWM&PFM boost white LEDs driver with 0.25um BCD 40V technology. It powers two strings 10 LEDs each at 20mA. 32V output is boosted from 3.6V battery voltage. Averaged efficiency is over 80% when led current ranges from 3mA to 50mA. It is integrated with a class-D amplifier together on one chip.
Chengdu Sino Microelectronics System Co. Ltd. (Chengdu, CHINA)
•Analog Design Engineer…………………...………………………………… 03/2007 - 08/2007
Designed Power management IC (PWM buck regulator) for commercial contact.
Analog Microelectronics, Inc. (Chengdu, CHINA)
•Analog Design Engineer…………………...………………………………… 06/2004 - 02/2007
02/2006 - 03/2007: “Low-Noise, 5.5V-Input, PWM Step-Down Regulator”
Designed low noise PWM step-down regulator. It powers logic and transmitters in small wireless systems such as cellular phones, communicating pads, and handy-terminals. It can deliver over 600mA. The output voltage can be adjusted from 1.25V to VIN with the input range of +2.7V to +5.5V.
06/2005-07/2006: “A Multiple-Output Power-Supply Controller for LCD Monitor”
Designed a Multiple-Output Power-Supply Controller for LCD Monitor with 0.6um BCD 40V (Bipolar/CMOS/DMOS) technology. It includes a high-efficiency (2MHz) & fixed-frequency step-down regulator, three linear regulator controllers and a programmable startup sequence. Its applications are for LCD Monitors and TVs, Automotive LCDs.
06/2004 -05/2005: “1×/1.5× Charge Pump for LEDs driver”
Designed and fabricated 1×/1.5× Charge Pump for LEDs driver with 0.6um BCD technology. By utilizing proprietary adaptive 1×/1.5× modes and ultra-low-dropout current regulators, it maintains 92% high efficiency over the full 1-cell Li+ battery input voltage range and drives up to four white LEDs with regulated constant current for uniform intensity.
Academic Research Experience:
•Power Electronics Group, New York University
Dynamic Voltage Scaling controller with integration of inductor Fall 2008 - present
Designed 100MHz dynamic voltage scaling controller by MOSIS 0.5um CMOS technology. Controller steps down a 5V battery to 1.8-1.2V/500mA (5MHz) dynamic voltage by utilizing one-cycle control and voltage control mode with type 3 compensation. Application is dynamic voltage supply of power amplifier.
Energy harvesting and power management system for wireless sensor network. Fall 2007 - Fall 2008
Implemented a energy harvester from piezoelectric generator to power wireless sensor network. AC power which is generated from piezoelectric device is converted to DC output (2.5V/100mA) by a full-wave bridge rectifier with one buck regulator. Power is generated to charge super-capacitor.
•University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
High frequency and low ripple step-down converter. Fall 2006
High-order temperature compensated current reference generator Fall 2005
Owning a patent about high-order temperature-compensated current reference circuit as 1st inventor. The temperature coefficient can be realized as 0.7ppm/ºC at 1.8V power supply. And it was published in 2006.
Charge pumps for LED driver. Fall 2004
Patent and Publications:
•Integrated Controller For Ultra High Frequency Power Converters…………….……..< Electronics Letters> 1st author Under Review
•Integrated Controller for a 100 MHz DC-DC Switching Converter…………….……..<2008 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems> 1st author Publication in 12/2008
•100 MHz DC-DC Switching Converter with Tracking Control…………..……<The 34th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society> 2nd author Publication in 11/2008
•A 1.8-V 0.7ppm/C High Order Temperature-Compensated CMOS Current Reference……………<Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing > 1st author Publication in 09/2007
•Negative Temperature Compensated Current Generator and Temperature Compensated Current Reference…………………………….. Patent 1st inventor Published in 01/2006
Educations:
New York University, New York………......…..……………………………………..…. NYU, U.S.A.
Ph.D. student in Power Management IC design.
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu…………… UESTC, P. R. China
M.S. in Microelectronics, finished in 03/2007.
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu……………UESTC, P. R. China
B.S. in Microelectronics, finished in 06/2003.
Computer Proficiencies:
☉HSPICE ☉PSPICE ☉Cadence ☉LTspice
☉Unix ☉eProduct Designer ☉DxDesigner (ViewDraw) ☉VHDL
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