Design Assistant

Yi Xue

Contact:352-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a full time position in RF/Analog Design and Test.

EDUCATION

University of Florida, MSEE, RF/Analog Circuit GPA:3.48/4.0 8/2010-4/2012

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, RA, Microwave Circuit 9/2009-3/2010

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, BE, Electronics GPA:3.4/4.0 9/2005-7/2009

COURSES

EEE6374 RF System

EEE5320 Bipolar Analog IC Design EEE5322 VLSI Circuits&Tech EEE6328C Microwave IC Design EEE6321 MOS Analog IC Design EEE6323 Advanced VLSI Design EEE5400 Future Microelectronics EEL5525 Fundamental Digital Signal EEL6935 RFIC

TECHNICAL SKILLS

RF/Analog Design: Cadence Spectre/Spice, Ansoft HFSS, Agilent ADS.

RF Test: Spectrum Analyzer, Oscilloscope, Signal Generator, BERT, Network Analyzer, Logic Analyzer.

PCB: Mentor Graphics PADS, Altium Designer.

Computer Language: C/Data Structure, Matlab, Linux.

EXPERIENCES

Research Assistant in High Speed Integrated Circuits Lab 1/2011-Present

Passive Imager System Design and Test

Validated and analyzed system by Power Meter, Logic Analyzer and Matlab was used to program instruments interface and data analysis.

Designed the verification PCB by PADS.

RF Antenna Design and Wireless Data Link Test

Designed a bonding wire antenna for a wireless non-coherent data link by HFSS.

Validated the data link’s performance by oscilloscope and BERT. Utilized Matlab to program instruments interface and process data results, setting up semi-automated test platform.

Designed the verification PCB by PADS.

CMOS Dicke Switch Test

Validated S-parameter by Agilent Network Analyzer platform.

Optimized measurement results by ADS load-pull and source-pull tool.

RF Divider Test

Validated the phase noise by spectrum analyzer.

Achieved time domain eye diagram by digital sampling oscilloscope.

Matlab was utilized to set semi-automated test platform and data analysis.

USB-SPI Adapter design

Developed a USB-SPI Adapter for lab’s IC testing project.

Interface Micro-Controller’s firmware was programmed by C.

Developed PCB by PADS.

Analog continuous-time Gm-C filter Design

Designed a baseband Gm-C filter with a wide electronically tunable range.

2.4 GHz RF Receiver front-end LNA Design

Designed a high gain and low noise figure LNA with current re-use technique by Cadence SpectreRF.

Research Assistant in Microwave Research Lab 9/2009-4/2010

UVF lumped element hybrid and IM generator for PA predistorter

Designed a 4-ports lumped element hybrid and used it to design an IM generator by ADS to improve IMD3.

Research Assistant in Key Lab of Electronic Thin Films&Integrated Device 7/2008-6/2009

RF LC filter

Designed LC bandpass filter on PCB. Designed a high frequency lowpass filter by ADS.

Validated S-parameter by Network Analyzer.

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