ZOLTAN
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KEY SKILLS
Analog and Mixed signal Design : VCO, PLL, CMOS, Current Mode Logic, DFE.
CAD tools: Cadence, Eldo, OCEAN, DRC/LVS Calibre tools.
Good expertise in high speed SERDES.
Digital design: VHDL/VHDLams.
Programming languages : C/C++ ; Assembler.
Lab equipment : Oscilloscope, spectrometer.
Operating systems : Windows, UNIX/LINUX
Fast learner and team player.
Efficient under challenging circumstances.
Adaptable in multicultural environments.
Good oral and written communication skills.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
STMicroelectronics, Ottawa, Canada February 2009 – August 2011
Analog and mixed signal Designer
Worked on dedicated circuits for custom high speed serial links (SERDES) in IBM CMOS
32nm Low Power Technology.
- Design, Layout, and Verification of an LCVCO in the range of 5GHz to 10GHz.
- Layout and Verification of various CML and CMOS circuitry such as CML Latches,
Phase Interpolator, CML to CMOS Converter, Frequency Divider or Shift Register.
- Functional verification of DFE and PLL for critical path and stability
- Extensive team work correlating the silicon performances seen in the lab with
simulations.
STMicroelectronics, Crolles, France March 2008 – January 2009
Analog and mixed signal Designer (intern)
Worked on circuits for high speed serial links dedicated to SATA and PCIexp Standards.
- Verification on designs in CMOS 65nm Low Power technology from
STMicroelectronics such as CMOS high speed frequency divider, CML buffers and
latches.
- Design layout and verification of a 2/3 programmable CML frequency divider in IBM
CMOS 32nm Low Power Technology.
IMS laboratory, Bordeaux, France May 2007 – August 2007
Analog and mixed signal Designer (intern)
Worked on integrated circuits design for analog processor based on voltage sample (SASP)
dedicated to software define radio, in the STMicroelectronics CMOS 65nm Low Power
Technology.
- Design and verification of a analog voltage sample summer.
- Design and verification of a analog voltage sample weighting circuit.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Ecole National Supérieure d’Electronique, d’Informatique, et
de Radiocommunication de Bordeaux, Electronic department.
Bordeaux, France. See www.enseirb-matmeca.fr/en
2005- 2008
The electronic department is mainly providing education about discrete and integrated circuits
(System, architecture, model, and test and verification wise) for analog and digital systems,
telecommunication systems, signal processing, and embedded systems.
M.Sc. Eng., Analog and digital Electronic, major in Microelectronics.
Atelier Interuniversitaire de Micro-nano-Electronique
Toulouse, France
Novembre 2007
Training in white room: Introduction to CMOS etching process on 3 inches wafers.
Lycée Louis Thuillier
Amiens, France
2002 - 2005
3 years of intensive Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry class preparing for the selective
entrance examination of French engineering schools (CPGE).
The main fields of study were algebra and analysis in Mathematics, solid and fluid mechanics,
electromagnetic, geometric and wave optics in Physics, analytical and organic chemistry,
crystallography and electronic band structure in Chemistry.
Lycée La Providence
Amiens, France
1999 - 2002
Graduated from high school with distinction (French Baccalauréat diploma), in scientific
section, major in engineering science.
LANGUAGE
French: Mother tongue
English: Fluent
German: Basic notion
Japanese: Basic notion