Engineer Assistant

CHONG GON KIM, MSEE

***** ***** ******* ****** ~ Sterling, VA 20165

703-***-**** **********@*****.***

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, 2007

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tempe, Arizona

Master of Science, Electronic Engineering, 2001

INHA UNIVERSITY, Incheon, Korea

Bachelor of Science, Electronic Engineering, 1997

WONKWANG UNIVERSITY, Iksan, Korea

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tempe, Arizona 2006 - 2008

Research Assistant

• Operated and maintained the anechoic antenna chamber and related equipments

• Responsible for measuring the radiation performance of antennas

• Designed standard horn antennas for Ka-band antenna measurement

• Designed and fabricated diode detectors, achieving higher sensitivity and dynamic ranges up to 50GHz using MACOM Schottky diodes.

• Hand soldering and fabricating PCB patterns using etching process

• Handling test equipments, such as network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generator, lock-in amplifiers, multi-meters

RADIX, INC., Seoul, Korea 2000 - 2001

Associate Engineer

• Developed radar detectors.

• Designed a wideband high-gain patch antenna to replace an earlier, less streamlined horn antenna.

• Implemented a wideband low noise amplifier(LNA), voltage controlled oscillator(VCO), single diode mixer, and high gain amplifier

• Handled the Surface Mounted Device type components and assembled circuits

Intern (Summer 2000)

• Worked on a GaAs MMIC Down-converter Design and Measurement for CATV systems; a project supported by the Korean Ministry of Information and Communication.

• Designed a gilbert cell mixer using 0.5um Triquint GaAs process.

INHA UNIVERSITY, Incheon, Korea 1999 - 2001

Research Assistant

• Tested the Wireless Aeronautical Data Link Application System for the Korean CNS/ATM; an initiative supported by the Korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation.

• Designed and fabricated a broadband low noise amplifier using negative feedback circuitry.

KOREAN MILITARY, Cheolwon, Korea 1997 - 1999

First Lieutenant

• Served as a platoon leader in an Artillery Brigade.

• Operated radio relay stations

• Maintained AN/TPQ-36, 37 firefinder radars

PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

INTEGRATED ANTENNA-FILTER ELEMENTS FOR NOVEL PHASED ARRAY ARCHITECTURES

• Acted as a key resource during a DARPA-funded development of a beam-steered phased array operating at V-band (fc=44GHz).

o Proposed a new phased array scheme in which bandpass filters are integrated to antenna elements, reducing the area consumption and maintaining high performace requirements.

o Designed a 16-element antenna array using MEMS technology (fabricated by Rockwell Scientific).

o Designed a wave filter using a frequency selective surface(FSS) structures as a focusing lens.

94 GHZ ON-CHIP PHASED ARRAY

• Put forth the design of a 4 element antenna-filter integrated phased array operating at 94GHz.

o Designed the On-chip phased array using IBM 0.12um SiGe BiCMOS Process.

o Used 2D and 3D EM simulators to verify that the design scheme could be applied for the proposed on-chip phased array system.

COMPACT GAUSSIAN BEAM SYSTEM FOR MILLIMETER-WAVE ARRAY MEASUREMENTS

• Designed and implemented a compact quasi-optical Gaussian beam system for measuring frequency response of millimeter-wave materials, frequency selective surfaces, and antenna arrays.

o Developed wideband millimeter-wave focusing array antennas acting as wave adapters between the coaxial ports of the network analyzer and the wave ports defined between the input and output planes of the device being tested.

o Fabricated the Q-band (36GHz) and V-band (44GHz) wave-lenses utilizing FSS structures.

DESIGN OF ULTRAWIDEBAND FOCUSING ARRAYS USING PLANAR SUBSTRATE TECHNOLOGY

o Designed and implemented a ultrawideband focusing array covering from Ka band up to V band(25GHz~55GHz) using stacked planar substrates.

TECHNICAL SETS

Software: Anoft HFSS, Agilent ADS, Agilent MOMENTUM, CST Microwave Studio, SONNET, Cadence Spectre and SpectreRF, MATLAB, MathCAD, CoventorWare, Labview, AutoCAD, Solidworks

Hardware: HP8510C Vector Network Analyzer, Agilent E8361C PNA, Lock-in Amplifier, Wire bonder, Cascade Probe Station, Spectrum Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, Signal Generators, Multi-meters

WORK ELIGIBILITY

Work Status: Green Card

Languages: English, Korean

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