RF Engineer, WCDMA, RF/Microwave Propagation, Antenna, RF Transceiver

ANUSHA VIJAYARAGHAVAN

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Phone: 240-***-****; Email: *********@*****.***

http://www.linkedin.com/in/anushavijayaraghavan

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a design/test/application position in the field of Electrical engineering focusing on RF/Microwave systems engineering

WORK EXPERIENCE

RF/Microwave Engineer

• Simulation/design, testing and troubleshooting of rf/microwave circuits using Microwave office (AWR MWO/VSS) and SONNET

-Designing and testing switches (high power/high speed/broadband/reflective/absorptive) up to 15 GHz, couplers, bias tees, power dividers, filters etc.

• Involved in NPI: enabling better performance through prototyping, characterizing, verifying and finalizing the design

• Hands-on experience with network analyzers (Agilent 8720D/8722ES/N5230A/N5230C), spectrum analyzers, signal generators, frequency synthesizers, power meters and oscilloscopes

• Measurement of S-parameters, spectral/interference analysis to determine performance of DUT/UUT

• Creating substrate designs using AutoCAD and familiar with EDA tool Protel 99SE/Altium for PCB layout design

• Involved in troubleshooting automation software programs for RF testing

• Creating project proposals, maintaining documentation for production purposes in adherence with customer specifications

• Responsible for developing product features for new engineering projects and interacting with customer through conference calls, e-mails and personal meetings to solve engineering/manufacturing problems

Research Student, University of Texas at Dallas

• Member of a research team focusing on the 802.11n Wireless LAN specification

• Analysis and implementation of fundamental error control coding techniques

Intern, Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI), India

Worked in a project titled “Feature extraction and identification of defects on steel surfaces using image processing and testing on DSP hardware, C6711” for Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software : AWR (MWO and VSS), SONNET, ADS, AutoCAD, Protel 99SE/Altium, Agilent VEE, ARM, ADI, WinDLX, Latex, Labview, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat Reader

Languages : MATLAB, C, C++, TI Code Composer Studio (TMS320C6000), Assembly

Wireless Standards: GSM, CDMA, UMTS/WCDMA, GPS

Databases : MySQL, MS Access

ANUSHA VIJAYARAGHAVAN

COURSEWORK AND RELATED PROJECTS

RF and Microwave Systems Engineering

• RF transceiver design of a 3G WCDMA cellular handset using AWR (VSS)

• Proposed and created the design of a RF transceiver system (including amplifiers/mixers/LO/filters) that uses heterodyne architecture with the system level specifications identified according to the 3GPP standard

• RF propagation, noise and distortion, cascaded analysis of transmitter and receiver

Introduction to Wireless Communications Systems

• Simulation of a simplified IEEE 802.11 a/g Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)

• Compared the performance of OFDM receiver, with and without noise and multipath effect and determined them for different modulation schemes such as QPSK, 8-PSK and 16-QAM

Microwave Design Measurements Lab

• Simulated and designed microwave components such as filters, directional couplers, power dividers, switches, amplifiers and oscillators with the RF CAD tools Sonnet and AWR (Microwave Office)

• Tested the fabricated circuits to compare the performance with that of the simulation using Vector Network Analyzer (Agilent), power meter, signal generator and other electronic instruments

• Realized the simulation of microstrip patch antenna and driver amplifier (balanced amplifier) according to the specifications provided using a low noise pHEMT transistor NEC32584C.

RF and Microwave Circuits

• Analyzed and designed RF and microwave circuits

• Circuit design involved impedance matching, network theory, S-parameters, transmission line media (waveguide, coaxial, microstrip, stripline, coplanar waveguide, etc.) and passive component design (power dividers, couplers, switches, attenuators, phase shifters, etc.)

OTHER RELEVANT COURSES

DSP Architectures, Digital Communications systems, Linear Systems and Signals, Random Processes, Introduction to Telecommunications Networks, Engineering of Packets and Switched Networks

EDUCATION

Master’s in Electrical Engineering (Telecommunications) Dec 2009

University of Texas at Dallas, TX

GPA: 3.334

Bachelor of Engineering in Instrumentation and Control Engineering May 2007

Anna University, India

GPA: 4.0

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Awarded Silver Medal for being ranked second in the entire University

• Best Outgoing Student

• Received merit scholarships (awarded to top 3% of the department)

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