Hung-Chih Chang
College Station TX 77840
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OBJECTIVE Seeking full-time position in Solid State device starting from Feb 2011
SUMMARY
6 years research experience in Solid State Devices and Noise
4 years study experience in Analog/RF Circuits
Research Interests: Solid State Devices, Analog/RF Circuits, Noise and Fluctuation
Outstanding individual contributor and team player, a fast learner
Excellent communication and documentation skills
EDUCATION
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Dec 2010
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering
National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Jun 2002
M.S., Electronic Engineering
National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan Jun 2000
B.S., Electrical Engineering
RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Solid State Devices, Modern Sensor Technology, Semiconductor Physics and Devices, Deep Submicron MOS Device Physics and Technologies, Test Structure Design
IC technology, Bio/Nanotech Fabrication, Thin Film Science & Technology, Semiconductor Experiment
Analog Integrated Circuit Design, VLSI Circuit/System Design, VLSI Data Conversion Circuits, CAD for Digital & Analog VLSI, Low-Noise Electronics Design
CMOS RF Integrated Circuit Design, mm-Wave ICs, Broadband Communication System, RF and Microwave Wireless Systems
VLSI PROJECTS
Frequency Synthesizer for DTV Tuner 2008
Active Power Grid Noise Canceling Circuit Design 2008
MATLAB Nonlinear Transient Circuit Simulator 2008
Time Driven Design Flow of Adders and Multipliers 2007
A Highly Linear Low Noise Amplifier for RFID Reader 2007
Coupled Microstrip Open-loop and Coaxial Filters 2007
Design of a Variable Gain Amplifier with Wide Gain Range and High Linearity 2006
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Lab Measurement: Probe station, micropositioner: performing on-wafer chip probe measurements
Network/Spectrum/Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer, Oscilloscope, NoisePro
Solid State Device (MOS Devices, Sensors) noise measurement and modeling: chemical and biological sensing, vibration-induced fluctuation analysis
Analog/RF/Digital Circuit Design: Cadence, SpectreRF, Verilog, SPICE
Microwave and Millimeter Wave Circuit Design: ADS, Sonnet
Communication System: Matlab, Simulink, System View, Verilog
Control System: Matlab, Simulink
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Product Device and SPICE Engineering Department, Hsinchu, Taiwan Nov 2005 – Jul 2006
Product Engineer
90/80/65nm MOS Device Process, Parameter Modeling, Yield Improvement and Design of Experiment
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Dissertation: Sensing Applications of Fluctuations and Noise
Fluctuation-Enhanced Sensing (FES) for Bacteria
-Detecting and identifying different bacteria by solid-state sensors
-Developing a methodology to generate binary patterns of bacteria based on spectral slopes in different frequency ranges at fluctuation-enhanced sensing.
-Designing a system with ultra-low power consumption to implement pattern recognition
Vibration-Induced Conductivity Fluctuation (VICOF)
-Establish a model for the relationship between soil porosity and measured VICOF resistance fluctuations
-Developed new methods and theory (Mechano-electrical-transport) of VICOF to measure soil porosity and bulk density non-destructively
M.S Thesis: Analysis of Flicker Noise Degradation Mechanism in Ultra-thin Oxide CMOS,
Revealed the relationship between gate oxide quality of MOS devices and flicker noise degradation mechanisms.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
H.C. Chang, L.B. Kish, M.D. King, C. Kwan, ”Binary Fingerprints at Fluctuation-Enhanced Sensing,” Sensors, 2010, 10(1), 361-373
H.C. Chang, L.B. Kish, M.D. King, C. Kwan, “Fluctuation-Enhanced Sensing of Bacterium Odors,” Sens. Actuators, B, 2009, 142, 429-434.
H.C. Chang, L.B. Kish, A.Sz. Kishné, C.L.S. Morgan, ”On the vibration-induced-conductance fluctuation study of soils,” Fluctuation and Noise Letters, 2008, 8(2) L125-L140.
Accepted
L.B. Kish, H.C. Chang, M.D. King, C. Kwan, J. O. Jensen, G. Schmera, J. Smulko, Z. Gingl,C. G. Granqvist, “Fluctuation-Enhanced Sensing for Biological Agent Detection and Identification,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology 2010
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
J. W. Wu, H. C. Chang, and T. Wang, “Oxide soft breakdown effects on drain current flicker noise in ultra-thin oxide CMOS devices,” The International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM) 2002, pp. 698–699.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University
Teaching Assistant, RF and Microwave Wireless Systems, Low-Noise Electronics Design, Fluctuations and Noise in Electronics (Graduate Courses) Spring 2007 – Present
Teaching Assistant, EM theory (Graduate Course) Fall 2007
SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS
US Army SBIR Fellowship Jan 2007~Dec 2009
WORK AUTHORIZATION
Eligible for practical training