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San Diego, CA, US

Responsible for transition of XBAR acoustic resonators from concept to product launch and manufacturing with mother company (Murata Manufacturing Corporation) in Japan.Manage a team responsible for small and large signal modelling of novel XBAR acoustic resonator devices, identifying and managing tradeoffs between acoustic performance, manufacturability.

Process development and supplier management for novel XBAR acoustic resonator for RF filter applications. Responsible for process definition and optimization for manufacturability and improved product performance. Develop roadmap to ramp prototyping process into scalable supply chain to support high quality, high volume manufacturing for Tier 1 RF Front.

Responsible for product yield from substrate to packaged test, covering 10+ key suppliers and multiple SOI CMOS processes, with focus on RF applications. Integrate IC manufacturing line with downstream module flows, identifying quality, performance, and efficiency improvements. Technical lead for customer RMAs, including management of internal Failure.

Responsible for product yield from substrate to packaged test, covering 10+ key suppliers and multiple SOI CMOS processes, with focus on RF applications. Technical lead for customer RMAs. Design rule manual owner for qualified processes; drive yield, quality, and manufacturing improvements through design rules and guidelines. My team was also responsible.

Responsible for yield and quality of RF switch product line on custom silicon-on-sapphire CMOS process. Managed process changes, new substrate qualification, analysis and resolution of fab related failure modes. Responsible for test coverage and limit setting to guarantee data sheet parameters.

• Supported creation of in-house design team. Highlights of this work included
• development of compressed reticle program for rapid, low-cost prototyping,
• implementation of a thorough design flow, and
• development and characterization of new CMOS device types and circuit blocks.

• Responsible for process control and development for industry leading CMOS Silicon-on-Sapphire process used for high performance RF market and radiation hard space and defense applications.
• process and device characterization through simulation, wafer level measurement, and DOE,
• failure analysis of defective and mis-processed material; yield improvement,
• process and module qualification and reliability analysis,
• process monitoring and control through SPC, and
• test… Show more Responsible for process control and development for industry leading CMOS Silicon-on-Sapphire process used for high performance RF market and radiation hard space and defense applications.

Phd, Electrical Engineering (Photonics)

Vertical-Cavity, Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) characterization for use in Optical Interconnects. This project involved the design and.

Bachelor, Electrical Engineering