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Durham, North Carolina, United States

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Circuit Analysis Methodology* Created a SPICE macro language and supporting tool suite capable of generating complex SPICE stimulus and analysis test-benches.* Wrote perl and C++ parser and data-models for SPICE netlists, along with circuit elaboration, partitioning, and parameter evaluation.* Designed a tool to create custom SPICE cross-sections of large circuits by modifying extraction data. Tool uses an interactive TCL shell for configuration, and is used by advanced… Show more Circuit Analysis Methodology* Created a SPICE macro language and supporting tool suite capable of generating complex SPICE stimulus and analysis test-benches.* Wrote perl and C++ parser and data-models for SPICE netlists, along with circuit elaboration, partitioning, and parameter evaluation.* Designed a tool to create custom SPICE cross-sections of large circuits by modifying extraction data. Tool uses an interactive TCL shell for configuration, and is used by advanced designers as a platform for developing other tools.* Constructed models of on-chip variation suitable for selective derating of SPICE-measured delay paths using Monte Carlo simulation models.* Authored software to find sneak-paths and improper level-shifting between voltage domains. This caught design problems not covered by vendor tools before tape out.* Developed tool to create interconnect models from raphael table data, using a custom C++ implementation of Nelder-Mead Simplex minimization to determine model coefficients.* Created C++ libraries to manipulate and evaluate boolean logic expressions. Utilized this software to determine transistor stage logic expressions and validity conditions.Macro Characterization Methodology* Developed Qualcomm's NanoTime flow, automating io configuration, generation of characterization parameters, annotation of parasitics, and generation of reports and model views.* Developed tools for gathering SPICE-simulation results and constructing Liberty (.lib) data structures, including delay and constraint tables, capacitance, pulse-width, period, and power information.* Created command-line tools for querying, comparing, modifying, and merging Liberty files.Development and Data Quality Methodology* Created an auditing tool suite to check the correctness of macro deliverables and to manage releases.* Developed tools to manage and change between project-specific environments. Created installation scripts which ease new users adoption. Show less

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Somerset Design Center, Austin, Texas * Co-developed a new method to model and time footless domino logic within the STA framework. * Designed, developed, and fully documented a C++ API to Freescale's internal high-performance static timing analyzer * Enabling users to develop "pluggable"​ client programs for custom STA analysis, thus giving Freescale's timer a more global reach within the company. * Maintained, supported, and extended other aspects of Freescale's internal… Show more Somerset Design Center, Austin, Texas * Co-developed a new method to model and time footless domino logic within the STA framework. * Designed, developed, and fully documented a C++ API to Freescale's internal high-performance static timing analyzer * Enabling users to develop "pluggable"​ client programs for custom STA analysis, thus giving Freescale's timer a more global reach within the company. * Maintained, supported, and extended other aspects of Freescale's internal STA tool. * Analyzed performance and accuracy of timing models with respect to SPICE.StarCore Design Center, Atlanta, Georgia * Integrated digital design modules on DSP cores and analyzed resultant designs for timing and functional errors. * Synthesized, placed, and routed logic designs into manufactured digital IP. * Created verification software to automate the testing of Verilog design vs a software model of the DSP, with throughput enabled by a batch-based compute-farm-aware design. * Assisted with the integration of code-coverage tools into the internal verification. * Managed project-wide timing constraints and design data, including communicating with internal customers on design requirements and closure issues. * Captured design and analysis methodology with documentation, custom software, and makefiles. * Developed many tools that greatly reduced time between design iterations.Boynton Cellular Design Center, Boynton Beach, Florida * Designed and tested peripheral support circuitry for the baseband processor controlling a tri-band GSM phone. * Developed composite antenna patterns for cellular applications, including RF planning simulations, subscriber unit field patterns, and so forth. * Involved in the investigation of cellular RF propagation dynamics in multi-scattering environments. Show less

Atlanta, Georgia

* Performed general PC support for the School of Civil Engineering. * Installed and repaired computer software and hardware, including PC, Mac, and Unix computers and related peripherals. * Maintained approximately 300 computers school-wide. * Instructed students in the basic use of productivity and network applications, including Excel, Word, Netscape Navigator, and Adobe Acrobat.

Norcross, Georgia

* Documented internal Operation of the 8600x cable set-top. * Organized transaction specification into an 80-page handbook used by software engineers to assist them during product development. * Assisted the development of a demonstration system for a national convention. * Successfully proposed a new automated testing system (ATS) to speed up the debugging process during alpha testing of set-top units. * Wrote Visual Basic 5 code for the Windows NT controllers as part of the… Show more * Documented internal Operation of the 8600x cable set-top. * Organized transaction specification into an 80-page handbook used by software engineers to assist them during product development. * Assisted the development of a demonstration system for a national convention. * Successfully proposed a new automated testing system (ATS) to speed up the debugging process during alpha testing of set-top units. * Wrote Visual Basic 5 code for the Windows NT controllers as part of the team effort to develop the ATS. * Wrote a C code implementation of Huffman compression to compress common text strings in the 8600x. Show less