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Taiwan

• Work in a UK/German based fabless company, the main supplier of system Power Management IC for Apple Inc's iPhone/iPad. Partner closely with outsourced manufacturing subcontractors and focus on technical process issue.
• Develop project schedule, milestone and budget plan base on the business units' roadmap and customer expectation. Translate customer requirements and project goal into specific tasks.
• Actively track and drive all tasks to closure. Communicate result to higher management.
• Identify risks/issues/critical path early in the NPI phase and drive to resolution prior to ramp.
• Review technical manufacture process/data. Understand SPC and process control.
• Standardize operating procedure and enhance efficiency. Continuously review to make process streamlined to improve its effectiveness.

Taiwan

• Employed by a fast-growing LCD display driver IC and Touch-Screen solution provider. Responsible for system planning and technical design for Touch Screen IC.
• Led engineering validation team for Touch-Screen IC prior production.
• Analyzed noise budge for Touch panel sensing system.
• Co-worked with panel supplier for capacitive sensor design trade-offs performance/cost.
• Bandgap voltage reference – Lead +/-3σprocess tolerant design with trimming/test-mode scheme. Performed non-ideal parameter, device offset and noise analysis.
• High-Voltage flying capacitor charge-pump boost circuit.

Taiwan

• Project leader for Digital Radio (DAB) Baseband. Managed project schedule. Negotiated and resolved conflicts for limited resource in a start-up company.
• Conducted chip planning – Estimate on cost and system budget. System derived in Matlab behavioral modeling; package selection and simulation; package pin definition; ESD and power/ground planning; digital/analog block.
• Designed a hundred MHz ADC (Analog-to-Digital Converter) for multi-standards with cap-less LDO regulators. Designed an Audio DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converters) with embedded earphone power amplifier driver and digital.

Taiwan

• Employed in a WIFI IC company providing solutions for routers and notebooks/dongles. Responsible for Baseband IC design and technical writing. Specialized in high resolution ADC/ DAC and worked closely with RFIC and.
• 11-bit Continuous-Time ΣΔADC – Designed Ralink’s first Sigma-Delta ADC for Bluetooth application.
• 5-bit Continuous-Time ΣΔ ADC – Designed for Signal Strength Indicator.
• Temperature sensing and signal strength indication – Designed a 12-bit Switched-Capacitor type ΣΔ ADC and Front-end circuitry.
• LDO regulator – Designed 3.3v/1.5v regulated to 1.2v with >1A for digital circuitry.

Taiwan

• Belonged to Mixed-Mode IP (Intellectual Property) design department and provide license-free IP for customer interests in UMC foundry process. Designed Analog (spectre/hspice) and Digital (RTL) circuits for Audio DAC.
• 16-bit audio ΣΔ DAC – Designed a low-power audio DAC using asymmetric PWM with 1.5-bit DAC and Analog filter for reduce analog area and power consumption. Familiar with Audio Precision and strong understanding in.
• Temperature Sensor – Communicated with potential customers for merge IP into production design.
• 45nm 3-bit ADC – Designed Flash ADC for process monitoring on wafer.

Executive Master Of Business Administration (Emba), Business Administration And Management, General, Gpa: 3.41

National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan) and Fudan University ( Shanghai, China) joint program Thesis: A Case-Based Study on the.

Executive Master Of Business Administration (Emba), Business Administration And Management, General, Gpa: 3.41

National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan) and Fudan University ( Shanghai, China) joint program Thesis: A Case-Based Study on the.

Master Of Engineering Science, Electrical Engineering

Focus: Analog IC Design, Mixed-signals, DSP, MEMS and Finite Element Applications, RF electronic communication systems, Microelectronics.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Mechatronics, Honors

Focus: Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Microprocessor, Artificial Intelligent, Control Engineering, Optical signal processing.

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