Precision Analog Design Solutions
I help hardware and semiconductor teams architect, simulate, and validate high-performance analog circuits — from low-noise amplifiers to high-speed PLLs.
Professional Summary
Senior Analog Design Engineer with 3+ years of experience in circuit design and verification. Specialized in PLLs, LDOs, and high-speed I/O systems, with multiple patents pending in JEDEC-compliant LPDDR architectures. Skilled in designing automated verification flows. Strong academic foundation from IIT Madras.
Professional Experience
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Micron Technology Inc.
Senior Analog Design Engineer (Nov 2024 – present)
- Patent Pending – Co-invented novel control logic for LPDDR I/O expanders, JEDEC-compliant.
- Patent Pending – Invented a configurable PVT accurate delay cell for precise timing symmetry.
- Designed multiple internal Low Dropout Regulators for receiver front-end, high-frequency digital RTL and PMIC chips.
- Architected a novel weighted summation voltage comparator with optimzed delay across a wide linear range
- Developed integrated Python–Verilog testbench for automated regressions to check for JEDEC compliance & signal integrity validation.
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Texas Instruments Inc.
Analog Design Engineer (July 2022 – Oct 2024)
- Designed 200MHz LVCMOS Output Buffer (65nm CMOS) and developed novel test methodology.
- Designed 15GHz channel divider, with very low phase noise floor (130nm BiCMOS).
- Designed 15GHz Fractional-N frequency divider for space grade PLL (130nm BiCMOS).
- Reduced charge pump phase noise and spurs in fractional division mode by mathematical modeling of delta-sigma modulator + PFD feedback loop.
- Led output path phase noise improvement for space grade PLL; proven in silicon.
- Implemented unified UVM-based System Verilog testbench for functional and AMS verification.
- Performed full chip latch-up simulations for MEMs oscillator SoC.
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Analog Devices Inc.
Analog Design Intern (May 2021 – Aug 2021)
- Explored gm/Id transistor sizing for amplifier design trade-offs.
Education
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Dual Degree, Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (2017–2022)
CGPA: 8.37/10- Graduated from one of India’s top colleges for analog design, renowned for industry-leading research and education.
- Completed advanced coursework and projects under top professors including Prof. Shanthi Pavan, Prof. Nagendra Krishnapura, Prof. S. Aniruddhan, and Prof. Janakiraman V.
Research Experience
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Low Power Neuron Circuit with Programmable Time Constant
IIT Madras, Dec 2020 – May 2022
Accepted at NANOARCH 2023 (Germany)
- Designed neuron circuit with programmable spike frequency adaptation; competitive power.
Projects (Selected)
- Data Conversion Circuits: 3rd order Delta Sigma Modulator, 4-bit flash ADC.
- Broadband Communication Circuits: Clock/data recovery, discrete-time equalizers, eye-diagram evaluation.
- RFIC Design: LNA, Mixer, VCO, Power Amplifier in 130nm IBM process.
- Two-stage fully differential amplifier with common mode feedback.
- 8-bit Pipelined Carry Save Multiplier (22nm CMOS), layout and timing characterization.
- RISC-V compliant processor in Verilog; accelerator for multiplication 🔗.
- Automated small signal analysis with Python for DC gain, poles, and zeros 🔗.
Technical Skills
- Languages: Python, Verilog, VerilogA, VerilogAMS, System Verilog (UVM), SKILL, C++, C
- Tools: Cadence Virtuoso, MATLAB