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WASSIM El-AHDAB
Richmond, CA • 94804
(408) 382-9454 M • (408) 916-5747 O • welahdab@mail.com
SUMMARY OF SKILLS:
• Skilled in the design, simulation, characterization, layout and testing of RF circuits
including power amplifiers, impedance tuners, filters, and low noise amplifiers
• Skilled in the design, validation and characterization of analog circuits, CMOS and
Bipolar, and Op-Amp-based circuits including amplifiers and continuous time filters
• Proficient in schematic capture, circuit simulation, modeling and layout verification
• Skilled in PCB layout, circuit testing, data collection, instrumentation programming
and test automation
• Proficient in technical documentation, report writing and web publishing
SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE SKILLS:
Software
• Agilent ADS and Momentum, Eagleware, Cadence Opus and Analog Artist, PADS
Layout, DX Designer, Spectre, HSpice, PSpice and Smart Spice, Protel, ViewLogic,
MATLAB, Unix, C-Shell, and s2ibis
• AutoCAD, Word, Excel, Power Point, Project, Access, Page Maker, Word Perfect,
and Composer
Hardware
• Multimeters, Oscilloscopes, Power Meters, Power Supplies, Signal Generators, and
Spectrum and Network Analyzers
• MAC PCs and Windows, Unix, Solaris and Linux-based workstations
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:
RF Engineer Phonic Ear, Inc. 10/2006 – 5/2007
Petaluma, California – USA
• Designed, optimized, and laid out a switching amplifier for a low power wireless
synchronization system.
• Verified transmitter circuit operation by conducting parametric tests.
• Supported transceiver circuit optimization and performed range testing on transceiver
circuits.
• Designed test experiments and performed over temperature, voltage, and frequency tests.
RF Design Engineer Paratek Microwave, Inc. 10/2005 – 6/2006
Nashua, New Hampshire – USA
• Supported cellular RF Amplifier, tuning circuit, and RF board/module development.
• Performed and supervised the testing, characterization and troubleshooting of RF amplifier
and tuning circuits.
• Carried out micro-probing and S-parameter characterization of RF modules.
• Modeled printed inductors under various value, conductor metal, and substrate scenarios.
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Graduate Student Researcher Department of Electrical Engineering 1/2003 – 6/2005
University of Calgary – Calgary, Alberta – Canada
• Utilized the ADS RF Simulator to develop a novel approach to the linearization of RF
Power Amplifiers through a simple and DC power-efficient predistortion system.
• Designed and simulated conventional and linearized RF Power Amplifiers in ADS.
• Performed simulated and actual One and Two-Tone tests on conventional and linearized
RF Power Amplifiers.
• Investigated the implementation of a broadband LNA in CMOS technology.
Engineering Contractor Epicom / Real Time Systems, Inc. 1/2002 – 12/2002
Hayward, California – USA 1/1999 – 1/2000
• Performed instrumentation programming in LabView for an advanced data acquisition system.
• Programmed PLDs for use in conferencing daughter boards.
• Rendered electrical and functional testing services at the device and board levels.
• Performed circuit assembly and troubleshooting and board burn-in.
Design Engineer Virtual Silicon Technology, Inc. 6/2000 – 6/2001
Sunnyvale, California – USA
• Characterized PLL and optimized DLL circuits.
• Utilized Spice and ViewLogic tools to perform circuit design and schematic capture in 0.13um
geometries of low noise 3.3V, 5V-Tolerant, multiple slew rate and drive capabilities I/O Pads.
• Performed signal integrity analysis on I/O cells and analyzed electrical data.
• Verified circuit layout utilizing the DRC and LVS tools. Assisted in layout issue resolution.
• Generated product development plans, application notes, data books, release notes and open
architecture kits for I/O cell libraries.
EDUCATION:
Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering University of Calgary, Alberta – Canada
2005, GPA=3.45/4.00
Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering University of California, Davis – USA
1997, GPA=3.24/4.00
ACHIEVEMENTS:
• NEC Electronics Scholarship/Internship Award
• KCRA-TV Ewing C. Kelly Scholarship Award
• BayCable Vision Scholarship Award
• Pacific Gas and Electric Company Scholarship/Internship Award |
