Nathan Iyer

 

(408) 727-0002

niyer@sbcglobal.net

 

Experience

*   IC Design:

*  RF blocks(LNA, PA, Mixer, Switches)

*  Mixed-Signal (DAC, ADC, OpAmps, Bandgaps, integer/Frac-N PLL)

*  Digital Circuitry (Filter, Receiver Algorithms, State-Machines, Serial Interfaces, Encoders, Decoders using Verilog HDL )

*   IC Layout and Verification

*  Top- down design verification approach for large mixed signal ICs using functional models.

*   Board Design:   

*  Reference Board Design, Software and Drivers.

*  Generating Signal Integrity IBIS models from SPICE Simulations.

 

 

List of Completed Projects

*   Design verification and testing for RFID reader chip. Designed serial port, RFID Gen2 Decoder and FIFO, successfull real time FPGA verification, taped out ASIC version.

*  802.11 RF Blocks, Integer  PLLs, Frac-N PLLs, DACs, LNAs, Mixers, PA Drivers, VCOs, Digital Filters.

*   RF Medical Devices.

*   IBIS Models.

 

 

Education

*  Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton,  Florida

*   Bachelor’s degree in Electronics And Communications Engineering Institution of Engineers, India.

 

Software Tools

*  IC Design Software:

Agilent ADS (Linear/Nonlinear/Ptolemny)

Cadence DFII : Analog/RF Design Environment,

Agilent RFDE and Dynamic Link

 

*  Math programs and system simulator programs:

Matlab/Simulink

Xilinx System Generator

Synplify DSP

 

*   Digital design and verification programs:

Xilinx ISE

ModelSim

 

*  Layout Programs:

Cadence Virtuoso Layout Editor (IC Layout)

Cadsoft Eagle Layout Editor (Board Layout)

 

*  HDL Languages:

Verilog

VerilogA

 

*          Programming Languages:

Matlab

C/C++

 

Patents and Publications

 

US Patent:6285239, July 2000, Feed-Forward Biasing for RF Amplifiers II.

 

Microwave Journal, February 2000, A PA Driver for Split-Band Application.

 

RF Design magazine, June 1999, Improve efficiency of RF Power Amplifiers.

 

US Patent:6130579, March 1999, Feed-Forward Biasing for RF Amplifiers I.

 

US Patent:5723001, March 1998, Apparatus and method for therapeutically treating

human body tissue with electromagnetic radiation.

 

RF Design magazine, February 1997, Custom Control Software Tool for Smith charts. 

 

A Titanium-dioxide Based Ceramic Composite Dispersed with Conducting
Inclusions as an EMI Shielding Material, Proc. 1993 IEEE International
Symposium EMC, August 9-13, 1993, Dallas, Texas.