Resume

• 2008

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Dissertation: \" A MILLIMETER-WAVE COEXISTENT RFIC RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE \nIN 0.18-µm SiGe BiCMOS FOR RADAR AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS\"

  RF/MM-Wave IC Design

  ETA KAPPA NU TAMU

  Texas A&M University

• 2006

  Master's degree

  Electrical

  Electronics and Communications Engineering

  Texas A&M University

• 2002

  French

  English

  Arabic

  Bachelor's degree

  Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  Texas A&M University

• Simulations

  SoC

  C++

  Circuit Design

  RFIC/MM-Wave IC design

  Cadence

  System on a Chip (SoC)

  IC

  System Architecture

  Verilog

  Integrated Circuits (IC)

  Matlab

  Characterization

  C

  Cadence Virtuoso

  3.\tC.Geha

  C.Nguyen

  J.Silva-Martinez \" A (17-45) GHz Wideband 2 stages single to Differential Current Mode Active Balun-LNA with Low Phase and Amplitude Mismatches” To be submitted TMTT; Texas A&M University

  College Station

  TX

  Jose Silva-Martinez

  Cam Nguyen

  3.\tC.Geha

  C.Nguyen

  J.Silva-Martinez \" A (17-45) GHz Wideband 2 stages single to Differential Current Mode Active Balun-LNA with Low Phase and Amplitude Mismatches” To be submitted TMTT; Texas A&M University

  College Station

  TX

  1.\tC.Geha

  C.Nguyen

  J.Silva-Martinez \"A Wideband Low-Power-Consumption 22-32.5 GHz 0.18µm BiCMOS Active Balun-LNA with IM2 Cancellation Using a Transformer-Coupled Cascode-Cascade Topology”

  Jose Silva Martinez

  Cam Nguyen

  1.\tC.Geha

  C.Nguyen

  J.Silva-Martinez \"A Wideband Low-Power-Consumption 22-32.5 GHz 0.18µm BiCMOS Active Balun-LNA with IM2 Cancellation Using a Transformer-Coupled Cascode-Cascade Topology”

  Jose Silva-Martinez

  Cam Nguyen

  2.\tC.Geha

  C.Nguyen

  J.Silva-Martinez \" A (22-44) GHz for Millimeter-Wave Coexistent Radio and Radar Receiver” To be submitted TMTT; Texas A&M University

  College Station

  TX

  Geha

  •\t6+ years in research and engineering experience in millimeter-wave IC for wideband coexistent SOC radio and radar demodulators and architectural system frequency planning\n•\tHighly experienced in EM simulators and Cadence circuit design tool

  familiar with laboratory measurement equipments like vector network analyzer (VNA) and spectrum analyzer (SA)\n•\tResearch interest is focused on RFIC circuit design

  MM-Wave circuits

  phased array systems

  low power circuits design

  and thorough knowledge of engineering applications\n•\tExceptional verbal and written communication skills and dedication to promote effective teamwork\n

  Chadi

  Geha

  Texas A&M University

  Texas A&M University

  Broadcom Limited

  San Jose

  CA

  •\tSupported BCM5880 RFID Transponder Characterization \n•\tCollected performance measurements for various receive chain blocks including common-mode and differential-mode DC offset

  saturation

  noise performance

  etc.\n•\tMeasured receiver sensitivity under different data rates (106/212/424/848 kbps)

  signal patterns (PRBS9

  PRBS15)

  modulation rates

  and antenna configurations.\n•\tConducted experiments to optimize antenna matching network and verified optimization through VNA measurements.\n

  Test/Characterization Engineer

  Broadcom Limited

  Work with Senior Design students on their project ideas.

  Lecturer

  Bryan/College Station

  Texas Area

  Texas A&M University

  •\tDesigned

  developed

  and frequency planned dual band 24/36 GHz 8x3 Phased Array System Architecture using dual polarized antennas \n•\tFully design and integrate SOC for 22-44 GHz Millimeter-Wave Coexistent Radio and Radar Receiver with I/Q channels including frequency planning\n•\tDesigned a (17-45) GHz Wideband 2 stages single to Differential Current Mode Active Balun-LNA with Low Phase and Amplitude Mismatches\n•\tDesigned a 22-35 GHz Active Balun-LNA for Low Power Millimeter-Wave Applications with IM2 Cancellation\n•\tDesigned Fully Balanced Passive Mixer with All Pass In-Phase/Quadrature Phase Generator \n•\tDesigned a 500 MHz TIA with out of Band Rejection > 20 dB \n

  Research Assistant

  Bryan/College Station

  Texas Area

  Texas A&M University

  IEEE