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Kent Smith

Kent Smith is a Senior Business Development Manager at Talent 101. He is responsible for managing the semiconductor engineering solutions at Talent 101’s clients. His expertise includes recruiting and workforce solutions, and working with engineering groups at Talent 101’s clients to improve business performance.
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Experienced Senior Layout Designer

Posted on March 01, 2017 by Kent Smith

Adam – Senior Layout Designer

  • Experienced in digital layout in areas such as microprocessor, Digital Signal Processor (DSP), System on a Chip (SoC), RAM, EPROM, and fully differential logic
  • Experienced in analog layout in areas such as Comparators, Digital to Analog Converters (DAC), Phase Lock Loops (PLL), Bandgaps, and Voltage Regulators
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Analog Layout Engineer with Masters in Electronics Available

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Kent Smith

Naveen - Analog Layout Engineer  

Base Band Filter (BBF): 

  • Description: It amplifies difference of voltage.
  • Targeted Technology: TSMC 90nm
  • Role: Develop layout from schematic, floor plan, placement, routing and clean DRC, LVS and QRC.

Low Noise Amplifier (LNA):

  • Description: LNA is an electronic amplifier that amplifies a very low-power signal without significantly degrading its signal-to-noise ratio.
  • Targeted Technology: TSMC 90nm
  • Role: Develop layout from schematic, floor plan, placement, routing and clean DRC, LVS and QRC.
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Characterization Engineer with Masters in EE Available

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Kent Smith

Changpu – Characterization Engineer

  • Developed and completed the following items for DC/DC Buck converter characterization and verification:
  • Characterization Plan
  • Used Cadence Capture/Allegro to Design the Schematic and Layout for Evaluation board
  • Bench Hardware Setup
  • LabVIEW GUI
  • Failure Analysis on the Hardware
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Analog IC Designer with Ph.D in Electrical Engineering

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Kent Smith

John - Analog IC Designer  

  • Designed the following blocks:
  • FLL frequency control loop for  buck converter
  • Rail to Rail PWM comparator
  • Band Gap reference
  • Compensator
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IC Design Engineer with Layout Experience Available

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Kent Smith

Jose – IC Design Engineer

  • Oversaw development of all power management IP (Buck, Boost, LDOs) and other analog IP (GPADC, PLL)
  • Oversaw Floor-planning and module layout development
  • Managed customer interaction to make sure alignment was maintained on technical and project aspects
  • Designed boot regulator to allow switch to be brought above input voltage to improve RdsOn
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Design/Verification Engineer with EE Masters Degree Available

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Kent Smith

Sai - Analog Mixed Signal Design/Verification Engineer

  • Design of Analog blocks for capacitive touch circuits.
  • Analog-Mixed signal verification at chip level.
  • Write, debug, and run test benches using Verilog-A/Verilog-AMS/System Verilog to verify both models and transistor-level circuits at all operating modes using the AMS-Designer environment.
  • Design functional models for Buck, Boost, LDO, Load Switch, RCO, Rectifiers, Analog comparators, PLL, ADCs in Verilog-AMS/DMS.
  • Integration of full chip and Top Level simulations for ICs with the Power Management and Wireless Battery Charging circuits.
  • Create, debug, and run test benches to execute transistor-level performance verification over design corners using the Spectre circuit simulator.
  • Mix and match of Verilog and Spice netlist in Chip Level Simulations.
  • Master of Science – Electrical Engineering
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Circuit System/Design Engineer Available

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Kent Smith

Kent– Circuit System/Design Engineer  

  • Power over Ethernet (PoE)
  • Power over Data Lines (PoDL) integrated circuits
  • Current-limited voltage source for PoDL detect circuit
  • Sense chopper amplifier for PoE
  • Design for satellite TV receiver set top box SOC
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Experienced Layout Engineer Available

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Kent Smith

Kumar – Layout Engineer

  • Desigining custom TCell’s for layout using C language in various semiconductor process nodes ranging from 0.18um – 45nm.
  • Layout of new memory IP’s in various semiconductor process using L-edit.
  • Managing the layouts of existing memory IP’s and performing physical verification using Calibre.
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Electrical Engineer with VLSI Experience

Posted on February 08, 2017 by Kent Smith

Maha - Electrical Engineer

  • VLSI design
  • Advanced Digital LogicM
  • Testing and Testable design of VLSI
  • Computer architecture
  • Analog IC design
  • RF and Microwave Amplifier design
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Master of Science – Electrical Engineering
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IC Circuit Designer

Posted on February 06, 2017 by Kent Smith

Cesar– IC Circuit Designer
  •  Experience in CMOS analog circuit desiger
  • Strong in-depth knowledge in digital logic design of Verilog and HDL, Modelsim and Xilinx IS tool
  • Knowledge of complex AC/DC analysis (poles, zeros, compensation)
  • Full Custom Mixed Signal / Custom Layout and using DRC, LVS for verification
  • Experience in Assembly Language, C++, Verilog, Perl, Matlab. HSPICE, Cadence, Mentor Graphic
  • Experience using Verilog, Modelsim & Xilinx ISE tools such as Programmable Processors; Finite
  • State Machine; Control unit with PC, IR, & controller; Memory Control and Ring Oscillators.
  • MS in Computer Engineering
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