Golam R Chowdhury Will Rogers Lane phone: cell Austin, TX 78727

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1 Golam R Chowdhury Will Rogers Lane phone: cell golamc@gmail.com Austin, TX Objective: Seeking an Adjunct Faculty Position in Electrical Engineering. Profile With a combined experience in teaching and working in various semiconductor companies, I am seeking an opportunity to teach as an adjunct faculty in Electrical Engineering at Texas State University. While working full-time in industry, I have completed my Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in May I have demonstrated myself as a dedicated and hard-working professional. Industry Experience May 1994 Present: Various semiconductor companies Designed and Developed Analog/Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits for Human Interface devices for smart phones, notebooks, and other hand held devices, PC Audio CODECs, and general purpose Analog ASICs. Designed and developed Delta-Sigma ADCs, SAR ADCs, GM-C Filter, Delta-Sigma DAC, voltage regulators (LDOs), Current DAC (IDAC), PLL, Analog Reference (Bandgap) circuits, Analog Mixing circuits for PC audio Codecs, Switch-Cap Charge Pump for driving LCDs, and more. Also designed and developed Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuits in deep sub-micron technologies for Power and Thermal Management of AMD s Multi-Core Microprocessors. Teaching Experience Jan 1989 Jan 1992 Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Joined as a Lecturer after completion of Bachelor in EE (BSEE) from BUET. As a full-time Lecturer, taught undergraduate courses and Labs on Electrical Circuits, Electronics, Semiconductor Device Physics, and Digital Logic Design. August Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas As a Graduate Teaching Assistant supervised undergraduate lab and graded courses. Education August 1983 August 1988 January 1992 May 1994 August 2009 May 2014 Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh Bachelor in EE (BSEE), First Class Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas MSEE, GPA 4.0/4.0 Thesis: Development of High Performance Induction Motor Drives University of Texas at Austin Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering Thesis: Integrated Temperature Sensors in Deep Sub-Micron CMOS Technologies

2 Most Recent IEEE Conference/Publications from my Ph. D. research G. Chowdhury and A. Hassibi, A 550μm 2 CMOS temperature sensor using self-discharging P-N diode with ±0.1 C (3σ) calibrated and ±0.5 C (3σ) uncalibrated inaccuracies IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Sep 2015, San Jose, California. G. Chowdhury and A. Hassibi, A 0.001mm 2 100µW on-chip temperature sensor with ±1.95 C (3σ) Inaccuracy in 32nm SOI CMOS - presented at the 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 2012, Seoul, South Korea. G. Chowdhury and A. Hassibi, An On-Chip Temperature Sensor with a Self-Discharging Diode in 32-nm SOI CMOS IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, Vol. 59, No. 9, pp , Other Publication/conference papers G. Chowdhury and M. Giesselmann. "Development of induction motors drives with real time PWM control and dynamic modeling of drive performance with graphical user interface", Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (IECEC), Monterey,CA, Aug M.M. Shahidul Hassan, Golam Rasul Chowdhury, and M. Zahirul Alam, Breakdown voltage of high-voltage bipolar transistors Solid-State Electronics Vol. 34, No. 10, pp , M. M. Shahidul Hassan and Golam Rasul Chowdhury, Doping Dependence of Current Mode Second Breakdown in Epitaxial Bipolar Transistor, JBES, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp , Published US Patents: US Patent # Title 9,074,942 On-chip temperature sensor (first author) 8,410,833 On-chip power-up control circuit 8,041,975 Programmable I/O cell capable of holding its state in power-down mode 8,010,819 Microcontroller unit (MCU) with power saving mode 7,746,262 Coding method for digital to analog converter of a SAR analog to digital converter (first author) 7,382,181 Method and apparatus for tuning GMC filter (first author) 7,199,746 Method for search and matching of capacitors for a digital to analog converter of an SAR analog to digital converter (first author) 7,187,319 Bulk-compensated sampling network for wide range of signals (first author) 6,980,056 Multiple stage attenuator 6,259,957 Circuits and methods for implementing audio Codecs and systems using the same

3 Details of Employment Experience: Senior Staff Analog Design Engineer: January 2013 present Synaptics, Austin, Texas. As a lead designer successfully designed Analog-Front End Circuits, Data Converters, Analog Filters, and other building blocks for touch screen solutions for smart phones, notebooks, and other smart devices. Responsibilities included analysis, design, simulation, layout, and post silicon testing, characterization, debug and evaluation of the design (chip). Staff Analog Design Engineer: March 2009 October 2012 AMD, Austin, Texas. Macro Lead for the following design works. As a lead I was responsible for design, supervise layout works, and publish the macros for integration into various Multi-Core Microprocessors developed across the company at different sites. Designed a Switched-Cap Integrator based Analog/Mixed-Signal Sensor for local and remote sensing and measuring of on-chip temperature profile of a multi-core Microprocessor in GLOBALFOUNDRIES 28nmTechnology. Designed a Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) based On-Chip Temperature Sensor using a Self-Discharging p-n Diode in GLOBALFOUNDRIES 32nm SOI Technology. Designed circuit components of a Switched-Cap Integrator based Analog/Mixed-Signal Sensor for local and remote sensing and measuring of on-chip temperature profile of a multicore Microprocessor in GLOBALFOUNDRIES 32nm SOI Technology. Designed an On-Chip Power-On-Reset Circuit in GLOBALFOUNDRIES 32nm SOI Technology (Patent Filed). Designed Voltage Regulator (LDO) in GLOBALFOUNDRIES 28nmTechnologies. Developed the architectures for Off-Chip Temperature Sensing (Skin Temperature Sensors) to sense and measure the off chip temperature using the on-chip temperature sensor. Senior Design Engineer: December 2003 January 2009 Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas. Lead architect and designer of the following IP modules. Designed a low-power 500 ksps 10-bit Capacitive Charge Re-distribution type SAR ADC in 0.18u TSMC technology. Operating voltage v. The ADC is one of the precision analog blocks of a general purpose 8051 Microcontroller (MCU) based Mixed-Signal chip. Designed a 3 rd -order Butterworth GM-C filter, Squelch Circuit, and the complete Receive path of a 10-baseT Ethernet Transceiver in 0.35u TSMC process. Designed Voltage Regulators (LDOs) in 0.13u TSMC technology for driving all the digital and DSP core and flash memory of a 8051 MCU based 2.4 GHz Short Range Wireless (SRW) transceiver chip.

4 Designed a Voltage Regulator (LDO) in 0.25u TSMC technology to drive the precision analog building block like an on-chip precision oscillator of an 8051 MCU based Mixed-Signal chip for general purpose and automotive applications. Designed a variable gain switched-cap based Charge Pump for an LCD Driver in 0.18u GSMC technology. Operating Voltage v. Designed Bandgap reference circuits in 0.18u, 0.35u technologies for biasing all on-chip analog circuits. Designed different smaller building blocks like analog voltage buffers, level shifters, circuits for proper interfacing between domains of different voltage levels, power switch for a One Time Memory (OTP), analog muxing circuits. Senior Design Engineer September 2000 December 2003 Cygnal Integrated Products, Austin, Texas Cygnal Integrated Products was a start-up and was acquired by Silicon Laboratories in December Designed low-power 500 ksps Capacitive Charge Re-distribution type 8-bit/10-bit SAR ADCs in 0.35u TSMC technology. The designs included the complete SAR ADCs along with the reference (Bandgap) biasing circuits with a temperature sensor. Operating Voltage 2.7v-3.6v. The ADCs were part of the precision analog blocks of a general purpose 8051 MCU based Mixed-Signal chip. Designed multiple 10-bit current steering DACs (IDAC) in 0.35u TSMC technology. Operating Voltage 2.7v-3.6v. The DACs were among the precision analog blocks of a general purpose 8051 MCU based Mixed-Signal chip. Senior Design Engineer September 1997 September 2000 ESS Technology, Austin, Texas Was a key member of the Analog/Mixed-Signal team of the newly opened design center of ESS Technology in Austin to design AC97 PC Audio Codecs. Designed a Single Stage Delta-Sigma DAC in 0.35u TSMC technology for an AC97 PC Audio CODEC. Designed Integrators, Comparators, and other sub-blocks for a 2-stage Delta-Sigma ADC with Dynamic Element Matching (0.35u TSMC technology) for an AC97 PC Audio CODEC. Designed a PLL for a video chip, REF Clock 27 MHz, typical VCO frequency 216 MHz. Design Engineer Crystal Semiconductor (Cirrus Logic), Austin, Texas May 1994 September 1997 Designed variable gain Analog Mixing Circuits for a PC Audio CODEC in 0.6u TSMC technology, noise and distortion below 80 db. Designed Analog Reference (Bandgap) Circuit for PC Audio CODEC in 0.6u TSMC technology. Professional Affiliation Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

5 References 1. Mucahit Kozak, Ph. D. Senior Design Manager Synaptics, Austin, Texas Tel: (cell), 2. Moises Robinson, Ph. D. President and Board Member Vidatronics Inc. College Station, Texas Tel: (cell), 3. Michael Nix Former Fellow Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Austin, Texas 4. Arjang Hassibi, Ph. D. Founder and CEO of InSilixa, Sunnyvale, California