Benoit Krummenacker
240 Arriba Drive #4
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Tel: +1 (408) 605-6236
_________________________________________Work experiences________________________________________
August 1999 to present: California Eastern Laboratories, CEL Santa Clara, California, USA
Designs, tests, and releases to production Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits including amplifiers,
oscillators, phase-locked loops, mixers, modulators/demodulators, analog to digital converters,
voltage regulators and interface circuits using NEC’s silicon-based integrated circuit processes.
Interface with NEC during design, fabrication and assembly of RF IC's and also include occasional
visits to NEC in Japan.
Interfaces with customers and marketing personnel to assess product requirements and to maintain
technical interface during product development cycle.
January to July 1999: California Eastern Laboratories, CEL Santa Clara, California, USA
Designed a RF Integrated Circuit for GPS receivers as part of an internship.
Designed a PLL circuit on Cadence Analog Artist using NEC’s bipolar technology.
Integrated the different portions of the IC and simulated the IC schematic before layout.
May to August 1998: California Eastern Laboratories, CEL Santa Clara, California, USA
Internship as an associate design engineer specializing in low noise amplifiers and mixers hybrid for
CDMA applications (PCS phones) using GaAs FETs technology.
Designed and simulated these subsystems on the Libra simulator from HP-EEsof .
Tested and tuned evaluation boards to specifications.
Evaluated competitive parts for these applications.
April to July 1997: Axinite Paris, France
Designed an electronic card that analyzes a phone line.
January to March 1997: ESIEE Electronics Department Paris, France
Designed an interface card for DSP TMS320c30 (Digital Signal Processor).
_____________________________________________Education____________________________________________
Diploma of Engineer (M.S.E.E.), June 1999.
ESIEE (Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Electronique et Electrotechnique), Paris, France.
A five-year engineering college leading to the equivalent of an MSEE in electronics.
Majoring in Microwaves and Radio Frequency communication systems.
Baccalaureate section E, June 1994.
Aux Lazaristes, Lyon, France.
High School diploma specializing in mathematics, physics and technology.
____________________________________________Other skills___________________________________________
Computer Skills: Software: Analog Artist (Cadence) , HP-EEsof, Pspice, Mentor Graphics, SPW, MATLAB.
Programming languages: C++, Assembly 680x0.
Operating systems: Unix, Linux, DOS, Windows.
Languages: English: fluent.
French: native language.
German: working knowledge (Study trip of two weeks to Munich).
___________________________________________Personal interests________________________________________
Travels
Summer building site work in masonry: Participation in the restoration of a French historic village.
Snowboarding, street hockey, tennis.
Automotive, aviation.