lloyd l.

Extensive experience in high performance / high dynamic range analog mixed signal, custom digital, and RF integrated circuit design, layout, and test, from concept to production for commercial, military, and space IC products. Have knowledge of IC process development, characterization, and modeling. Have significant amount of experience in obtaining new military, space, and commercial IC business, as well as obtaining funding for start-up activities. Technical oversight for large IC design teams (20-40 people). Have ability to contribute creatively to the solution of difficult IC technical problems. Have 59 U.S. patents issued, 200-300 international issued patents, with 29 U.S. patents pending. Author or co-author of 15 published conference and journal papers. Support clients on national and international trademark research and filing, as well as copyright. Provide technical support for law firms involved in litigation. Also have experience at the discrete analog / RF / mixed signal level for system analysis, link budget analysis, board level circuit design and layout. Experience in system design, architecture, and analysis. Specialties: System Design/Architecture/Analysis/Block Specifications New business development/capture Winning proposals for small (SBIR Phase I and II) and large businesses Product road maps VC funding pursuits technical due diligence for VCs, angel investors, and M&A IP creation and protection, prior art search, competitve analysis Client depostion Technical lead for IC design groups and product development AMS/RFIC Design Chip/Circuit/System Architect High speed, high performance ADC, Sample/Hold, ADC drvier amplifier, and DAC architectures RF/AMS/SOC BIST/DFT architectures and methodologies PLL and DDS DIgitally programmable RF transceivers/SDR/GPS/cellular/wireless transceiver architectures RF TxRx, optical TxRx, modulator driver, LDD, TIA Flash Ladar, active/passive imaging ROIC regulators, high voltage/high current switches, ATE electronics SiGe BiCMOS, CMOS, SOI, bipolar, Complementary bipolar, GaAs, InP Digital beamforming Cadence tools - schematic capture, SPECTRE, layout review solutions to production problems secret clearance