Mikhail Kantaria Resume / Curriculum Vitae

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Mikhail Kantaria, MS

 

E-mail: mikhail.kantaria@gmail.com

 

Mobile phone

South Korea: +82 (0)10 31483047

 

Current office address:

South Korea, Incheon
405-310, Namdong-gu, Gojan-dong
727-4, 156BL-5L
Ace Antenna Corp.
System Research 2 Team
 

Current home address:

South Korea, Incheon
406-756, Yeonsu-gu, Dongchun-2 dong
Dongnam APT, 101-503

 

Permanent address:

Republic of Georgia
Tbilisi, Saburtalo
Aleksidze 1, Building 6, Apartment 32

 

Objective:

 

Employment in Microwave and Radio Frequency Engineering

 

Education:

 

            September 1986 -September 1989

Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology (MIET).

Moscow, Russia

Post-graduated 3-years course for Ph.D. degree in Special Microwave Systems Engineering.

Thesis "Special stabilization design methods for high-frequency power amplifiers"

 

            September 1973 - June 1978

Tbilisi State University - department of physics Tbilisi, Georgia Master of Science degree in Radiophysics and Electronics.

Thesis "Two-dimensional optic method of researching an aerosol's permittivity"

(Moscow Institute of Atmosphere Physic of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia)

 

Summary of Positions Held:

 

Ace Antenna

South Korea

April 2008 - Present

Lead researcher. RF High Power Amplifier Design.

Ultra wide band antenna matching circuit design.

 

            April 2006 - April 2008

RF M Tech

South Korea

Senior Engineer. RF & Microwave circuits and systems design.

Mixers, Frequency Multipliers, Low Noise Amplifiers, Power Amplifiers and Microstrip Filters for UHF radio transceiver systems.

900 MHz – 5 GHz Applications.

 

            March 2004 - March 2006

Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology. Communication & Networking Lab.

South Korea

Senior Engineer. RF & Microwave circuits and systems design.

60 GHz transceiver conceptual design for  IEEE 802.15.3c application.

CMOS 90 nm  implementation is assumed. Research and Development Generators, Mixers, Multipliers and Amplifiers for UWB systems.

Research and Development sensitive wireless wake up system device with very low consumption.

RF ID Reader and Tag RF system design.

 

            December 1998 - February 2004

Samsung Electronics. Mobile Communication Division.

South Korea

Senior Engineer. Research and development  RF and microwave circuits for mobile communication systems: Very low-noise amplifiers for GSM, DCS, CDMA, PCS, mobile phones and for DMB systems. Middle-power amplifiers, diode and transistor mixers, transistor and diode switches, LC-filters, antenna matching circuits.

Discrete elements implementation and distributed passive elements implementation.

Tests and measurements.

All applications for 800 MHz - 3.0 GHz frequency band by using RF discrete elements and RF IC.

 

            October 1997 - October 1998

LG Precision. Special Microwave System Division.

South Korea

Research-Engineer. Research and full development Special Microwave Transceiver for Missile Radar. 16 GHz Application. Hybrid microwave IC implementation:

Amplifiers - 16 GHz & 30 dBm output power, mixers- 16 GHz, multiplier by 2 – 2 GHz, multiplier by 8 - 16 GHz,  filters – 16 GHz, limiters – 16 GHz.

Low and medium level of output power.

 

            November 1989 - August 1997

Scientific Research Institute of Electronic Industry Ministry Tbilisi, Georgia Senior Researcher, Project Chief Designer.

Research and design analog IC for video applications (Operational Amplifier, Video Amplifier).

Research and design analog IC for automobile applications (Mixed signal IC).

Researching in temperature stable LC microwave 2 GHz oscillators.

Research and design GaAs LNA – 3 GHz.

 

            October 1978 -September 1986

Scientific Research Institute of Electronic Industry Ministry Tbilisi, Georgia Engineer, Senior Engineer, Principle Engineer.

Research and design high speed digital Silicon IC (TTL with Schottky diodes). Triggers, Registers, Major Logic circuits. Military applications.

Research and design analog Hybrid IC. Wideband Amplifiers, Video Amplifiers, Detectors. (3 MHz – 300 MHz)

 

Main Professional Achievements:

 

Algorithms and design methods of insensitive RF & Microwave devices for IC implementations.

 

Software Skills

Ansoft designer

ADS

Genesys

AutoCAD

 

Languages:

Russian, English, Georgian, basic Korean

 

Personal History:

 

Citizenship: Republic of Georgia. Born in 1956, 21st of July.

Married, have 2 daughters (1988, 1990).

  • I am currently working in South Korea.
  • I don't need any support for my relocation in U.S.
  • I have a Green Card and now I am looking for a job in U.S. to start in July 2008 or maybe a little bit later.
  • I do not have a Security Clearance.