RAHUL RAJAN

rahul.rajan@gmail.com
324420 Georgia Tech Station
Atlanta, GA - 30332
Cell - 404.547.5417

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
Jan 2007 ñ Dec 2007
GPA: 3.75/4.0

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Highest Honors
May 2003 ñ Dec 2006
GPA: 3.71/4.0

SELECTED COURSE WORK
Wireless IC Design Analog IC 1 & 2 RF
Engineering 1 & 2
Interface IC Design for MEMS Embedded Microcontroller Intro to
Computer Engineering
RF-Microwave Measurement Lab Electromagnetic Applications Intro to
Signal Processing
Computer Communication Networks Finance and Investments Digital
Design Lab

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Wireless IC Design
Power Amplifier, Receiver System Design, LNA, Mixer, VCO, Frequency
Synthesizer

Analog IC Design
Design and layout of analog ICs using bipolar and MOS technologies ñ
Frequency Response, Feedback Concepts, Op Amp Analysis

Mixed Signal MEMS Interface IC Techniques
Switched Capacitor circuits, Continuous Time Interface circuits,
Dynamic Noise and Offset Reduction techniques, Oscillator Design,
Phase Noise

RF Engineering
S-parameters, Transmission Line Theory, Impedance matching,
Transformation Networks, Smith Chart, Stub matching, Waveguides,
Propagation modes, Antennas

RF/Microwave Measurement
Calibration and use of Vector Signal Analyzer, VNA, Spectrum
Analyzer, and Noise Measurements

CAD Tools
HP ADS, Cadence, SPICE, Mathcad and MATLAB

Programming Experience
LabVIEW, Assembly, C, C++ and Java

PROJECTS
o RFIC DP#1 - Linear CMOS Power Amplifier for WCDMA Applications
o RFIC DP#2 - RF system and front-end circuit design for a WiMAX
Transceiver
o MEMS IC Design - Designed and simulated an Oscillator with a MEMS
resonator ( 40 MHz) to implement a gravimetric sensor for lung cancer
detection
o Senior Design - Successfully implemented a Frequency Synthesizer
(500 - 1800 MHz) design on a PCB using surface mount parts including
an ADF4360-7 PLL chip from Analog Devices
o Analog IC Design - Fully Differential CMOS Amplifier design and
layout in 0.35um TSMC process with a gain over 100,000, bandwidth of
200 Hz, and noise of 30 nV/rt-Hz
o RF Design 2 - Analyzed a power amplifier in time and frequency
domain to characterize its transducer gain, operating gain,
efficiency etc. when operating at different input drives (2.5-7.5 W)
in a frequency range of 100 - 200 MHz
o RF Design 1 - Wideband matching for an amplifier operating in the
902 - 928 MHz band
o Used the PIC16F818 microcontroller to develop a Morse code
transmitter that could beep a fixed string stored in memory (SOS), or
a number which was input using a keypad
o Programmed an FPGA in VHDL to use its sonar and IR sensors as it
navigated the halls of a building without collision

WORK EXPERIENCE
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Spring '07 - Fall '07
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fall '07
Lab Instructor for Instrumentation and Electronics Lab

o Assisted students while they learned to use standard equipment
(Oscilloscopes, Digital Multimeter etc.) to analyze basic analog and
digital circuits
o Set and grade pre-lab quizzes and final exam

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Spring '07
Graduate Teaching Assistant for Microwave-RF lab

o Assisted students while they learned to use RF lab equipment (VNA,
Spectrum Analyzers etc.)
o Labs initially involved characterization of passive and active RF
components, leading up to assembling them to form a superhet receiver
chain

Motorola
Summer '06
iDEN RF Prod Dev Group, Plantation, FL
Intern
o Helped complete setup of antenna chamber for TIS tests
o Wrote LabVIEW code for chamber calibration and debugged TIS test
code
o Load-pull tests on a radio and analyzed the data on a Vector Signal

Analyzer
o Reworked RF decks, and automated Adjacent Channel tests in LabVIEW

Georgia Tech Housing
Fall '05 - Spring '07
Community Advisor
o Demonstrated quick thinking and decision making skills as first
point of contact during emergencies when on all-night duty for an
entire residential area
o In charge of fostering a spirit of community among the 32 residents

on a floor


RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Paper for Graduate Level Optoelectronics Class
o Conducted extensive research on MEMS display technologies for
wireless devices to write a paper on Interferometric Modulation
(IMOD) technology, now being pushed by Qualcomm Inc.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
o Member of Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
o Member of Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society
o Head of publicity on the Student Center activities board ñ Fall '05
o Assisted with the co-ordination and organization of 'Performance
Nite', a major on-campus intercultural event
o Worked with ECESIS, an online webzine for the school of ECE
o Study Abroad: Participated in a 3-month program in France, giving
me the opportunity to interact and connect with people from
culturally different backgrounds