Resume
Marie Devulder, PhD
RF Team Leader
Test & Design
Singapore
Work Experience
RF Engineer Team Leader
MC2-Technologies, Lille, France
2008 – Oct 2012
Position
- RF test lab manager
- Manage a team of two technicians
- Review customer requirements
- Technology watch to find new devices fitting with technical specifications dedicated to the project
- Development of new RF test methodologies and test benches
Activities:
- Mentoring and training up new staff
- Test bench hardware development : Active multiharmonic loadpull (2-40 GHz full band) and RF life test (2 and 10 GHz)
- Technical documentation
- Define RF measurement methodologies and equipments specifications
- High frequency test (Noise, Small and Large Signal up to 110GHz)
- Active circuit integration to develop low noise and power amplifiers, phase shifter and attenuator modules
- Passive design (RF access, calibration kit, coupler)
- Non-linear device modeling (GaAs and GaN technologies)
Technical skills:
Vector Network Analyzer (mainly Agilent PNA-X), Power meter, Spectrum analyzer, Noise Figure Meter, Probe Station
Agilent ADS, Empire XCcel (3D-Simulator), CleWin, Matlab, Eagleware
C Language, Visual Basic
mm-Wave Design Engineer on Silicon Technology – PhD Student
STMicroelectronics, Crolles, France
IEMN, Research Institute, Lille, France
2004 – 2007
- Millimeter wave circuits design, layout and characterization (switch, amplifier, oscillator, detector, single chip transmitter) at 60 GHz using silicon technology (BiCMOS/CMOS)
Technical skills:
Vector Network Analyzer (mainly HP-8510 [DC-110GHz]), 70GHz oscilloscope, Power meter, Spectrum analyzer, Frequency Synthesizer
Agilent ADS, Ansoft HFSS
Layout using Cadence environment, DRC and LVS verifications
Microwave Engineer - Waveguide limiter design
IEMN, Research Institute, Lille, France
2004
- Co-simulation using Ansoft HFSS and Agilent ADS to design a limiter
- Diodes characterization
Technical skills:
Vector Network Analyzer (mainly HP-8510 [DC-50GHz])
Agilent ADS, Ansoft HFSS
RF Engineer, Internship – S band Radar study
Thalès Air Defence, Ymare, France
2003
- MMIC packaging (RF access design) and characterization
- PCB layout dedicated to drive MMIC (such as switch, attenuator, phase shifter)
Technical skills:
Vector Network Analyzer
Agilent ADS, Orcad Pspice
Education
2008 PhD Graduation in Microwave and Microtechnologies (Lille I University)
2003 Master degree in Microwave and Microtechnologies
Dual diploma : Engineer school Polytech’Lille and Lille I University
1998 Scientific “Baccalauréat” (French national high school diploma)
Speciality : Physics and Chemistry
Technical Knowledge
- Simulation and design Softwares
Agilent ADS, Ansoft HFSS, Empire XCcel, CST Microwave Studio, Cadence, CleWin, Matlab, Eagle, PSpice, Orcad Capture and Layout
- Measurement equipments
Vector Network Analyzer, Spectrum analyzer, Oscilloscope, Noise Figure Meter, Power Meter OSWindows XP/Vista/Seven, Linux, Unix Sun Solaris - Languages
C, Visual Basic, HTML, PHP
- Databases
MySQL 4.x and 5
Awards
2007 Best Student Paper Award at ICUWB 2007, Singapore
2004 Jean-Pierre Noblanc Award (STMicroelectronics award)
Publications
“Banc de mesure loadpull multi-harmoniques basé sur une plateforme Agilent PNA-X“, M. Devulder, N.Thouvenin, N. Vellas, Journées Nationales Micro-ondes, Brest, May 2011
“Study and feasibility of an Ultra Wideband (UWB) system in millimeter wave range in advances silicon technology“, M. Devulder, PhD dissertation, LilleI University, December 2008
“Conception de circuits 60 GHz pour système Ultra Large Bande en technologie BiCMOS SiGe“, M. Devulder, I. Telliez, S. Pruvost, F. Danneville, N. Rolland, Journées Nationales Micro-ondes, Toulouse, May 2007
“60 GHz UWB Transmitter for Use in WLAN Communication“, M. Devulder, N. Deparis, I. Telliez, S. Pruvost, N. Rolland, F. Danneville, P.A. Rolland, International Symposium on Signals, Systems and Electronics (ISSSE), Montréal, August 2007
“UWB Transmitter in BiCMOS SiGe 0.13 µm Technology for 60 GHz WLAN Communication“, M. Devulder, N. Deparis, I. Telliez, S. Pruvost, F. Danneville, N. Rolland, P.A. Rolland, IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB), Singapore, September 2007
“40GHz Low Noise Receiver Circuits using BCB Above-Silicon Technology Optimized for Millimeter-wave Applications“, S. Pruvost, R. Cuchet, D. Pellissier, I. Telliez, M. Devulder, X. Gagnard, P. Ancey, M. Aid, F. Danneville, G. Dambrine, N. Rolland, S. Lepilliet, IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, Honolulu, June 2007
Languages
French : mother tongue fluency
English : technical and conversational fluency
German : basic knowledge
Interests
Swimming, Backpacking
References
References available upon request