Chung-Kai Chen

Chung-Kai Chen has a diverse work experience in the field of analog IC design. Chung-Kai started their career as a Summer Intern at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company in 2007. Chung-Kai then joined Broadcom Inc. (now Broadcom) as an Analog Design Engineer in 2008, where they worked on sensors based on optoisolator/optocoupler's technology. At Broadcom, they developed a fully differential preamplifier for a current sensor and created a current mode LED driver to improve signal integrity.

In 2013, Chung-Kai Chen joined Qualcomm as a Mixed Signal IC Engineer and worked on a project to improve smartphone CPU's yield. Chung-Kai created new cells in Samsung's 14nm FinFET standard cell library and wrote SKILL code for automated tasks in Cadence.

In 2016, they joined Renesas Electronics as a Senior Analog Design Engineer in the Integrated Power Switch team. Chung-Kai developed load switches using TSMC 0.18um Gen 2 BCD technology, integrating functionalities such as power FET control, voltage regulation, current limit, and current sense.

Most recently, in 2018, Chung-Kai Chen joined Japan Display Inc. as an Analog IC Design Engineer. Chung-Kai joined the newly formed San Jose R&D center and contributed to building the team. Chung-Kai developed Analog Front End (AFE) ICs to process analog signals from sensors embedded in TFT panels, using TSMC 0 technology.

Chung-Kai Chen obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Taiwan University between the years 2000 and 2004. Chung-Kai then pursued further education and received a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology from 2006 to 2008. Additionally, Chung-Kai Chen has taken various online and in-classroom courses about IC design at UCSC Silicon Valley Extension, although the specific start and end year for these courses are not provided.

Furthermore, Chung-Kai Chen has obtained several certifications, including "Converter Control," "Converter Circuits," and "Introduction to Power Electronics," from Coursera in June 2018, May 2018, and March 2018, respectively. In October 2015, they obtained a certification for "An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 2)" from Coursera Verified Certificates. Similarly, in September 2015, they obtained a certification for "Introduction to Programming with MATLAB." In August 2015, Chung-Kai Chen obtained certifications for "An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1)" and "Programming for Everybody (Python)" from Coursera Verified Certificates. Lastly, they obtained a certification for "SKILL Language Programming vIC6.1.5" from Cadence Design Systems in August 2015.