J. Paul Tupin

Paul is a co-founder of LifeWave Biomedical and holds 35 years of experience in the electronics industry, predominantly in radar system design. He has extensive hardware and software radar system design experience at i4C Innovations/Intersections, LifeWave Biomedical, Lockheed Martin, and Texas Instruments. In addition to radar systems, he has experience in image compression, computer networking, and embedded systems.

At i4C Innovations (LifeWave Biomedical Animal Licensee), Paul served as Director of Product Development and led the development of three generations of canine vital sign collars based on UWB radar. He was responsible for the development of the first generation product and its integration into volume production at the contract manufacturer Sanmina. He also led the FCC compliance testing/certification. Paul has subsequently developed two new generations of the radar design with the latest poised for production. Paul also served on the European Union ETSI UWB Working Group (TGUWB) for 2 years where he helped revise the UWB regulations to comply with the new Radio Equipment Directive (RED).

At LifeWave Biomedical, Paul served as Vice President of Engineering and was the primary technical contributor on a variety of UWB radar sensor designs, with responsibility for system architecture, hardware design, test/debug, and algorithms. He designed clinical studies, developed protocols, and participated in a number of animal and human studies. He was also the principle inventor on LifeWave’s UWB patents, including a broad horizontal patent covering the use of UWB radar with advanced signal processing for medical applications. He successfully completed projects for the US Army and NIH/NHLBI, including basic cardiopulmonary measurement, detection of changes in cardiac stroke volume, and a CPR/resuscitation aid featuring detection of viable blood pressure.

Paul started his career at Texas Instruments (TI) as a hardware design engineer. At TI, he worked for the Advanced Projects Department of the Radar Division where he designed numerous circuits for next generation radar systems. His design experience included: high voltage switched mode power supplies, digital radar sequencers, TWT controllers, quadrature receivers, phase-locked loops, frequency multipliers, and microwave cavity filters.

Paul holds a BSEE from University of California, Davis and an MSEE from California State University, Sacramento. His graduate research focused on hardware and algorithmic improvements to pulse Doppler ultrasound imaging.