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Vijaya Kumar Vinukonda

Vijaya Kumar Vinukonda

Senior Principal Engineer
Bangalore

Summary

A highly experienced VLSI leader with over 22 years of experience in Managing Platform development including Logic, Memory and Leading interface/IO, ESD and Analog & Mixed signal products development. Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality results on time and within budget. Strong technical knowledge of interface/IO design and optimization, signal integrity, and power distribution. Skilled communicator and collaborator with a focus on building strong relationships with team members, stakeholders, and customers.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Principal Engineer

ARM
01.2006 - Current

• Successful completion of Samsung platforms (11LPP, 14LPP, 14LPU, etc) development including various logic, Memory and IO products

• Leading development of various Interface/IO products, like GPIO and high frequency Speciality IO (like DDR, LVDS, LPDDR, subLVDS, USB, I2C, etc)

• Architect for various IO products and build culture of innovations within the team.

• Silicon experience with all major foundries (like TSMC, Samsung, GF and other Foundries as well) involving in various technology nodes (from 180nm to latest 3nm)

• Successfully build products from various leading customer requirements to a specific application and end-product (like Client/Mobile, Automotive, Infrastructure and IOT/Low Power)

• Deeply involved in building ESD protection architecture and packaging requirements and constraints for Interface/IO products.

• Leading and managing IO, Analog and Mixed Signal (AMS) product team (globally) across different design centers and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products.

• Leading product specific steering and working groups for planning and building product architectures, workflows, policies, methodologies, development flows and EDA requirements.

• Pro-active contribution in pre-sales, marketing, commercial and customer interactions to successfully convert requirements to deliver silicon qualified products.

• Actively involved in driving Testchip and silicon test and PFA (Physical FA) requirements and methodologies for Logic, Memory, IO, ESD and AMS products

• Maintained up-to-date knowledge of industry standards, policies and regulations and ensured team compliance.

• Collaborated with stakeholders, including customers, vendors, and internal teams, to ensure successful product delivery and customer satisfaction.

Senior Design Engineer

Alliance Semiconductor Pvt Ltd
01.2002 - 01.2006

• Design experience of Dual Port SRAM products, involving Architecture, bitcell analysis, IO Buffer design, Row/column redundancy and Full Chip Functional & timing Simulations

• Involved in silicon qualification and debug of SRAM products.

• Build Verilog models for SRAM products and completed with full verification.

• Actively involved and completed full chip simulations of Zero delay buffer including PLL and LVCMOS Input Receiver and Output Buffer.


Education

Master of Science - VLSI SYSTEM DESIGN

National Institute of Technology
Warangal, AP (India)
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Communication Eng

JNTU College of Eng
Anantapur, AP (India)
04.2001 -

Skills

Leading major Samsung foundry platforms including Logic, memory, and IO products

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Accomplishments

• General purpose Receiver. Patent Number: 9831855, Granted in 2017

• Output signal generation circuitry for converting an input signal from a source voltage domain into an output signal for a destination voltage domain, Patent Number: 9806716, Granted in 2017

• Receiver circuitry and method for converting an input signal from a source voltage domain into an output signal for a destination voltage domain, Patent Number: 10340917, Granted in 2018

• Electrostatic discharge protection circuitry, Patent Number: 9893517, Granted in 2018

• Overdrive receiver circuitry, Patent Number: 9966955, Granted in 2018

• Voltage level shifting circuitry, Patent Number: 10784842, Granted in 2020

• Circuit for controlling shape of a driver signal waveform, Patent Number:10516386, Granted in 2019

• System, method and apparatus for a single input/output cell layout, Patent Number: 10811375, Granted in 2020

• Core ramp detection circuitry, Patent Number: 11169590, Granted in 2021

• Dynamic biasing techniques, Patent Number: 11422581, Granted in 2022

Timeline

Senior Principal Engineer

ARM
01.2006 - Current

Senior Design Engineer

Alliance Semiconductor Pvt Ltd
01.2002 - 01.2006

Master of Science - VLSI SYSTEM DESIGN

National Institute of Technology
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Communication Eng

JNTU College of Eng
04.2001 -
Vijaya Kumar VinukondaSenior Principal Engineer