Calogero D. Presti

Current

Postdoc Researcher at UCSD

Past

Research Assistant at University of Catania
Consultant at STMicroelectronics
Visiting Graduate Student at UCSD

Contract Researcher at National Research Council, Italy

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Education

Università di Catania
Scuola Superiore di Catania
Università di Catania

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Industry

Semiconductors

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Calogero D. Presti’s Summary

- Ph.D. in Electronics and Automation Engineering, who contributed to research projects in the areas of RF integrated circuit design and silicon devices.
- Propensity to fast and continued learning; proven ability to switch to new research topics and to acquire familiarity with new tools.

Calogero D. Presti’s Specialties:

Research and Design experience on:
CMOS power amplifiers / RF switches / RF peak detectors / bipolar VGAs/mixers / current-steering DACs / basic digital circuits / Operational amplifiers / PA digital pre-distortion
Familiar with:
ADS (Analog/Ptolemy) / Matlab / Circuit layout (Virtuoso) / NI LabView / ADS Momentum / RFIC experimental characterization / Load-pull characterization of PAs / PCB Design

Calogero D. Presti’s Experience

Postdoc Researcher

UCSD

(Educational Institution; Research industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)
Research Assistant

University of Catania

(Educational Institution; Research industry)

March 2008 — December 2008 (10 months)

- Conduct Ph.D. research on RFICs, particularly on CMOS Power Amplifiers
- Support laboratory characterization
- Support teaching activities of a graduate-level course on circuit design, particularly on Operational Amplifiers
Consultant

STMicroelectronics

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; STM; Semiconductors industry)

March 2006 — February 2008 (2 years )

I supported ST's R&D efforts on RF Power Amplifiers, Modules, Transmitter Interface Circuits for cellular and personal communication portable handsets.
Visiting Graduate Student

UCSD

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)

November 2006 — March 2007 (5 months)

I Visited Univ. Calif., San Diego, as a graduate student for six months, within Prof. P. Asbeck’s group. Recommendations available upon request.
Contract Researcher

National Research Council, Italy

(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)

April 2005 — June 2005 (3 months)

- Effectively contributed to a multidisciplinary research group, which includes physicists, chemists and engineers.
- Designed and tested Si-based electroluminescent devices, contributed to improve their efficiency and highlighted new physical phenomena.
- Co-authored 4 papers on international journals; attended national and international conferences.

Calogero D. Presti’s Education

Università di Catania

Ph.D. , Electrical Eng. (RFIC design) , 2005 — 2008

- Mainly involved in the design of a CMOS power amplifier for wireless applications.
- Developed experimental techniques to investigate CMOS PA’s reliability.
- Contributed to the design of a SOI-CMOS RF switch, with applications in reconfigurable cellular transmitters.
- Contributed to the design of a 0.25-µm 2-V CMOS Power Amplifier for GSM applications, delivering a 3-W output power with 55% PAE.
- Selected as a TA for a graduate-level course on analog circuit design at the University of Catania.
- Co-filed 3 patents, co-authored papers accepted at international conferences and journals.
Scuola Superiore di Catania

Diploma di Licenza , Materials Science , 1999 — 2005

The SSC is a special structure for higher education of the University of Catania, characterized by selective admission tests and strict performance requirements. Is was instituted to develop the skills of young students, through additional classes and beforehand research initiation. Every student at SSC is a student at the University of Catania at the same time. Among other requirements, a SSC student has to defend an additional final project thesis. See also http://www.unict.it/ssc/.

- Final project: “Amorphous silicon nanocluster light-emitting devices integrated to a photonic crystal.”
- Marks average: 100% (plus honors in 7 classes out of 7)

Activities and Societies:

President of "Aumni SSC" Society
Università di Catania

M.S.E.E. equivalent , Electrical Engineering , 1999 — 2005

- Final project: “Analysis and design of a variable-gain up-converter with exponential control law.”
- Marks average: 98.4% (plus honors in 16 classes out of 29)
- A 5-year curriculum, roughly equivalent to B.S. + M.S.