SAMYAK PARAKH

1705 Crest Road, Apt-3 Raleigh, NC 27606 sparakh@ncsu.edu (919)985-9611

Education
M.S. Electrical Engineering: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 2017
B.E (Hons.) Electronics and Instrumentation: Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India 2015

Skills & Interests

Programming Languages & Tools: Cadence, P-spice, AWR, Verilog, Python, C, Matlab, Verilog-A, Altium
Coursework: Power Electronics, Digital and Analog Electronics, Power Management and Analog IC design

Academic Projects
Very High Frequency Supply Modulator Design
Designed a multi-phase Buck Converter for envelop tracking application using 0.15um GaN on SiC
Integrated driver circuits with power stage efficiency 90% (10 Watts), switching at 100MHz
Implemented Zero Voltage Switching Quasi-Square-Wave resonant operation along with fourth order filter

Fully Differential Operational Trans-conductor Amplifier Design

The OTA consumes very low power of 643uW and is implemented in 90nm CMOS Technology
Achieving a gain of 94 dB and compensated to achieve a phase margin greater than 75 degrees
Current Mirror topology with Regulated (Active) Cascode structure along and common mode feedback circuit

Synchronous Boost Converter Design

Design of high frequency (7.5 Watts, 3MHz) synchronous Boost converter using 0.6um CMOS On-semi tech
Design include complete set of Drivers, OTA, clock generator and compensator with Low quiescent current
Light load management using minimum OFF time Pulse Frequency Modulation technique

Flyback converter design

Complete design of a single-input multi-output Flyback Converter including transformer design
Aimed at 95% Efficiency 150W rated load, Optimization was done using maximum switch utilization technique
Simulated different characteristics using PLECS at lighter loads and rated load conditions

Bellman Ford Algorithm

Designed a dedicated hardware accelerator used to work out the shortest path in a weighted directed graph
Design was based on Verilog2001 standard language and simulated on MODELSim Altera 10.3b
Complete synthesis and analysis of area and clock period using Synopsys2015 toolbox

Experience
FREEDM Systems Center Nov-Aug 2016
Designed and Implemented a MODBUS based communication platform for Micro-Grid application
Designed UART TTL to RS485 interface and Used ZigBee for wireless and Lan cables for wired data transfer
Implemented Controller PCBs for IGBT based 1.5 kW Inverter, DC-DC converters and debug their firmware
Designed a MATLAB based GUI for real-time Measurement, Monitoring and Control of a Micro-grid

Smarttrak Solar Systems Jan - Jun 2015

Worked on a 300 Watts solar micro-inverter for standalone and grid connected applications
Implemented Maximum Power Point Tracking on piccolo micro-controller and designed sensor circuits
Designed on-board auxiliary power supply and Investigated different topologies for step-up and inverter stage

Analog Devices Jan - May 2014

Designed an Electro Encephalogram (EEG) based 2-D mouse control for Tetraplegic patients
Designed PCB using Eagle Cad for signal capture, Analog Filtering and relay it to PC using Analog Devices ICs
Used p-300 and motor imagery signals as two independent signal for horizontal and vertical cursor movement

References
Advisor: Prof. David Ricketts dricket@ncsu.edu Mentor: Dr. Ruiyang Yu ryu3@ncsu.edu