ARNAUD AMADJIKPE

Hardware RF Engineer/ recent graduate

Atlanta - Georgia

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My varied experiences in RF and Wireless engineering, combined with my research background in antenna and microwave design are my strongest qualifications for an engineering position.

A former student at

Georgia Tech (Double degree exchange program)

ENSEEIHT (Electronics and Signal Processing)

Purple Labs S.A.

	Internship
	PURPLE LABS: Development, Design, Integration and Validation of Mobile Phones, Chambéry, FRANCE – 6 months Subject: Develop a complete WLAN solution for GSM-GPRS-UMTS mobile phones. Technical Skills: • Understand WLAN technology (processor, base band, radio) and 802.11a/b/g/n specifications. • Define a Validation Plan. Perform a benchmark of WLAN chipsets according to cost, packaging and performance criteria. • Integrate a WLAN chipset in a mobile phone: Power supply, dependency with the OS, Clock requirements. • Implement a Radio Front End topology: balun, switch, power amplifier, filter, 2.4GHz antenna. • Test and validate a complete WLAN solution. • Study coexistence issues between WLAN and Bluetooth co-located devices: HW coexistence signalling, isolation between Bluetooth and WLAN antenna. • Characterize isolation between UMTS and WLAN. • Simulate a Compact multi-band GSM-DCS-PCS-UMTS-WLAN PIFA antenna: S11, Gain.
	Sector: Electronics and microelectronics

CETP/CNRS

	Internship
	CETP « Centre d’étude des Environnements Terrestres et Planétaires »: Research unit of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris, FRANCE – 3 months Subject: Characterize and optimize electrical antennas for Ground Penetrating Radar. TAPIR & EXOMARS space missions. Skills acquired: • 2D&3D structures modelling with Ansoft Designer and HFSS. Simulation of radiation pattern, input impedance and S-parameters for 2MHz and 2GHz UWB antennas. • Analysis, Synthesis of technical publications to provide ideas on the design of new prototypes. • Sense of professional communication. Worked under high expectations and time constraints.
	Sector: Spatial industry