David K Cooper

David Cooper is a highly experienced CMOS mask designer with 36 years of expertise building circuit blocks to full custom chips. He has an extensive background in analog, digital, and RF chip design and is skilled in various verification processes such as floor-planning, IR drop, electromigration, DRC, ERC, LVS, LPE, and ANT. David is proficient in using various design software such as Cadence Virtuoso XL, Virtuoso Composer, PVS, Pegasus, Mentor Graphics Calibre, Mentor Graphics IC Station, Tanner L-Edit. He studied Electronic Technologies at Hennepin Technical College and has worked for various notable organizations, such as Micron Technology, DC Technical Services LLC, MIXED MODE SOLUTIONS, Nonin Medical, and LSI, an Avago Technologies Company. In addition to his professional achievements, David is also an enthusiast of amateur radio, holding an amateur extra class license, ko0p. He keeps up with the latest in DSP and DDS technology and enjoys building repeater systems.