Curriculum Vitae of Nigel Berrie BSc(Hons) MEng CEng MIET ========================================================= Contract RF Design Engineer Last Update: 10/06/2007 Date of Birth: 18/1/1963 Place of Birth: Sydney, Australia Nationality: British Marital Status: Single Secondary Education: The Perse School, Cambridge ==================== O'levels: Maths (A), Additional Maths (A), English Language (A), English Literature (A), Chemistry (A), Physics (A), Biology(A), French (A), History (B) AO'levels: Use of English (Distinction) A'levels: Pure & Applied Maths (A), Physics (A), Chemistry (A) S'levels: Physics (2) Extra A'levels: CCAT, Cambridge: 9/79 to 7/80(evening classes in Computer Science) Computer Science (C) University Education: ===================== Bsc (Hons) Class 2(ii) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering at Bath University, Claverton Down, Bath, AVON (July '85) Masters Degree (MEng) at Bath University, in cooperation with Plessey Military Communications of Ilford and Southleigh Park House, through the four and a half year industry-linked BSc/MEng course (July '86) Jobs have involved: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Skills: ======= - Working in fields including paging, PMR, CT2, GSM and DCS1800, broadband antenna switching networks and video distribution headend. - Working on high volume and low volume products, from design feasibility to design & development, to introduction into production, and production test set-up and support - Virtually all products worked on have been for battery-powered equipment, using surface mount devices - Use of PC tools such as ORCAD, PSpice, Touchstone, Milstress, Easypc, GWBASIC, QBASIC, Borland Turbo C++, Word Perfect, Word for Windows, Xcel, HoTMetaL, FrontPage, Java 1.2.2 - Use of Sun workstation tools including Cadence Affirma Analog(ue) Circuit Design Environment, Spectre Simulator. - Producing Budgets, timescales, costings, and leading a small team of engineers - Dealing with test houses for type approval - Dealing with subcontractors in UK and abroad - Visiting customers Europe-wide to provide technical support for an RF product - Building and evaluating prototypes - Writing Specifications, Application Notes, User Manuals - PLL analysis, modelling and design - Spreadsheet modelling of Gain, Noise Figure, and Intermodulation for receiver chain design Circuit design experience: ========================== - Development, simulation and layout of a 4GHz VCO on BiCMOS SiGe (IBM process). - Design, simulation and layout of a 4GHz VCO on a BiCMOS Si process. - Design of a Chip-on-board 900/1800MHz VCO using a BiCMOS cascode and GaAs FET varactor. - Design of GSM/DCS dual-band transceiver board to evaluate Hitachi HD155121F - Design and/or specification of boards to make testing of GSM/DCS/Dual-band RF modules easier - Design of DCS1800 evaluation board for Hitachi HD155101F BRIGHT chipset - Design of CT2 Front-end circuitry, integration with baseband - UHF PMR Power Amplifier Design from scratch - Design of 20-1000MHz splitter using bifilar wound rf transformers - Design of dc-1GHz antenna switching Matrix and control circuitry (74HC series) - Design of GSM receiver front-end circuitry - modelling and design of PLL circuitry - Design of a UHF VCO - Design and banding of a VHF crystal oscillator (25 - 55MHz) - Design of an RF Power Amplifier Power Control circuit Contact details: ================ Phone: +44 (0)1256 840367 Mobile: +44 (0)7774 770674 e-mail: rfdesign@innocomms.co.uk OR nigelberrie@innocomms.f2s.com Tables of employment experience of Nigel Berrie April 2006 to June 2007 - Wood and Douglas ========================================== Position: RF Design Consultant Client Sector/Business: OEM of various Radio Frequency products Products/Projects: Solo, Duo, Trio, Symphony, Geoquip (ST040G, RAFID), SX850G, SX150G Reporting to: Rob Garth Activities: - RoHS compliant redesign of Broadcast Studio Talk-Back products Solo, Trio, Duo & Symphony - RoHS compliant redesign of CW HF transmitter module within Geoquip RAFID security product - RoHS compliant and design simplification of Receiver Module within Geoquip RAFID product - Redesign of SX450G to produce an SX150G transceiver - Rebanding of SX450G to produce an SX850G transceiver April 2002 to December 2005 - Panasonic SDE in Wokingham ======================================================== Position: RF Design Consultant Client Sector/Business: DAB receiver Platform and Silicon Development Products/Projects: Setting up RF capability, Goodmans, Roberts Radio, New DAB RFIC Reporting to: Tony King-Smith, Adrian Steel, David Lomas Activities: - Specified Test Rig necessary to develop DAB receivers - Designed RF modules for the Platforms Team (Adrian Steel) within DAB receivers, which went into Mass Production - Supported LSI team - Joined LSI team (David Lomas) and designed/simulated corners for some circuit blocks on CMOS, using Cadence June 2000 to April 2002 - Sony SDE in Basingstoke ================================================= Position: RF Design Consultant Client Sector/Business: GSM/DCS/PCS Handset electronics Products/Projects: Test IC developments, 4GHz VCO, Antenna switch MMIC Reporting to: Chris Clifton, Andrew Larkins Activities: - applications support for a GSM/DCS/PCS transceiver - design of Chip-on-board GSM900/1800 Transmit VCO - design, simulation and layout of 4GHz on-chip VCO and buffer on Si BiCMOS - development, simulation and layout of 4GHz on-chip VCO using IBM BiCMOS - development of antenna switch MMIC/module July '96 to April 2000 Hitachi Micro Systems Europe, Maidenhead ================================================================ Position: RF Design Consultant Engineer Client Sector/Business: Applications Design & Dev't Products/Projects: BRIGHT,BRIGHT HF, BRIGHT II, BRIGHT III, BRIGHT IV Reporting to: Tony King-Smith, Andrew Watts, David Clark, Paul Reilly > Technical Support for customers wanting to use GSM/DCS/Dual-band version of BRIGHT chipset > Designing a board to provide a simulation of baseband stimuli to a GSM RF subsystem > Driving the layout of RF boards > Organising the manufacture of GSM/DCS RF subsystem boards > Involvement in development of BRIGHT GSM, DCS1800 and dual-band chipset > Liaising with design subcontractors > Development of DCS1800 RF board > Design of a dual-band (GSM/DCS1800) RF module > Support of DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast) RF chip development at early stages > Integration of a dual-band RF module with Baseband > Support of Hitachi SH-DSP / HSTAG Mobile phone baseband chipset project Jan '95 to July '96 Orbitel Mobile Communications, Basingstoke ============================================================== Position: Infrastructure Design Engineer RF Design Engineer CT2 '206' basestation Nick Oatley, Bob Carter, Tony Lipscombe > Design of CT2 basestation receiver front-end(800-1000MHz) > Technical Coordination for transceiver design > Calculations for receiver system design > Investigation of alternative IF chips and front-end mixers > Layout considerations for a transceiver card > Liaison with Production test department at Carlton-in-Lindrick > Integration of RF modules with the baseband > Field testing CT2 basestation Nov '94 to Jan '95 GEC Marconi Inflight Systems Browns Lane, Portsmouth ======================================================================= Aircraft video/audio entertainment systems RF Design Engineer Boeing 777 system Richard Gough Andy Kennedy > Design of an 8-channel video-modulator unit(NTSC AM) as a further development of previous work undertaken Nov '93 to Nov '94 on a twelve channel version > Produced prototype of 8-channel version > Produced Design and Test Specifications for most of the modules July '94 to Oct '94 Securicor DataTrak Swindon ============================================== Vehicle Location Systems Design Engineer (Contract) 2-way data mobile unit Simon Furmidge > Curing stability problem with 500 MHz VCO at high temperatures > Improving noise performance of above VCO > Preparation and troubleshooting of prototypes > Introducing Mod-state and Bulid state control > Redesigning basestation transmitter power envelope control loop Nov '93 to July '94 Raven Research Ltd. ======================================= Theale, nr Reading Antenna Switching Matrices Senior Design Engineer (Contract) Nigel Jones Peter Greatorex > Design of dc to 1GHz 8x8 switching matrix and control/logic interface > Design of 20-1000MHz power splitters > Development of 1-30MHz feedforward amplifier > Test schedules, Specs, and Handbooks > PCB layout, prototype production, and production support Nov '92 to Nov '93 GEC Marconi Inflight Systems ================================================ Portsmouth Aircraft video/audio entertainment systems Design Engineer (Contract) Boeing 777 system Richard Gough Phil Farr > Design of ALC control loop for video distribution multiplexer for Boeing 777 (NTSC AM system) > Design, breadboard and evaluation of 215 to 330MHz VCO > Progressing A Model design & evaluating video channel quality > Designing various RF filters > Progressing B Model layout, and development adding failsafe features Jan '92 to Nov '92 Maxon (Europe) Ltd. ====================================== Hemel Hempstead PMR / Paging Approvals Manager (Contract) all PMR Products Paul Mitchell > Preparation of UHF transceivers for approvals, and solution of design problems if radios designed for the USA failed to meet ETS 300 086 > Managing Approvals department, liaising with French, German, Swedish and Portuguese subcontractors involved in approvals activities and liaising with PTT's and test houses Nov' 91 to Jan '92 Subcontract indirectly to Yale ================================================= Design of highly transportable VHF radio link for transmission of data up to a distance of 1 km. Sept '91 to Oct '91 Technophone =============================== Camberley TACS/NMT Mobiles Design & Dev't Engineer (Contract) 207 NMT Handheld John New Russell Johnston > Troubleshooting a new design to nget it through approvals - a series of short investigations, including: > Spurious Receiver responses, eg 1st IF breakthrough, (Tx-1st IF) intermod response, l.o. harmonic reponses. > Checking performance to approvals requirements, inc. audio intermod response and adjacent channel rejection, etc. > Simplifying the heatsink arrangement, and characterising its performance Dec '90 to Sept '91 Orbitel Mobile Communications ================================================= Basingstoke CT2/GSM/PCN Design & Dev't Engineer (Contract) GSM Mobile Nigel Tout Robert Emslie > Redesigning First Mixer and SAW matching > Defining Test and Set-up procedures > Prototyping circuits, checking RF layouts > Designing Fault-finding diagnostics, and component specifications > Measuring performance of receiver and transmitter to show conformance with system requirements > Integration of RF and control modules July '89 to Dec '90 Racal Mobilcal ================================== Reading Military/Paramilitary PMR Design & Dev't Engineer (Contract) Merlin & Scopeshield II Mike Dunstan > Designing / prototyping / proving and characterising discrete PA design for 6/2/0.5 Watt 403-512MHz, 10Vdc for PMR handheld > Designing / prototyping PA AGC and pin-diode switching > Designing heatsinking arrangement. April '89 to July '89 Ferranti Creditphone ========================================== Manchester CT2 Manufacturer and Network Operator Design & Dev't Engineer (Contract) CT2 Ian Murphy > Testing and Troubleshooting preproduction run of CT2 handsets and analysing causes of failure > Commissioning of ATE on production line, and training operators to recognise faults > Started design of prototype of antenna switching and transmitter chain for double-transceiver basestation for public phonepoint. Feb '89 to March '89 P.A. Technology ==================================== Royston Consultancy Design & Dev't Engineer (Contract) Alpenhorn Malcolm Crisp > UHF synthesiser design improvements to improve noise and spurious sideband problems > Measuring radiated EMI/spurious, finding sources of the radiated signal Nov '88 to Feb '89 Marconi CCS ============================== Frimley Military Electronics Dev't Engineer (Contract) Troubleshooting prototype / A-model designs for SAM guidance RADAR, including modules at circa 120MHz IF, logic boards, and BITE sub-systems - test to spec, and correction of build and design faults Aug '86 to Sept '88 Multitone plc ================================= Basingstoke Radio Paging Systems Design & Dev't Engineer (Permanent) Tony Wallbank Tom Lomax Andy Cope > Finished design of module to phase-lock VHF transmitters via a telephone line > Analysis of PLL, adapted above for UHF transmitters > Feasibility study for a new pager (aerial, architecture, IF) > Design of front-end and banding of l.o. (modified Colpitts Xtal l.o.) > Antenna meaurements and design, and sensitivity testing of the pager > Prototyping, and dev't of pager to almost preproduction phase. July '85 to Aug '86 Plessey Military Comms ========================================== Havant Military Radio Design & Dev't Engineer (Permanent) VIRCS, Project Raven Martin Toms Dr. Les Jones > Responsibility for progressing dev't of 3 modules within VIRCS (2-wire multi-channel comms system for use in military vehicles, using FDM, DTMF, FSK and ASK) > Undertook a value engineering exercise on the VIRCS system to find ways of reducing production costs, and also investigated and prototyped an alternative signalling method for system control that was cheaper, simpler, and more reliable due to component temperature rating. Oct '81 to July '85 Plessey Avionics & Communications ===================================================== Ilford & Havant Military Radio Sponsored Student Undertook work experience, training and projects in: > Estimating, Production Control, Production Materials Control, Measurement Assurance > Marketing & Sales, Bid Preparation, Export and shipping procedures > Design & Dev't, Design & Dev't control & planning