Freddy Alexander Forero Ramirez

Education

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  Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica

  2016 - 2020

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Electronics Engineer

  Activities and Societies: Integrated Circuits Design and Test Group Thesis Title: Development of fault models and new test methodologies in Nano-metric semiconductor technologies.Design of digital integrated circuits using FinFET technology.Simulation of integrated circuits based on FinFET technology under process variations with different defects.Development of CAD tools (Python) for FinFET technology with applications for testing.Characterization and modeling of defects in VLSI digital circuits design with FinFET technology as Bridge, Full… Show more Thesis Title: Development of fault models and new test methodologies in Nano-metric semiconductor technologies.Design of digital integrated circuits using FinFET technology.Simulation of integrated circuits based on FinFET technology under process variations with different defects.Development of CAD tools (Python) for FinFET technology with applications for testing.Characterization and modeling of defects in VLSI digital circuits design with FinFET technology as Bridge, Full open and Resistive open defects.Description and characterization of new types of defects due to the double patterning techniques in digital circuits based on FinFET technology. Show less

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  Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica

  2013 - 2015

  Master of Science (M.Sc.) Electronics Engineer

  Activities and Societies: Integrated Circuit Design and Test Group Thesis Title: Robust aging circuits of NBTI with dual voltage supply.Simulation of integrated circuits with wear-out effects.Design of digital integrated circuits from gate-level description to post-layout simulation using Mentor Graphics and Synopsys Design Compiler.Software development (C++) of a Static Timing Analysis tool for VLSI digital circuits considering aging.Analysis of temperature and executed workloads impact on digital circuit’s lifetime.Exploration of a… Show more Thesis Title: Robust aging circuits of NBTI with dual voltage supply.Simulation of integrated circuits with wear-out effects.Design of digital integrated circuits from gate-level description to post-layout simulation using Mentor Graphics and Synopsys Design Compiler.Software development (C++) of a Static Timing Analysis tool for VLSI digital circuits considering aging.Analysis of temperature and executed workloads impact on digital circuit’s lifetime.Exploration of a methodology of gates selection to operate with low VDD power supply to improve the digital circuit’s lifetime. Show less

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  Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

  2002 - 2008

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE Electronics Engineering

  Project Title: Implementation of inverse neural control To VSC (Voltage Source Converter)converter for active and reactive power flow.Description: An inverse neuronal control is developed for a VCS converter for a 3.5 kVA load.The neural network is trained to control the active and reactive power flows by controlling theamplitude variation of the input voltage and the phase shift between the voltage and currentinput signals, respectively.