Hi, I am Afzal.

Electronics Engineer

I'm a passionate VLSI engineer with interest in designing circuits and systems.

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Introduction
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I'm a passionate VLSI engineer with interest in designing circuits and systems. My interests lie in both the analog and digital domains of VLSI, where I continually strive to innovate and improve.

Skills

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

LT Spice

Xilinx Vivado

Electric VLSI

OPENLANE

MS OFFICE

Technology

FPGA

Arduino| 8051 Development Board |

Coding Languages

Verilog HDL

C / C++

Python

MATLAB

Operating System

Windows

Linux (Ubuntu)

Qualifications

Academic and Professional Career
Education
Experience
Intermediate

Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics

CBSE
2017 - 2019
B.Tech.

Electronics Engineering

Aligarh Muslim Univeristy
2021 - 2025

Analog Circuit Design Intern

Under Dr.GS Javed Mentorship (Analog Design Manager, Intel)
June 2023 - July 2023

President

Engineering Design and Implementation Club (EDIC), AMU
2022 - Till date

Projects

Involved Projects

Design of Phase Locked Loop/h3> Aug 2024

Design of Phase locked loop in 180nm Technology using LT SPICE an opensoure EDA Tool. The first task started with the design of LC Voltage Controlled Oscilator.

Tools Used: LT SPICE | CADENCE |

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Design and FPGA Implementation of Neural Network-based Digit Recognition System

Jan - May 2024

Design of software model of Neural Network for Handwritten Digit Recognition system using Python. Hardware realization of the neural network using Verilog HDL, validating behavioral, Post synthesis & Post Implementation Simulations and then ANN is implemented on FPGA.

Tools Used: Xilinx Vivado, VS Code | FPGA Board: NEXYS A7 | Languages: Verilog HDL & Python

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Design, Simulation, and Layout of Two-Stage Operational Amplifier

June - July 2023

Utilized Gm/Id methodology to design and simulate a Two-Stage Operational Amplifier in the 180 nm technology for the specifications: Gain >1000, Gain Bandwidth Product (GBW) > 1GHz, and Phase Margin of 50.

Tools Used: LT Spice, Analog Designer Toolbox (ADT), Electric Binary.

GitHub

Design and FPGA Implementation of FIR Filter using MAC (Multiplier-Accumulator) on FPGA

Nov 2023

The project covers the entire workflow of designing a FIR filter using MAC Multiplier and accumulator unit and followed by its implementtaion on to the FPGA Board, It includes the various submodules such as Multiplier, adder, RAM, ROM, register, and a Finite state machine to handle the signals like reset, load, write etc, This was successfully implememnted onto the F[GA.

Tools Used: Xilinx Vivado

GitHub

CMOS Inverter Design and GDSII Generation using Cadence Virtuoso (GPDK90)

Nov 2023

The project covers the entire workflow from schematic design to GDSII generation, including pre-layout and post-layout simulations, delay calculations, RC parasitics extraction, and validation through DRC and LVS checks. The goal was to successfully implement the CMOS inverter design and perform a detailed comparison between pre-layout and post-layout simulation results.

Tools Used: Cadence Virtuoso

GitHub

Design and Analysis of CMOS Inverter using CMOS 180nm Technology

Nov 2022

Explored MOSFET models for TSMC180nm, Analyzed strong 0/1 and weak 1/0 logic configurations through simulation. Designed CMOS Inverter, and analyzed its voltage transfer characteristics and key design parameters like VOH, VOL, VIH, VIL, and the switching threshold, with its layout using Electric Binary.

Tools Used: LT Spice, Electric Binary.

GitHub

Publications

A 5GHz Gain-Bandwidth Op-Amp in 180nm Technology

May 2024

Conference: 4th IEEE International Conference on VLSI Systems, Architecture, Technology, and Applications (VLSI SATA 2024)

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