NIKHIL ANAND

MUTHYA
MSEE

Graduation
Dec-2016
www.linkedin.com/in/nikhilmanand/

nikhil.anand.m@gmail.com

Wireless Communication

Visa Status F1

+1 214-682-3107

Dallas, TX
EDUCATION:

WORK HISTORY
Aug 2015 Jan 2016
Apple Inc.

MS in Electrical Engineering
3.81/4 University of Texas, Dallas

Dec 2016
BE, Electronics & Communication
3.85/4
BNMIT, VTU

2010

SKILLS:
Design Tools: HFSS, FEKO, AWR
(VSS, MWO & AXIEM), LabVIEW,
Allegro, Visual DSP (Analog
Devices Inc.), Code Composer
Studio (Texas Instruments),
MATLAB, C/C++ Compliers, Xilinx
Hardware: Spectrum analyzers,
Power meters, VNAs,
oscilloscopes, 3m & 5m SemiAnechoic Chamber (calibration,
testing), Soldering
Programming Languages: C,
Assembly languages, Verilog,
VHDL, Python
Processors: SHARC 213xx,
Black fin 5xx and TMS320xx
processors, Spartan 6

Coursework:

Power Amplifiers
Antennas & Wave
Propagation
Microwave Measurement
Lab
RF Systems
RF Amplifier Design

RF Regulatory Design Intern

WiFi-802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth, BLE and NFC radiated testing at

3m and 5m Semi Anechoic Chamber (ETS Lindgren), conducted
testing on various Apple products (iPhones, iPads and iMacs), calibration
of conducted racks.
Parameters - Harmonics, ACLR, Analog Front end spurs, Channel power &
on board Power Amplifiers characterization to meet regulatory
specifications for all MIMO and SISO.

Jul 2010 July 2014

Senior Systems Engineer

Software and Systems Pvt Ltd

Accord

Over 4 years of experience in design, development and testing of GNSS

(GPS, GLONASS, and IRNSS) CDMA receivers and RF down-converters for L5,
L1 & S band frequencies.
Projects: CDMA data Link Receiver, IRNSS User Receiver and IRNSS
Reference Receiver.
Design, tuning and testing of L5, L1 and S band Spiral Antenna in an
anechoic chamber. Designed and tested RF down-converter for IRNSS
frequency bands (1.176GHz & 2.492GHz). Implemented Algorithms - Dual
frequency
positioning, Integrated GPS/GLONASS modules with IRNSS,
multipath mitigation, Digital Pulse Blanking, In-band Adaptive CWI mitigation
and FFT Based Fast Acquisition (<5ms)

ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Fall 2016

Power amplifier simulations and analysis of DC-IV characteristics, Biasing,

Output Power calculation, Load Line analysis, Non Linear Simulation
(Harmonic Balance) analysis.

Spring -2016

Antenna Theory & Design

Design of Complex Log Periodic Dipole antenna in HFSS study,

working & performance analysis like gain, VSWR, Directivity; Antennafabrication, testing against the requirements of VSWR<2 (S11 > 10db),
Gain >5dB, Operating Freq (1.5GHz -13GHz), Group Delay < 3ns.

Spring-2016

Power Amplifier Design

Microwave Measurement Lab

Milled and Tested Microstrip Components in AWR and AXIEM(EM Tool)

Resonator, 3dB Wilkinson Power Divider, Butterworth and Chebyshev
Low-Pass Filters, Directional & Edge Coupled Couplers verified
against the specifications on FR-4.
Design of a LNA (NEC32584C) - milling and Testing using a VNA for
performance analysis and characterization.
Design of an MMIC Amplifier- octave bandwidth between 2-4GHz, Gain >
17dB.

Design and Simulation of Two

Stage Broadband LNA in AWR
Performance analysis like -AC/DC
Characteristics,
Power
Gain,
Stability Circles, the feedback
resistor and its effects on Transimpedance gain were performed.
Designed matching Networks for
Low noise Figure (< 2dB) and High
gain (>18dB) @ 10GHz (6-14GHz
band).

Spring -2015
Physical
Layer Simulation of an LTEOFDM System

A simplified version of LTE OFDM symbol was implemented in MATLAB

considering LTE specification from the LTE standards document. Performance
evaluation with AWGN and Rayleigh channel. Estimated spectral efficiency of
the adaptive modulation scheme used in LTE.

Fall 2014
transmitter

Space Debris Detection using Ground based

Detecting Space debris using a RADAR and Satellite RF Transmitter and

Receiver System. Involved in frequency plan, up-conversion and downconversion process, choosing passive and active components for low power
consumption and better noise figure. The entire system was designed in
AWR MWO environment