Post-Secondary Education

Columbia University New York
Master of Philosophy
Electrical Engineering

Columbia University New York
Doctor of Philosophy
Electrical Engineering

Teaching Experience

                                        Columbia University (New York, NY)   2012-2018

Lecturer - Electrical Engineering Department   2012-2018  

Taught fundamental undergraduate electronics courses and supervised projects showcased at the "Columbia Engineering Senior Design Expo”:

• ELEN3331 – “Electronic Circuits” - 45 students.
• ELEN3390 – “Electronic Circuit Design Laboratory” - Senior Design Project - 40 students.
• ELEN3399 – “Electrical Engineering Practice” - 40 students.       

Faculty Liaison - Electrical Engineering Department   2015-2017    

Served as the Faculty Liaison at the “Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning” (CTL).

Played an active role in the "Innovative Teaching Winter Institute" workshop organized by the “Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning”. 

                        Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel)   2006-2012

Distinguished Adjunct Faculty - Electrical Engineering Faculty   2006-2012

Created and instructed the curriculum and syllabus for undergraduate core courses:

• 044105 – “Theory of Electronic Circuits" - 230 students.

                                   Intel - Mobility Wireless Division (Haifa, Israel)   2004-2012

Distinguished Instructor and Course Developer – Intel University   2004-2012     

Pioneered, developed, and delivered circuit design courses, imparting crucial knowledge and design expertise to senior engineers across various corporate sites worldwide. These courses aimed to enhance circuit designs within the corporate product portfolio and were conducted multiple times annually:

• ”Basic Analog Design Course” – CMOS Circuit Design course for the corporate’s engineers – 50 engineers.
• “Advanced Analog Design Course” – CMOS Circuit Design course for the corporate’s engineers– 50 engineers.             

Advisor of Senior Students - Wireless Communications   2009-2011            

Mentoring Technion’s EE students for their senior projects in collaboration with industry:

• “Control & Robotics Lab”.
• “VLSI Lab”.       

                          Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel)   1999-2002

Distinguished Teaching Assistant - Electrical Engineering Faculty   1999-2002      

Taught the following courses:

• 044142 - “Linear Electronic Circuits” - 270 students.
• 046206 - “Digital Communications” - 210 students.
• 044109 - “Introduction to Electrical Engineering” – 50 students.

Distinguished Lecturer – Technion, The Division of Continuing Education and External Studies   2002

Taught engineering courses at “The Division of Continuing Education and External Studies” - 250 students.

Advisor of Projects for Senior Students   1999-2002              

Advisor for senior students' projects in the following laboratories:

• “Control and Robotics Lab”.
• “Vision and Image Science Lab”.
• “High-Speed Digital Systems Lab”.          

Professional Publications

Publications

• David Gidony, “Embedded Systems for Photonic Cognitive Sensing”, Ph.D. Thesis, Electrical Engineering Department - Columbia University, Jan. 2019. 
• Z. Zhu, A. Gazman, D. Gidony, Y. Shen, K. Shepard, K. Bergman, “Single-wire DAC/ADC Control and Feedback of Silicon Photonic Ring Resonator Circuits for Wavelength Switching”, The Optical Networking and Communication Conference & Exhibition, Mar. 2018.
• K. Tripurari, L. Zhang, Y. Xu, D. Gidony, B. Jovanovic, H. Krishnaswamy, P. Kinget, “RF channelizer architectures using 3-way iterative down conversion for concurrent or fast-switching spectrum analysis”, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, pp. 185-206, May. 2016.
• H. krishnaswamy, K. Tripurari, Y. L. Zhang, D. Gidony, B. Jovanovic, P. Kinget, “RF Channelizer Architectures using Iterative Downconversion for Concurrent or Fast-Switching Spectrum Analysis (Invited Paper)”, IEEE 57th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), pp. 977-980, Aug. 2014.
• O. Degani, A. Israel, F. Cossoy, V. Volokotin, K. Levy, E. Schwartz, E. Sapir, M. Arbiv, I. Refaeli, D. Gidony, S. Rivel, “A 90nm CMOS PA Module for 4G applications with embedded PVT gain compensation circuit”, IEEE Topical Conference on Power Amplifiers for Wireless and Radio Applications (PAWR), pp. 25-28, Jan. 2012.
• D. Gidony, Sophia Maerkovich, “Low Voltage 45nm CMOS Fully Differential Amplifier for 10 Bit, 160 Msps Pipeline ADC”, The International IEEE Conference on Microwaves, Communications, Antennas and Electronic Systems (COMCAS), Tel-Aviv, Israel, May 2008.
• D. Gidony, I. Kalet, “Adjacent Channel Interference Cancellation for MSK-Type Signals Using Antenna Diversity in Rayleigh Fading Environment”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 317-325, Feb. 2004.
• D. Gidony, “Adjacent Channel Interference Cancellation for MSK-Type and QPSK Signals Using Antenna Diversity”, M.Sc. Thesis, Electrical Engineering Faculty – Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Feb. 2003.
• D. Gidony, I. Kalet, “Adjacent Channel Interference Cancellation for MSK-Type Signals Using Antenna Diversity”, The 13th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, Lisbon, Portugal, Sep. 2002.

Conference Presentations

• D. Gidony, “Amplifier Design Challenges in 45nm CMOS Process, Within Low Voltage Supply and Digital Transistors Regime”, Advanced Communication Center, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, Jul. 2008.
• S. Lebedev, C. Jakobson, D. Gidony, E. Gordon, G. Hara, “Analog FE for WiFi MIMO MAC on Intel Process Digital Transistors”, Proceedings of the Intel Design and Test Technology Conference, San Jose, CA, Aug. 2006 (Intel’s internal conference).
• D. Gidony, “Low Power Consumption ADC & DAC for MIMO on Digital LV Transistors”, Intel Circuit Technology Conference, Tempe, AR, Jan. 2006 (Intel’s internal conference).
• S. Lebedev, E. Gordon, D. Gidony, K. Levy, “Analog FE for IEEE 802.11 a/b/g WLAN MAC on Intel Process”, Proceedings of the Intel Design and Test Technology Conference, Portland, OR, Aug. 2005 (Intel’s internal conference).
• D. Gidony, “80Msps Dual Sampling 10bit Pipeline ADC in 45nm CMOS Process within Low Supply Voltage & Digital Transistors Regime”, Intel Design and Test Technology Conference, Haifa, Israel, Sep. 2008 (Intel’s internal conference).

Professional Background Summary

                                        Austin Community College (Austin, TX)   2024-Present

Adjunct Associate Professor (part-time position)   2024-Present

                                         GLG - Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.   2024-Present

Council Member 2024-Present

                                     Triad Semiconductor (Winston-Salem, NC)   2023-2024

Director of Engineering   2023-2024

• Leading the lifecycle development of Analog/Mixed-Signal SoC ASICs & ASSPs across diverse applications (Automotive, Medical, Defense, and Audio).
• Directing global Analog & Digital Design, IC Layout, and Project Scheduling throughout all silicon development phases.
• Overseeing the Silicon Validation & Product Test teams to ensure silicon debug, Lab/Production hardware design, and readiness for Engineering Samples and Production Release milestones.
• Close collaboration with the Marketing team through the New Product Introduction (NPI) phase.
• Actively engaging with customers throughout ASIC development processes.
• Collaborating with the CTO and Executive team to formulate IC design Strategy and Roadmap.
• Fostering the growth of the Engineering team.
• Hiring Manager.

                                                      Silicon Labs (Austin, TX)   2020-2023

Senior Engineering Manager - Analog/Mixed-Signal & IC Power Management   2020-2023

• Leading the Design Team of Analog/Mixed-Signal & IC Power Management (consisting of 13 Senior Design Engineers), to develop IP blocks for IoT Micro Controller Units products. Including DC-DC converters, Data Converters, LDOs, low-power reference generators, etc.
• Collaboration with the Marketing team through the NPI phase.
• Providing guidance to the Field Application Engineer (FAE) team to address customer needs and questions.
• Providing daily mentorship, guidance, and leadership to design engineers.
• Overseeing design activities from defining architecture to circuit implementation, conducting design milestones and reviews, ensuring successful tape-out, and facilitating product launch for mass production.
• Developing Silicon Validation Lab and HVM plans, and analyzing silicon measurement results from Validation and PTE groups.
• Collaborating cross-functionally with various teams, including System, RFIC, Digital, Layout PDs, Silicon Validation, and PTE.
• Demonstrating excellent capabilities in group building, stabilization, and effectively assigning and engaging engineers in design activities.
• Hiring Manager.

                                           Columbia University (New York, NY)   2012-2020

Research Scientist – Silicon Photonics, Optical Communications (Lightwave Research Lab)   2019-2020          

• Leading and executing CMOS IC projects aimed at interfacing with Silicon Photonics ICs.
• Developing techniques for thermal stabilization in Silicon Photonics Micro-Ring Resonator (MRR).
• Developing a numerical (MATLAB) model for MRR WDMA Optical Communication links and analyzing power consumption versus link performance.
• Supervising and guiding a team of research scientists and Ph.D. students in CMOS chip design and lab testing methodologies.
• Working on the lineup and budget for the optical communication link.

Lab Manager – Silicon Photonics, Optical Communications (Lightwave Research Lab)   2019-2020

• Responsible for procuring and allocation of lab equipment for Silicon Photonics IC design. 

Ph.D. Research Assistant - Silicon Photonics, Optical Communications (Lightwave Research Lab)   2018         

                                                         “Advanced Control System for Optical Data Communications”

• Designed a low-power control system for thermal stabilization in MRR silicon-photonics, designed for high-speed Optical Communication systems. This involved defining the architecture, implementing schematics, modeling devices (MRR VERILOG-A model for CAD circuit-level simulations), conducting stability analysis, designing PCBs, and implementing a gradient detection algorithm in hardware.           

Ph.D. Research Assistant – Biomedical Imaging (Bioelectronic Systems Lab)   2013-2017              

                                         “Implantable Photonic Nano-Probe CMOS Detectors for Neural Fluorescence Imaging”

• Designed a System-on-Chip (SoC) featuring ultra-narrow photonic-probe Single-Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) sensors in a 130nm CMOS process, specifically tailored for neural imaging. The SoC embedded 400 pixels of SPAD sensors, along with Time-Correlated Single-Photon Counting (TCSPC) functionality for fluorescence imaging.
• Managed the entire silicon project lifecycle, including defining chip architecture and floor planning, conducting transistor-level schematic capture and layout design, performing simulations and post-layout simulations, designing a custom silicon package, creating lab test benches, overseeing measurements, handling PCB design, and writing software code for data analysis and image reconstruction. Additionally, executed Electro/Optical/Chemical lab experiments.
• Took charge of leading project execution milestones and timelines across diverse interdisciplinary research groups, ensuring the successful completion of the project.    

Ph.D. Research Assistant – RFIC (Columbia Integrated System Lab)   2012

• Working on wide-band receiver.    

Lecturer - Electrical Engineering Department   2012-2018

• Taught fundamental undergraduate electronics courses and oversaw projects showcased at the "Columbia Engineering Senior Design Expo”.    

                                      Intel - Mobility Wireless Division (Haifa, Israel)   2003-2012

Research Engineer - Advanced Radio Team   2012       

• Integrated PA Temperature Stabilization Control System. 

Senior Engineering Manager - Analog/RFIC, Wireless Communications   2006-2011      

• Managed and directed a team of senior circuit design engineers (20 engineers) tasked with developing baseband circuits for Wireless Communications products across various CMOS technologies. This included DC-DC converters, pipeline ADCs, current steering DACs, voltage/current reference generators, LDOs, high-speed OPAMPs, and PVT variations skew detectors.
• Defined technical roadmaps and made strategic decisions, overseeing test chip activities to mitigate product risks.
• Maintained close collaboration with cross-functional groups such as WiFi system, RFIC design, Logic IC design, Layout PDs, Design Verification, Silicon Validation lab, and HVM silicon testing on a daily basis.
• Conducted data analysis of lab measurement results and guided teams through root-cause analysis for silicon debugging.
• Hiring Manager.

Chip Lead - Wireless Communications   2009-2011     

• Led technical activities throughout the full project lifecycle, from RFIC lineup, system-level specification, chip architecture, silicon floor planning, block-level definition, power plane distribution, DFT implementation, design methodology establishment, pin & pad out allocation, design reviews, silicon package analysis, silicon bring-up, Silicon Validation, and HVM testing definitions.

Distinguished Instructor and Course Developer – Intel University   2004-2012 

Intel’s Committee R&D Funds   2009-2011

• Committee member for funds allocation for academic institutions.   

Advisor of Senior Students - Wireless Communications   2009-2011    

Mentoring Technion’s EE students for their senior projects in collaboration with industry:

• “Control & Robotics Lab”.
• “VLSI Lab”.

Analog Design Engineer   2003-2005 

• Designing Base Band Data Converters for wireless communications.

                                                           IEEE (Tel-Aviv, Israel)   2008-2010

Solid-State Circuit Society   2008-2010             

• Chapter Co-Chairman - IEEE Solid-State Circuit Society.

IEEE COMCAS   2008, 2009    

• Conference Session Chair.

                                 Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel)   1999-2012

Distinguished Adjunct Faculty - Electrical Engineering Faculty   2006-2012        

Research Assistant - Samuel Neaman Research Institute for National Policy Research   2002

• Investigating diverse methods to alleviate interference in wireless communication channels.

M.Sc. Research Assistant – Wireless Communications   1999-2002

                                     “Adjacent Channel Interference Cancellation for MSK-Type and QPSK Signals Using Antenna Diversity”

• Designed a receiver topology incorporating a Multi-User Detection algorithm to mitigate Adjacent Channel and Co-Channel interference in Wireless Communications (Rayleigh fading channels).
• Conducted both theoretical analysis and numerical modeling (using MATLAB) of the Wireless Communications system to assess its performance.        

Distinguished Teaching Assistant - Electrical Engineering Faculty   1999-200

Consultation

                                                 NYC Department of Transportation (DOT)   2016

                                                                                    “Assisting Device for Visually Impaired People”

• Developed, constructed, and showcased a navigation mobile system utilizing ultrasound waves.          

Academic Honors & Awards

                                           Columbia University (New York, NY)   2016

 “Engineering Senior Design Expo” - Recipient of 1st & 2nd places, Electrical Engineering Department   2016

                    Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel)   1999-2011

• “Distinguished Lecturer” - Ranked among the top 12% of outstanding lecturers, Technion 2011

• “Technion’s Permanent Outstanding Teaching Assistant” - Technion   2000-2001

• “Smolin Award” - Outstanding teaching excellence, Electrical Engineering Faculty   2000

• “EE Faculty Permanent Outstanding Teaching Assistant” - Electrical Engineering Faculty   1999-2000

• “EE Faculty Excellence Scholarship for Graduated Students” - Electrical Engineering Faculty   1999

                                    Intel University (Intel Corp.)   2005-2009

• “Exceptional Performance Instructor Recognition” - Intel University   2009
• “Contribution to Intel University Recognition” – Honored by Mr. Paul Otellini, Intel’s CEO   2007
• “Outstanding Instructor of Circuit Design Courses Award” - LAN Access Division   2007
• “Outstanding Instructor of Circuit Design Courses Award” - LAN Access Division   2006
• “Outstanding Instructor of Circuit Design Courses“ - Honored by Mr. Dany Rettig, Wireless Division Director   2005
• “Contribution to Intel University Recognition” - Intel University   2005, 2008, 2009