Hitoshi Aoki

2013-Present Guest Professor at the Department of Intellectual Property Strategies of Gunma University 2011-Present Executive Advisor Consultant of MODECH Inc. - Research RF-CMOS modeling and reliability issues with Tokyo Institute of Technology - Research gate-all-around nanowire tunneling FET device model with Tsinghua University in China - Provide consultation for our customer executives - Provide technical assistance to our engineers 2009-2011 Chairman of MODECH Inc. 2002-2009 Founder, President & CEO of MODECH Inc. - Delivered EDA technical consulting projects to most semiconductor manufacturers and laboratories in Japan - Conduct management, research, and development of EDA software - Developed and managed internal software tools and IT systems 1994-2002 Joined Agilent Technologies (formerly Hewlett-Packard Japan), assigned to a group manager and chief consultant of Design Technology Group - Established and enhanced "Device Modeling Consulting" business in Japan - Researched and developed technical consulting menu and its contents 1994-1997 Joined HP Laboratories at ULSI Research Laboratory as a Senior Research Scientist - ESD Diode Modeling for ASIC Libraries Group - Development of Automated Statistical Modeling Tools using HP-BSIM2 for CMOS ICs - Research of single-poly EEPROM test structure design and modeling - SOI device modeling, testing, and characterizations - Modeling and characterization of APS (Active Pixel Sensor) 1991-1994 Joined Hewlett-Packard Co. at Santa Clara Site in the U.S. Assigned to an R&D engineer for Device and Circuit Characterization Software (IC-CAP, TECAP, and IC-MS) 1993 Assigned to a modeling project manager - Developed a new device model (HP Aoki a-Si TFT Model) and its extraction routines which were also implemented into HSPICE (MOS Level 40) - Developed extraction routines (for HSPICE MOS Model Level 6, 7, and 28, UCB p-Si TFT Model, and BSIM3) - Developed applications (e.g. CMOS Ring Oscillator Characterization, BJT Package Parasitic Correction) 1988-1991 Assigned to an Application Engineer for device characterization software at Asian Pacific　 Semiconductor Systems Center of Yokogawa Hewlett-Packard 1985-1988 Assigned to a Field Sales Engineer - Provide consultation for semiconductor and microwave manufacturers 1983-1985 Joined Yokogawa Hewlett-Packard Co., Assigned to a HP-IB Measurement System Development System Engineer