Practical IC design training and consulting built for real silicon.
CktGenius bridges theory and real-world implementation — helping engineers design functional, high-performance circuits with clarity and confidence.
Built on Real Silicon Success
Jimrod Olac brings hands-on experience across leading semiconductor companies including MediaTek, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), On Semiconductor, and Allegro Microsystems. He has led mass-production IP development in advanced TSMC 22nm and Intel 16nm FinFET technologies, with deep expertise in analog and power management IC design, GaN gate driver development, and semiconductor test engineering. His training and consulting are rooted in end-to-end tapeout experience, production-proven methodologies, and rigorous guard-banding practices (GRR, Cp/Cpk), bridging academic design theory with real-world high-volume manufacturing execution.
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Focused courses built to align IC design theory with production-level design methodologies and high-volume manufacturing realities.
A structured, production-aligned design methodology for deterministic control over performance, variability, and robustness in CMOS analog blocks.
Who This Is For▶
• Analog IC design engineers seeking a systematic, industry-aligned design methodology to replace trial-and-error sizing
• Graduate (MS/PhD) students transitioning from academic theory to production-level IC design
• Engineers working in power management, mixed-signal, or CMOS analog blocks requiring deeper control
What You Will Be Able To Do▶
• Design analog CMOS circuits using the gm/ID methodology as a deterministic framework
• Build and extract technology-specific lookup tables from raw device simulation data
• Quantitatively control trade-offs between analog design parameters with engineering clarity
• Design bias circuits, current mirrors, differential pairs, and two-stage operational amplifiers
Required Background▶
• Basic analog circuit knowledge
• Familiarity with CMOS fundamentals
Design fully integrated GaN HEMT gate driver circuits from device physics through transistor-level implementation for production silicon.
Who This Is For▶
This course is for analog and power electronics engineers, IC designers, R&D teams, and graduate students who want to design high-performance GaN gate drivers for real-world power applications.
What You Will Be Able To Do▶
Design fully integrated GaN gate driver circuits—from device physics to transistor-level implementation—and understand parasitic-driven instability mechanisms in high-speed power systems.
Required Background▶
A solid foundation in MOSFET operation and switch-mode power supplies (SMPS) is recommended. Familiarity with transistor-level simulation and stability concepts will help you extract maximum value.
Technical Consulting
High-level consulting on analog/power management IC design, Gallium Nitride Gate Driver IC design, and semiconductor IC test engineering. Clear deliverables, direct engineering feedback, production-minded tradeoffs.
- • Analog / PMIC architecture and design reviews
- • GaN gate driver constraints and implementation
- • Test engineering strategy and debug support
- • Performance optimization and production tradeoffs
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About CktGenius
Jimrod Olac is an experienced Analog & Power Management IC Design Engineer focused on bridging the gap between academic theory and mass-production silicon reality.
Former Senior Analog/PMIC Designer at MediaTek Singapore. Background includes semiconductor test engineering at ASE, Onsemi, and Allegro, ensuring designs are testable and manufacturable.
Multiple successful silicon tapeouts across TSMC High Voltage 180nm BCD, Intel FinFET 16nm, and TSMC 22nm process nodes. Master's research at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) on state-of-the-art Gallium Nitride gate driver ICs.
To bridge the gap between academic theory and production-ready IC design by teaching engineers to build PVT-robust, silicon-proven circuits using systematic, industry-grade frameworks, while also providing expert consulting for advanced analog and power management challenges.
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