Tho Vu

New Brighton, Minnesota , USA  •  IEEE Twin Cities Section
Tagline
Chip Design Integrated Circuits Electronics Management Business Start-Up
Contact
  • Phone
    +16516335925 (Work)
Biography
Thomas Vu Truong Tho has 40 years experience in integrated circuits, electronics, start-up and management. He authored 70 papers, 11 patents, 2 books, and received 2 national awards (IR-100 and Best Paper). Thomas is available as a consultant and interim executive. He worked at topvu.com, Goodrich, Honeywell, Sperry Univac, and University of Minnesota. He has also been an adjunct faculty in electrical and computer engineering at Univ. of Minnesota and Univ. of St. Thomas. His curriculum vitae is available at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tho_Vu. Specialties: Integrated circuits (IC's), chip design, electronics, start-up, management, and business administration. He taught courses in electronics, digital circuits, control & automation lab, system implementation, system insertion of gallium arsenide (GaAs) technology, GaAs technology, and charge coupled devices (CCD's). He received a best paper award in GaAs microsensor systems [http://topvu.com/doc/microsensor_paper.pdf].
Technical Expertise
IC Design
Analog Design
Digital Design
Microwave
Simulation and Modeling
Project Management
Business Planning
Expert Witness
Special Skills
Technical Specialties
Thomas Vu Truong Tho has 40 years experience in integrated circuits, electronics, start-up and management. He authored 70 papers, 11 patents, 2 books, and received 2 national awards (IR-100 and Best Paper). Thomas is available as a consultant and interim executive. He worked at topvu.com, Goodrich, Honeywell, Sperry Univac, and University of Minnesota. He has also been an adjunct faculty in electrical and computer engineering at Univ. of Minnesota and Univ. of St. Thomas. His curriculum vitae is available at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tho_Vu. Specialties: Integrated circuits (IC's), chip design, electronics, start-up, management, and business administration. He taught courses in electronics, digital circuits, control & automation lab, system implementation, system insertion of gallium arsenide (GaAs) technology, GaAs technology, and charge coupled devices (CCD's). He received a best paper award in GaAs microsensor systems [http://topvu.com/doc/microsensor_paper.pdf].
Additional Specialties
CAD Tools: . Circuit simulator: PSPICE, HSPICE, AIM-SPICE, SPECTRE, Eagle . Digital: ViewLogic, VHDL, Mentor Graphics & Cadence . Schematic capture: Cadence, Mentor, OrCAD, Corel Draw . Layout: Cadence, Mentor, Magic, ICED . Math: MathCAD & MatLab
Experience
Consultant
Top-Vu Technology, Inc.
Education
Univ of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Master of Engineering
Engineering , 2000