John Fairbanks Life Senior

San Diego, California , USA  •  IEEE San Diego Section
Tagline
Circuits that work!
Contact
  • Phone
    +18588225819 (Work)
    +18582485068 (Cell)
  • Email
  • Mailing Address
    John Fairbanks
    13223 Black Mountain Rd, San Diego, California 92129-2699 USA (Work)
    John Fairbanks
    9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, California 92093-0407 USA (Work)
Biography
John S. Fairbanks (SM’03) received the B.A. degree in physics and applied mathematics in 1982 from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, California; the M.S. degree in physics from San Diego State University in 1990; and the C.Phil degree in 2002 and Ph.D. degree in 2003 both in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego Dr. Fairbanks is a California State Board-Certified Professional Electrical Engineer, E16362. He is a member, M’83-’99, S’00-’02, SM’03-24 of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and is a member of the American Physics Society, M’84. Dr. Fairbanks has held a variety of design positions in industry emphasizing integrated circuit development for transceivers.
Certifications
Professional Engineer
Technical Expertise
Fairbanks Laboratories provides full-custom, state-of-the-art integrated circuit design services for commercial and government clients. To support your design and development project, we provide communication systems engineering, IC and board design, electromagnetic analysis, and verification testing to bring your concept to completion.
Special Skills
Technical Specialties
system analysis, circuit design, fabrication (through wafer foundry), assembly, and testing.
Additional Specialties
EDA software from Tanner Research, Cadence Design Systems, Mentor Graphics, and Agilent, among others.
Interests
AC-DC power converters
AWGN channels
Abstract algebra
Abstracts
Accelerator architectures
Accident prevention
Acoustic applications
Acoustic transducers
Batteries
Battery management systems
Bayes methods
Beryllium
Beta rays
BiCMOS integrated circuits
Bicycles
Binary codes
Binary sequences
Capacitive sensors
Cathode ray tubes
Cause effect analysis
Cellular manufacturing
Cellular phones
Cellular radio
Cellular technology
Central Processing Unit
Central air conditioning
Circuit analysis
Frequency-domain analysis
SPICE
Sensitivity
Tolerance analysis
Yield estimation
Delay lines
Delta-sigma modulation
Design automation
Design for manufacture
Design for quality
Design for testability
Design methodology
Design optimization
Design standards
Electromagnetic launching
Electromagnetic measurements
Electromagnetic metamaterials
Electromagnetic modeling
Electromagnetic propagation
Electromagnetic propagation in absorbing media
Electromagnetic radiation
Electromagnetic radiative interference
Electromagnetic reflection
Electromagnetic refraction
Electromagnetic scattering
Electromagnetic shielding
Electromagnetic spectrum
Electromagnetic transients
Electromagnetic wave absorption
Electromagnetic wave polarization
Electromagnetic waveguides
Electromagnetics
Electromagnets
Electromechanical systems
Electron devices
Electron microscopy
Electron mobility
Electron tubes
Electronic circuits
Electronic countermeasures
Electronic design automation and methodology
Electronic equipment
Electronic equipment manufacture
Electronic learning
Electronic mail
Electronic messaging
Electronic noses
Electronic publishing
Electronic switching systems
Fluorescence
Information entropy
Information filters
Input devices
Inrush current
Instruction sets
Integrated circuits
Active inductors
Integrated circuit manufacture
Integrated circuit packaging
Integrated optoelectronics
Microelectronics
SPICE
Semiconductor devices
Silicon-on-insulator
Memory
Mentoring
Plasmons
Plastic integrated circuit packaging
Plating
Polarization
Poles and zeros
SPICE
Circuit analysis
Design automation
Integrated circuits
Software
Software algorithms
Software architecture
Software as a service
Software debugging
Software design
Software engineering
Software libraries
Software maintenance
Software radio
Software systems
Software testing
Software tools
Solar energy
Solar panels
Solar power generation
Solar radiation
Solar system
Solenoids
Solid state circuit design
Solid state circuits
Solid state lighting
Solid-state physics
Space-time codes
Spectral analysis
Spectral shape
Spreadsheet programs
Stability analysis
Stability criteria
Steel
Subcontracting
Submillimeter wave circuits
Submillimeter wave communication
Submillimeter wave devices
Submillimeter wave filters
Submillimeter wave integrated circuits
Submillimeter wave measurements
Submillimeter wave propagation
Submillimeter wave technology
Substrate hot electron injection
Subthreshold current
Superconducting devices
Switching circuits
Switching converters
Switching frequency
Switching loss
Symbols
System analysis and design
System testing
System verification
System-in-package
System-level design
System-on-chip
Experience
Owner/Partner
Fairbanks Laboratiores, Inc.
Publications
J.S. Fairbanks and L.E. Larson, "Analysis of termination impedance effects on the linearity of 5 GHz CMOS radio frequency amplifiers," 2003 Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, 2003. Digest of Papers..
Education
Univ of California-San Diego
Doctor of Philosophy
Engineering , 2003