people

Kunhee Cho received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, in 2007 and 2009, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA, in 2016.

From 2009 to 2012, he was with Fairchild Semiconductor, Bucheon, South Korea, where he designed power management ICs. He was a graduate research Intern at Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX, USA, in 2015 and 2016 in the low power RF team. From 2017 to 2020, he was with Qualcomm Technologies Incorporated, Santa Clara, CA, USA, where he designed power management ICs for battery quick charger systems as a staff engineer. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea. His current research interests include analog and mixed circuit design, power management ICs, and RF power amplifiers.

Dr. Cho was a recipient of Texas Instruments Outstanding Student Design Award in 2013.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in ECE, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA, Dec. 2016

• M.S. in EEE, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Feb. 2009

• B.S. in EEE, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Feb. 2007

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Associate Professor, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Apr. 2024 - Present

• Assistant Professor, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Mar. 2020 - Mar. 2024

• Staff Engineer, Qualcomm Technologies Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA, Feb. 2017 - Jan. 2020

• Graduate Research Intern, Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX, USA, Jun. 2016 - Aug. 2016 & May 2015 - Aug. 2015

• Design Engineer, Fairchild Semiconductor (Acquired by On Semiconductor), Bucheon, Korea, Mar. 2009 - Jun. 2012