Education:
2017- 2022 Ph.D in Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
2014 -2017 MS in Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics, University of Chinese Academy of Science
2010 -2014 BS in Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University
Exchange Experience: Hong Kong University, 2013
Relevant Experience
Analog Design Engineer 04/2024 to present
Texas Instruments Dallas, TX, USA
· Design, characterize, model and productize high power RF GaN-on-Si devices
Staff Device Engineer 09/2022 to 03/2024
Western Digital, Milpitas California, USA
Investigated and researched in 3D NAND
Research Assistant 09/2017 to 09/2022
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara California, USA
Investigated and researched in the GaN-based mm-wave power transistor
Graduate Course Reader 01/2019 to 04/2019
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara California, USA
ECE 221A: Semiconductor Device Physics I
Research Assistant 08/2015 to 07/2017
Chinese Academy of Science Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO) Suzhou, China
Researched in the enhancement mode GaN HEMTs and improving GaN HEMT reliability
Research Internship 03/2015 to 07/2015
Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Computing Technology Beijing, China
Investigated in IC architecture and machine learning algorithms
Reviewer of Journals: IEEE Electron Device Letters, IEEE Transaction on Electron Deivces, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters, IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, Applied Physics Letters, Semiconductor Science and Technology, Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Physica Scripta, Solid States Electronics, Micromachines, Crystals
Name: Weiyi Li
Email: weiyili@ece.ucsb.edu
Research Interest:
Gallium Nitride, III-Nitrides Devices, mm-wave RF transistor, Power electronics transistor,