CAUSTOOBH KASHYAP BEZBORUAH

735 St Clair Ave, Apt 1606					
Portland, OR 97205 
				   				       
Ph: 503.901.5719 (Cell)
    503.223.9413 (H)
Email: caustoobh@yahoo.com						
						
EDUCATION

MS, Electrical Engineering, 1998 - 2000				      	      Iowa State University, Ames, IA
GPA: 3.85/4.00 
M.Sc., Physics (specialization Electronics), 1994 - 1996		      University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Agg: 67% (14/200) 
B.Sc., Physics, 1991 - 1994						      University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Agg: 72.1% (3/25)

Relevant Courses 
*  University courses in Semiconductor Device Design and Analysis; Fabrication & Characterization of 
Semiconductor Devices; Physics of Semiconductors; MOS Devices and Digital Circuits; VLSI: Basic 
Layout and Design; Biomaterials; Scanning Electron Microscopy and Auger Spectroscopy; Advanced 
Electromagnetic Field Theory; Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments.

Training
*   Comprehensive Verilog Design and Synthesis; Sunburst Design, Ft Collins, CO.
*   Keithley S900NT Software Training; Keithley Instruments, Inc, Santa Clara, CA.
*   Semiconductor Characterization, Reliability and Failure Analysis; Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ. 
*   Seven Habits of Highly Effective People; LSI Logic, Colorado Springs, CO. 
*   In House Training programs on wafer fabrication and process technology.

Projects/ Publications
*   MS Thesis on Properties of a-SiGe Films and Devices Deposited at High Growth Rates at Iowa State 
University, 2000.
*   Paper on Fabrication of Microstructures: A Nontraditional Technique, LIGA, at Iowa State University, 
1998. 
*   Paper presented on Study of Ultra Heavy Galactic Cosmic Rays at the National Space Sciences 
Symposium, 1997 and at the Young Astronomers' Meet, 1998. 
*   Project on Demonstration and Synchronization of Chaos in Electronic Circuits as MSc requirement, 1996. 
*   Summer project on Speckle Interferometry Techniques at Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, 1995. 

Software Skills
*    Programming languages: C, VisualBasic 
*    Environment: Windows, UNIX, Windows NT, DOS, Macintosh systems.  
*    Packages: Keithley TestSoft and Autogen, RS/1, SAS, Mathematica, Matlab, Verilog, DataPower 

Professional Skills
Strong background in semiconductor device physics and device characterization. Experience in 
semiconductor device manufacturing and test. Involved in the analysis of etest results and their association 
with process condition changes. Oversee parametric test operation in an 8" wafer fab using Keithley ATE; 
maintain tools, develop test programs and methodologies. Carry out bench tests with HP4155, HP4156 
testers. Investigate product yield and reliability issues.

Awards 
*   Appreciation for technical contribution, LSI Logic, 2001. 
*   Premium for Academic Excellence Award, Iowa State University, 1998. 
*   University Grants Commission-Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Junior Research Fellow, 1996. 
*   National Talent Search Scholar since 1989. 


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION, Gresham, OR 					                    2001 - present
Product/ Test Engineer
Responsible for yield related issues at wafer sort and final test ASIC parts.
*   Involved with test program debugging on Credence testers for wafer sort. Worked on development of a 
new software to identify test program bugs.
*   Characterized skew lots across voltage, process and temperature with the objective of understanding yield 
variations.

LSI LOGIC CORPORATION, Colorado Springs, CO 					        	2000 - 2001
Device/ Etest Engineer
Responsible for maintaining and supporting the parametric test equipment and test systems inline and end of 
line.
*   Installed and qualified new parametric test equipment, operating platforms and test programs.
*   Analyzed and interpreted etest data to disposition material that do not meet specifications.
*   Interacted with other process or product engineering groups on projects to improve or enhance the CMOS 
fabrication process.
*   Reduced defect density, in line scrap and parametric test variation by performing electrical analysis.
*   Carried tool correlations to support failure analysis and yield improvement.
*   Improved machine reliability and data accessibility by installing new software and drivers on existing 
machines.

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, Ames, IA							1999 - 2000
Research Assistant
Responsible for the fabrication and characterization of amorphous Si based photovoltaic films and devices (a -
Si, SiGe) under Prof. V Dalal at the Microelectronics Research Center, Iowa State University. 

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, Ames, IA							1998 - 1999
Teaching Assistant
Instructed undergraduate physics laboratories and recitation classes for a period of three semesters.

UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, Delhi, India								1996 - 1998
Junior Research Fellow
Conducted research on detecting and analyzing ultra heavy nuclei in galactic cosmic rays using solid-state 
track detectors; analyzed particle tracks and conducted data analysis for cosmic ray characterization; and 
presented results at he National Space Sciences Symposium, 1997 and Young Astronomers' Meet, 1998.