Mark McDonald 1

Mark McDonald, Ph.D.
Bus. Phone: 408.605.9266
Mobile: 408.605.9266

CNSV Member

IEEE Life Senior Member

Power Electronics, RF, microwave, analog, fiber optics, optics, simulation, IC, PCB

Mark McDonald 2


Carmel, CA
USA

Our consulting services include:

  • Circuit and system: we’ll design the circuit and/or system to your specification
  • Project review: get an independent review of the project either before it starts or while in progress
  • Project planning: from initial architecture, to the entire project including cost estimates
  • Troubled-project rescue: We’ll work with you to determine how to improve your project and get it back on track

Our technical areas are:

  • Power electronics
    • Power converters: buck, boost, flyback, …
    • Power designs: electrical and thermal design
    • Charging stations
    • Inverters, converters, UPS
  • RF/Microwave
    • Circuit design: LNA, PA, mixers, IOT
    • System design, modulation methods
    • Antenna design and analysis 
    • WiFi to THz
  • Analog
    • Circuit design: operational amplifiers, filters, digital circuits
    • Ultra-low power, nW circuits
    • Control circuits
  • Fiber-optics/Optics/Photonics
    • Circuit design: modulators, transimpedance amplifiers, laser-diode drivers, decision circuits, …
    • System design
  • Simulation
    • Electrical
      • Circuit (SPICE, RF simulators)
      • Electromagnetic (3D FEM)
    • Thermal
  • Miscellaneous
    • IC and PCB designs
    • CMOS, GaAn, GaAs, SiGe, HBT, InP, bipolar
    • Firmware/software to go along with the projects

          Mark McDonald 3