R. Venkatraman

Ramnath Venkatraman (M'00) received the B.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, the M.S. degree from the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, and the Ph.D. degree from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, in 1992, majoring in materials science and engineering with a minor in electrical engineering. Between 1992 and 1995, he worked at the Research and Development Facility, IBM Microelectronics, Endicott, NY, where he was involved with materials development for packaging applications. In 1995, he joined Motorola's Advanced Products Research and Development Laboratory (APRDL) in Austin, TX, where he worked initially on developing advanced on-chip metallizations and later on in CMOS-based memory technology development. He joined LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA, in 2000 where he is currently working on SRAM technology and design development efforts for the 0.13-$\mu{{\rm m}}$ and 90-nm technology nodes. He has held various engineering and engineering management positions during his tenure in industry. He has authored or coauthored 40 publications and has been issued 14 patents.