Team Members

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Dr. Suman Sah

CEO, Founder

Dr. Suman Sah is an accomplished entrepreneur and RF design expert. He founded ModAnalog, where he provides custom analog and RF design services. Dr. Sah's innovative approach ensures first-silicon success and quick turnaround through on-silicon automation and modular design. His entrepreneurial journey is marked by the release of a fully functional RF inductor synthesis tool and extensive experience in phased array radar design, full-duplex radios, and ultra-low-power receivers.

Before ModAnalog, he was with Maxlinear and MixComm where he designed and contributed to various circuits and systems for DOCSIS radio, point-to-point microwave transceiver, data converters for 5G base stations, industry’s first fully duplex cable radio, data converters for 100G and 400G optical serdes, high performance quadrature delay locked loop, and Ku and Ka band SatCom phased-array transmitter. Dr. Sah holds three patents and has numerous publications in top-tier journals.

Raul Salvi MSEE

Director of RFIC Design

Mr. Salvi is a pioneering entrepreneur in Radio Communications electronics with over three decades of experience. His relentless enthusiasm for electronic integration has led to the development of numerous SOC and IP blocks, transforming the communications industry. He currently leads the RFIC design efforts at ModAnalog.

Mr. Salvi holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Electronics from the University of Miami, graduating Magna cum Laude, and a Master's degree in Integrated Circuit Design under the GE Foundation Fellowship. Mentored by Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez and Dr. Claude S. Lindquist, he gained a unique foundation in Microwave RF and Analog/Digital Signal processing.

Throughout his career, Mr. Salvi has held key roles at various firms. At Motorola, he contributed to the technology behind the iconic RIM Blackberry. At Freescale, he developed ZigBee protocol IoT systems. His work at Siemens involved supporting the implementation of transceiver devices and 3G system phones, seamlessly merging American cellular protocols with the European GSM system. At Motorola Solutions, he was at the forefront of Analog/RFIC Transceiver aspects of 5G technology, innovating 5G SiGe BiCMOS receivers and N-Path digital phase filters.

Mr. Salvi holds over 30 US and EU patents, covering groundbreaking technologies in DDS for PLL based RFIC transceiver design, 5G technology, and ultra-low-power receivers. Other areas include phased array radar transmitters, full-duplex radios, and high-performance data converters.