About David R. Saunders

2019                 Inducted into the Academy of Electrical and Computer Engineering

EDUCATION
1995                 MBA – Arizona State University – Tempe
1992                 MSE – Arizona State University – Tempe
1983                 BSEE – University of Missouri – Rolla

WORK EXPERIENCE
2006 – Present                                   Senior Systems Engineer, Viasat, Inc., Tempe, Arizona
1984 – 2006                                        Principal Staff Systems Engineer, Motorola, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
1980 – 1984                                        Engineering Co-op, McDonnell Douglas Aircraft, St. Louis, Missouri

OTHER

• Presenter: IMS 2010 Workshop, IWPC 2010, GOMACtech 2010, NAECON 2009, RFIC 2009
• Author: COTS Journal, July 2009
• 9 Patents, Multi-Beam Active Phased Array Architecture
• 4 Patents, Multi-Beam Active Phased Array Architecture With Independent Polarization Control
• 4 Patents, Integrated Frequency Calibration Architecture
• 2 Patents, Preselector Amplifier
• 2 Patents, Vector Generator Using Octant Symmetry
• 1 Patent, Highly Integrated Monolithic Radar Circuit Architecture
• 1 Patent, General Purpose Hybrid
• 1 Patent, Active General Purpose Hybrid
• 1 Patent, Digital Automatic Gain Control Method and Device
• 1 Patent Pending, Wideband LO Generation
• IEEE Member; Communications, Solid-State Circuits, & Microwave Theory & Techniques Societies
• Member – Tau Beta Pi, Order of the Engineer