Cornel D. Stanescu, PhD
Cornel D. Stanescu received the M.S. degree in electronic engineering from "Politehnica" University "Electronics and Telecommunication" Dept., Bucharest, Romania, in 1984, and the Ph.D. degree in microelectronics from the same institution, in 1998. From Sept. 1984 to Feb. 1997, he was with I.C.C.E. (Research Institute for Electronic Components)/I.M.T., Bucharest, Romania, where he performed research and development activity for bipolar analog ICs (mainly operational amplifiers and voltage regulators). From Feb. 1997 to Dec. 1998, he was with Semiconix Design Ltd., Bucharest, Romania, acting as Director of Engineering, being in charge with training the team and with the development of new ICs (low-dropout bipolar voltage regulators, photo preamplifiers and temperature sensors). From Jan. 1999 to July 2024, he was with Catalyst Romania S.R.L. (from 2008, Onsemi Romania S.R.L.), acting as Senior Designer (since 2019, Senior Design Manager), and Vice-Chair of Patent Committee, leading a team and developing CMOS analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, such as: digital potentiometers, temperature sensors, low-dropout regulators (LDOs), instrumentation amplifiers, and precision operational amplifiers. In 2019 he received an Award Plaque for 10 US patents written and obtained for Onsemi LLC, U.S. He is an IEEE member, card no. M4273611 (since 1994). He was often a Chairman at the Romanian International Conference on Semiconductors (CAS), and seldom a Reviewer for TCAS-I and II, IEEE publications. He has published 57 papers, 45 of which were at CAS, Romania (8 obtaining Best Paper award), and two books. He is the author/co-author of 12 patents (one Romanian, 11 U.S.). Since 1987 he has also been with "Politehnica" University of Bucharest, currently as an Associate Lecturer. His present activity consists of two M.S. degree courses related with the design of LDOs and precision operational amplifiers in submicron technologies.