Dr. Satyen Mukherjee

Satyen Mukherjee is the chief scientist and Department Head of Microelectronic Devices Circuits and Systems department at Philips Research, Briarcliff Manor, New York. He is responsible for research on integrated circuits design and technology and power electronics.

Satyen Mukherjee obtained his B.Tech degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, in 1976, where he was awarded the President of India Gold medal for standing first from all branches of Engineering. From 1977 to 1978 Dr. Mukherjee was with the Philips Research Laboratories in the Netherlands, where he worked on Charge Coupled Devices. In 1981, Dr. Mukherjee obtained his Ph.D. from Carleton University, Ottawa. From 1981 to 1984 Dr. Mukherjee worked on physics and technology of EPROMs at Intel Corporation, Santa Clara.

At Intel he was responsible for device technology for the first 256K CMOSEPROM product. In 1984, Dr. Mukherjee joined Exel Microelectronics, San Jose, California, where he developed the world's first 512K flash EEPROM chip using a single transistor cell (also known as the NOR or ETOX flash EPROM cell in the industry) which he invented. At Exel he was the Section Head for device technology and responsible for EEPROM, EPROM and CMOS logic products. He joined Philips Research in 1986 where he has worked on IC technology and devices (including non-volatile memory devices, high voltage and high current devices for Power IC's, high voltage IC technology based on bulk silicon and Silicon-On-Insulator), and IC designs for mobile communication and power conversion systems for electronic ballasts. He has also carried out research on thin film transistors for displays. He holds several patents on semiconductor devices, technologies and circuits and has published many papers on these subjects in journals and textbooks. He has also given several invited talks at conferences and courses.