Sung Chung

Team-oriented, adaptable, and dedicated engineer offering expertise from various experiences, from semiconductor physics, design, fabrication, failure analysis to system-level hardware design.

• Hutching Creek 2 ESD positive CDM failures identification on PCIe Gen6 with detailed FAFI to isolate, understand, and fix impacted devices (Q3 2024)
• Identifying DLVR bug on CPC and executing the back-side FIBs to prove fix on 5/5 units which gated CPC ECO tape-in and which in turn is needed to probe DLVR IP on ARL stuck-die test issues (Q1 2024)
• Excellent work quickly root causing ARL 20% yield loss issue due to memory Vmax failures. (Q1 2024)
• Fast root cause 3% yield loss on ARL random/atom core DLVR analog probe route issues using innovative BSPDN circuit edit + nanoprobing flow (Q1 2024)
• Excellent demonstration of One-Intel behavior and for perfect execution on the Chapel Creek backside FIB (5/5 units pased post FIB) enabling DLVR bug fix time for re-tape-out (Q4 2023)
• Fixed process issues impacting ARL analog circuits, and successfully debugged many yield issues weeks before ARL debug is enabled (Q4 2023)
• Effort to shift-left ESD debug and findings to drive and validate design changes on key Hutchings Creek PCIE Gen6 testchip by (Q2 2023)
• Dedication and cross-team collaboration to drive resolution of DDRIO blocking issue impacting QLC and GNR to enable full scan coverage deployment and path to PRQ (Q1 2023)
• Technical support to root cause Scan critical sighting (on for 12+ weeks) by defining debug patterns through LVP/LADA hit and confirming rewvies on fixed RTL/netlist in pre-silicon environments (Q1 2023)
• Competing a robust WWC test plan and delivering WWC Tyche debug development success criteria on schedule which will derisk ARL-P product debug (Q4 2022)
• Collaboration with design to bring up DDR PHY and PLL rootcausing 6 critical bugs in parallel with other IPs bring-up (Q3 2021)
• 7nm design learning from testchip IP yield debug (Q4 2020)
• First successful 7nm yield debug of low yield (Q3 2020)
• In recognition of outstanding effort in integrating cell content into 10nm process CPDK (Q2 2019)
• Outstanding contributions in driving availability, improving defect performance, and optimizing dose control (Q4 2014)

• Secretary of Karla Heights Home Owners Association, 07/24-
• Treasurer of Hanmaeum Soccer Club, 01/23-
• Group Manager of Interlude Orchestra in Metropolitan Youth Symphony, 10/21 - 05/22
• Secretary and President of Haydon Highlands Home Owners Association, 06/19 - 07/21
• Vice President of Purdue Electrical Engineering Korean Association (PEEKA), 09/10 - 08/11
• Founding member of the Nine Chorus, 12/04 - 12/06
• KAIST Chorus, Advisor (2004), Manager (2003), Head of Public Relations (2002), raised KRL 2,000,000 (USD 1,900) in sponsorship in 2003
• Soccer club, Gyeonggi Sadan, President and Captain to lead intramural league semifinal in 2003, 03/01 - 06/04
• Qualcomm IT Tour, San Diego & Los Angeles, CA, San Diego & Los Angeles, CA, 07/03

• S. H. Chung, S. Ramadurgam, and C. Yang. "Effect of Dopants on Epitaxial Growth of Silicon Nanowires" Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology 4:3 (2014). (Invited Article)
• C. Tansarawiput, S. H. Chung, Y. Xuan, L. T. Varghese, L. Zhao, X. Xu, C. Yang, M. Qi, “Horizontal Growth of Silicon Nanowire Arrays for Large-Scale Circuit Applications”, The 56th International conference on electron, ion, and photon beam technology and nanofabrication (EIPBN), 2012, Waikoloa, HI.
• S. J. Park, S. H. Chung, B. –J. Kim, M. Qi, X. Xu, E. A. Stach, and C. Yang, “Mechanism of vertical Ge nanowire nucleation on Si (111) during sub-eutectic annealing and growth”, Journal of Materials Research, 26, 2744 (2011).
• S. H. Chung, S. J. Park, B. –J. Kim, M. Qi, X. Xu, E. A. Stach, and C. Yang, “Effects of Annealing on Sub-Eutectic Heteroepitaxial Growth of Germanium Nanowire on Si (111) Substrate”, The 53rd Electronic Materials Conference (EMC) and Exhibition, 2011, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.
• XP8 Equipment Training Part I & Part II Training provided by ASM America, Inc., 2013
• Student Travel Grants in the Electronic Materials Conference (EMC) 2011 by the TMS Foundations
• Korea Patent, “Golf Tee”. Patent Number #20-2004-0015060, Korea, 2004.
• Korea Chemistry Olympiad (KChO) 1999, Silver Medal, Korean Chemistry Society, Korea