Anuranan Das

Static Timing Analysis Engineer • Quantum Computing Enthusiast

TSMC · STA Engineer IIT Bombay · Microelectronics Masters · EE Bachelors IBM · Qiskit Advocate

Latest Highlights

A quick snapshot of what I’m focused on right now and the impact areas I care about.

Sub-2nm Timing Closure

Driving timing closure for advanced test chips, balancing performance, power, and manufacturability.

Quantum Hardware Focus

Exploring quantum device physics and scalable architectures for practical quantum computing.

Community & Mentorship

Contributing to Qiskit and engaging with the global community to grow quantum education.

About

I completed my Bachelor and Master of Technology in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2023.


Since Sep 2023, I have been working as a Static Timing Analysis Engineer at TSMC.

Electrical Engineering Senior & Quantum Computing Enthusiast

I am a 2023 graduate from IIT Bombay with a dual degree in Electrical Engineering, specializing in Microelectronics. Since Sep 2023, I have been working as a Static Timing Analysis Engineer at TSMC and have a keen interest in Quantum Computing and Quantum Information Science.

Currently Focused On

Chip Timing & Signoff Advanced timing closure and STA methodologies for next-gen nodes.
Quantum Devices Device modeling, control, and scalable quantum hardware research.
Open Community Qiskit advocacy, workshops, and knowledge sharing.
  • Age: 25
  • Degree: Masters in EE
  • Email: anuranan.fifa14@gmail.com
  • Current Project: Working on a silicon test chip at TSMC as a STA engineer since Sep 2023.

Since Sep 2023, I have been working as a Static Timing Analysis Engineer at TSMC as my full-time job. Recently, I worked on a project involving timing closure for a sub-2 nm technology node for a TSMC internal test chip.

Introduction

This section contains a brief educational background and the roles I have held from college through my current professional journey.

Summary

Anuranan Das

Static Timing Analysis Engineer at TSMC • 2023 IIT Bombay Electrical Engineering Graduate

  • Aastha, Ukilpara, Raiganj
  • (+91) 7319189316
  • anuranan.fifa14@gmail.com

Education

Electrical Engineering(Dual degree - B.Tech + Mtech) specializing in Microelectronics

2018 - 2023

IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai

Cumulative Performance Index(CPI): 9.07/10

Intermediate/+2

2016 - 2018

Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya,Narendrapur

Cumulative Performance Index(CPI): 95.60%

Matriculation

2016

Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya,Narendrapur

Cumulative Performance Index(CPI): 93.57%

Professional Experience

Static Timing Analysis Engineer

Sep'23 - Present

TSMC, Hsinchu, Taiwan

  • Supporting advanced-node timing closure and signoff flows for internal silicon test chips.
  • Partnering with cross-functional teams to improve STA methodology, reporting, and design quality.

Undergraduate Researcher

May'2019 - May'2023

Computational Nanoelectronics & Quantum Transport Group, IITB

  • Developed and analyzed an entanglement generating nanotransistor model with the help of ancilla impurities and Transport Master equations.
  • Developing a CNN-based model to determine blockade states from charge stability diagrams and bias triangles for Silicon quantum dots.

Qiskit Advocate

Aug'21 - Present

Qiskit Community, IBM

  • Succeeded in IBMQ Developer certification test and contributing to Qiskit SDK as an active community member.

MITACS Globalink Research Intern

May'22 - Jul'22

Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Performed electrical characterization of suspended 𝑀𝑜𝑆2 NEMS to find resonant frequency and current-voltage characteristics.

Remote Junior Researcher

Sep'20 - Jan'21

UNSW, New South Wales, Australia

Projects

Here I have documented the major projects I have worked on until now. Projects are grouped by my college years and my current professional work.

  • All
  • Quantum
  • Hardware
  • Machine Learning

Professional Projects (2023 - Present)

Due to NDA restrictions, I can only share high-level bullet points and visuals.

Advanced Node Timing Signoff ownership for internal Testchip
NDA • N3, N22 , < N2 technology nodes
  • 2D STA signoff owner-ship for Die to Die design in A16 technology node (< 2nm)
  • 2D STA signoff support for 2 projects in N3 node and 1 project in N22 node
  • 3D STA signoff support for 1 project in A16 technology node (< 2nm)
STA/CAD Automation & Flow Optimization for Testchip signoff
NDA • Python, TCL, Perl, JS development
  • Comprehensive Auto Tape Out Review generator development for 2D/3D STA and RC extraction flows with upto 90% automation
  • Error/warning catching and JIRA-bound waiving methodology and utility for Testchip RCX/STA signoff
Physical Design (BackEnd) ownership in Advanced nodes (N3)
NDA • Innovus, Calibre, StarRC, PrimeTime
  • Design block PD owner for Testchip project responsible for Tapeout in N3 technology node
  • Performed DRC cleaning and STA ECO for successful PV, STA and IREM signoff of design block
TSV Guard Ring impact on STA
NDA • Primetime, StarRC, spice, Innovus layout
  • Assesed impact of including Guard Ring around TSV on RC extraction and STA in advaned processed nodes (N3, N4)
  • Performed STA and RCX correlation using exact matching methodology across pins and timing metrics to assess impact for both m-TSVs and s-TSVs
2D/3D STA Flow development
NDA • Primetime , Tempus , StarRC, QRC
  • Support development and maintainenance of TSMC internal testchip STA & RCX signoff flow.
  • Contribute to building new QoR items to ensure full coverage of QC items in internal testchip timing signoff flow.
Timing Derate Validation Flow
NDA • Python, tcl, Primetime Scripting
  • Automation to effectively find out missed opportunities (MO) in derare application for internal STA flow
  • Built flow to validate Vt-mistracking derate, SIR derate, distance derate, thermal derate effectively in flow
RC techfile Quality Ensuring
NDA • StarRC, QRC
  • Ensure RCX collateral quality for 3DFABRIC testcases like COWOS_L, COWOS_S , SoIC-X, SoW
  • Check RC extracaction results for custom design using 3DFABRIC methodology.

Graduate and Undergraduate Projects (2018 - 2023)

Selected academic and research projects from IIT Bombay.

Steady-State Tunable Entanglement Switch with Quantum Dots
Computing Rigid Body Rotations with Qiskit
VQE to find the bond length of LiH molecule
Pauli Blockade in Graphene Double Quantum Dots and CNNs
Liquid State Machine for Spoken Digits Classification
Clap Detector for Toy and Appliance Control
Alzheimer's Disease Detection by EEG Signal Processing
FPGA-based Traffic Light Controller System
Gate leakage in scaled MOSFETs
Quantum Key Distribution Protocol
Pipelined RISC Microprocessor
Analysis of Josephson Effects
diskit - Distributed Quantum Computing for Qiskit
K-Factorization Subspace Clustering -- Code conversion

Publication and Preprints

Here are a list of Published and pre-prints which I worked on in my undergraduate years.

Documents

Here is relevent bio, transcript available on request.

Resume : PDF

A two page synopsys of projects undertaken by me in between 2018 - 2023

Exhaustive Curriculum Vitae: PDF

A larger synopsys of projects undertaken by me in between 2018 - 2023

General Statement of Purpose: PDF

A general Statement of Purpose describing my research interests.

Contact

Feel free to contact me. I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Location:

Ukilpara, Raiganj, West Bengal, India (733134)

Call:

+91 7319189316