Conte, A.

Antonino Conte was born in Porto Empedocle (Agrigento), Italy, on May 5, 1966. He received the Degree in electronic engineering (summa cum laude) from the University of Palermo, Italy, in 1992. He worked for Siemens Telecomunicazioni for two years in the field of radio systems. Then he joined STMicroelectronics in 1995 as an Analog Designer working on NVM Memory macrocells for Smart Card application, and in this field he holds more than 14 patents. He participated in the NVSMW 2000, presenting a paper on sense amplifier architecture. He is currently responsible for the Design Development of NVM memory macrocells in the Catania Smart Card Design Center of STMicroelectronics.