Cutting a path

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Think you had a busy week? In March, Susanne Paul, winner of EDN's 2004 Innovator of the Year award, taped out the latest revision of a CMOS GSM/power-amplifier chip she designed and two days later gave birth to a healthy daughter. The timing of the events was no surprise to Paul. In fact, she had planned the timeline months in advance and, luckily, her new daughter accommodated the plan. Friends and colleagues say that's typical of the Austin, TX, engineer, who manages a design group at mixed-signal-chip vendor Silicon Laboratories (www. silabs.com). "I'm an avid do-it-yourselfer," says Paul. "I'm the type of person that always needs to be doing something—accomplishing something." When she isn't busy at work or with her kids, she keeps occupied with home projects, such as carpentry, car repairs, and landscaping.