R. Jacob Baker, Ph.D.
Dr. Baker joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Idaho on the Boise State campus in 1993 after receiving his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Nevada, Reno and completing 8 years of work with EG&G as a design engineer. In 2000, he joined the faculty at Boise State University where he helped establish graduate programs in electrical and computer engineering. He became department chair the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department in 2004 and served in that position until 2007. He is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boise State. From 1986 to 2001, Dr. Baker`s research centered on analog circuit design for instrumentation and communication systems (sweep circuits, PLLs, data converters, modem design, fiber optic receivers and transmitters, etc.) In the last few years, he has also worked on applying fundamental digital signal processing techniques to enhance sensing in array structures including: displays, CMOS imagers, and floating-gate/nascent memory technologies (e.g., flash, chalcogenide and magnetic). Dr. Baker`s current research focuses on analog and mixed-signal circuit design for communication systems, synchronization, and data conversion especially using the K-Delta-1-Sigma modulator. His research focuses on finding and electronic replacement for the hard disk drive using nascent fabrication technologies. Dr. Baker holds over 200 granted or pending patents in integrated circuit design. Among his inventions is the K-Delta-1-Sigma modulator topology used in the Baker analog-to-digital converter. He is a member of the electrical engineering honor society Eta Kappa Nu, a licensed Professional Engineer, and the author of the books CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation, CMOS: Mixed-Signal Circuit Design, and a coauthor of DRAM Circuit Design: Fundamental and High-Speed Topics. He received the 2000 Best Paper Award from the IEEE Power Electronics Society and the 2007 Frederick Emmons Terman Award. View Full CV

Richard A. Blanchard, Ph.D.
Dr. Blanchard has over 35 years experience in the semiconductor and electronics industries, with Fairchild Semiconductor, Supertex, Siliconix, IXYS Corporation, Failure Analysis Associates (Exponent), IP Managers and SVEWG. Dr. Blanchard has also served as an independent consultant and expert witness in semiconductor technology, and a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Foothill College. Dr. Blanchard was previously Principal Engineer and Engineering Manager of the Electrical & Electronic Division of Failure Analysis (Exponent) Associates, where he was employed for seven years. As Division Manager, he performed numerous forensic tests and analysis of electronic and electrical systems and of semiconductor devices. These were often subject to legal disputes, particularly those involving intellectual property rights. Dr. Blanchard has testified in court and served on numerous occasions as an expert witness on technologies that include MOS, MOSFET & bipolar device technology; semiconductor device physics; microchip fabrication & analysis; electronic systems; electrical & electronic failures; ESD & EOS failures; semiconductor device/integrated circuit assembly & packaging; CMOS, DMOS & BiCMOS; power IC`s & power electronics; printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing; semiconductor process & control. In addition, he has served as an arbitrator and a "Special Master" to the court. Dr. Blanchard has published several books and numerous articles on semiconductor technology and devices. He holds more than 130 US patents on semiconductor technology and is a member of the IEEE, the Electrostatic Discharge Society, and the International Micro-circuits and Packaging Society. He received his BSEE and MSEE degrees from MIT in 1970 and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1982. View Full CV

John C. Bravman, Ph.D.
Dr. Bravman has over 25 years experience consulting for the computer, semiconductor, consumer electronics and material sciences industries with Fairchild Semiconductor Laboratories, Lockheed, National Semiconductor, Advanced Micro Devices, IBM, Intel and Applied Plasma Laboratories. Dr. Bravman currently serves at Stanford University as the Bing Centennial Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and, by courtesy, Electrical Engineering, the Freeman Thornton Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, and Dean of the Freshman-Sophomore College. Dr. Bravman joined the Stanford faculty in 1984 after completing his B.S. (1979), M.S. (1982), and Ph.D. (1984) degrees at Stanford. From 1996 to 1999 he was Chairman of his department, and from 1992 to 2001 he was the Senior Associate Dean in the School of Engineering. Dr. Bravman has consulted and testified in numerous intellectual property litigation matters in Federal, District and ITC venues concerning integrated circuit (IC) failure processes and phenomena, mechanical behavior of thin films, high spatial resolution materials analysis, microelectronic materials analysis, electromigration phenomena, microelectronic packaging, structures and materials. He has also served the government on many review boards, including the Solid State Sciences Committee, and has served on or chaired the National Advisory Board of the Materials Programs at Sandia National Laboratories and the Chemical and Materials Sciences Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. In 1994 he was President of the Materials Research Society. Dr. Bravman teaches and advises undergraduates at all levels and directs doctoral students in the areas of silicon process technology, the mechanical properties of thin films, and transmission electron microscopy. He is co-author of over 170 research publications. He has won nine teaching and advising awards while at Stanford, served as a Resident Fellow, a University Fellow, and has chaired many university committees on integrated circuit manufacturing. View Full CV

Krishna Shenai, Ph.D.
Dr. Shenai has over 30 years of combined industry, research, academic, consulting and entrepreneurial experience with COMSAT Labs, General Electric Corporate R&D Center, Intel Corporation, The University of Wisconsin Madison, The University of Illinois - Chicago, Utah State University and the University of Toledo. Dr. Shenai has also served as an independent consultant for over 50 Fortune-2000 companies worldwide, and has testified in court on several occasions as an expert witness on matters related to intellectual property litigation. His expertise covers the physics and technology of semiconductor devices and integrated circuits used for signal and power processing, semiconductor manufacturing, low-power mixed-signal and RF/microwave electronics, power semiconductor devices and power electronics, power management, renewable energy and smart power grid, sensors and wireless communication networks, environmental sensing and ecosystem monitoring, medical devices and biomedical instrumentation, robotic surgery, and electronics system failure and reliability. He is a named inventor in 12 issued US patents and over 40 international patents, and has authored or co-authored over 350 peer-reviewed publications of which more than 100 are in IEEE journals. He has edited 3 books and contributed to 8 book chapters. He is a Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of AAAS, a Fellow of IETE (India), a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Electron Devices Society, and a member of the Yugoslavian National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Shenai received his Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics from Indian Institute of Technology - Madras in 1979, a MSEE degree from The University of Maryland - College Park, MD in 1981, and his Ph.D. degree in EE from Stanford University in 1986. View Full CV

1008
Expert has a Ph.D. in Semiconductor Physics and decades of industry experience in electro-optics and related display technologies from his career at IBM, Lockheed, and as an independent consultant. He has been the principal investigator of internally and externally funded programs, responsible for proposal writing, budgeting, project staffing, reporting and presentation of facts. He has previous expert witness experience from four engagements, and has seven patents.

• Electro-Optics
• Engineering Physics
• Fiber Optic Technology
• Laser Technology
• Liquid Crystal Technology
• Optical Signal Processing
• Polymer Sciences
• Semiconductor Physics

1023
Expert has over 25-years of experience in technologies related to device physics and materials science. He has a proven record of original development and inventions that cover materials for displays, optoelectronics, integrated circuits and optical recording devices. In recent years, he has demonstrated leadership in assisting emerging new companies with issues related to technology and enterprise development.

• Device Physics
• III-V Materials
• Materials Science
• Optoelectronics
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• Semiconductor Memory
• Superconductor Materials
• Superconductor Electronics
• Flat Panel Display Technology
• Thin Film Cathode Technology
• Optical Recording Technology

1031
Expert has a Ph.D. and has over 30 years of experience in the areas of lasers, nonlinear optics, nonlinear spectroscopy, and EUV lithography (formerly Soft X-ray Projection Lithography). His professional career achievements include being a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff for AT&T Bell Laboratories, and Principal Scientist for Components Research at Intel Corporation. He has made numerous contributions to the field of optics and photonics in the following areas of research and development: nonlinear optics; single-mode, Q-switched ruby lasers; optical parametric oscillators; distributed-feedback lasers; self-trapping of light; doppler-free, two-photon spectroscopy; nonlinear optical spectroscopy; laser processing of materials; resonance-radiation pressure on atoms; optical cooling of atoms (first demonstration of "Optical Molasses"); optical trapping of atoms (first demonstration). Expert has been an author of over 110 scientific publications and has been issued 15 patents. He has previous experience as an expert witness. Most of the work he carried out at Intel in the field of photolithography was not published externally.

• EUV, DUV, and Optical Lithographies
• Visible and EUV Optics
• Optical Cooling and Trapping of Atoms
• Resonance-Radiation Pressure
• Nonlinear Optics and Lasers
• Optical Parametric Oscillators
• Single-mode, Q-switched Ruby Lasers
• Self-Trapping of Light
• Two-Photon Spectroscopy
• Distributed-Feedback Lasers
• Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy
• Laser Processing of Material

1039
Expert has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University with over 20 years of research experience. He has been a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Group Leader for Extreme UV Lithography at a major California university for over 10 years. His research interests include: deep sub-micron silicon VLSI technology, fabrication, and device physics; Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography; Optical metrology; Interferometry and Fourier optics; and ultrafast carrier dynamics in electronic materials. He previously worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories for 13 years as a researcher and group leader responsible for optical and laser science, and later for creating technologies relevant to silicon IC manufacturing for a horizon of the next ten years. His numerous major research accomplishments include development of small nanometer gate-length MOSFET devices and MOS devices fabricated with ultraviolet lithography. He has 3 patents and has prior expert witness experience from 8 previous engagements.

• Device Physics
• Nanotechnology
• Laser Technology
• Microchip Fabrication
• Optics
• Semiconductor Physics
• Semiconductor Process
• VLSI Technology

1050
This expert has a broad background in technology management, with extensive experience in both industrial research and academic research environments. He has over 35 years of technical and management experience in the development of opto-electronic materials and devices as well as a broad range of related electronic materials and devices. He was also Consulting Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford with special interest in advanced optoelectronics and information systems technology. His major industrial research experience spans more than 20 years at the Hewlett-Packard Company in Palo Alto, California, where he held a number of technical and management positions of increasing responsibility including Director of the Materials Research Laboratory in Hewlett-Packard Laboratories. In the latter position he was responsible for advanced research and development of a broad range of electronic and optoelectronic materials and devices, including LEDs, semiconductor lasers, fiber optic devices, and their subsequent commercialization. He has expert witness experience.

• Optoelectronics - materials, devices
• Compound Semiconductors
• GaAlAs, GaN, other III-Vs
• Silicon, SOI materials, devices
• Optical Storage
• Display - materials and devices
• High Speed Semiconductors
• Light Emitting Diodes, Diode Lasers

1053
This expert is a professor in chemical engineering, an industry consultant and patent holder. His research studies the fundamental properties and behavior of electrodes employed in high-performance rechargeable batteries and fuel cells. He is an experienced expert witness with numerous expert witness assignments including deposition and trial testimony.

• Electrochemistry
• Battery Technology
• Fuel Cell Technology

1080
Expert has over 30 years of leadership experience in computer storage system development, including rigid disk drives and magneto optical storage devices. Skills include in-depth understanding of all aspects of magnetic recording technology and storage system design. He is also an experienced university instructor with a proven success in technology introduction. He is an experienced expert witness with numerous expert witness assignments including deposition and trial testimony.

• Advanced Magnetic Recording Systems
• Magnetic Materials
• Magnetic Recording Systems & Architecture
• Magnetic Storage Systems
• Materials Science
• Rigid Disk Drive Technology
• Winchester Disk Drive Technology
• Optical and Magneto Optical Disk Drive Technology

1094
Expert has over 30 years of experience in the Industry he holds a Ph.D. and few patents. His Primary focus is consulting to the semiconductor industry with an emphasis on plasma technology. In addition, he has provided consulting services in areas of vacuum technology and material analysis. He is an experienced expert witness with numerous expert witness assignments.

• Equipment Automation
• Litigation Support
• Low Temperature Methods
• Magnetism
• Material Analysis
• Plasma Technology
• Power RF and Microwaves
• Project Management
• Semiconductor Equipment Design
• Vacuum Technology

1100
Expert retired from the IBM Almaden Research Laboratory in early 1976 and took up part time employment in the Department of Chemical/Materials Engineering, where he currently holds a position. His consulting activity with local industries has been on a short term basis. Technical review activity, in particular with NSF, was always a large part of his career, and his publication activity was very high while at IBM.

• Chemical processes
• Chemical and reagents
• Polymeric materials
• Polymer properties and characteristics
• Conductive polymers
• Polymer processing
• Polymer coatings and films
• Electrochemical processes
• Electroactive polymers
• Contact electrification on polymers
• Toner materials for printers

1107
Twenty-five years experience in microelectronics and optics research and development in the U.S. and in Europe. Record of visionary innovation in semiconductor device fabrication, micro-optics, optoelectronic packaging, integrated optoelectronic systems, display technology, and parallel computing architectures, underpinned by command over a wide and interdisciplinary base of skills. Strong record of scholarly publication and worldwide reputation in technology community. Leadership roles in high-profile, U.S.- and E.U.-based, government- and industry-funded, technology program development and implementation. Demonstrated ability in developing new enabling technologies into competitive product applications. Extensive intellectual property development and litigation support experience at the highest levels. Strong, results-oriented management and leadership skills.

• WDM transmission and switching
• Microelectronics fabrication processes
• Refractive and diffractive micro-optics
• Compound semiconductor devices
• Advanced packaging
• Classical and quantum optics
• Digital and analog VLSI design
• Signal processing
• Neuromorphic computing
• Low-cost, wafer-level manufacturing
• Materials processing
• Optical switching
• Display technologies
• Microfluidics structures
• Computer and memory architectures
• Guided-wave optics technologies
• Liquid crystal technology and components
• Thermomechanical design
• Optoelectronic integration and packaging
• Optical high-speed interconnection
• Micromachining
• Communication and information theory

1157
With over 35 years experience, this expert has held a wide range of senior technical and marketing positions in the semiconductor, semiconductor equipment, and aerospace industries with more than twenty publications and patents.

• CVD
• Exhaust Gas Treatment
• Litigation Support
• Materials Science
• Plasma Etch or Dry Etch
• Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
• Semiconductor Process
• Silicon Epatoxy

1160
This expert has over thirty years of R&D and Engineering contributions to the semiconductor capital equipment industry in the areas of thin film deposition, vacuum system design and plasma processing of materials. He has been a pioneer in the development of magnetron sputtering hardware and processes for the metallization of silicon integrated circuits. He has also been instrumental in the development of cluster tool and 300mm interface standards for semiconductor fabrication equipment.

• Physical metallurgy
• Thin film metallurgy
• Planar and hollow-cathode magnetron (HCM) sputter source design
• Vacuum system design
• PVD thin film process and process control
• Electrostatic chuck technology
• Magnetic modeling
• Cluster tool design and interfaces
• Semiconductor manufacturing Equipment
• SEMI Standards

1163
This expert has over 18 years of experience in materials science and semiconductor processing. He has experience in all common deposition methods including CVD, ALD, MOCVD, and PVD. She has experience in both metallization and dielectric layers. Expert also has extensive experience in the development and management of IP portfolios and IP strategy.

• Technical IP Asset Analysis
• Thin films and diffusion
• Semiconductor processing
• Materials science
• Technology Due Diligence
• IP Strategy
• Deposition technology

1171
This expert`s research concentrates in the areas of heat transfer and energy conservation. He teaches undergraduate courses in Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, and Analytic Mechanics and Graduate courses in Thermo-dynamics, Heat Transfer, Kinetic Theory, Conduction, Convection, and Radiation Heat Transfer, Energy Management, and Heating and Air Conditioning. His previous research was on interferometric studies of stability phenomena in free convection boundary layers, vortex flow in plasma generators, and sound effects on heat transfer; monitoring and supervision of research contracts with industry and universities; supervision of MS candidates for the Air Force Institute of Technology; consultation for other laboratories on problems in heat transfer and fluid mechanics.

• Heat Transfer
• Energy Conservation
• Thermodynamics

1271
Expert is a Professional Engineer and has a Ph.D. and has a broad background in the chemical processing industry, in commercial research, as well as most recently in academia. His experience includes chemical process development; waste treatment processes, and the development of materials with unique physical and chemical properties, tailored to achieve an objective related to catalytic, sorption, or thermal needs of a process. Operations experience includes virtually all aspects of chemical processing: membrane processes, reaction engineering, catalyst development, food processing (extrusion), novel separation technologies, and crystallization to name a few. He has expertise and is able to serve as an expert witness in the following: Chemical Engineering, Chemical Reactors & Reaction Kinetics, Spontaneous Combustion, Filtration Materials, Process Development & Design, Water & Wastewater Treatment, Activated Carbon Manufacture, Carbon Filtration, Membrane Filtration, Catalysts and Catalytic Reactions. He has used this expertise in at least eight litigation matters and completed testimonial work in two.

• Chemical Engineering
• Chemical Reactors & Reaction Kinetics
• Spontaneous Combustion
• Filtration Materials
• Process Development & Design
• Water & Wastewater Treatment
• Activated Carbon Manufacture
• Carbon Filtration
• Membrane Filtration
• Catalysts and Catalytic Reactions

1275
Expert has over 35 years of industrial design and plastics experience. He has expert witness experience and has been deposed and testified at trial. Expert holds multiple patents and is published.

• Plastic Product Design
• Plastic Packaging Design
• Injection Molding
• Injection Mold Design
• Fastening Plastic Parts

1276
Expert has a Ph.D. in Physics and has broad experience and depth of expertise in the various processes, process sequences, associated equipment, and manufacturing process control systems essential to competitiveness in the semiconductor and also the broader microelectronics industry, including displays and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). His current research includes new programs in biomaterials, biomedical MEMS, and combinatorial materials science, as well as ongoing work related to semiconductors (equipment, Si and GaN materials and processes, sensing, simulation, advanced process control, environmentally benign manufacturing) and to simulation-based learning systems for education and technical training. He is able to serve as an expert witness in the following: Semiconductor & microelectronics manufacturing, Materials & processes for semiconductor technology - Si, SiGe, GaN, Process integration & yield, Chemical vapor deposition - dielectrics, metals, semiconductors, Plasma etch & deposition, Advanced interconnect technology - Cu, low-K, Damascene, Real-time, in-situ chemical sensing, Metrology & advanced process control. Process sequences & integration for CMOS, displays, and MEMS, Ultraclean & cluster tool processing, Advanced equipment design, Optical properties & sensors, Silicides, contacts, diffusion barriers, Packaging technology, soft materials, Modeling, simulation, & optimization, Hardware/software co-design, Biomaterials, MEMS & biotechnology, Surface, interface & thin film science.

• Semiconductor & microelectronics manufacturing
• Materials & processes for semiconductor technology - Si, SiGe, GaN
• Process integration & yield
• Chemical vapor deposition - dielectrics, metals, semiconductors
• Plasma etch & deposition
• Advanced interconnect technology - Cu, low-K, Damascene
• Real-time, in-situ chemical sensing
• Metrology & advanced process control
• Process sequences & integration for CMOS, displays, and MEMS
• Ultraclean & cluster tool processing
• Advanced equipment design
• Optical properties & sensors
• Silicides, contacts, diffusion barriers
• Packaging technology, soft materials
• Modeling, simulation, & optimization
• Hardware/software co-design
• Biomaterials, MEMS & biotechnology
• Surface, interface & thin film science

1283
Expert has over 30-years of electronics engineering experience that includes Thin Film engineering, development and manufacturing. Experience includes manufacturing of magnetic recording heads, database selection, design, configuration, programming, reporting and support, including Data/Document Warehousing. Expert has experience in data integrity and security hardware, software and procedures (backup/ encryption/recovery).

• Chemistry & Electrochemistry
• Disk Drive Technology
• Electrical & Electronic Engineering
• Information Technology
• Operating System & Database S/W
• Magnetics
• Materials Science
• Test Engineering
• Tribology

1285
Expert has over 20 years of combined industry, research and development, academic, and consulting experience. His research and development covers the invention, design, prototyping and fielding of automation and robotic systems for multiple applications in both industrial and government applications. Specific expertise in the areas of sensing, control, safety-design for hazardous environments, mobile robotics, system integration and rugged system deployment, has been utilized to varying degrees in all his work to date. Expert holds multiple patents in a variety of areas. He is published and has expert witness experience including deposition and trial testimony including for ITC section 337 investigations. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical engineering from MIT.

• Robotics and Automation
• Industrial Automation and Machinery
• System Analysis and Testing
• Design for Hazardous Environments
• Mobile Robotics
• Industrial and Military System Development
• Sensing and Control
• Design for Production & Manufacturing
• System Integration
• Pipe and Tank Inspection & Repair Systems
• Underwater System Design and Deployment
• Technology Patenting & Licensing
• For profit start-up company technology planning and management
• Firefighting and associated technologies
• Government & Industry Funding & Procurements

1288
Expert holds a Ph.D., Materials Science & Engineering, is a patent holder, published and has prior expert witness experience.

• Material fracture and fatigue
• Metallurgy
• Biodegradable plastics
• Mechanical metallurgy
• Engineering ceramics
• Scientific and engineering systems modeling
• Polysaccharide biofuels
• Mechanical behavior of materials
• Ceramic processing
• Nondestructive evaluation of materials

1290
Expert`s expertise centers on the fabrication and modeling of a wide variety of optical devices. His work is aimed at developing advanced read/write heads for optical data storage systems. He currently leads a major research group focused on optical and hybrid recording technologies. Expert holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics is a patent holder and is extensively published.

• Opto-Electronic Device Technology
• III-V Semiconductors
• Optical Data Storage Systems
• Laser Beam Deflectors
• Solid Immersion Lenses/Scanning Probe Microscopy
• Room-Temperature Radiation Detectors