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

1002
Expert has over 40 years of experience in the design of semiconductor products and has a Ph.D. in Computers and Communications. He has more than 10 patents in the areas of CMOS design, cryogenic memory, and memory addressing. He has over 25 engagements as a semiconductor expert witness. His notable career includes early work in the technical areas of color television, moving to solid state electronics, LEDs and photodiodes, developing major CMOS product lines, managing microprocessor business divisions, and new processors for mainframe computers. His later career history includes business and technical management for large and small corporations in the fields of microcontrollers, ASIC and RISC systems. Currently an independent consultant, he works with clients to assist their development, analysis, and launch of new semiconductor products. He has been heavily involved in advanced technology development, operations, applications, process, packaging, marketing and business planning across many different product lines.

• Intellectual Property Research
• Patent Analysis and Evaluation
• Prior Art Search
• Expert Witness
• Litigation Damage Analysis
• ITC Action Support
• Semiconductor Memory
• Microcontroller Technology
• Microprocessor Technology
• Embedded Processors
• RISC Processors
• Digital Circuits
• Analog Circuits
• ASIC
• IP Macros
• Megacells
• DRAM, SRAM. Flash, EEPROM
• IC Packaging
• Semiconductor Process
• Plasma Etch and CVD

1016
Expert is a professional engineer with experience in execution of engineering programs. He has completed complex product development programs on schedule and within budget while directing a few engineers to multi-disciplinary teams of 50 or more. He has successfully completed several major, highly technical development programs in the semiconductor equipment industry. His industry knowledge includes front-end equipment with Epi, CVD, Etch, PVD, and CMP processes, and metrology equipment including optical tools used for CD, defect and film analyses. He has design experience with high reliability mechanisms, machine design and overall system architecture. He has two patents and has previous expert experience.

• Semiconductor Equipment Design
• New Product Program Management
• Various semiconductor process application including Etch, CVD, CMP and Epi deposition
• Various inspection equipment
• Mechanisms Design for both atmospheric and vacuum application
• Reliability of systems and components
• Manufacturing and Supplier management
• Risk Management
• Business Financial Health

1021
Expert is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director, Microelectronics Research Center, at a major University. He is also the Director at one of three centers in the US to develop a replacement for MOSFETs. As a Member of the Technical Staff, Corporate Research, Development and Engineering of Texas Instruments Incorporated, he worked on polysilicon transistors and dynamic random access trench memory cells used by Texas Instruments in the world`s first 4Megabit DRAM. He has over 650 archival refereed publications/talks, 7 books/chapters, and 26 U.S. patents. He has supervised over 50 Ph.D. and 60 MS students. He is currently active in the areas of ultra high vacuum chemical vapor deposition for silicon-germanium-carbon heterostructure MOSFETs, nanoparticle flash memories and nanostructures. He is also interested in the areas of ultra-shallow junction technology and semiconductor device modeling. He is an experienced expert witness and has been deposed and testified.

• MOSFET Technology
• Nanostructures
• Memory Cell Design
• DRAM Technology
• Semiconductor Device Modeling
• Thin Film Technology
• Ion Implantation Technology
• Semiconductor Design
• Semiconductor Fabrication

1022
Expert has broad experience with the individual processes and the process sequences used to produce Integrated Circuits and with the logistics and economics of Integrated Circuit manufacturing. His initial work in the semiconductor industry was developing specific processes; later he supervised teams that developed many individual processes that were integrated together into a coherent manufacturing flow. He also worked in wafer fabrication factories as an engineer, engineering manager and manufacturing manager with the responsibility of utilizing, maintaining and improving individual processes. He has been responsible for product development and quality and product manufacturing. His duties have included general management of the U.S. operations of a memory chip company. He is an experienced expert witness and has been deposed.

• CMOS Manufacturing Process
• IC Manufacturing process Control
• Integrated Circuit Manufacturing
• Microchip Fabrication & Analysis
• Microelectronics Fab Operations
• Quality Assurance of IC Products
• Semiconductor Memory
• Semiconductor Process
• Electrical failure

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

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

1079
Over 30 years experience in all aspects of fab qualification and design/fab interface. Audio analog and switching (Class D) CMOS power amplifiers at 1 volt. CMOS hearing aid design with multiple adjustable filters (switched capacitor), variable expansion and compression and other new features. Three patents on amplifiers and power control granted in past 2 years. Low voltage E2 process development and installation of 1v EEPROM with analog process at four different wafer fabs. Models, simulation and design of 1V analog circuits. DMOS design and processing, new process development for operation to 100V. Developed CDMOS/bipolar process for Micrel (won EDN product of the year award).

• Semiconductor Device Structures
• Analog Circuit Design

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

1095
Expert has over 30 years of industry experience. He is a consulting professor in the Electrical Engineering department at a prominent university. He provides technical advice and support to various professors and students regarding all aspects of semiconductor technology. He is an experienced expert witness with numerous expert witness assignments including deposition and trial testimony.

• Semiconductor fabrication processes
• Silicon thermal oxidation
• Silicon wafer cleaning and etching
• Semiconductor surface physics and chemistry
• Semiconductor physics

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

1123
This expert is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at a major university. He received the Ph.D. from Duke University in 1969. He then spent 12 years at Bell Labs working on semiconductor devices and integrated circuit technology. He returned to North Carolina in 1981 and spent 13 years as a vice president of MCNC, having responsibilities in chip design, computer-aided design, packaging, process technology, and MEMS. His current research interests include bio-MEMS and digital microfluidic chips, but he teaches courses in IC design, IC processing, silicon devices, and biochip engineering. He has published over 150 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings, written 10 book chapters, edited nine books or conference proceedings, and given over 120 invited talks, mostly in the area of semiconductor devices or the fabrication thereof. This expert is also a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society, past Editor-in-Chief of the Proceedings of the IEEE, and he has served as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. He has been involved in over 70 patent lawsuits as an expert witness.

• Silicon processing: ion implantation, diffusion metallization, plasma etching, planarization, lithography, thin film deposition, oxidation, processing tools, isolation, gettering, plasma processing, polysilicon, silicides, NMOS, CMOS, BiCMOS, Bipolar
• Circuit design: linear ICs, sampled data ICs, power converters, DACs, voltage references, current sources, op amps, current-controlled logic.
• Semiconductor devices: BJTs, MOSFETs, RF LDMOS, ESD protection devices and circuits
• MEMS, microfluidic devices, electrowetting, lab-on-a-chip technology/devices

1145
This expert has over 10 years of experience in semiconductor processing and manufacturing. He has a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering. He is extensively published, holds numerous patents, and has extensive litigation support experience.

• Semiconductor Processing
• Semiconductor Equipment
• Low k dielectric films
• Plasma Processing
• Diamond Like Carbon (DLC)
• Thin Film Characterization
• Ultra High Purity Gas and Chemical Delivery Systems
• Vacuum Systems
• Corrosive Gas Technology
• Finite Element Analysis
• Project Turnaround
• Related Market Segment Analysis

1149
This expert has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor memory design field. In addition to his direct industry experience, this expert has worked as a consultant and litigation support expert for over 20 years.

• Semiconductor Memory Device Design
• DRAM/SRAM/VRAM
• ASIC Design
• Analog/Digital design
• Radiation Hardening (Rad-Hard) Technology
• MOSFET Technology
• CMOS Technology

1154
This expert the Director of the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at major California research university. He is now a part-time Professor in the departments of General Engineering, Materials Engineering, and Electrical Engineering, teaches courses in the field of Integrated Circuit Processing, and manages the IC Labs. He is well known in Integrated Circuit educational circles for running the National Science Foundation (NSF) Microfabrication Laboratory Workshop, a series of one-week workshops for undergraduate faculty, sponsored by the National Science Foundation on IC laboratory education. In addition, this expert has held over 60 sessions of a three-day laboratory course on microfabrication in the IC Labs entitled the Microfabrication Laboratory Short Course. This short course focuses on wafer manufacturing technology for Integrated Circuits, testing and packaging technology and the chemistry and materials science of wafer fabrication processes. Both Bipolar and MOS technologies are included along with issues related to factory management, microcontamination, yield, and other related topics.

• Microchip Fabrication
• Semiconductor Process
• Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
• Plasma CVD
• Contamination Detection
• Selective Tungsten Deposition
• Antifuse Link Technology
• Programmable EPROM Failure Mechanisms
• Silicon Interstitial Defects
• Silicon Trench Etch

1177
Expert is a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and over 30 years of experience with computer architecture, microprocessor and DSP applications and hold 2 patents. He has worked for major semiconductor manufacturers as an engineering manager and chief scientist. He also has over 10 years of experience as a professor and lecturer at, both, Cornell University and the University of California, Irvine. His body of work includes products ranging from simple consumer products to complex telecommunications gear. He has previous expert witness and testifying. He has expertise and is able to serve as an expert witness in the following: Computer Architecture, Semiconductor Technology, Embedded Control Systems, Computer Software & Firmware, Technical Training, Microprocessor Design, Microcontroller Applications, and Digital Signal Processing.

• Computer Architecture
• Semiconductor Technology
• Embedded Control Systems
• Computer Software & Firmware
• Technical Training
• Microprocessor Design
• Microcontroller Applications
• Digital Signal Processing

1197
This expert has over 30 years experience in semiconductor manufacturing and display devices. This experience includes significant time in industry and academic environments. He has been involved in litigation support and consulting for over 10 years. He holds numerous patents in his field, is extensively published, and frequent presenter at conferences.

• Semiconductor Processes
• Electronic Packaging
• Liquid Crystal Displays
• Electrochemical devices: batteries and fuel cells
• Electrodeposition

1263
Expert is a digital development engineer with 21-years experience performing and directing the development of complex digital systems from system architecture to component level and semi-custom LSI and VLSI implementation. He is an experienced patent litigation expert.

• ATM & Frame Relay
• Data Communications
• Data Multiplexing
• Optical Communications
• T-Carrier, SONET and SYNTRAN
• Transmission
• VLSI, ASIC Design
• X.25, TCP/IP and Ethernet Protocols

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

1312
Expert has over thirty years of technical and managerial experience in Engineering, Research and Development, Product, Marketing, Business Development, Operation, Supply Chain and Manufacturing Management for Semiconductor Devices and Electronic Systems. Credited for the creations of, first in its class, products such as Novus Calculators, Atari Video Games, and Amiga Multimedia Computers. Co-Founded two leading product companies with ACC Microelectronics famous for its PC Single-Chip Solutions and Auctor well known for its handheld and portable devices. Consulted three high-tech start-up companies in the Silicon Valley and coached the management on the sub-micron chip developments for Network Switch, 10-Gbits Ethernet, and Voice Processing. Supported litigations in patent infringements, contract disputes, and reverse engineering. Performed the prior-art analysis and IP validations. Developed extensive business knowledge and relationship in the Asia-Pac and Greater China Regions. The latest personal professional attentions have been focused on IP development and application, SOC (System-On-Chip) design, and Semiconductor Nano-Technology deployment.

• Semiconductor Devices Technology
• ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Design
• ASSP (Application Specific Standard
• Product) Architecture
• Chip (also known as Integrated Circuit) Design Platform and Tool
• Chip Package and Test Development
• IP (Intellectual Property) Development and Validation
• PCB (Printed Circuit Board) Design
• Personal Computing System
• Video Game System
• Graphic and Display Engine
• Voice and Audio Processor
• Multimedia Technology
• Power Management Technology
• Product Life Cycle Management
• Off Shore Outsourcing Operation

1322
Expert has extensive experience developing Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) and Programmable Logic (FPGA and PLD) products used in the design of digital computer and telecom systems. He has developed Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software products based on behavioral (C, Verilog and VHDL) synthesis and ASIC/FPGA placement-route (physical design). He created an engineering design methodology and directed a worldwide operation that released over 3000 gate array (ASIC) designs. In his capacity as an experienced technical and business leader at Intel, LSI Logic, and IBM, he performed and managed a variety of IC processing and device development projects. He has published numerous papers at IEEE and company sponsored technical conferences. Expert created and successfully implemented the business development and marketing strategy for a C to Verilog synthesis software product. Expert was a key contributor in development of various memory (DRAM, SRAM, & serial memory) and logic products. Several patents in semiconductor processing and device structures were issued along with multiple Technical Disclosure Bulletins. His experience also includes FLASH memory structures and various optical imaging and laser communication components. He has prior litigation experience including testimony at trail and deposition. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and holds multiple patents in his field.

• ASIC Design & Product Architecture
• FPGA/PLD Design & Architecture
• Verilog/VHDL synthesis
• Prior Art Research in IC Patents
• Semiconductor Memory
• Microprocessor Technology
• Integrated Circuit Design
• Design Automation Software