Professor of electrical engineering with extensive experience as a technology industry practitioner. Special expertise spans design and development of technologies and solutions for a wide range of applications including: telecommunications (DSL, cellular, and WiFi), modems, signal processing systems, digital audio and video (e.g., MPEG) and VLSI integrated circuits (using Verilog). Has also specialized knowledge in the fields of error-correcting codes, image processing and audio data compression.
Formal Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, MIT
Career Highlights
- Consultant to a range of major corporations and small companies in the areas of error-correcting codes, digital signal processing, disk storage controllers, modem design, and semiconductor design for DSP chips
- Technical member of the founding team of a custom semiconductor design company to service the integrated circuit needs of a major automotive company and a leading aerospace company by providing custom integrated circuit design services
- While working as a professor of electrical engineering, taught graduate and undergraduate courses in communication theory and computer hardware and software and was awarded as outstanding professor
- For over a decade, served as a technical consultant to a major semiconductor company regarding licensing and intellectual property
- Active member of CCITT ́s Modem Working Party (study group XVII) and ISDN Joint Working Group (study group XVIII), as well as a participant in the T1D1 ISDN Meetings
- Named inventor of about twenty issued U.S. patents including for methods of data compression and error correction in communications
Expert Qualifications
- Has served as an expert witness on several occasions including testifying in Markman hearings, bench and jury trials, and arbitrations
- Testifying expert in patent litigation between Ericsson v. Samsung before the U.S. ITC relating to a method of wireless communication
- Expert witness regarding LTE cellular protocols in U.S. District Court
- Testifying expert for microprocessor maker AMD in an Inter Parties Review before the U.S. PTO's PTAB about data coding and error protection in high speed interconnects
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Frequently Asked Questions
What types of cases can this expert support?
This expert has testified in telecommunications and semiconductor patent cases—including Ericsson v. Samsung at the ITC and LTE cellular disputes in federal court. They can handle matters involving wireless protocols, cellular systems, semiconductor design, and signal processing. They've done Markman hearings, jury trials, and arbitrations.
What is this expert's technical background?
BS from MIT, then MS and PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford. Spent years as a university EE professor while consulting to major tech companies like ST Microelectronics on chip licensing and IP. Also a founding member of Ford Microelectronics and holds 20+ U.S. patents in data compression and error correction.
What technologies does this expert specialize in?
Verilog and VHDL for chip design, cellular and LTE protocols, DSL and modem design, and signal processing systems. Also specialized in error-correcting codes, image processing, MPEG compression, and fiber communications. The work spans telecom infrastructure down to chip-level implementation.
- C, Verilog, VHDL
- Cellular and LTE
- Data compression
- Image processing
- DSL and modem
- Fiber communications
- Semiconductor design
- Wireless protocols
- U.S. District Courts
- Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- International Trade Commission