Independent consultant across all aspects of semiconductor design and development with more than two decades of experience in industry.  Has focused expertise in microcircuit and semiconductor technologies including circuit design and analysis, foundry process evaluation and selection, design automation, design for test, chip manufacturing, wafer and product testing, quality, reliability, and defect and failure analysis.

Formal Education

  • M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of California San Diego
  • B.S. in Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo Canada

Career Highlights

  • Has designed SRAM memories, shifters, dynamic circuits for CAM (content addressable memory) used for low power and high-performance caches, logic and memory test circuits including built-in-self-test (BIST), clock driver circuits, and architected and designed various low power circuits, modem and microprocessor blocks used in wireless communication systems, mobile devices, and datacenter chips
  • Former VP of Engineering at a leading semiconductor foundry company where he led product development for a coherent optical transceiver
  • Founded a corporate research organization focused on processor circuits and architectures to enhance performance and reduce power consumption targeting products in mobile, wearables, IoT, datacenter, and machine learning 
  • While VP of Technology at a major semiconductor company, completed dozens of design projects for high-performance DDR controllers, bus interconnects, and various CPU-related blocks totaling hundreds of millions of units sold
  • Delivered and commercialized several mobile phone processor chips, including the world's first 1GHz mobile microprocessor
  • Named inventor on about two dozen issued U.S. patents, including for advancements in P-type field-effect transistor (PFET) applications in memory systems, contactless magnetic field data communication using in-plane magnetic fields, clock distribution techniques, built-in self-test architectures, and methods and systems of data encoding

Expert Qualifications

  • Participated in corporate internal patent review boards to evaluate employee patent submissions covering VLSI design, circuits, CPU architecture, and low power circuits 
  • Retained as an expert witness on both sides of patent infringement litigations before U.S. District Courts, including consulting and expert declaration on claim construction, invalidity, and non-infringement
  • Deposed as a fact witness on behalf of employer and defendant Qualcomm in a pair of patent cases brought by Broadcom and Ericsson

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Frequently Asked Questions

What types of cases can this expert support?

They handle cases involving semiconductor design, manufacturing defects, and failure analysis. Their experience covers consumer electronics, automotive systems, mobile devices, telecommunications, and optical equipment—basically any product with chips or complex electronics.

What is this expert's technical background?

They have 20+ years in semiconductor design and hold an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from UC San Diego plus a B.S. in Computer Engineering from University of Waterloo. They've been VP at GlobalFoundries and VP at Qualcomm, led the design of the first 1GHz mobile processor, and hold about two dozen patents.

What technologies does this expert specialize in?

They code in C, C++, Verilog, and VHDL. Their main work is ASIC/FPGA design, digital and analog electronics, chip testing, and failure analysis. They also handle data compression and hardware-software integration.