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Semiconductor Manufacturing Intellectual Property, Materials Science, Failure Analysis
Expert is a renowned professional who seamlessly amalgamates scientific, engineering, and economics principles to deliver exceptional results for his clients. With an illustrious career spanning numerous years, he specializes in building superior products, evaluating the technical and economic viability of…
Materials Science: Synthesis, Processing, and Structure, and Properties of Metals, Oxides, and Nitrides
Ph.D. in Materials Science with 35+ years experience performing basis and applied research pertaining to the synthesis, processing, structural characterization and properties of metals, oxides, nitrides and semiconductors. Author of approximately 200 scientific publications and six issued patents that, together,…
Failure Analysis and Patent Infringement of ICs, Devices, Sensors, Detectors; Nanotechnology
Expert worked on the design, fabrication, and evaluation of microelectronic devices and circuits. He designed and built DNA sensors, Micro-pumps, diamond devices, MEMS gas sensors, Nanotechnology devices, and other microelectronic devices. He worked on the growth of high dielectric materials…
Electronic Material Processing, Chemical-Physical Analysis, Device Modeling, Biomedical Sensors
Expert has over thirty years experience in the design, micro-fabrication, analysis and modeling of electronic devices, transistors, and sensor arrays. He has extensive experience with the advanced processes for device fabrication: depositing the metal electrode and contact layers by sputtering,…
IC, Nano, MEMS, Solar, Photovoltaic, Optical Process, Device, Equipment & Technology Development
Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD): Helped Applied Materials develop and improve an ALD deposition system by effecting parametric and design changes and cost effectively improving the ALD film analysis in 9 weeks. Developed patented metalnitride barrier layer technology. Integrated ALD into…
Magnetron Cathode Design, Magnetic Field Modeling, PVD, Sputtering, Ion Beam Etch, Vacuum Technology
Expert has developed and supported production thin film sputtering systems and processes since 1989. He has led the development and deployment of a production PVD cluster tool used by the IC, MEMS, and magnetic memory industries. He developed one of…
IC Substrate Manufacturing, Chemical Vapor Deposition, Phenomenological Thermodynamic Modeling
Expert owned the copper plating process module at Intel's Assembly Test Technology Development site for ~2 years, focusing on plating deposition process, plating solution chemistry, plating equipment and thickness uniformity control as pertaining to IC substrate manufacturing. He interfaced with…
Surface Coating & Materials Technology CVD Chemical Vapor Deposition CVI Chemical Vapor Infiltration
He has over 25 years experience in the field of chemical vapor deposition. He has designed and built CVD coating systems up to 1.5m diameter & 2m high. He has a particular experience in high temperature (1200 - 2200 degC)…
New Product Development, Lean, Six Sigma Blackbelt, Semiconductors/MEMS
Expert has had extensive process engineering experience with a variety of types of CVD reactors, including atmospheric, vacuum/thermal, and plasma enhanced. He has developed copper CVD precursors, developed low-stress/controlled stress dielectric films, and metal films. He wrote a book on…
Semiconductor Transistor & BEOL Technology (Logic,Memory,CIS,Power device) & Photovoltaic Technology
Expert is an expert in the Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) and Chemical Vapor Deposition Reactor design areas. His PhD work was on Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition of GaAs, which involved the design and construction of an Atmospheric Pressure Chemical…