Rigorous academic training in CMOS integrated circuit design. Professional training in CMOS, mixed-signal, and RF circuits.

Experience as a digital/analog CMOS engineer with over 10 tapeouts. Experienced in complete product cycle, from initial conception through design, verification, fabrication & testing.

Actively involved in technology consulting for over a decade, participating in the conception, development and evaluation of several electronic products.

Participated in all aspects of product development including brainstorming, prototyping, intellectual property issues, manufacturability, testability, sales and marketing.

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CAD: Cadence (Virtuoso, Composer, Analog Artist, Place&Route, Dracula DRC/LVS, Diva, Assura) & Mentor Graphics (Design Architect, Accusim, IC Station), Intel's HDL, Verilog and Synopsys, Tektronix ADS, SUE, Magic, Protel (Schematics and PCB), OrCAD (Schematics)

Processes: TSMC 0.18/0.25/0.35um, UMC 0.18/0.25um, National 0.24um, HP 0.5um CMOS

Simulators: Spectre, Eldo, HSpice, TekSpice & Saber

Standards: IEEE-1394 (Electrical/PHY), USB 2.0 (Electrical), IEEE-754

Languages: Perl, Maple, Matlab, Ample (Mentor), C, BASIC, FORTRAN & Pascal, Assembly (MIPS, Sparc, x86, 68k, 8051, 68HC11, PIC, Z80, 6502); Skill & Ocean (Cadence), Lisp and Ada

Web: PHP, JavaScript, HTML 4.0, CDML (Claris), FileMaker Pro, miniSQL, MySQL, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, PageMill, Acrobat, Apache, CVS, Twiki

Operating Systems: Windows ME/98/NT, Mac OS, Solaris, Linux, Aegis (Apollo), CP/M, UCSD-Pascal, TRSDOS

I have specialized in all aspects of digital ASIC, analog CMOS, mixed-signal and RFIC intellectual property and can assist your attorney in patent related projects including patent analysis and reviews of patent applications.

I work as a technical expert under the direction of legal counsel. I can also provide litigation support and other technical expert services, including prior-art searches.

I have been a technical expert for several patent litigations where I have:

• analyzed technical patents for infringement, and reviewed technical documents to elucidate and explain operation of complex digital ICs to legal staff;
• worked closely with attorneys to prepare for patent application filing and infringement litigation;
• succesfully invalidated a competitor's patent using prior art found in the public domain.

As a full-time analog and mixed-signal design engineer, I have very limited time available for outside work. Be forewarned that I am usually booked well in advance.

To check for potential conflict of interest, I will need enough information from you to determine the likelihood that a conflict would exist with my existing or recent clients.

I am very selective about what projects I take on. I have no interest at all in stock in-lieu-of cash, fixed-price work, or any form of contingency work. My expectations for a working relationship are spelled out in my Terms and Conditions.

You may have a confidential disclosure agreement (NDA) or a consulting contract that you would like me to sign. Below are sample NDA and IEEE consulting agreements.

• Non-disclosure Agreement (PDF)
• IEEE Sample Consulting Agreement (RTF)
• Terms and Conditions