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Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC): Design Analysis, Testing/Troubleshooting

ID: 724995 California, USA

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Expert's competency lies in all aspects of product design related to electromagnetic compatibility with nearly 40 years of applied EMC engineering design. This includes both conducted fields and radiated emissions plus immunity requirements for North America, Europe, and worldwide regulatory approvals. He specializes in providing design and layout review for any type of printed circuit board from the schematic level (review and analysis), design and layout plus system-level design, integration, and certification.

Any aspect of system design and engineering are analyzed from component level to system integration regardless of product application of environment of use. He is well versed in system-level design and has been engaged as an expert witness on numerous with a winning track record.
In addition, many professional training courses are provided, all with a focus on fundamental concepts for those entering the field of EMC or as a refresher course for senior engineers.

If a product fails EMI, ESD, or immunity tests, Expert provides professional troubleshooting services from the component/silicon and printed circuit board level through I/O and chassis design. Cost-effective solutions are identified and implemented.

For companies that require CE approval on industrial products that cannot be taken to an EMC test facility, in situ testing using the Technical File route is easily achieved at a low cost. Examples of products with extensive expertise include semiconductor manufacturing equipment and other large-scale industrial systems.

Expert has also authored five popular textbooks on the subject of EMC and system design with international translations and is an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 assessed EMC test laboratory.

He provides expert design analysis for printed circuit boards from the schematic level through production related to signal integrity and to minimize the development of unintentional common-mode current (EMI) to achieve FCC and CE approvals. In addition, consulting services include full system integration of sub-assemblies, not just printed circuit boards. He provides expert testing and troubleshooting assistance to achieve EMC/ESD compliance. If a product fails compliance certification, he works with design engineers and/or the test laboratories to identify problem areas and implement cost-effective solutions which save the client a significant amount of money and quicker product release. He is an assessed EMC test laboratory to ISO 17025 for companies that require in situ testing to achieve CE compliance to the EMC Directive, with a focus on semiconductor manufacturing and industrial equipment using the Technical File route. He provides professional training seminars on a variety of EMC topics worldwide. All courses are either one or two days in length and can be tailored to the end-user and seminars are taught privately in-house or sponsored by a company.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1979 Degree: BS Subject: Electronic Engineering Institution: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Year: 1979 Degree: BS Subject: Computer Science Institution: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Year: 1983 Degree: MS Subject: Engineering Management Institution: Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1991 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Principal Consultant / Owner Department: EMC
Responsibilities:
Expert is the principal consultant and owner for a full-service compliance company responsible for all aspects of this company's operation with an expertise in EMC consulting, training, test and troubleshooting. In addition he is an Expert Witness for many categories of engineering that includes patents, design disputes, biological hazards and related fields.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1988 to 1991 Employer: MIPS Computer Systems Title: Senior Compliance Engineer Department: Regulatory Compliance
Responsibilities:
He was responsible for all regulatory compliance on systems; product safety and electromagnetic compatibility. Oversaw the design of printed circuit boards and systems architecture to achieve EMC on a global basis.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1987 to 1988 Employer: Wittaker Communications Title: Senior Staff Engineer Department: Regulatory Compliance
Responsibilities:
He was responsible for the management of regulatory compliance approvals as well as design engineering. He designed and installed an EMC test laboratory and provided legacy engineering services to numerous product lines.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1985 to 1987 Employer: MIPS Computer Title: Senior Regulatory Compliance Engineer Department: EMC Regulatory
Responsibilities:
He was responsible for product safety and electromagnetic compatibility on local area network systems and workstations.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Several engagements have occurred, all with success. One dealt with a very large patent infringement claim, another regarding a dispute between companies over a design concern, and an inter partes.
- Expert witness for the defendant, et al. Case was decided in favor of Intel, my client
-Google inter partes matter (grounded heatsink analysis) Research and analysis to proceed with submittal of potential IPR
-Design dispute between two companies, settled out of court. The deposition was given which was cause for successful settlement in favor of my client
-Patent design dispute (2016) Witness for (Undisclosed)- matter settled in favor of (Undisclosed) for non-infringement
-Plaintiff withdrew the complaint after disclosure of my CV to them as an expert witness
-Design dispute over thermal problems within a printed circuit board and manufacturing issues. The deposition was given. (Binding Arbitration, Settled in favor of my client)

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
IEEE Affiliations and Societies:
-Senior member
-IEEE Board of Directors (Undisclosed)
-Division VI Director of the IEEE
-Board Member of the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society (EMCS)
-Founder and First President of the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society (PSES)
-Board Member of the IEEE Systems Council
-Past Member of the IEEE Press Board
-Past Member of the IEEE Technical Activities Board

(Co-founder to one of the boards mentioned above.)
Licenses / Certifications
iNARTE Master EMC Design Engineer
iNARTE Assessed EMC Test Engineer
Awards / Recognition
IEEE EMC Society-Honorary Life Member
Laurence G. Cummings for outstanding service to the IEEE EMC Society
Technical Achievement for outstanding EMC education
Past Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE EMC Society
Publications and Patents Summary
17 technical papers presented at IEEE International Symposiums and published on EMC, two papers published in the Transactions of the IEEE EMC Society.

Author - Five textbooks on EMC with translations in Chinese, Japanese and Korean plus two co-authored books
• Printed Circuit Board Design Techniques for EMC Compliance
• EMC and the Printed Circuit Board - Design, Theory and Layout Made Simple
• Testing for EMC Compliance - Approaches and Technique
• EMC Made Simple-Printed Circuit Board and System Design
• Electronics Packaging Handbook. Contributing Author
• Printed Circuits Handbook. Contributing Author

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