Expert Details
Integrated Circuits, Electronics, Sensors, and Systems
ID: 720721
Minnesota, USA
Specialties: Integrated circuits (IC's), chip design, electronics, start-up, management, and business administration. He taught courses in electronics, digital circuits, control & automation lab, system implementation, system insertion of gallium arsenide (GaAs) technology, GaAs technology, and charge coupled devices (CCD's). He received a best paper award in GaAs microsensor systems.
He has 40 years' experience in digital, analog and microwave integrated circuits, electronics, sensors, computers, software, and systems. Expert has 15 years' experience in start-up, management of project and technology, and business administration (business plan, marketing & sale, finance, human resource, etc.).
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1982 | Degree: P.D.R.P. | Subject: Electrical Engineering | Institution: University of Minnesota |
| Year: 1980 | Degree: M.E.E. | Subject: Electrical Engineering | Institution: University of Minnesota |
| Year: 1977 | Degree: B.E.E. | Subject: Electrical Engineering | Institution: University of Minnesota |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1989 to 2020 | Employer: Top Vu Technology, Inc. | Title: President, Chief Engineer, Consultant | Department: Chip Design |
Responsibilities:Expert founded this eponymous company specializing in chip design, communication IC's, and microsystems. He has developed wireless, wireline, and fiber-optic transceivers (transmitters and receivers). He developed microsensor systems including microsensors/micromachines, trans-impedance amplifiers, readout electronics, analog to digital converters, and digital signal processors. Surveyed several semiconductor foundries. He developed silicon analog chips for a large commercial company. He is responsible for formulating the business and technical direction for the company, and for its development. He obtained and has been successfully performing on several contracts, grants, and IR&D projects. The largest contracts to date are $400K from a large commercial company, $750K from DoD and $500K from NASA, and the largest grant is $260K from NSF. Expert coordinates on an average of 12 professionals that include subcontractors. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1980 to 1989 | Employer: Honeywell | Title: Principal Research Scientist | Department: Systems and Research Center |
Responsibilities:In the microelectronics and microsystems science area, Expert performed IC design and device modeling of Si bipolar VLSI/VHSIC digital chips in ISL and CML, and unipolar analog chips in CCD, MOS, and CMOS mux/readout/signal processing for IR-FPA sensors. He developed silicon ICs including a VLSI/VHSIC electro-optical signal processor and controller chip set, four bipolar gate arrays, two ROMs, one static RAM and analog MOS/CMOS chips. He designed and modeled GaAs analog and digital devices using depletion- and enhancement-mode MESFETs and heterojunctions. Expert developed GaAs IC's including five gate arrays, two static RAM's, three A/D and four D/A converters, analog IC's, and MMIC's. The highest frequency was at 35 GHz (Ka band). He worked on opto-electronics integrated circuits, designed a multiplexer and a driver for interfacing with an on-chip laser, and worked on a phase locked loop for a microwave transceiver. He also worked on signal processing of electro-optical systems, electronic warfare, and computer architectures for chip integration and insertion. He was principal investigator and/or program manager on several projects. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1977 to 1980 | Employer: Sperry Univac | Title: Assistant Engineer | Department: General & Storage Technology |
Responsibilities:Expert performed logic design and test of computer memory modules, and integrated circuit design and test of silicon bipolar LSI gate arrays for high performance CPUs. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1976 to 1977 | Employer: University of Minnesota | Title: Research Assistant | Department: Biology Science Center |
Responsibilities:Assisted a professor and graduate students in performing research experiments in biology and biochemistry. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2005 to 2006 | Employer: Goodrich Corp. | Title: R & D Manager | Department: Advanced Sensors Technical Center |
Responsibilities:Projects included laser perimeter awareness systems (LPAS), joint-unmanned combat air systems (J-UCAS), actuator combustion control systems (ACCS), intelligent micro flight control system (IMFCS), future video surveillance devices (visible, infrared, sensor fusion) and rugged cargo camera window, energy harvesting, wireless communication for aircraft, exploratory projects, and electronics & systems for micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS & MOEMS) sensors and actuators (accelerometer, gyroscope, torque, microphone, fuel flow, etc.). |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1980 to 2005 | Agency: NASA DoD | Role: Contractor and consultant | Description: Expert has 40 years experience in integrated circuits, electronics, start-up and management. He authored 70 papers, 11 patents, 2 books, and received 2 national awards (IR-100 and Best Paper). Expert is available as a consultant and interim executive. He worked at topvu.com, Goodrich, Honeywell, Sperry Univac, and University of Minnesota. He has also been an adjunct faculty in electrical and computer engineering at Univ. of Minnesota. Specialties: Integrated circuits (IC's), chip design, electronics, start-up, management, and business administration. He taught courses in electronics, digital circuits, control & automation lab, system implementation, system insertion of gallium arsenide (GaAs) technology, GaAs technology, and charge coupled devices (CCD's). He received a best paper award in GaAs microsensor systems. |
International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 1970 to Present | Country / Region: Vietnam, France, Japan, China, ... | Summary: Expert has been a teacher, tutor, contractor, and consultant to many of these companies and organizations. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Expert has been a member of IEEE since 1980. |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| FlexNet Faculty Certification by University of Phoenix in 2006. |
| Professional Appointments |
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| He was the Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and was Session Chair for several IEEE Conferences. He was a Lecturer for University of Minnesota’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department on electronics, integrated circuits and microsystems at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He served on the Technical Program Committee for GaAs IC Symposium, was Chair of the Digital, Time Domain and OEIC Subcommittee, and was Chair of Communication Sessions. He organized and moderated panels on "Industry Roadmap to 40 Gb/s" and "40 Gb/s IC's.” He was Guest Editor for a special issue on High-Speed Circuits for IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. He was an Adjunct Professor of Engineering in control systems and automation laboratory. FlexNet Faculty Certification by University of Phoenix. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Expert received Excellence awards from Honeywell, the State of Minnesota, and national organizations. He received the IR-100 Award for a product on GaAs Gate Array with On-Chip RAM. He received the Best Paper Award for a paper on GaAs-Based Microsensor Systems. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He is the author of 11 patents and over 70 papers, the author of an IEEE videotape short course on System Insertion of GaAs Technology, and the Editor of a book on Compound Semiconductor ICs for World Scientific Publishing. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert has been a Technical Staff Expert, 1993-present. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Lectured at the microelectronic workshops on various semiconductor technologies and microsystems organized by the Honeywell Solid State Electronics Center, since 1985. He is an author of an IEEE videotape short course on System Insertion of GaAs Technology, and was a Lecturer for the University of Minnesota’s Electrical Engineering Department on electronics, integrated circuits and microsystems at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He was an Adjunct Professor of Engineering in control systems and automation laboratory. FlexNet Faculty Certification by University of Phoenix. Business Executive Programs at two major universities including Dartmouth. Program Management. Mini Medical School programs at U of MN. MedTech Trends seminar series organized by Oppenheimer. Leadership Breakfast Series and Executive Seminars organized by LBL, UST, USM, UMN & MEDA. Attended several seminars and conferences on advanced electronics and business administration. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Expert has 15 years' experience in start-up, management of project and technology, and business administration (business plan, marketing & sale, finance, human resource, etc.). |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| He has 15 years' experience in start-up, management of project and technology, and business administration (business plan, marketing & sale, finance, human resource, etc.). Expert has a second office in Santa Clara, CA. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Vietnamese | Mother tongue |
| French | He can read and write French. |
Fields of Expertise
custom integrated circuit, SPICE simulation software, radio frequency integrated circuit, active electronic element, aerospace electronics science, applied electronics science, amplitude-modulated sensor, biomedical sensor, capacitive sensor design, business development, business startup, project management, interim management, aerial remote sensing, business management, mixed-signal integrated circuit, startup, active infrared detection system, automotive sensor, decoder chip, silicon chip, military electronics science, consumer electronic equipment, electronic communication equipment, electronics, analog signal processor, advanced signal processing system hardware design, advanced signal processing system architectural design, electronic system program management, digital signal processing chip, logic circuit, integrated circuit testing, integrated-circuit design software, integrated-circuit design, application-specific integrated circuit, analog-signal processing, digital-to-analog conversion, circuit design, defect electronics science, digitizing system, analog-to-digital conversion, semiconductor chip, large-scale integration, electronics circuit integration, microelectronics science, Boolean algebra, avionics engineering, switching circuit, signal processing, semiconductor device, monolithic integrated circuit, microwave integrated circuit, microsensor, integrated optoelectronics science, integrated circuit, high-frequency integrated circuit, flaw detection, digital circuit, control electronics science, analog circuit