Expert Details
Semiconductor Device Process
ID: 716795
Connecticut, USA
A major focus of Expert's research over the past two decades has been on the reliability issues in semiconductor devices; in particular, high-field effects, hot-carrier effects, and ionizing radiation effects. His research in this area has led Expert over a dozen Ph.D. dissertations and over 100 articles published in professional journals.
Semiconductor Device Characterization; Semiconductor Material; Semiconductor Device Analysis
Over the years, Expert has developed and used a number of techniques Expert measure the electronic properties of semiconductor devices, including current-voltage (I-V), capacitance-voltage (C-V), conductance-voltage (G-V), avalanche hot-carrier injection, and charge pumping techniques. He is knowledgeable of the instrumentation, measurements, data analysis, and device physics aspects of all these techniques.
Radiation Effects In MOS Devices & Circuits
A major area of his research for nearly 20 years, Expert's study of radiation effects in MOS devices and circuits has resulted in the publication of a book in 1989 and over 100 technical articles on this subject.
Semiconductor Processing; Semiconductor Processing Equipment
A substantial amount of Expert's research has involved the fabrication of semiconductor devices, especially MOS devices. The processing techniques that are routinely used in his laboratory include wafer cleaning, oxidation, diffusion, photolithography, thin film deposition, etching, annealing, and various plasma-enhanced processes. Expert is familiar with failure analysis, radiation effects, manufacturing equipment, technological limitations, and process induced defects. He has been teaching a course on semiconductor processing for the past 10 years.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1974 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Engineering & Applied Science | Institution: Yale University |
| Year: 1971 | Degree: MS | Subject: Engineering & Applied Science | Institution: Yale University |
| Year: 1968 | Degree: BS | Subject: Electrical Engineering | Institution: National Taiwan University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1985 to 2000 | Employer: Yale University | Title: | Department: |
Responsibilities:Research and Teaching |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1991 to 1995 | Employer: Yale University | Title: Chairman of Electrical Engineering | Department: |
Responsibilities:Heading the Department of E.E., in addition Expert teaching and research. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1977 to 1985 | Employer: Yale University | Title: | Department: |
Responsibilities:Teaching and Research |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1974 to 1977 | Employer: IBM | Title: Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Research and Development of advanced MOS device technology. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Fellow of IEEE Life Member of APS Life Member of Sigma Xi Member of ECS, MRS, CASE, and YSEA |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Board Member of UltraChina.com Symposium Chair, Program Chair, and Program Co-Chair of International Symposium on VLSI/TSA General Chair, Program Chair, and Arrangement Chair of IEEE/SISC Conference Past Vice President and President of New Haven Chapter of Sigma Xi Chair of Teaching and Learning Committee of Yale College |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Paul Rappaport Award of the IEEE Electron Device Society 2x BF Goodrich Collegiate Inventors Advisor Award Fellow of IEEE Connecticut Yankee Ingenuity Award GE Whitney Symposium Lecturer Cottrell Research Award Harding Bliss Prize Honorary Professorship of Chinese Academy of Science Honorary Guest Professor of Tianjin University Honorary Guest Professor of Tsinghua University |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Over 170 publications, 1 book, several book chapters, and 4 patents in the field of semiconductor device. (Physics and Technology) |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert witness for two lawsuits involving non-volatile semiconductor memory. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Over 100 seminars give at dozens of universities and industrial labs. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
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| Chinese |
Fields of Expertise
electronic device reliability, metal-oxide semiconductor device radiation effect, semiconductor device, semiconductor device analysis, semiconductor device reliability, semiconductor material, semiconductor material processing, semiconductor processing equipment, ionizing radiation, voltage, carrier injection, annealing, dielectric material, electric capacitance, electrical conductivity, electrical phenomenon, electrically conductive film, electronic device, electronics measurement, electronics, electronics testing, evaporated film, evaporation, fabrication, field-effect device, film, gate oxide, intrinsic semiconductor, low-temperature measurement, metal-insulator semiconductor device, metal-insulator semiconductor material, metal-oxide semiconductor material, microelectronics thin-film application, nondestructive testing, reliability, semiconductor device manufacturing, semiconductor material property, semiconductor wafer processing, silicon, silicon nitride, solid diffusion, thin-film deposition, thin-film electrical property, thin-film technology, transistor, vacuum deposition, vapor deposition, very large-scale integration, atomic layer deposition, non-volatile memory, discrete semiconductor device, education, injection, compound semiconductor material, band gap, rapid thermal semiconductor wafer processing, electric current measurement, space electronics science, binary semiconductor material, nitride compound, instrumentation (equipment), wide band gap semiconductor material, power semiconductor device, III-V semiconductor material, electrooptics, pumping, semiconductor wafer cleaning, low-temperature plasma, stress measurement, strain measurement, ionization, ion etching, electromagnetic radiation, radiation energy, deposition, very high-speed integration, transparent conductive thin film, solid-state electronics science, injector, metal-oxide-metal semiconductor material, X-radiation, gallium arsenide semiconductor, acceptor impurity, microelectronics science, electronic assembled device, solid-state physics, photolithography, nuclear radiation, vacuum pump, thin-film integrated circuit, thin-film circuit, sputter deposition, solar energy, photovoltaic cell, semiconductor diode, quantum mechanics, power electronics, plasma etching, plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, physics, photoresist, ultraviolet lithography, oxide, optical film, non-crystalline structure, microlithography, fluorine, failure analysis, electrostatics, electrostatic discharge, electronics manufacturing, solid electric property, diffusion theory, diffusion annealing, crystalline structure, cleaning, chemical vapor deposition, applied electronics science