Expert Details
Video Signal Processing, Set-Top Boxes, Integrated Circuits, Computer Equipment
ID: 734932
Pennsylvania, USA
Electrical Engineer with 20+ years of industry experience in both individual contributor
and managerial roles.
• Digital Signal Processing
Real-time signal processing, image warping, compositing, filtering and mixing.
Implementations used various types of DSPs, FPGAs, semi-custom integrated
circuits, embedded control software, application software and firmware.
• Hardware Design, Logic Synthesis and Simulation
CMOS FPGA, full-custom, standard-cell and gate-arrays using multiple
integrated circuit tool suites.
General purpose and signal processor design at system, device and block levels.
C++/C#, HTML/JavaScript including DSP firmware.
• Design Verification
Hardware accelerated and software based systems at device and block level.
Functional validation, fault grading and first silicon bring-up/debug.
• Project Management
Design and Verification group Manager. Multiple devices, proposals, reporting,
costs and schedules.
Commercial, military and radiation-hardened, highly-reliable, spaceborne systems
• In-Building Wireless
Distributed Antenna System and Distributed Amplifier Array System design,
deployment and performance verification.
• Intellectual Property
Technical analyst with IPR/expert witness experience.
Claims based patent analysis, defensive patent/product support, prior art
investigation, market research and portfolio value assessment.
Designed various types of video signal integrated circuits used in television broadcast equipment.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year: 1981 | Degree: BSEE | Subject: Electrical Engineering | Institution: Rutgers University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2008 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Owner | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:Intellectual PropertyIntegrated Circuit Design and Verification Application Software Intellectual Property work centers on the technical evaluation of intellectual property commonly in the form of U.S. patents and patent applications. IP Services are typically provided as a combination of claim based analysis charts, targeted patent mining reports, prior art research and asset value estimates. Hardware and software reverse engineering of products and devices has also been performed. Additional areas of concentration have included database systems, image compression algorithms, data caching algorithms, photographic equipment, FLASH and DRAM memory devices, HDMI and HDCP encryption devices, cable television distribution systems and set-top boxes that may include SmartCards. satellite systems and services and cellular systems and services have also been reviewed. Client deliverable typically take the form of detailed specification claim charts to provide evidential support before or during litigation. Prosecution file histories are obtained, points of novelty are examined and prior art may be researched. Relevance to applicable recognized standards is documented. Means-plus-function limiting language is examined and documented as it corresponds to the disclosed structure found in the specification. Product reverse engineering has included product tear-downs, photographic documentation, chip and software disassembly and typically includes the incorporation of detailed web based technical information. Software has been written to provide controlled product operating environments to help identify product operation and to document product features. Hardware design has included SoC (ARM A7) memory subsystem built-in test insertion and verification. Software design has included the development of a JavaScript based field application to perform parametric RF signal calculations. Web and software applications have been developed for product simulation, product placement and marketing. |
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