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Semiconductor Technology
Since 1960, Expert (pronounced rye-chowdree) has made extensive contributions to materials and semiconductor technology. During his early years with Westinghouse, he conducted pioneering work in the areas of silicon epitaxy, selective epitaxy, and polysilicon. He has made significant contributions in…
Electronic Reliability & On-Chip ESD Protection
Expert currently works on predicting the electric breakdown of silicon dioxide gate dielectric. He is knowledgeable of the electric breakdown characteristics of silicon and air. Additionally, he has studied the effects of electric field on the reliability of semiconductor devices.…
Power Electronics, Controls and System Design
Expert has experience as a design engineer in the field of power conversion. He has designed conventional PWM inverters for motor drives as well as developed prototype resonant DC link converters. He has designed driver circuits for bipolar transistors, IGBTs…
Electronic, Electrical, Mechanical, Forensic and Reliability Engineering.
Expert evaluates indoor air quality and determines the corrective actions that are necessary to provide a healthy environment. He analyzes a building's boilers, chillers, HVAC system, lighting, occupancy, and envelope to determine methods to conserve energy while maintaining a healthy…
Power Electronics and Switched Mode Power Supplies
Expert has spent a large part of his career developing products in technical leadership positions in the general category of power electronics. He is a member of the IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Society and has attended and presented papers and…
Semiconductor Processing and Equipment
Expert has more than 23 years experience in the semiconductor industry, much of this time in a technical management position at Intel. He has hands-on experience with nearly every facet of processing silicon wafers to manufacturing semiconductor devices. His strength…
Semiconductor Devices, Testing and Product Engineering, Marketing and Administration
Expert has spent most of his career in the semiconductor device and process technology areas. His experience is wide, with exposure to germanium and silicon discrete to large scale silicon integrated devices in the sub-micron regime. An area that is…
Motor and Generator Design and Development
COMPUTER-AIDED DIRECT CURRENT (DC) MOTOR DESIGN; DC MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; FERRITE MOTOR. The most significant portion of Expert's work for the past 5 years has involved computer-aided design and product development of a variety of permanent magnet (PM) brushless DC motor/controller…
Nuclear Oil Well Logging
NUCLEAR OIL WELL LOGGING; HYDROCARBON DETECTION. Expert (Expert initially, then Expert) is a physicist with extensive knowledge of nuclear oil well logging. His primary area of focus has been on neutron and gamma-ray transport to determine the presence of hydrocarbons…
Electronic Product Development
Expert (pronounced road-re-an) has designed analog circuits that measure current or voltage signals from temperature, pressure, flow, and conductivity transducers. He has designed isolated, 4-20 mA current loop transmitters. The analog circuits provide inputs to or outputs from microprocessor-based controllers.…