• Microelectronics
• Semiconductor Fabrication
• Assembly And Test
• Semiconductor Capital Equipment
• Consumer Electronics
• Intellectual Property
• Display Technology
• Semiconductor Material Manufacturing

This expert received a BSEE from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.

This expert specializes in microelectronics manufacturing, intellectual property analysis and valuation, semiconductor equipment and patent infringement. Further expertise includes semiconductor processes, and flat panel displays expert witness.

Additional experience this consultant has includes mergers and acquisitions, technology strategy development, new electronic product analysis and semiconductor manufacturing. Related experience includes semiconductor equipment, display technology, electronic assembly, medical electronics, mechanical devices and business methods, semiconductors, and wafer fabrication.

This associate offers additional specialization and expertise in intellectual property, silicon, flat panel displays, and solar cells. Further areas of skill include microelectronics, integrated circuits, IC assembly and test, patents, and semiconductor capital equipment. This expert also specializes in 3-D packaging, high-tech strategy, and medical electronics.

Additional areas of interest include seminars, business methods, consumer electronics, and electronics manufacturing litigation expert testimony. Other areas of interest include workmanship standards, hybrid circuits, MCM devices, biomedical packaging, and IC packaging. Furthermore, areas of interest are product development, patent development, filing, review and prosecution, and licensing.

This expert also has experience in the preparation and manufacturing of silicon material used in the manufacture of integrated circuits, solar cells and flat panel displays. Additionally, this expert has worked on processes to convert metallurgical grade silicon into semiconductor grade polysilicon and then into single crystal silicon wafers. Currently, this expert is working on fluidized bed reactor technology to produce semiconductor grade polysilicon. This expert has previously worked for one of the largest world-wide suppliers of silicon in all forms. That company primarily uses the Siemens process to produce polysilicon. This consultant has been involved in the design of a new facility to produce polysilicon directly from mined silicon.

Lead Consultant, Kevin Kennedy Associates Inc.

Consultant, Solar Cell Manufacturer

Patent Application Prosecution

Consultant, Advanced Metrology Company

Patent Review, Aerospace firm

Consultant, Semiconductor Capital Equipment

Completed a project for LCDs.

Purchased and took apart a total of 10 different displays ranging from a 2 inch display used in cell phone applications to a 22 inch display used as a computer monitor. Did construction analysis on all of these displays and assisted in electrical signal analysis. Not at liberty to list the manufacturers at this time.

Major expertise is in the construction and signals used to drive the LCDs. Particularly strong in the manufacturing processes and materials.

As part of this recent project, KKAI associate reviewed roughly 500 LCD related patents and did a detailed analysis of 38 of those patents as they related to the displays that were being analyzed. All of the work on this project was related to patent infringement issues.

KKAI associate's book focused on all types of flat panel displays, but the majority of the emphasis was LCDs since they were and are the dominant display technology. Again the technical focus of the book was the fabrication processes and materials.

Served as marketing manager for leading medical device manufacturer, Medtronic

Managed microelectronics operation for leading aerospace manufacturer, Raytheon

Worked for Martin-Marietta and Motorola in engineering and engineering management positions

Four U. S. patents issued, others pending.

Author of four technology books on Flat Panel Displays, MCM (Multi-Chip Modules) Technology and application, Hybrid Circuit Technology, and Microelectronics Workmanship Standards.