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Expert in Compound Semiconductors, Pure Metals

Expert 108119

Expert in Compound Semiconductors, Pure Metals

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Summary of Expertise:

Primary Expertise Areas: (links show more experts in each area)	Expertise Description:
binary semiconductor material expert Bridgman technique expert Czochralski process expert doped semiconductor expert doping agent expert electronic material processing expert high-purity aluminum expert high-purity arsenic expert high-purity bismuth expert high-purity cadmium expert high-purity gallium expert high-purity indium expert high-purity mercury expert high-purity metal expert high-purity selenium expert high-purity silver expert high-purity tellurium expert high-purity tin expert high-purity zinc expert II-VI semiconductor material expert negative-type semiconductor material expert positive-type semiconductor material expert semiconductor doping expert semiconductor material expert semiconductor material property expert semiconductor technology expert semiconductor wafer expert ternary semiconductor material expert crystal growth expert crystal polishing expert III-V semiconductor material expert indium compound expert metal distillation expert semiconductor wafer cleaning expert semiconductor wafer etching expert semiconductor wafer lapping expert semiconductor wafer polishing expert tellurium expert X-ray diffraction expert zone refining expert	SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY; BRIDGMAN TECHNIQUE; CZOCHRALSKI PROCESS. Expert has 25 years of experience in the growth, characterization, and fabrication (to wafers, etc.) of the infrared sensitive compound semiconductors, including InSb, GaSb, InAs, CdTe, HgTe, and (Cd-Hg)Te. He presently is focusing primarily on InSb and GaSb. His expertise also includes Czochralski and Bridgeman crystal growth, epitaxial growth, X-ray crystallography, semiconductor cutting, lapping, polishing, etching, and electrical measurements. INDIUM ANTIMONIDE; GALLIUM ANTIMONIDE. Expert has 32 years experience growing and processing these binary compound semiconductors sensitive to infrared radiation. BINARY AND TERNARY COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL. Expert has extensive experience in working with II-VI and III-V binary and ternary compound semiconductors, as well as thermoelectric materials. He is familiar with many facets of their growth, melting, doping, fabrication (including orientation control, cutting, and polishing), and characterization. ELECTRONIC MATERIALS PROCESSING. Expert has expertise in electronic materials, especially with the processing of materials for electronic applications. He is proficient with many pure metals (5/9 - 8/9+), and is skilled with the related aspects of purification technology, material handling, and purity verification. His experience includes zone melting, electrolytic refining, pyrometallurgy, distillation, and sublimation. HIGH PURITY METALS. Expert has over 30 years of experience in the ultra-refining of metals (Al, As, Bi, Cd, Ga, Au, In, Hg, Se, Ag, Sn, Te, Zn) by pyrometallurgy, distillation, zone-refining, electrolysis, and gas and vacuum treatment. He is also familiar with most means of characterizing metals, including emission, mass spectroscopy and GDMS, SIMS analysis, and cryogenic resistivity measurements. ELECTRONIC MATERIALS BUSINESS OPERATIONS. Expert is well-versed in electronic materials business operations. He is very knowledgeable regarding process design, production facilities and troubleshooting, manpower considerations, and personal computer applications. NEGATIVE-TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL; DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR. Expert has 32 years experience in doping of compound semiconductors including dopant choice, efficiency/activation, segregation, and compensation. POSITIVE-TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL. Expert has 32 years experience in doping of compound semiconductors including dopant choice, efficiency/activation, segregation, compensation, and high-resistivity of narrow-gap materials. SEMICONDUCTOR PROPERTY. Specializing in narrow-gap compound semiconductors; Expert is experienced in electrical measurements, IR response, and physical characterization.
antimony expert cadmium expert high-purity material expert indium antimony expert	Expert has ten years of hands-on experience in the purification of many metals to purities of 99.999% (5N) through 99.99999 (7N) purity. These include Aluminum, Arsenic, Antimony, Bismuth, Cadmium, Copper, Mercury, Tin, Silver, Thallium, Zinc and Gold. Processes included pyrometallurgy, electrolysis, distillation, sublimation and zone refining. Equipment was designed to provide plant capcity sufficient to supply 50% of the World requirements for those metals.
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Education:

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution	Honors
1984	Diploma in Advanced Management	Banff School of Advanced Management
1966	BASc	Engineering Physics (Metallurgy and Materials Science)	University of Toronto	Honours

Work History:

Years	Employer	Department	Title	Responsibilities
1991 to	(Undisclosed)		President/CSO	Founded firm 1991. Major supplier of InSb & GaSb; 6N & 7N In and Sb All, non-operations matters including planning, finance, Chief Scientist.
1990 to 2001			Independent Consultant	Offer independent consultancy in high purity metals and compound semiconductor production.
1989 to 1990	Johnson Matthey Electronics	Administrative and Technical Services	Manager
1984 to 1989	Cominco Limited	Electronic Materials Division	Program Manager, Infrared Materials	Responsible for 50-person plant producing infrared-sensitive compounds semiconductors.
1981 to 1984	Cominco Limited	Electronic Materials Division	Senior Production Engineer
1967 to 1981	Cominco Limited	Electronic Materials Division	Research Engineer (LOA 1971-72)	High purity metals R&D, subsequently production.

Career Accomplishments:

Associations/Societies

Expert is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of British Columbia. He was the Canadian representative to the NATO CMT evaluation exchange, and has "Secret" security clearance.

Licenses/Certifications

Professional Engineer since 1971.

Professional Appointments

President & CSO of Expert's Firm

Publications and Patents

He is the author of five technical publications. He holds one Canadian and two U.S. patents.

Consulting Services:

As a member of the Intota consultant network, Expert is a specialist who provides technical consulting to corporate, legal and government clients. Expert provides professional consulting as a Compound Semiconductors Consultant, Pure Metals Consultant. Expert may consult as an independent consultant or as a member of a consultancy, consulting company, or consulting firm. Consultants service will be covered by a consulting contract. Ask an expert initial screening questions and ask the experts services particulars, by simply submitting an expert request.

Expert Witness:

Intota experts can serve as expert witnesses or litigation consultants offering expert testimony, expert advice, litigation support, forensic services, and related expert witness services. Expert can serve as an expert witness or litigation consultant in intellectual property (patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright), product liability, and insurance matters. Expert may provide forensic expert witness testimony, litigation consulting services, forensic investigation, and forensic testing if appropriate in litigation areas as a Compound Semiconductors Expert Witness, Pure Metals Expert Witness. Intota provides attorneys and legal professionals the opportunity to ask an expert initial screening questions and ask the experts services particulars by submitting an expert request.

International Experience:

Years	Country / Region	Summary
1992 to 1993	South Africa/Pretoria	He assisted in the stablishment of CdHgTe production at a Pretoria site.
1990 to 1991	Canada/Montreal	He assisted a major Canadian firm establish high-purity metals production.

Language Skills:

Foreign Language		Description
French		Expert is fluent in French
German		He is semi-fluent in German
Spanish		He speaks conversational Spanish

Market Research:

Expert serves as a resource to Intota Market Research Services for customized marketing research in industries or areas related to Compound Semiconductors, Pure Metals. Experts are an invaluable source of overall industry insight as well as insight into specific companies and firms for custom business to business (b2b) and industrial market research. Intota uses analyst and consultant resources from Guideline whose Research Directors manage the research and analysis of the qualitative and quantitative data as well as report writing for the custom studies. The methods and tools used by Intota market research combine the insights of technical experts and industry insiders with secondary research to provide the custom b2b and industrial market research you need.

Additional Skills and Services:

Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection

Expert has experience locating vendors of: * Compound semiconductors * Pure metals * Quartz * Graphite * Pure chemicals * Contract analytical work * Surplus processing equipment * Semiconductor process chemicals * Polish abrasives.

He has access to the following resources: * Printed materials * Contacts * Extensive literature database on III-V materials processing.

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