CLYDE “KIP” M. BROWN, Jr., P.E.
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`Professional Summary
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`Mr. Brown has 45 years experience in the silicon industry. He is an engineer, an
`entrepreneur and a teacher. He was a founder of three “successful” start-up companies
`and taught graduate (UC Berkeley) and undergraduate (Cogswell College) evening
`courses for 15 years. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of California
`and
`he
`holds
`10
`patents.
` He was Chair
`of
`the
`IEEE-CNSV
`(www.californiaconsultants.org) 2014/2015 and Technical Co-Chair of the IEDEC
`conference (www.iedec.org).
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`Mr. Brown has provided expert witness litigation support in fourteen cases including
`patent, trade secret, breach of contract and product quality. He has generated numerous
`documents, been deposed and testified at Markman hearing, arbitration hearing, trial by
`Judge, trial by jury and ITC (9 trials). He was also appointed as a Neutral Referee by
`Santa Clara Superior Court.
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`Expertise
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` Analog Mixed signal IC design
` Medical electronics
` Mixed signal ASIC design
` Low voltage CMOS & Bipolar
` A-D converter design
` SRAM & EPROM design
` High-speed video RAM design
`IC design tool development
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`Employment History
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` High voltage mixed signal design
` BiCMOS design
` Power conversion
` Linear monolithic IC design
` Electro-optical design
` DSP u-Processor development
` Analog switch technology
` Low noise op-amp design
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`From:
`To:
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`CMBJR CONSULTING Inc.
`2003
`Present Cupertino, CA
`Position: Consultant / President
` Expert witness – IP consulting
` Start up guidance
` Analog mixed signal IC chip design
` Smart power products; design and process development
` Medical and low power/low noise single battery IC design
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`From:
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`From:
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`From:
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`The Engineering Consortium, Inc. (incorporated 1983)
`1980
`Santa Clara, CA
`2003
`Position: President, Founder and CTO
` Design and fabrication of mixed signal ASICs using CMOS,
`Bipolar, BiCMOS and DMOS technologies
` Designed first WDRC hearing aid (K-Amp with Etymotic
`Research) and first single battery HA class D power amp (D-
`Amp for Knowles)
` Designed and produced the industry standard (single battery)
`programming chip for hearing aids (DSD – TEC941)
` Designed and produced the first single chip hearing aid IC, the
`HSOCtm (low noise analog, digital, EEPROM at one volt)
` Developed full DSP u-processor, single battery, hearing aid SOC
` Unique experience in low voltage CMOS and Bipolar
`applications including medical devices and hearing aids
` On-chip optical sensors and sensor interfaces
` Designed and developed circuitry used in over 30% of hearing
`aid market worldwide (65% of hearing aids in US)
` Designed and developed full line of high voltage mixed signal
`“Smart Power” products (“Top 100 Product of the year”)
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`Micrel
`1987
`Sunnyvale, CA
`1988
`Position: Consultant / Design Manager
` Smart Power Joint development (process and design)
` Smart Power Gate array (“Top 100 products” award)
` Various Custom High voltage, mixed signal product designs
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`MOS Electronics (now Mosel Vitelic)
`1983
`Sunnyvale, CA
`1985
`Position: Founder and Director of Custom Integrated Circuits
`Interfaced with venture, business and customer contacts
`
` Negotiated contracts.
` Developed a workstation based CAD/CAE technology
` Design/development of sub-micron SRAM and EPROM chips
` Designed high-speed video RAM DAC
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`From:
`To:
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`U.C. Berkeley
`1979
`Berkeley, CA
`1993
`Position: Graduate Extension Instructor (evening)
`Integrated circuit design courses
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`From:
`To:
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`1973
`1994
`Position:
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`Cogswell Polytechnical College
`Sunnyvale, CA
`Instructor - Evening Classes
`Analog design courses, Senior Project
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`Fairchild Semiconductor Linear Division
`1980
`Mountain View, CA
`1983
`Position: Telecommunications Products Design Manager: Key Technologist
`Major contributor to circuit design and process development
`programs including:
` Analog CMOS LSI telecom products
` Switched capacitor filters and CODEC's
` Data acquisition products
` High voltage and standard linear bipolar products
` Silicon gate CMOS process development
` Bipolar-DMOS process test pattern
` Thin film and wafer level thin film laser trimming
` Library & auto place and route tool development
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`Raytheon Semiconductor
`1976
`Mountain View, CA
`1980
`Position: Linear Design Manager and BiCMOS Design Manager
` Set up and staffed a design team to pursue new product
`development including all aspects from conception through
`design and development
` Product introduction applications and sustaining support
` Key technical contributor to numerous products including: low
`noise op amps, V/F converters, converter products, references,
`CMOS, BiCMOS process development and advanced bipolar
`device technology
`
`Sage Enterprises
`1978
`Mountain View, CA
`1979
`Position: Director of Engineering / Founder
`Principal analog designer and manager of all engineering functions
`pertaining to new product development and the company’s line of
`thermal impedance and "custom automatic parameter tester"
`products
`
`Intersil, Inc,
`1972
`Cupertino, CA
`1976
`Position: Hybrid Design Manager
` Design responsibility for all hybrid and monolithic products in
`the "Hybrid" product line
` Senior technical contributor responsible for design of numerous
`products including: CMOS thin film DAC, Bipolar-PMOS driver
`circuits, CMOS analog switches, dual slope A-D converter and
`bipolar amplifiers
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`From:
`To:
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`Siliconix, Inc.,
`1971
`Santa Clara, CA
`1972
`Position: Senior Design Engineer
`Design custom and standard product linear monolithic IC's in
`bipolar, bipolar-PMOS and NMOS Processes
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`GTE Sylvania
`1968
`Mountain View, CA
`1971
`Position: Electro-Optics Device Engineer
`System and circuit design responsibility for electro-optic projects
`(R&D, military and commercial)
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`Litigation Support Experience (in which reports, depositions and/or
`trial testimony have been produced)
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`1985
`Case:
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`1997-98
`Case:
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`2003/4
`Case:
`Project:
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`Status:
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`Cooley Godward, LLP for Systron Donner
`Systron Donner v. BEI– Arbitration
`Expert witness consulting in analog mixed signal and
`semiconductor device design
`Closed
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`San Jose Superior Court
`CV764261-National Semiconductor v. Allouche et al
`Court appointed Neutral Referee
`Identified Trade secrets – trial testimony -- monitored offenders
`
`Jenkins & Gilchrist
`4:02cv362 - STMicroelectronics, Inc. v. Broadcom Corp
`Expert witness -- analog mixed signal and semiconductor device
`design, Patent litigation – Markman testimony, Invalidity, Non-
`infringement, declarations and depositions.
`Settled
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`2003/5 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati for Monolithic Power Systems
`Case:
`CV-00-4071 (CW) (EDL) & CV-01-3995 (CW); O2 micro v. MPS
`Project:
`Patent infringement, Trade secret, Invalidity, Non-Infringement and
`theft of Trade secret reports, depositions, Trial testimony
`Trial completed
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`Status:
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`2003-04
`Case:
`Project:
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`Status:
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`Latham & Watkins for NSC
`CV 807339 – ZF Microsolutions Inc. v. NSC
`Breach of contract, trade secret –Jury trial testimony Expert reports,
`analog mixed signal, microprocessor and semiconductor device
`design, project management.
`Trial completed -- Settled before retrial
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`Date:
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`2004-05 Kenyon & Kenyon for Taiwan Sumidia
`Case:
`2-03CV-007TJW – O2Micro v. TSE -- Patent infringement
`Project: Markman, invalidity report, non-infringement, jury trial testimony
`Status:
`Trial Concluded
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`2006-7
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`2007
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`2011
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`2012
`Case:
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`2014
`Case:
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`Project
`Status:
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`Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP for Thompson CSF
`ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-534 – CSF v. BEN Q
`ITC Patent infringement, Markman, Reverse engineering, Expert
`reports, Tutorials, ITC Trial testimony
`Settled after trial
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`Sidley Austin LLP for Samsung SDI
`CV05-8493-AG(SJHx) – Samsung v. Matsushita
`Patent infringement, Expert reports, depositions
`Settled pre trial
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`Hunton Williams LLP for Energy Transportation Group
`C.A. NO. 05-422-(GMS) – ETG v. Sonic et. all
`Patent infringement--Claim construction, infringement analysis,
`infringement & validity reports, Trial testimony
`Trial completed
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`Orrick LLP – Power control products
`Patent infringement investigation and Patent valuation
`Patent portfolio analysis, reverse engineering, prior art evaluation
`Consulting completed
`
`Melick, Porter & Shea LLP for Vigilant Ins. Co., et. al.
`07-cv-10517-WGY– Vicor v. Federal Insurance Company
`Insurance claim—Technical analysis / Root analysis of failures,
`reports, deposition
`Trial completed
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`Greenberg Traurig, LLP for Epic
`AAA Case No. 50 494 T00438 07 – Epic vs. Ali
`Theft of trade secrets, report, arbitration testimony
`Judgment in favor Epic
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`Bergeson, LLP for Unicond
`CALIF SCV240886 – Nguyen v. Huang & Unicond of Taipei et al
`Theft of trade secrets, Breach of contract
`Settled pre trial
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`Jones Day, LLP for Gennum
`3:08- CV-05489 FLW (DNJ)– Oticon v. Sebotek, Gennum et all
`Patent litigation, Markman
`Settled
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`Ropes & Gray LLP for Spansion
` Inv. 337-TA-909 (U.S.I.T.C.)– Macronix International Co., Ltd., et
`al. v. Spansion, Inc., et al
`ITC Patent litigation, Reports, depositions, Trial testimony, IPR
`Pending Judgment (settled)
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`Date:
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`2016
`Case:
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`Project
`Status:
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`Kao & Swope LLP for Epic
`1-06-CV-076689 Superior Court, Calif., Santa Clara County
`Epic, et al. v. Richwave Technology Corp, et al
`Theft of trade secrets-- reverse engineering, chip graphics analysis
`Settled
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`Patents
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`5,131,046
`6,157,252
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`6,307,490
`
`1992
`1998
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`1999
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`1999
`2000
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`2000
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`Patent Number Date Issued Title
`4,224,631
`1980
`Semiconductor voltage reference device – Subsurface Zener
`4,308,467
`1981
`Electronic circuitry – Improved DAC matching
`4,951,101
`1990
`Diamond shorting contacts for semiconductors – DMOS device
`5,034,346
`1991
`Method for forming shorting contact for semiconductor which
`allows for relaxed alignment tolerance
`High fidelity hearing aid amplifier
`Battery polarity insensitive integrated circuit amplifier – single
`battery power amplifier with enhanced drive and battery reversal
`Digital to analog converter trim apparatus and method –
`compensation for process related tolerance errors
`Multiple time constant rectifier apparatus and method
`Battery polarity insensitive integrated circuit amplifier – voltage
`multiplied gate drive for enhanced output impedance
`Battery polarity insensitive integrated circuit amplifier – battery
`reversal including substrate bias
`
`6,445,233
`6,448,852
`
`6,462,929
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`Consulting Projects
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`Customers are proprietary, but references can be supplied upon request. Projects range
`from the ultra low power / low noise medical and cell phone ICs to MEMs and sensor
`interface, foundry interface and analog integration in digital foundries, Smart Power
`chips and processes, all the way to Multi-Mega Watt power transmission. The team
`includes seasoned experts in analog, digital and process design, development and
`production.
`
`Education
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`2001 Harvard University
`1974 University of Santa
`Clara and Stanford
`University
`1968 Portland State
`University
`1967 Portland State
`University
`
`OPM Executive MBA
`Postgraduate studies in Integrated Circuit Design and
`Semiconductors
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`Master of Science in Applied Science / Electronics (Research
`thesis at Oregon Graduate Center)
`Bachelor of Science in Applied Science (Electronics)
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`Professional Associations
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`- NSPE/CSPE; member
`- IEEE; senior life member, standards committee, CNSV past Chair and board
`member, SFBAC ExecCom
`- IMAPS; past member (Past NorCalif Chapter President)
`-IEDEC; Technical co-chair 2012/2014
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