Don Scansen
Don Scansen
After completing a PhD in electrical engineering and a post-doctoral position at the National Research Council of Canada, Dr Scansen devoted nearly a dozen years to patent portfolio assessment, technology development, and industry road-mapping at the two leading reverse engineering houses - Chipworks and Semiconductor Insights. Don Scansen held positions including Device Engineer, Senior Analyst, Engineering Manager and Product Manager.
Dr Scansen is highly sought for both confidential assessment of the technical and market merit of inventions as well as his opinion articles which appear frequently in various trade publications.
Consulting Experience
Intellectual Property
✓Expert Witness
US International Trade Commission
✓Technical Analysis of Patents
✓Patent Portfolio Assessment
✓Evidence of Use (Infringement) Analysis and Documentation
Market Intelligence
✓Product and Technology Trend Analysis
✓Semiconductor Technology Road-mapping
✓Technology Landscape
Semiconductor Subject Expertise
✓Advanced Logic Processes including High-k Metal Gate
✓CCD and CMOS Image Sensors
✓DRAM
✓Non-volatile Memory
✓Photovoltaics
✓PowerMOS
Analytical Technique Background
✓Device Modeling
✓Electrical Parameter Extraction
✓Nanoprobing
✓Working knowledge and experience with all major metrology and imaging techniques used in semiconductor manufacturing, failure analysis and reverse engineering
Technical Writing
White Papers
Trade Journals
Don Scansen’s Bio
Check back to find out about our other analysts - coming soon!