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Electronic Circuits
Barr Group's electronics expert witnesses are senior-level engineers to PhDs with hands-on experience designing analog and digital circuits and semiconductors. Our expert witnesses assist attorneys in the reverse engineering of electronic circuitry and analysis of chip designs for patent infringement and other litigation.
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Electronic Circuits and Semiconductors
Barr Group is in the business of designing reliable and secure computers and our electrical engineering experts are intimately familiar with the design of electrical circuits such as:
- Analog and digital electronics, including antennas
- Nonvolatile memories (NAND/NOR Flash) and caches
- Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) and other displays
- Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)
- Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and CPLDs
- Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs)
- System-on-a-Chip (Soc) and multi-chip modules (MCM)
- Wafer manufacturing processes and IC packaging
- Microprocessor/microcontroller/CPU design
- Digital Signal Processor (DSP) design and filtering
- Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) design
- Microcode and instruction set architecture design
- High-level language compiler development
- Multiprocessing and parallel programming
Barr Group's electronics expert witnesses are familiar with all of the tools used to design and test circuits and semiconductors, from hardware description languages like Verilog and VHDL to simulation tools like SPICE/HSPICE. We are as equally skilled with electronic design automation platforms as with schematic capture, register transfer logic, and assembly language code.
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Expert Witness Services
Barr Group's electronics experts support plaintiffs and defendants in litigation in U.S. District Courts, at the International Trade Commission (ITC), and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Our services include:
- Technical assistance with drafting of discovery requests
- Analysis of electronics and related design documents
- Prior art review of electronics patents for invalidity
- Evaluation of semiconductor-IP such as trade secrets
- System performance benchmarking and evaluation
- Reverse engineering, including disassembly of binary code
- Expert reports, declarations, and witness statements
- Testimony at deposition, oral hearings, and trials
Barr Group has a demonstrated ability to quickly activate one or more team members to match the size, scope, and complexity of any project.
The following is a representative subset of Barr Group's experts who have experience designing and/or testifying about these technologies:
Smart Grid Technologies Expert Profile
System-on-Chip Mixed-Signal ASIC Expert Profile
Communication Theory and DSP Expert Profile
Microwave and RF Electronics Expert Profile
SCADA Industrial Process Control Expert Profile
Neural / Spinal Cord Stimulator Expert Profile
End-to-End Network Architecture Expert Profile
High-Speed Communication Interfaces Expert Profile
Advanced Military Radar Systems Expert Profile
Digital Cellular Mobile Radio Expert Profile
Cloud / Network Storage Device Expert Profile
Physical Layer Communications Expert Profile
Industrial Automation Robots Expert Profile
Augmented Reality Wearables Expert Profile
Wireless Power Transfer Expert Profile
Spread Spectrum Communications Expert Profile
Computer Music and Multimedia Expert Profile
Wireless and Cellular Standards Expert Profile
Electronic Warfare and Cybersecurity Expert Profile
Parallel Processing Architectures Expert Profile
Internet and Cellular Standards Expert Profile
Thermal Management Heat Transfer Expert Profile
Data Science and Database Expert Profile
Semiconductor Fabrication Expert Profile
Electronic Vehicle Controls Expert Profile
Electric Power Conditioning Expert Profile
Software Design Review Expert Profile
Handheld Operating Systems Expert Profile
Mixed-Signal Electronics Expert Profile
Airbag and Vehicle Telematics Expert Profile
Fingerprint Biometric Systems Expert Profile
Video Game & Casino Gaming Expert Profile
Adaptive Control Systems Expert Profile
Mechanical and electrical engineering consultant and professor with decades of experience in systems for automated industrial control and intelligent transportation. Significant expertise in adaptive control and intelligent transportation systems as well as nonlinear systems, vehicle dynamics and control, marine transportation, and neural networks.
Online and Casino Gaming Expert Profile
Vehicle Informatics & Safety Expert Profile
Satellite & Cellular Base Station Expert Profile
Independent engineering consultant specializing in wireless cellular mobile technology and real-time embedded software development.
Cellular Wireless Air Interface Expert Profile
Professor of electrical engineering and computer science with decades of R&D experience in communications networks and wireless signal detection and estimation.
Aircraft Avionics Software Expert Profile
FAA-certified Designated Engineering Representative (DER), flight instructor, and commercial pilot and former director of engineering and chief software architect for next generation cockpit flight displays.
Drone & UAV Navigation Expert Profile
USAF Academy researcher in image processing and GPS-denied navigation with decades of experience in control systems design and DSP algorithms for applications including drone unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Acoustics & Audio Processing Expert Profile
Professor of electrical engineering who has spent over two decades researching and inventing algorithms at the intersection of acoustics, digital signal processing, and machine learning.
Medical Image Processing Expert Profile
Research scientist and independent consultant with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and specialized expertise in signal, image, video, and content processing and data compression.
Nanoelectronic & MEMS Sensors Expert Profile
Professor of electrical and computer engineering with decades of experience at the forefront of the design and fabrication of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanoelectronic devices.
FDA Medical Software Quality Expert Profile
Former director of software engineering and independent consultant with deep experience in the medical products and telecommunications industries and FDA 510(k), ISO-13485, and IEC-62304 compliant software quality systems.
Surveillance Camera Networks Expert Profile
Stanford-educated professor of electrical engineering and computer science whose career in industry began at AT&T Bell Labs and has specialized expertise in cyber-physical systems, IoT technologies, and computer vision.
Manufacturing Automated Test Expert Profile
Registered Professional Engineer (PE) with several decades of hands-on industry experience developing products and software for industrial, consumer, enterprise, military, and medical applications.
Industrial PLC & SCADA System Expert Profile
Registered professional engineer and licensed electrical contractor with more than forty years of hands-on experience in UL and NEC-compliant electrical system design.
Semiconductor Design Tools Expert Profile
Consulting electrical engineer with decades of experience in design of integrated circuits and software systems for electronic design automation (EDA).
Virtual Reality Worlds & Gaming Expert Profile
Flash Memories & Filesystems Expert Profile
Energy Storage and Transfer Expert Profile
Professor of electrical and computer engineering with over twenty-five years of experience in materials science, systems engineering and design of microelectronics.
Vehicle Sensor & Electronics Expert Profile
Independent consultant and former professor of technical product management with decades of industry experience in automotive sensors, electronics, and systems.
Naval & Underwater Systems Expert Profile
Engineering consultant with nearly thirty years of hands-on software development experience designing products ranging from autonomous underwater robots to cable modems and set-top boxes.
Video Encoding & Streaming Expert Profile
PhD electrical engineer and data communications expert with three decades of professional industry and research experience in areas such as video encoding and imaging technologies, digital signal processing (DSP), lossless data compression, and computer security. Areas of specialized technical expertise also include Amazon AWS and other cloud computing platforms.
Optical Systems & Interfaces Expert Profile
Physicist with over three decades of industry experience and a prolific innovator in electro-optical systems who invented a new type of optical microscopy, co-invented solid immersion microscopy, designed the first commercial atomic and magnetic force microscope, and invented a laser noise canceller. Has specialized technical expertise in analog circuit design, low noise circuits, optical systems, instruments, and measurements, interferometry, ultrasensitive measurements, and silicon photonics.
High-Performance Computing Expert Profile
Lithium Battery Ultracapacitor Expert Profile
Chemist and portable power expert with thirty years of industry experience in the fields of lithium batteries and ultracapacitor technologies including management of the team that first commercialized lithium-ion battery technology in North America. Has worked at the leading edge of battery and supercapacitor technology throughout his career, having led battery R&D as well as testing and application engineering organizations.
Analog & Digital Electronics Expert Profile
Electronics and computer science expert with more than twenty-five years of hands-on experience analyzing, designing, and implementing real-time systems for commercial, industrial, and military applications. Has been chief architect or technical lead on numerous projects covering all aspects of the architecture and development of electronics (including circuit boards and FPGAs), embedded software, network and communication protocols, and graphical user interfaces.
Fault Tolerant Computing Expert Profile
Electrical and computer engineering professor with decades of experience in computer architecture and design who has been recognized as one of the top innovators in the first half century of the history of computing. Has specialized technical expertise in bio-robotics, medical devices, actuators, mechatronics, fault tolerant computing, processor cache and memory design, high speed networks, storage subsystems, and system performance evaluation.
DSP and Data Compression Expert Profile
Consultant and professor of electrical and computer engineering who is a named inventor on about twenty issued U.S. patents on digital signal processing (DSP) and digital receiver technologies. Teaches university courses in DSP and communication systems and writes and speaks throughout the world on applications of DSP. Also consults in advanced DSP-based communications systems.
Global Positioning Systems Expert Profile
Electrical engineer with substantial design experience in the fields of GPS and navigation systems, digital signal processing, semiconductors, image processing, and software-defined radio for airborne and ground-based systems and devices in the military, agricultural, industrial, and other markets. Experience includes technical team and architectural leadership for multiple product launches.
ASIC FPGA SoC Chip Design Expert Profile
Electrical engineer and computer scientist with extensive technical skills in both digital electronics and software and a track record of delivering successful silicon and system designs. Has designed and verified a variety of semiconductors including System-on-Chips (SoC), ASICs, and FPGAs. Specialized technical expertise includes memory controllers (SDRAM, DDR), high-speed communication interfaces (PCIe, SATA, USB), wireless devices, and other processor peripherals.
Medical Device Software Safety Expert Profile
Consultant certified in regulatory requirements for medical with more than twenty-five years of experience in the field of medical device firmware and software design. Specialist in safety-critical product development who has developed software as well as technical and regulatory documentation for a range of medical products under all FDA levels of concern and IEC 62304 classes. Has participated in several software submissions and inspections before the FDA and EU notified bodies. Also an inventor of technologies in the field of electronic program guides for TV set-top boxes.
Autonomous Robot Navigation Expert Profile
Smart Grid Electrical Power Expert Profile
Professor of electrical and computer engineering with significant industry experience in telecom, aerospace/defense, security, and healthcare application domains. Director of a university program that supports NASA’s Johnson Space Center and co-director of a connected infrastructure program that prototypes smart grid, smart energy, smart transportation, and other smart city projects. Research relates to those and other topics that touch on embedded computing systems and communication and networking protocols.
Mechanical Electrical Software Expert Profile
Mechanical engineer with hands-on experience in all phases of product engineering, including system architecture, system engineering, system modeling, system integration, mechanical and electrical design, as well as software and firmware development and testing. Areas of deep technical specialization include electronics design and simulation, digital signal processing (DSP), and software development in a range of programming languages.
Settop On-Screen Guide & DVR Expert Profile
Electronic Casino Games Expert Profile
Founder and president of an independent regulatory-compliance testing laboratory with over thirty years of experience in the testing and evaluation of electronic devices including gaming systems. Proficient in a wide range of programming languages and operating systems. A frequent speaker and presenter at gaming industry trade shows and conferences who has also been qualified to testify as an expert witness of electronic gaming devices in a variety of venues.
Cybersecurity & Cyber-Warfare Expert Profile
Ultrasound Medical Imaging Expert Profile
Former assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and Oxford-educated materials scientist whose areas of specialized technical expertise include design of semiconductors and other electronics and sensors and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) as well as signal and image processing. Industry experience includes working for and consulting with multinationals such as General Electric, Medtronic, Fujifilm, Samsung, and Siemens on projects relating to medical devices, consumer electronics, biometric security, clean-tech, and electrical power delivery.
E-commerce SaaS Software Expert Profile
Computer scientist and executive with experience managing development of a range of computer systems from e-commerce and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) websites to set-top boxes and electronics kits, including research prototypes through to commercial products and services. Experience from hands-on product development to management, marketing, and venture investment. Also worked as a researcher, software development manager, and technology executive at large companies as well as Silicon Valley startups.
Video Game Computer Graphics Expert Profile
GPS & Navigation Systems Expert Profile
Magnetic & Optical Storage Expert Profile
Electrical engineer with broad industry experience in development and manufacturing of electronic products.
Microprocessor Design Expert Profile
FPGA & Semiconductor Design Expert Profile
Electrical engineer and independent consultant specializing in the design of microcontroller-based embedded control systems, especially those with a wireless communications requirement.
Electronic Circuit Design Expert Profile
Storage and memory expert with more than thirty years of experience in all phases of design and implementation of computer semiconductor devices.
Battery & Power Electronics Expert Profile
Electrical engineer and expert in battery and power electronics technology with special technical expertise in motor drives and inverters.
Medical Device Design Expert Profile
Engineer with over thirty-five years of experience designing electronics and software for consumer electronics products and safety-critical medical devices.
Communications System Expert Profile
Professor of electrical engineering with extensive experience as a technology industry practitioner.
Handheld Devices Design Expert Profile
Electrical engineer with two decades of experience in the design of embedded systems with a particular emphasis on the internals of Linux and its filesystems.
Telecommunication Systems Expert Profile
Electrical engineer and consultant with a practice in telecommunications, information technology, media, electronics, and e-business.
Laser Printer Engines Expert Profile
Consultant and trainer with over thirty years of hands-on professional experience in the design and testing of software, firmware, and electronics.
Military Systems Design Expert Profile
Embedded systems industry veteran who built or managed the development of more than one hundred computer products.
Electronic Safety Systems Expert Profile
Electrical engineer with over thirty years of experience in the development and deployment of automotive electronic systems, including safety systems.
Secure Computer Systems Expert Profile
Electrical engineer with extensive electronics and software product development experience across a broad range of industries and platform architectures.
Cellular Communications Expert Profile
Independent engineering consultant in the design of both electronics and software with a formal education in electrical and mechanical engineering.
Consultant and professor of electrical and computer engineering who is a named inventor on about
Electrical engineer and computer scientist with extensive technical skills in both digital electr
Engineer with over thirty-five years of experience designing electronics and software for consumer electronics products and safety-critical medical devices.
Research scientist and independent consultant with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and specialized expertise in signal, image, video, and content processing and data compression.
FAA-certified Designated Engineering Representative (DER), flight instructor, and commercial pilot and former director of engineering and chief software architect for next generation cockpit flight displays.
Computer scientist and executive with experience managing development of a range of computer syst
Physicist with over three decades of industry experience and a prolific innovator in electro-opti
Founder and president of an independent regulatory-compliance testing laboratory with over thirty
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