Prasit Sricharoenchaikit, Ph.D.
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Summary
A skilled Principal Engineer with more than 20 years of R & D, Process
Development and Manufacturing experience in the Integrated Circuit &
Semiconductor, Specialty Chemical, Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
[AMLCD] and Medical Device Industries. Multiple published articles, 6 US
and 5 foreign patents, one pending.
Management - Experienced in leading, directing and motivating teams.
Demonstrated success in altering culture and increasing responsiveness
towards both internal and external customers.
Business Development - Skilled in developing and maintaining Customer
relationships and cost estimates.
Technical - Demonstrated skills in the leadership in the technical role.
Successfully reduced production costs and developed standards based
documentation.
Photolithography Plating Medical Device
Process Chemistry Wet Etch Solar Cell
Semiconductor Electroplating Project Management
Professional Experience
Beaver-Visitec International, Waltham, MA 2010-
2012
(Medical Device Company, formerly a division of BD)
Principal Engineer
. Responsible for all chemical processes of making medical devices
(surgical blades).
. Process development & Medical device manufacturing.
. Failure analysis.
. Introduced new processing method that resulted in reduction of rejects
($150,000 per year).
1366 Technologies, Lexington, MA
Senior Photovoltaic Engineer 2009 - 2010
. Developed & Optimized Si etching process for texturing both mono and
multi-crystal.
. Developed resist processes for solar cell manufacturing.
. Developed metal-assisted Si <100> etching process.
. Developed silica slip casting process.
M/A-COM Technology Solutions, Lowell, MA
1997 - 2009
Principal Engineer
. Developed a process for solder bump (got a patent) for Wafer-Level Chip
Scale Packaging and Bumping for High Density Flip Chip (HD FC) for Si
and GaAs devices. This process built solder bumps on M/A-COM's products
which bring in revenues of $ 7-10 million.
. Developed copper gold & silver plating processes for microwave integrated
circuit.
. Optimized Orientation Dependent Etching (ODE) process of Si <100> wafers.
. Optimized Buffer Oxide Etch (BOE) processes for etching oxide wafers.
. Optimized Plasma Etching Process (Down Stream Oxygen Plasma).
. Optimized Resist Removal Process using chemical stripper.
. Developed several etching processes for different metals using wet
chemistry.
. Troubleshoot problems (e.g., photolithography, wet chemistry and
processing issues) of integrated circuit (IC) production in the fab.
. Other responsibilities include photolithography, wet chemical processing
and integrated circuit fabrication processes.
Kopin Corporation, Westborough, MA
1995 - 1997
Senior LCD Process Engineer
Directed manufacturing of high resolution Active Matrix Liquid Crystal
Display [AMLCD]. Responsibilities also include R&D, Process Development,
Failure Analysis and Trouble Shooting of AMLCD manufacturing process.
Specific achievements are as follows:
. Improved AMLCD productivity through new design of spacer dispensing
equipment.
. Identifying the course of defects through thorough failure analysis.
. AMLCD process optimization & Production of AMLCD.
Other Previous Employments
Aspen System, Inc., Marlborough, MA
1994 - 1995
Senior R&D Scientist
. Process Development of Thin Metal Film Deposition
Shipley Company, Marlborough, MA
1984 - 1994
R & D Engineer
. Photolithography
. Electro-Plating & Electroless-Plating.
R.E. Dietz Company, Syracuse, NY
1984
Senior Process Engineer
. Responsible for plating plant.
Education
. B.Eng. (Chemical Engineering), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok,
Thailand.
. M.S. (Chemistry), Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia
. Ph.D. (Civil/Environmental Engineering), Syracuse University,
Syracuse, New York
Member: American Chemical Society
American Electroplating Society and Finishing Society
Former member of publication board: Plating and Surface
Finishing
Served as Peer Reviewer in Following Professional Journals:
. Journal of Environmental Science and Technology.
. Journal of Electrochemical Society
. IEEE Transactions on Components, Hybrids & Manufacturing Technology
(IEEE Trans. CHMT).
. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (CJChE)
Honors:
. Studied as an Exchange Student in the USA Under the Auspices of
American Field Service International Scholarships (AFS).
. Served as an Honorary Guest Lecturer at Department of Environmental
Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, July 26, 2006.
. Received DFT Award for Best Poster at M/A-COM's 2007 Engineering
Conference.
Publications
1) Letterman, R.D., Vanderbrook, F.C., and Sricharoenchaikit, P.,
"Significant of Electrophoretic Mobility Measurements in Coagulation with
Aluminum Salt", J. American Water Work Association, 74:1:44 (Jan. 1982).
2) Letterman, R.D., and Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Interaction of Hydrolyzable
Metal and Cationic Polyelectrolyte Coagulants", Proc. Annual Conference of
American Water Works Association, St. Louise, June 1982, also in J.
Environmental Engineering Division, ASCE, 108:EE5:883 (Oct. 1982).
3) Sricharoenchaikit, P., and Letterman, R.D., "Effect of Al (III) and
Sulfate Ion on Flocculation Kinetics", J. The Environmental Engineering
Division, ASCE, 113:5:1120 (Oct. 1987).
4) Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Ion Exchange Treatment for Electroless Copper-
EDTA Rinse Waste", Plating and Surface Finishing, 76, (12), 68 (Dec. 1989).
5) Calabrese, G.S. Abali, L.N. and Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Micrometallized
Photoresist for Semiconductor Lithography", Shipley Poster Session, SPIE.
San Jose, CA, March 4-9, 1990.
6) Abali, L.N., Bobbio, S.M., Bohland, J.F., Calabrese, G.S., Gulla, M.,
Pavelchek, E.K., and Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Metallized Photoresist, A New
Approach to Surface Imaging", Proc. Microcircuit Engineering, International
Conference on Microlithography, Leuven, Belgium, Sept. 18-20, 1990, also in
Microelectronic Engineering, vol. 13, 93 (1991).
7) Calabrese, G.S. Abali, L.N., Bohland, J.F.,Pavelchek, E.K.,
Sricharoenchaikit, P.,Vizary, G.,Bobbio, S.M., and Smith, P., "Novel
Surface Imaging Masking Technique for High Aspect Ratio Dry Etching
Application", Proc. SPIE, vol. 1466, 528, Advanced in Resist Technology and
Processing VIII, San Jose, CA, March 4-5, 1991.
8) Calvert, J.M., Dulcey, C.S. Peckerar, M.C., Schnur, J.M., Georger, J.H.,
Calabrese, G.S., and Sricharoenchaikit, P., "New Surface Imaging Techniques
for Sub-0.5 Micrometer Optical Lithography", Solid State Technology, 34
(10), 77 (Oct. 1991).
9) Sricharoenchaikit, P., "The Effect of Pre-etch Solvent Treatment on
Electroless Plating of Polycarbonate", Plating and Surface Finishing, 78
(11), 66 (Nov. 1991)
10) Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Waste Treatment for Electroplating Operation",
Proceeding of the 2nd. International Workshop on Advanced Science and
Technology Transfer to Thailand, 459-485, ISBN 974-7055-03-1, August 21-23,
1992.
11) Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Thin Metal Film Formation Using Electroless
Plating", J. Electrochemical Society, 140 (7), 1917 (July 1993).
12) Sricharoenchaikit, P., Dixon, T., Williams, A., and Chinoy, P.,
"Optimization of Gold Electro-Plating Process Using Design of Experiments",
M/A-COM's Eleventh Annual Engineering Conference, Oct 14-17, 1997, Hyannis,
Massachusetts.
13) Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Coagulation & Flocculation Processes",
Proceeding of the Workshop on Treatment of Color and COD Treatment in
Wastewater, Environmental Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University,
Thailand, May 24-28, 1999.
14) Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Effect of Current Density on Profile of Narrow
Metal Line Width Using Pulse Gold Electroplating", Plating and Surface
Finishing, 86, (10), 66 (Oct. 1999).
15) Sricharoenchaikit, P., and Stevens, R., "Effect of alcohol type and KOH
concentration on Orientation Dependent Etching", M/A-COM's 14th Annual
Engineering Conference, Oct 10-13, 2000, Mt. Snow, Vermont.
16) Sricharoenchaikit, P., "M/A-COM is Getting Ready for Advanced Packaging
Arena", M/A-COM's 16th Annual Engineering Conference, Oct 20-23, 2002,
Springfield, Massachusetts.
17) Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Building Solder Bumps on GaAs Flip Chip
Schottky Devices", International Conference on Compound Semiconductor
Manufacturing Technology, 2003 GaAsMANTECH Conference, May 19-22, 2003,
Scottsdale, Arizona.
18) Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Modeling of Electroless Plating Mechanism",
2003 M/A-COM's Annual Engineering Conference, Oct 20-23, 2003, Portland,
Maine.
19) Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Cost Saving for Resist Removal Using Chemical &
Dry Etch", 2005 M/A-COM's Annual Engineering Conference, April 10-13, 2005,
Taunton, Massachusetts.
20) Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Electronics Materials and Waste Management",
International Conference on Hazardous Waste Management for a Sustainable
Future, January 10-12, 2006, Bangkok, Thailand.
21) Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Simple and Inexpensive Solder Bump Process for
AlGaAs PIN Diodes", 2006 M/A-COM's Annual Engineering Conference, April 9-
12, 2006, Taunton, Massachusetts.
22) Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Situation, Direction and Management of
Electronic Wastes", Electronic Waste Conference, July 24-25, 2006, King
Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand.
23) Sricharoenchaikit, P., "WEEE, RoHS, REACH and M/A-COM", 2007 M/A-COM's
Annual Engineering Conference, April 29-May 2, 2007, Mount Washington
Resort, New Hampshire. Note: I received The DFT's Award for Best Poster
Session.
24) Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Elimination of Pyramid Formation in Orientation
Dependent Etching (ODE)", 2008 M/A-COM's Annual Engineering Conference,
April 27-30, 2008, Mount Washington Resort at Bretton Woods, New
Hampshire.
Patents
Gulla, M., and Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Plasma Processing with Metal Mask
Integration",
a) European Patent Application, Publication No. 0397 988 A2 (Nov.
22,
1990)
b) U.S. Patent No. 5,053,318 (Oct. 1, 1991)
c) Taiwan Patent Office, Patent No. 051187 (Jan. 14, 1992)
Gulla, M., and Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Novel Metal Accelerator",
a) European Patent Application No. 0 456 982 A1 (Nov. 21, 1991)
b) U.S. Patent No. 5,213,841 (May 25, 1993)
Gulla, M., and Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Selective Metallization Process",
a) European Patent Application, Publication No. 91114755.1 (Sept.
2, 1991)
b) U.S. Patent No. 5.158,860 (Oct. 27, 1992)
Sricharoenchaikit, P., Calabrese, G.S., and Gulla, M., "Controlled
Electroless Plating",
a) European Patent Application, Publication No. 0 525282 A2 (Feb.
18,
1992)
b) U.S. Patent No. 5,203,911 (Apr. 20, 1993)
Gulla, M., and Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Plasma Processing with Metal Mask
Integration",
a) U.S. Patent No. 5,213,917 (May 25, 1993)
Sricharoenchaikit, P., "System and Method for Solder Bump Plating", U.S.
Patent Application Publication: Publication No. US2008/0116077 A1 (May 22,
2008).
Sricharoenchaikit, P., "Procedure for a Reduction of Number of Voids in
Solder Bumps" submitted for approval at M/A-COM Technology Solutions,
Lowell, MA, March 2009, for a patent application.