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Jim Williamson is an optical engineer with extensive experience in optics, optoelectronics, test and measurement, and R&D. He has a successful track record as a consultant working on diverse projects. Some of his standout accomplishments include inventing an award-winning scanner that solved the problem of large scanner footprints and envisioned fitting over a monitor or being storable off a table. He also designed a non-imaging illuminator. His technical expertise spans optics, optoelectronic device design, mechanical design, electronics, and programming.
Technical portfolio 3 23 17
- 2. Standout Accomplishments Award Winning Scanner Non-Imaging Illuminator Technical Breadth & Depth Optics, Optoelectronics, T&M, R&D Mechanical Design, Electronics Business Experience Successful Consultant Many Diverse Projects
- 5. USPTO 6307649 Invented to solve Problem of Large Scanner Foot Print Envisaged as Fitting over Monitor or Storable off Table
- 7. Business Week IDEA Gold Award Time “The Sleeker Scanner” MacWorld “Anything but Boring!” Popular Mechanics “ Slim and Elegant” Fortune “25 Best Products” PC Magazine “Cool!” Don Norman “Ground Breaking”
- 8. HP: 100,000 Scanners/month!!! Scan Bar Platen (Glass) Flex Cable
- 9. Scan Line Width only ~100 um Illumination Width >>1 cm Illumination Width<< 1 cm Compound Elliptical Concentrator Saved $10/scanner, 100,000 Scanners/month =~50-$100 Million Business
- 11. Optical System Design: mostly Non-Sequential Optical Prototyping: Breadboarding Test and Measurement: Fibers, Detectors Mechanical Design: Sensors, Actuators, FEA Electronics Design: Analog, Digital, PCB Programming: T&M , C , VB 3-5 Detector Design, Manufacture: InGaAs Analysis: MathCad, MatLab, Mathematica
- 12. IdesignedthesesystemsinZemaxandASAP YAG Laser Illuminator(proprietary use) Efficient Non-Imaging CEC for Scanners Waveguide Array Pickup Head for DocumentsFluorescence Illuminator
- 14. Attenuation vs. Wavelength Numerical Aperture Refractive IndexPulse/Freq Response Broadband Light Source Mono chromator Fiber Under Test Reference Detector LockIn Computer PhotoDetector Chopper Core Clad FUTLaser Pulse Generator APD ScopeAPD Detector HeNe Core Clad n =1.5
- 15. Electro-Mechanical PrototypingOpto-Mechanical Design (SolidWorks) Finite Element Analysis (FEMM software)System Design (SolidWorks)
- 16. Electronics Prototyping Electronics Design PCB Design and Layout C Embedded Programming These examples are all from a small handheld laser display system
- 17. Polarization Analyzer, Power Meters, etc. Device Structure Large Area, Smal Area, Arrays Device Measurement Broadband Light Source Mono Chromator Fiber Coupler Ref Det Parameter Analyzer Voltmeter Computer Probe Station Device Under Test Microscope Camera/Eye
- 20. InP in HCL:HNO3:H2O Solution Photoetching Apparatus “Dopant-Type Selective Electroless Photoetching of Zn-Diffused InP and InGaAs/InP Heterostructures”, J. Electro. Chem. Soc.
- 23. Contract work in Optical Engineering Applications Engineering Ambient Light and Proximity Sensors YAG System Design Lithography Illumination LED High Bay Lighting BioMedical Fluorescence Tissue Illumination Laser Scanning Solar Collectors Intellectual Property, Licensing, Valuation
- 25. Standout Accomplishments Award Winning Scanner Non-Imaging Illuminator Technical Breadth & Depth Optics, Optoelectronics, T&M, R&D Mechanical Design, Electronics Business Experience Successful Consultant Many Diverse Projects