B. Cronquist

Brian Cronquist graduated cum laude (Chemistry Medal) in Chemistry from Santa Clara University in 1979. He worked at Synertek Corporation for 6 years developing ultra thin thermal oxide and precleaning technology, plasma etching and database scaling techniques and process simulation & integration. After a short 1 year stint at AMI developing and transferring logic and mixed signal processes, he joined the startup team of Sierra Semiconductor (now SierraPMC). He constructed and ran the diffusion/oxidation/LPCVD, ion implant and process integration areas of the Sierra wafer fab. In 1988 he helped start the Sierra partnered startup in Singapore, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing. He constructed, developed and managed the Diffusion/Oxidation/Cleans/APCVD & Integration process module engineering, maintenance and operations groups. He formed and directed the process/device development and program management customer engineering groups. He returned to the USA to Actel Corporation, where he currently is Sr. Director of Technology Development, managing new process/materials/device and radiation effects development and wafer foundry relationships for the anti-fuse and Flash products. He has published or co-published over 45 technical papers, many in the field of radiation effects and hardening.