Management

SiliconAid Solutions - Management Team

Jim Johnson founded SiliconAid Solutions, Inc. in 2001. Jim has over fifteen years experience in the semiconductor industry, focused on Design-for-Test and manufacturing test challenges. Jim has extensive DFT expertise in all related areas of test, design, and Design-for-Test. Jim has gained experience through positions with National Semiconductor Inc., Motorola Semiconductor Inc., and Mentor Graphics Corp. Jim has proven his ability to be an effective bridge between management, design, test, DFT, failure analysis and manufacturing engineering teams. His broad background gives him the ability to identify and correct problem root causes quickly and efficiently, independent of tools or methods.

Bill Bruce joined SiliconAid Solutions, Inc. as a Chief Scientist in 2003. Bill Bruce recently retired from Motorola as a senior member of the technical staff after completing 26 years. His experience at Motorola included architecting the M6809 interrupt structure and verifying the M6801microcomputer. As DFT manager for 10 years, he pioneered design-for-test technology for the M6800 and M68000 product lines. Bill also served in a formal verification software group for 10 years where he developed verification and test-related CAD tools. Bill received a Motorola Distinguished Innovator Award in 2001. He served on the Motorola systems/software patent committee for 10 years. He is listed as an inventor on ten U.S. patents with two more pending. He was a member of the IEEE Built-In Self-Test workshop (Kiawah Island) program committee for 10 years. He participated in the development of IEEE Standard 1149.1 (JTAG) as a member of the 1990 and 2001 working groups. He served as program chair of the International Test Conference (ITC) in 1994 and as ITC general chair in 1997. He received a Meritorious Service Award from the IEEE Computer Society in 1998 for his contributions to ITC. Bill has earned three degrees: B.S.E. (University of Wyoming), M.S.E. (Ohio State University), and an M.B.A. (St. Edwards University).

Carl F. Barnhart joined SiliconAid Solutions, Inc. as a Senior DFT Archit

ect in January 2006. Carl is a logic designer by practice (28.5 years at IBM), and a DFT expert by accident (its a long story.) He was most recently an Architect in the Encounter Test group of Cadence Design Systems. He is also Vice Chair of the IEEE 1149.6 Working Group and a Golden Core member of the IEEE Computer Society.Carl joined IBM in 1974 and has worked in a number of logic design roles for twenty-eight and a half years before his contract was sold to Cadence Design Systems. He has been a member of the IBM TestBench / Cadence Encounter Test development group for 8 years, with a major emphasis on front end DFT, Logic BIST and Compression, and a minor in Delay Test. Carl holds degrees from the U. S. Naval Academy, B.S. 1966, and Stanford University, MSEE 1971