Alex Kuo, Ph.D.

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Dr. Kuo brings to the firm a variety of technical expertise in areas including: semiconductor fabrication, device analysis, microelectronics, analog and digital circuits, microprocessors, communication processors, memory, packaging, optoelectronics, flat-panel displays, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), microcontrollers, wireless communications, fiber-optic communications, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), power devices, hardware/software encryption, software programming, software encoding/decoding, bioelectronics, medical devices, superconductors, quantum computing, supercomputers, grid computing, cloud computing, network storage, and virtual network.
Previous Work
Prior to joining ArentFox Schiff, Dr. Kuo worked as a patent agent at a boutique intellectual property firm where he drafted and prosecuted patent applications for complex technologies, and drafted IPR petitions.
He also worked as a patent agent in a California-based firm where he prosecuted and drafted US and PCT patent applications, and assisted in IP litigation.
Prior to his legal career, Dr. Kuo was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Michigan.
Publications, Presentations & Recognitions
Dr. Kuo’s published works include:
- “Back Channel Etch Chemistry of Advanced a-Si:H TFTs,” Microelectronic Eng.; March 2011 (vol. 88, no. 3)
- “Advanced a-Si:H TFTs for AM-OLED’s: Electrical Performance and Stability,” IEEE Trans. on Elec. Dev.; July 2008 (vol. 55, no. 7)
- “Advanced a-Si:H TFTs: Geometric Effect on its Electrical Performance and Contact Resistance,” Jap. J. of App. Phy.; 2008 (vol. 47, no. 5)
- “Recess Etch of Amorphous Silicon Thin-Film Transistor,” IEEE Trans. on Elec. Dev.
- “Dynamic Response of a-InGaZnO and Amorphous Silicon Thin-Film Transistors for Ultra-High Definition Active-Matrix Liquid Crystal Displays,” J. Of Display Technology; 2015 (vol. 11)
- “Electrical Properties and Stability of Dual-Gate Coplanar Homojunction DC Sputtered Amorphous Indium–Gallium–Zinc–Oxide Thin-Film Transistors and Its Application to AM-OLEDs,” IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices; December 2011 (vol. 58, no. 12)
Dr. Kuo's conference publications and presentations include:
- “Threshold Voltage Control of the D.C. Sputtered Staggered Amorphous Indium-Gallium-Zinc Oxide Thin-Film Transistor,” International Thin-Film Transistor Conference 2010 – Digest of ITC’10; 2010
- “Thermal and Electrical Instability of a-Si:H TFTs for FPD’s,” 2007 Vehicles and Photons Symposium – Digest of Technical Papers (SID); 2007
- “Thermal and Electrical Instability of Amorphous Silicon Thin-Film-Transistor for AM-FPD,” Digest of AM-FPD ’06; 2006
- “Electrical Stability of Advanced Amorphous Silicon Thin-Film Transistors,” 2006 Vehicles and Photons Symposium – Digest of Technical Papers (SID); 2006
- “Dynamic Response of a-InGaZnO Thin-Film Transistors for Ultra-High Definition Active-Matrix Liquid Crystal Displays,” SID 2014 Vehicle Displays and Interfaces Symposium Proceedings; 2014
- “Electrical Properties and Stability of Dual-Gate Coplanar Homojunction Amorphous Indium-Gallium-zinc-Oxide Thin – Film Transistor,” SID 11 Digest; 2011
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Languages
Mandarin Chinese
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Education
University of Michigan, PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2008University of Michigan, MS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2003University of California, Berkeley, BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2002