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Steven van DijkEuropean Patent Attorney E-mail: steven.van.dijk@deltapatents.com |
Specialist areas
- Semiconductor technology (State-of-the-art CMOS technologies, 100nm and beyond)
- Embedded memory technology (EEPROM / FLASH / FeRAM / MRAM / Resistive fuses, etc)
- Interconnect (back-end-of-line) technology -> Lithography, deposition, etching/CMP, implantation, etc.
- Semiconductor circuitry (AD conversion, DC-DC converters, input receivers)
- MEMS (micro-electromechanical semiconductors) technology
- RFID technology and systems
- Tamper resistant IC’s and PUF’s
- Power MOST’s
- On-chip battery concepts
- On-chip sensors (PH, temperature, etc)
- LED lighting technology
- Physical / electrical aspects in digital IC’s (cross-talk, EMC, supply bounce, decoupling, etc.)
- Clock distribution and synchronization in digital IC’s
Professional Education
- Masters degree from the University of Eindhoven (Electronics)
- Dutch patent attorney
- European patent attorney
Career
After graduating in the field of modelling and characterization of self-pulsating visible light laser diodes (in 1997), Steven joined the Digital Design & Test department of Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven. The first years he was mainly involved in exploration (and comparison) of state-of-the art deep-submicron CMOS technologies (0.35µm, 0.25µm, 0.18µm, 0.12µm). He looked at issues, like timing, power en area and how they scale. Quickly, he got also involved in the design and characterization of test structures in state-of-the-art CMOS technologies. Later on, he specialized in the exploration and simulation of physical/electrical aspects in CMOS technologies (cross-talk, EMC, supply bounce, etc).
In 2003, Steven switched to the field of Intellectual Property. He entered the Philips Patent department, passed his exams for Dutch patent attorney qualification in 2005, and specialized in various technologies, like embedded memory technology, interconnect technology, and MEMS technology. He dealt with a large variety of technology inventions, but generally the inventions related to how small structures (transistors, interconnect) are made using a clever sequence of various different processing techniques like deposition, lithography, (selective) etching, implantation, etc. Next to patent creation and prosecution, he also managed various IPR issues in these fields. This included counselling the business groups covering these areas, managing the portfolio in these areas (in terms of creation, prosecution, and maintenance), and doing acquisition of invention disclosures by having discussions/brainstorm sessions with inventors. Further, he got involved in patent assertion work, wherein he had to act in several cases with respect to third parties who considered Philips products to infringe their patents. He did this work both in the semiconductor field as well as in the consumer electronics field.
From September 2006 to December 2006 Steven worked in the IP department of the divested Semiconductor division of Philips, NXP Semiconductors. His activities in NXP were a continuation of what he did in Philips. In this period he also joined the training for the European patent attorney qualification.
Steven joined DeltaPatents on the 1st of January 2007. He passed the European Qualifying Examination (EQE) in 2008 (first sit). Within DeltaPatents he has been active in many different technical fields, such as: semiconductor technology and circuitry (i.e. AD converters, input receivers, DC-DC converters), MEMS technology and systems, RFID technology and systems, tamper resistant IC’s and PUF’s, power MOST’s, on-chip battery concepts, on-chip sensors (PH, temperature, etc), LED lighting technology, and clock-synchronisation.
Steven’s activities include patent creation, prosecution, general IPR consultancy (exploitation/value extraction, infringement, etc.), and account/portfolio management.