Ken Lisiak, PhD

Ken Lisiak is a part-time consultant since his retirement.

Ken consults in the area of semiconductor manufacturing, deep impurity effects in silicon, power MOSFET processes and devices, device physics, and ESD for advanced processes.

Ken previously served as External Foundry Director for Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) where he was responsible for formulating and implementing strategies for all aspects of outsourced wafer manufacturing management, including vendor selection, technology transfer and qualification, design support, pricing, production support, wafer quality, and yield improvement. Prior to that, Ken was responsible for managing ADI’s internal CMOS facility including process development, yield enhancement, ESD and circuit design models, and fab operations.

Ken has 50 years’ experience in device technology, process technology and wafer manufacturing covering CMOS and BICMOS IC’s, discrete power MOSFET devices, imagers, and MEMs. He holds MS and PhD degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and a BSEE from Marquette University.