Michael D. Sidman, Ph.D.

SIDMAN Engineering, INC.

Mechatronics  ▪  Motor & Motion Control  ▪  Servo Systems

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EXPERT SERVICES
FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION


EXPERT WITNESS AND TECHNICAL CONSULTANT
IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY RELATED LITIGATION

  • Deposition and trial testimony

  • Expert reports

  • Declarations for inter partes review petitions

  • Technical interpretation of patents and claims

  • Patent infringement analysis

  • Invalidity analysis

  • Technology and product investigation

  • Technical literature searches

  • Analysis and simulation of mechatronic products and dynamic systems

  • Assistance with technology licensing negotiations


AREAS OF EXPERTISE INCLUDE:

Mechatronics

Motion Control

 DC Brushless Motor Design

Digital Control and Servo Systems

Electromechanical Systems

Mechanisms

 AC Induction Motors

Adaptive Control

Simulation of Dynamic Systems

Shock and Vibration Control

 HVAC System Motor Control

System Identification

Computer Peripherals

Electronic Sensors and Actuators

 Bulk Acoustic Wave Devices

Active Damping

Magnetic Disk Drives

Mechanical Resonances

 Coriolis Flowmeters

Vector and Field Oriented Control

Optical Disc Drives

Control Systems

 Hybrid Vehicle Traction Motors

DC and AC Motor Control

Tape Drives and Printers

Dynamometer Control

 Hydraulic Control Systems

Stepper Motor Control
Microlithography Equipment 3D Metrology Equipement Power Amplifiers Electrically Assisted Power Steering
Ride-on Vehicle Control MATLAB/SIMULINK Microprocessor Programming Embedded Control Systems
Solid State Relays Flow Control Systems Telemetry Digital Signal Processing

Motor Drive Electronics

Analog Electronics and Circuitry

 Manufacturing Equipment

Control Algorithms


QUALIFICATIONS

  • 30 years experience providing expert witness services

  • Experienced in patent, trade secret, breach of contract and consumer product class action litigation

  • Deposition and courtroom experience

  • Ph.D. - Stanford University in 1986 (Electrical Engineering and Aero-Astro Depts.)

  • Over 40 years industrial design experience

  • Independent engineering consultant to companies worldwide over 30 years

  • Named inventor on eighteen U.S. patents

  • Author, numerous technical papers

  • Founder, Digital Equipment Corporation  Storage Division's Servo-Mechanical Advanced Development Group

  • Senior Member - IEEE;  Past Section Chairman - ASME International

  • Listed in Marquis Who'sWho in Science and Engineering

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