Scott A. Merritt

Oliff & Berridge, PLC
277 South Washington Street
Suite 500
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Telephone: (703) 836-6400
Facsimile: (703) 836-2787
E-mail: smerritt@oliff.com

Position:

Technical Specialist

Education:

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA, 1976
B.S., Bachelor of Science in Physics

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1978
M.E., Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA, 1989
M.S., Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1994
Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering

Affiliations:

Optical Society of America
Member

Society of Photonic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Member

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Member

Patents Awarded:

6,506,672 Re-metallized Aluminum Bond Pad, and Method for Making the Same

6,404,793 Intermodal Phase Difference Controller for Beam Angle Modulation in Index Guided Devices

6,292,615 Optical Fiber Feedthrough

6,169,757 Intermodal Phase Difference Controller for Beam Angle Modulation in Index Guided Devices

6,027,957 Controlled Solder Interdiffusion for High Power Semiconductor Laser Diode Die Bonding

5,089,822 Interrogation Signal Processor for Air Traffic Control Communications

Published:

"OptoElectronic Packaging", John Wiley, Chapter 5

Honors:

Jefferson Society

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