- Bob Pease
Bob Pease is an analog
integrated circuit design expert. [http://www.smpstech.com/mtblog/national_semiconductor_analog_seminar_bob_pease.html] He has designed several very successful integrated circuits, many of them in continuous production for multiple decades. These include theLM331 voltage to frequency converter , and theLM317 adjustablevoltage regulator .He is currently a staff scientist at
National Semiconductor . Pease obtained aBachelors of Science inElectrical Engineering (BSEE) degree fromMIT in1961 . He writes a popular monthly column entitled "Pease Porridge" inElectronic Design Magazine in which he shares his slightly off kilter view on the electronics world.Pease started work in the early 1960s at George A. Philbrick Researches (GAP-R). GAP-R pioneered the first reasonable-cost, mass-produced
op amp : theK2-W . At GAP-R, Pease developed many high-performanceop amp s, built with discretesolid-state components.He is the author of eight books.
His interests also include hiking and biking in remote places, and working on his old
Volkswagen Beetle , to which he often refers in his columns. [http://www.elecdesign.com/Departments/DepartmentID/6/6.html]External links
* [http://www.elecdesign.com/Authors/Index.cfm?AD=1&AuthorID=904&DisplayTab=Authors Electronic Design Magazine website]
* [http://www.national.com/rap/ National website]
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