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Contributors

JIM WILLIAMS is the editor-in-chief of this book. In this role. Jim developed the
basic concept of the book, identified, contacted, and cajoled potential contributors,
and served as the “guiding light” of the entire project. Jim was at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology from 1969 to 1979, concentrating exclusively on analog
circuit design. His teaching and research interests involved application of analog
circuit techniques to biochemical and biomedical problems. Concurrently, he con-
sulted U.S. and foreign concerns and governments, specializing in analog circuits.
In 1979, he moved to National Semiconductor Corp., continuing work in the analog
area with the Linear Integrated Circuits Group. In 1983, he joined Linear Technology
Corp. as staff scientist, where he is presently employed. Interests include product
definition, development, and support. Jim has authored over 250 publications relat-
ing to analog circuit design. His spare time interests include sports cars, collecting
antique scientific instruments, art. and restoring and using old Tektronix oscillo-
scopes. He lives in Belmont, California, with his wife Celia, son Michael, a dog
named Bonillas and 14 Tektronix oscilloscopes.

JOHN ADDIS received his B.S.E.E. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in 1963 and joined Tektronix that same year. His career at Tektronix has been spent
in the design of various vertical amplifiers and pulse sources. The products John has
engineered include the IA7, 10A2A, 7A1 I, 485 vertical preamplifier, 7A29, and
the analog paths of the 11A32, 11A34, and 11A52. He holds 14 U.S. patents, and
was formerly responsible for analog integrated circuit design for high-speed oscillo-
scopes at Tektronix. He is now a consultant on analog design. John has traveied
widely. including three trips to the Soviet Union and two to South America.

BOB BLAUSCHILD received his B.S.E.E. from Columbia University in 1971 and his
M.S.E.E. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1973. He is also proud of
his diploma from Ridgefield Memorial High School in New Jersey. Bob is currently
maiiager of advanced analog development for Signetics. and has previously been an
independent design consultant. He holds 12 patents in the area of analog circuit
design, served ten years on the program committee for the International Solid State
Circuits Conference, and is the author of numerous technical papers. His hobbies
include running, visiting with old friends, coaching in the Special Olympics. and
daydreaming of retirement on a warm beach.

DEREK F. BOWERS was born in Maesteg, Wales in 1954 and received a B.Sc. in
physics and mathematics from the University of Sheffield in 1976. His first posi-
tions were with the University Space Physics Group and Triad Computing Systems.
In 1978, he joined Precision Monolithics, Inc.’s U.K. division. In 1980, he trans-
ferred to Santa Clara as a senior design engineer. Since then he has held various
positions within the company and is currently staff vice president, design. He has
over thirty integrated circuit designs in volume production, including op amps,
instrumentation amplifiers, audio products, and data conversion circuits. Derek has
authored 35 technical articles and publications and holds ten patents. He is also a

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