James M. Williams (April 14, 1948 – June 12, 2011) was an
analog circuit
Analogue electronics () are electronic systems with a continuously variable signal, in contrast to digital electronics where signals usually take only two levels. The term ''analogue'' describes the proportional relationship between a signal ...
designer and technical author who worked for the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...
(1968–1979),
Philbrick,
National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor Corporation was an United States of America, American Semiconductor manufacturing, semiconductor manufacturer, which specialized in analogue electronics, analog devices and subsystems, formerly headquartered in Santa Clara, ...
(1979–1982) and
Linear Technology
Linear Technology Corporation was an American semiconductor company that designed, manufactured and marketed high performance analog integrated circuits. Applications for the company's products included telecommunications, cellular telephones, ne ...
Corporation (LTC) (1982–2011). He wrote over 350 publications
relating to analog circuit design, including five books, 21
application note
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s for
National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor Corporation was an United States of America, American Semiconductor manufacturing, semiconductor manufacturer, which specialized in analogue electronics, analog devices and subsystems, formerly headquartered in Santa Clara, ...
, 62 application notes for
Linear Technology
Linear Technology Corporation was an American semiconductor company that designed, manufactured and marketed high performance analog integrated circuits. Applications for the company's products included telecommunications, cellular telephones, ne ...
, and over 125 articles for ''
EDN Magazine''.
Williams suffered a
stroke
Stroke is a medical condition in which poor cerebral circulation, blood flow to a part of the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: brain ischemia, ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and intracranial hemorrhage, hemor ...
on June 10 and died on June 12, 2011.
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See also
* Paul Brokaw
* Barrie Gilbert
*Howard Johnson (electrical engineer)
Howard Johnson is an electrical engineer, known for his consulting work and commonly referenced books on the topic of signal integrity, especially for high speed electronic circuit design. He served as the chief technical editor for Fast Ethernet a ...
*Bob Pease
Robert Allen Pease (August 22, 1940 – June 18, 2011) was an electronics engineer known for analog integrated circuit (IC) design, and as the author of technical books and articles about electronic design. He designed several very successf ...
— analog electronics engineer, technical author, and colleague. Pease died in an automobile accident after leaving Williams' memorial.Bob Widlar
Robert John Widlar (pronounced ''wide-lar''; November 30, 1937 – February 27, 1991) was an American electronics engineer and a designer of linear integrated circuits (ICs).
Early years
Widlar was born November 30, 1937, in Cleveland to p ...
— pioneering analog integrated circuit designer, technical author, early consultant to Linear Technology
Linear Technology Corporation was an American semiconductor company that designed, manufactured and marketed high performance analog integrated circuits. Applications for the company's products included telecommunications, cellular telephones, ne ...
Corporation
* Building 20 — legendary MIT building where Jim Williams had a design lab early in his career
References
External links
Archive of EDN articles.
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20120319221312/http://www.centredaily.com/2011/06/15/2779140/linear-technology-staff-scientist.html
Linear Technology - Staff Scientist Jim Williams Remembered
*Walker, Rob (2006).
with Bob Dobkin and Jim Williams'' (part of
Stanford and the Silicon Valley Project
'). Recorded April 19, 2006.
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American electrical engineers
Analog electronics engineers
Integrated circuits
1948 births
2011 deaths
American technology writers