James M. Williams (April 14, 1948 – June 12, 2011) was an
analog circuit
Analogue electronics ( en-US, analog 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 rela ...
designer and technical author who worked for the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern t ...
(1968–1979),
Philbrick,
National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor was an American semiconductor manufacturer which specialized in analog devices and subsystems, formerly with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. The company produced power management integrated circuits, display dr ...
(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, n ...
Corporation (LTC) (1982–2011). He wrote over 350 publications
relating to analog circuit design, including five books, 21
application note
A datasheet, data sheet, or spec sheet is a document that summarizes the performance and other characteristics of a product, machine, component (e.g., an electronic component), material, subsystem (e.g., a power supply), or software in sufficie ...
s for
National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor was an American semiconductor manufacturer which specialized in analog devices and subsystems, formerly with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. The company produced power management integrated circuits, display dr ...
, 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, n ...
, and over 125 articles for
EDN Magazine.
Williams suffered a
stroke on June 10 and died on June 12, 2011.
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See also
* Paul Brokaw
* Barrie Gilbert
* Howard Johnson (electrical engineer)
* Bob Pease — analog electronics engineer, technical author, and colleague. Pease died in an automobile accident after leaving Williams' memorial.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, n ...
Corporation
*Building 20
Building 20 (18 Vassar Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a temporary timber structure hastily erected during World War II on the central campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since it was always regarded as "temporary", it neve ...
— 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