Paul Brokaw
Encyclopedia
Paul Brokaw is an expert on integrated circuit design
who spent most of his career at Analog Devices
, where he held the position of Analog Fellow. He is now employed at IDT. He is the inventor of many analog IC circuits, including the Brokaw bandgap reference
and holds over 100 patents. He is also an IEEE Fellow.
Integrated circuit design
Integrated circuit design, or IC design, is a subset of electrical engineering and computer engineering, encompassing the particular logic and circuit design techniques required to design integrated circuits, or ICs...
who spent most of his career at Analog Devices
Analog Devices
Analog Devices, Inc. , known as ADI, is an American multinational semiconductor company specializing in data conversion and signal conditioning technology, headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts...
, where he held the position of Analog Fellow. He is now employed at IDT. He is the inventor of many analog IC circuits, including the Brokaw bandgap reference
Brokaw bandgap reference
Brokaw bandgap reference is a voltage reference circuit widely used in integrated circuits, with an output voltage around 1.25 V with only little temperature dependence...
and holds over 100 patents. He is also an IEEE Fellow.
External links
- A Transistor Voltage Reference, and What the Band-Gap Has To Do With It – This 1989 video features Paul Brokaw explaining his bandgap voltage reference.