Jim Williams
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James M Williams (b. April 14, 1948 – d. June 12, 2011 in Sunnyvale, CA) (→ WikiData) was an American analog circuit designer and educator. He worked for Philbrick, National Semiconductor, and Linear Technology Corporation – where he was famous for his purposefully untidy work bench containing high stacks of circuit boards and Tektronix equipment.
He is the author of more than 350 publications, especially application notes for National Semiconductor and Linear Technology.
According to his own biography from 2009:
His spare time interests included sports cars, collecting antique scientific instruments, art and restoring and using old Tektronix oscilloscopes. He lived in Palo Alto, California with his wife and 62 Tektronix oscilloscopes.
Publications with direct Tektronix connection
- LT Application Note 124 – see Appendix D for a comparison of differential amplifiers
- Jim Williams, Ed., Analog Circuit Design: Art, Science, and Personalities. Boston: Butterworth Heinemann, 1991
- p.107: John Addis, Good Engineering and Fast Vertical Amplifiers
- p.177: Barrie Gilbert, Where Do Little Circuits Come From?
- Jim Williams, Ed., The Art and Science of Analog Circuit Design. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998
- p.65: Steve Roach, Signal Conditioning in Oscilloscopes and the Spirit of Invention
- p.121: Carl Battjes, Who Wakes the Bugler?
Patents by James M Williams
| Page | Title | Inventors | Assignee | Filed | Granted | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patent US 5548189A | Fluorescent-lamp excitation circuit using a piezoelectric acoustic transformer and methods for using same | James M Williams | Analog Devices | 1995-06-07 | 1996-08-20 | |
| Patent US 5408162A | Fluorescent lamp power supply and control unit | James M Williams | Analog Devices | 1996-11-27 | 2000-10-03 | |
| Patent US 6127785A | Fluorescent lamp power supply and control circuit for wide range operation | James M Williams | Analog Devices | 1996-11-27 | 2000-10-03 |