Paul Brokaw

Paul Brokaw is an expert on integrated circuit design who has spent most of his career at Analog Devices, where he holds the position of Analog Fellow. 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.

Publications

• Brokaw, Paul, An IC Amplifier User’s Guide to Decoupling, Grounding, and Making Things Go Right for a Change, Application Note (Revision B ed.), Analog Devices, AN-202 

References

1. Electronic Design Hall Of Fame: 2002 Honor Roll
2. Interview with Paul Brokaw, 2006
3. IEEE Grid Aug. 2007
4. Analog circuit design: art, science, and personalities by Jim Williams, Newnes, 1991, ISBN 0-7506-9640-0

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.