Bob Widlar

Bob Widlar
A man with a beard leans over a table containing technical drawings of an electronic circuit
Bob Widlar with the artwork of the LM10 in 1977
Born(1937-11-30)November 30, 1937
Cleveland, U.S.
DiedFebruary 27, 1991(1991-02-27) (aged 53)
Other namesRobert John Widlar
OccupationElectronics engineer
Known forIntegrated circuits pioneer

Robert John Widlar (pronounced wide-lar;[1] November 30, 1937 – February 27, 1991) was an American electronics engineer and a designer of linear integrated circuits (ICs).

  1. ^ "Bob Widlar ("wide-lar")" - Lee 2007. See also video interviews with Don Valentino, Regis McKenna, Jack Gifford et al. at Stanford and the Silicon Valley Project Archived 2012-05-08 at the Wayback Machine.