Bob Pease was one of the premiere analog designers in the late 1900s and early 2000s. He designed analog ICs for National Semiconductor when, arguably, they were the premiere analog IC company in the world. He also wrote a series for columns for Electronic Design magazine on a variety of analog topics. They’ve started collecting his columns and publishing them as free e-books.
The first collection is now available. (You do have to give them your name and email address, but you can opt out of any further emails.) The columns in this collection cover:
- Analog Engineering
- Technical Reading
- Transimpedance Amplifiers
- Frequency-to-Voltage Converters
- Capacitor Leakage
- Noise Gain
- Current Limiters
- Output Impedance
I didn’t always understand these columns back in the day, but I could always appreciate the deep knowledge that Pease had of analog electronics. And, it’s that knowledge that allows you to design circuits and systems that not only work, but work reliably and can be manufactured in volume.
Great fan of his columns. Sad to hear of his death, from a traffic accident in his beloved VW bug, on the way to a friend’s funeral.
Wonderful. I worked with Bob at Nat Semi for several years. He was smart, friendly, supportive and entertaining. He made engineering fun!
Losing Bob, who was coming home from the funeral of Jim Williams, represented a great double loss to the analog engineering world. Both of them taught me a great deal over the years through their writings and app notes. I’m looking forward to reading Bob’s columns again. What a character he was :-)
Gary NA6O