Bob Widlar

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analog integrated circuit designer electrical engineer person

Bob Widlar was a pioneering analog integrated circuit designer known for creating some of the first successful operational amplifiers and shaping early linear IC design at Fairchild and National Semiconductor.

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Label	Occurrences
Bob Widlar canonical	2
Robert John Widlar	1
Widlar	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	analog integrated circuit designer ⓘ electrical engineer ⓘ person ⓘ
birthDate	1937-11-30 ⓘ
deathDate	1991-02-27 ⓘ
designed	LM10 operational amplifier ⓘ LM101 operational amplifier ⓘ LM-series analog ICs ⓘ surface form: LM109 voltage regulator µA702 operational amplifier ⓘ µA709 ⓘ surface form: µA709 operational amplifier
educatedAt	University of Colorado Boulder ⓘ
employer	Fairchild Semiconductor ⓘ National Semiconductor ⓘ
employerRole	chief analog designer at National Semiconductor ⓘ
era	early integrated circuit era ⓘ
familyName	Bob Widlar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Widlar
fieldOfWork	analog circuit design ⓘ integrated circuits ⓘ operational amplifiers ⓘ
fullName	Bob Widlar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Robert John Widlar
givenName	Robert ⓘ
hasConceptNamedAfter	Widlar bandgap reference (attributed) ⓘ Widlar current source ⓘ
influenced	early analog IC industry ⓘ
invented	Widlar current source ⓘ
knownFor	Widlar current source ⓘ early linear integrated circuit design ⓘ innovative analog IC topologies ⓘ pioneering monolithic operational amplifiers ⓘ
legacy	foundational influence on modern analog IC design ⓘ
militaryService	United States Air Force ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
nickname	Bob Widlar self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement	designed some of the first commercially successful monolithic op-amps ⓘ helped establish National Semiconductor as a leader in linear ICs ⓘ
notableWork	LM10 operational amplifier ⓘ LM-series analog ICs ⓘ surface form: LM101 operational amplifier LM-series analog ICs ⓘ surface form: LM109 voltage regulator µA702 operational amplifier ⓘ µA709 ⓘ surface form: µA709 operational amplifier
placeOfBirth	Cleveland, Ohio, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Puerto Vallarta ⓘ surface form: Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
style	practical, application-driven analog design ⓘ

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µA709 → designer → Bob Widlar ⓘ

Bob Widlar → fullName → Bob Widlar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Robert John Widlar

Bob Widlar → familyName → Bob Widlar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Widlar

Bob Widlar → nickname → Bob Widlar self-link ⓘ