Title
Dobkin, Bob (Robert) interview
Catalog Number
102739949
Type
Document
Description
Robert C. Dobkin (Bob) studied Electrical Engineering at MIT. After early employment at GTE Defense Systems, Philadelphia, PA and analog module manufacturer Philbrick Nexus, Boston, MA in 1969 he joined National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, CA to work for Bob Widlar designing linear (analog) integrated circuits. After rising to Director of Advanced Circuit Development at National, in 1981 he cofounded Linear Technology Inc., Milpitas, CA where he served as Vice President of Engineering and as Chief Technical Officer since 1999. This oral history focuses on Mr. Dobkin’s role in establishing the product design and development capability at Linear Technology and the contribution of this activity to the success of the company.
Date
2014-06-16
Contributor
Dennis, Eric, Videographer
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Dobkin, Robert (Bob), Interviewee
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Laws, David, Interviewer
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, California
Extent
33 p.
Format
PDF
Copyright Holder
Computer History Museum
Category
Transcription
Subject
Dobkin, Bob; Swanson, Bob; Widlar, Bob; Williams, Jim; Analog; Linear; Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS); semiconductor; integrated circuit; bipolar; National Semiconductor Corporation; Linear Technology; Nelson, Carl; Pease, Bob; Redfern, Tom; Sevastopoulos, Nello; Erdi, George; semiconductor history
Collection Title
Oral history collection
Credit
Computer History Museum