Bob Dobkin

Dobkin studied Electrical Engineering at MIT, but did not complete a degree. After early employments e.g. at GE Reentry Systems, he joined Philbrick Nexus in Massachusetts working on IC development with Bob Pease. He joined National Semiconductor (NSC) in January 1969. He resigned the position as Director of Advanced Circuit Development at NSC in July 1981 and co-founded Linear Technology with Robert H. Swanson in the same year.

Dobkin continued to serve as the company's Chief Technical Officer through its acquisition by Analog Devices in 2016.{{cite web| url= http://www.linear.com/company/careers/ | title= Linear Technology Corporation /CA/ - Form 10-K| date= August 19, 2010 | publisher= Internet FAQ Consortium | accessdate=2010-08-25}} He was on the board of directors of Spectra7 Microsystems Inc. from 2013{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=180367&ticker=LLTC|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130706101343/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=180367&ticker=LLTC|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 6, 2013|title=Executive Profile: Robert C. Dobkin|publisher=Bloomberg Business Week|accessdate=2013-07-06}} until his retirement in 2021. {{cite web|url=https://www.spectra7.com/robert-dobkin|title=Spectra7 Announces Retirement of Robert Dobkin|publisher=Spectra7 Microsystems|accessdate=2023-07-18}}

Dobkin holds more than 100 patents in the field of analog circuits.{{cite web|url=http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/anablog/4311642/Bob-Dobkin-and-Jim-Williams-960-page-book-of-app-notes|title=Bob Dobkin and Jim Williams 960-page book of app notes|publisher=Electronics Design Network|accessdate=2013-07-05}}

In 2021 Dobkin was charged by the SEC with insider trading for sharing non-public information regarding the merger of Analog Devices and Linear Technology.{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2021/lr25275.htm|title=SEC Charges Former Linear Technology Corporation Officer and Three Others with Insider Trading|publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|accessdate=2023-07-18}} Dobkin was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine of $252,092.16 and barred from serving as an officer or director of a publicly traded company.{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/files/judg21-cv-09285dobkin.pdf|title=Final judgment as to defendant Robert C. Dobkin|publisher=United States District Court Northern District of California San Jose Division| accessdate=2023-07-18}}

• LM118, first high speed operational amplifier.
• LM199, heated buried-Zener voltage reference, and its improved successor, the LTZ1000.
• LM317, first variable three-pin voltage regulator.
• LT1083, first low-dropout regulator.
• LT3080, three terminal adjustable regulator with a current source reference.

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• [http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/10/27/app-note-interview-with-bob-dobkin-the-chief-technical-officer-at-linear-technology/ Interview with Bob Dobkin, October 27, 2012]
• [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102746888 Linear Technology Oral History Panel: The Founding Years with Robert Dobkin and Robert Swanson] moderated by David Laws, Computer History Museum, 31 March 2014
• [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102739949 Interview of Robert “Bob” Dobkin] by David Laws, Computer History Museum, 30 July 2014
• [https://patents.justia.com/inventor/robert-c-dobkin Patents by Inventor Robert C. Dobkin], Justia

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