James M. Williams (April 14, 1948 – June 12, 2011) was an analog circuit designer and technical author who worked for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1968–1979), Philbrick, National Semiconductor (1979–1982) and Linear Technology Corporation (LTC) (1982–2011).^[1] He wrote over 350 publications^[2] relating to analog circuit design, including five books, 21 application notes for National Semiconductor, 62 application notes for Linear Technology, and over 125 articles for EDN Magazine.

Williams suffered a stroke on June 10 and died on June 12, 2011.^[3]

Bibliography (partial)[edit]

• Williams, Jim (Aug 1984), Understanding and applying the LT1005 multifunction regulator, Application Note, vol. 1, Linear Technology Corp
• Williams, Jim (Sep 1987), Switching regulators for poets: A gentle guide for the trepidatious (PDF), Application Note, vol. 25, Linear Technology Corp
• Williams, Jim (Feb 1988), Thermocouple measurement (PDF), Application Note, vol. 28, Linear Technology Corp
• Williams, Jim (June 1990), Bridge circuits: Marrying gain and balance (PDF), Application Note, vol. 43, Linear Technology Corp
• Williams, Jim, ed. (1991), Analog Circuit Design: Art, Science and Personalities, The EDN Series for Design Engineers, Butterworth-Heinemann, ISBN 978-0-7506-9640-1
• Williams, Jim (Aug 1991), High speed amplifier techniques (PDF), Application Note, vol. 47, Linear Technology Corp
• Williams, Jim, ed. (1995), The Art and Science of Analog Circuit Design, The EDN Series for Design Engineers, Butterworth–Heinemann, ISBN 0-7506-9505-6, MIT building 20 at 3:00 A.M./ Tek. 547, pizza, breadboard./ That's Education.
• Williams, Jim (Nov 1995), A fourth generation of LCD backlight technology (PDF), Application Note, vol. 65, Linear Technology Corp
• Williams, Jim (Sep 1999), 30 nanosecond settling time measurement for a precision wideband amplifier (PDF), Application Note, vol. 79, Linear Technology Corp
• Williams, Jim (May 2003), Slew rate verification for wideband amplifiers: The taming of the slew (PDF), Application Note, vol. 94, Linear Technology Corp
• Williams, Jim (Mar 2010), 1ppm settling time measurement for a monolithic 18-bit DAC: When does the last angel stop dancing on a speeding pinhead? (PDF), Application Note, vol. 120, Linear Technology Corp
• Williams, Jim (Apr 2011), An introduction to acoustic thermometry (PDF), Application Note, vol. 131, Linear Technology Corp

For a complete bibliography, see.^[2]

See also[edit]

• Paul Brokaw
• Barrie Gilbert
• Howard Johnson (electrical engineer)
• Bob Pease — analog electronics engineer, technical author, and colleague. Pease died in an automobile accident after leaving Williams' memorial.^[4]
• Bob Widlar — pioneering analog integrated circuit designer, technical author, early consultant to Linear Technology Corporation
• Building 20 — legendary MIT building where Jim Williams had a design lab early in his career

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Archive of EDN articles.
• Video on how to measure temperature acoustically using a vintage TEK scope on YouTube.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120319221312/http://www.centredaily.com/2011/06/15/2779140/linear-technology-staff-scientist.html
• Linear Technology - Staff Scientist Jim Williams Remembered
• Walker, Rob (2006). Interview with Bob Dobkin and Jim Williams (part of Stanford and the Silicon Valley Project^{[permanent dead link]}). Recorded April 19, 2006.