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Analog Aficionados party 2019

The yearly gathering of analog engineers, media folks, and marketing mavens.

iWatt/Dialog Semi engineer Keiko Kaleta enjoys the food at the 2019 Analog Aficionados party. First started by Jim Williams back in the 1980s, it is now hosted by Tim McCune of Linear Integrated Systems.

Tim has expanded sponsorship of the party so now the food served is truly amazing. The party brings together analog engineers, media people as well as marketing folks from analog- and power-centric companies. It also welcomes college professors and students.

Sponsors have been Tim McCune's company Linear Systems, as well as Texas Instruments, Maxim, Linear Tech part of Analog Devices, Planet Analog magazine as well as EDN magazine. Analog Engineer Ed Fong also contributes a hefty amount out of his own pocket every year.

Attendance is free but they do ask you register on the site so we have a name badge ready-- that way we can caption these and other pictures. See you in 2020.

Tom Lee and VR rockstar Jeri Ellsworth. Thanks to the sponsors for the great food. Author Ron Quan caught not taking pictures.

Jim Widlar came from Colorado. Bob Pease prototypes and test jigs. Tubes and more from Bob Pease's lab.

The founders of Maxim Integrated. Books from Bob Pease's office. Maxim Integrated Tunç Doluca in the old days.

Internatioanl Man of Mystery Martin DeLateur with Paul Grohe and Tim Regan. Semiconductor legend John Hall, founder of Linear Systems. Kirkwood Rough, of Comet Technologies, pointing to his Analog Aficionados shirt logo.

Former TI CAD expert Dave Tamura with IC designer Ed Fong. Analog Aficionados hosts Laura Madonna and Tim McCune from Linear Systems. Maxim CEO Tunç Doluca with Hui Zhang and Wesley Warshawer.

Hui Zhang with Maxim CEO Tunç Doluca, Wesley Warshawer, and Komal Koya. Former TI apps guru Harry Holt. Consultant Jeff Furman.

A Bob Pease breadboard, and a copy of Tom Fredricksen's op amp book given away by TI. Scott Fritz, former Atmel/MIcrochip, now at Crocus Technology. Maxim Integrated's Hui Zhang with Komal Koya and Wesley Warshawer.

Bernice Loui with Stanford's Tom Lee and MIT's Kent Lundberg. Authors Sergio Franco and Ron Quan. A Maxim Integrated group photo with Ferda Milan (center) and Tunç Doluca with Analog Devices' Bob Dobkin photo-bombing (red shirt).

A Maxim Integrated group photo with Ferda Milan (center) and Tunç Doluca with Analog Devices' Bob Dobkin photo-bombing (red shirt). Maxim's Len Sherman, home machinist. Former National Semi and TI CTO Dennis Monticelli.

Robert Zucker from Crocus Technology was the only person to notice this resistive load I got from Bob Pease's office was made from a stop sign. James Cassidy wondered about this Heathkit scope we found in Bob Pease's effects. We gave it to him. Gayle Bullock from TI poses with James Cassidy and his Heathkit oscilloscope.

Vicky and Don Tuite with Gayle Bullock from Texas Instruments. Analog IC design guru Paul Henneuse from Analog Devices. A rare IC designer that does both CMOS and bipolar design. He said he loved IC design because "It is one of the few jobs where you can see mathematics made real. Living proof that a farm boy can do anything he sets his mind to.

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