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Line 2: {{Infobox person \| name = Bob Dobkin \| image = Dobkin from 1972 EDN article.jpg \| birth_date = 1943 \| birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] Line 10 ⟶ 11: }} '''Robert C. Dobkin''' (born 1943 in [[Philadelphia]]) is an American electrical engineer, co-founder of [[Linear Technology\|Linear Technology Corporation]], and veteran [[Analogue electronics\|linear (analog)]] [[integrated circuit]] (IC) designer. He has over 100 patents.<ref name="EDN-AN"/><ref>[https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Robert+Dobkin&num=100&oq=inventor:(Robert+Dobkin) Search of patents with inventor name Robert Dobkin; Google Patents.]</ref> == Career == Dobkin studied Electrical Engineering at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology\|MIT]], but did not complete a degree. After early employments e.g. at [[GE Aerospace\|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He ~~has~~was ~~been~~on athe ~~Director~~board of directors of Spectra7 Microsystems Inc. ~~since March 20,~~from 2013.<ref name="execprofile">{{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}}</ref> until his retirement in 2021. <ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.spectra7.com/robert-dobkin\|title=Spectra7 Announces Retirement of Robert Dobkin\|publisher=Spectra7 Microsystems\|accessdate=2023-07-18}}</ref> Dobkin holds more than 100 patents in the field of analog circuits.<ref name="EDN-AN">{{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}}</ref> In 2021 Dobkin was charged by the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\|SEC]] with insider trading for sharing non-public information regarding the merger of [[Analog Devices]] and [[Linear Technology]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> ==Works== Line 31 ⟶ 34: ==External links== [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 {{authority control}}