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{{Infobox person
| name = Bob Dobkin
| image = Dobkin from 1972 EDN article.jpg
| birth_date = 19441943
| birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]
| nationality = American
| other_namesbirth_name = Robert C. Dobkin
| known_for = [[Integrated circuit]]s designer and electronics entrepeneurentrepreneur
| occupation = Electronics engineer
}}
 
'''Robert C. Dobkin''' (b.born [[1944]]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 GTE[[GE DefenseAerospace|GE Reentry Systems]], he joined Philbrick Nexus in Massachusetts working on IC development with [[Bob Pease]]. He joined [[National Semiconductor]] (NSC) in January of 1969. He resigned the position as Director of Advanced Circuit Development at NSC in July of 1981 and co-founded [[Linear Technology]] with [[Robert H. Swansen]]Swanson in the same year.
 
Dobkin continuescontinued 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 haswas beenon athe Directorboard 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 50100 patents in the field of analog circuits.<ref name="EDN-AN">{{cite web|url=http://electronicdesignwww.edn.com/productselectronics-blogs/bobanablog/4311642/Bob-dobkinDobkin-creativityand-keyJim-designWilliams-960-page-book-of-app-notes|title=Bob Dobkin: Creativityand IsJim TheWilliams Key960-page Tobook Designof app notes|publisher=ElectronicElectronics 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==
* [[LM317]]LM118, the first variablehigh three-pinspeed voltageoperational regulatoramplifier.
* LM199, heated [[Zener diode|buried-Zener]] voltage reference, and its improved successor, the [[LTZ1000 ]].▼
* LM118 [[operational amplifier]]
* [[LM317]], first variable three-pin voltage regulator.
▲* LM199, heated [[Zener diode|buried-Zener]] voltage reference, and its improved successor, the LTZ1000
* LT1083, the first [[low-dropout regulator]].
* LT3080, three terminal adjustable regulator with a current source reference.
 
==References==
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==External links==
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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]
| NAME = Dobkin, Bob
* [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
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Dobkin, Robert C.
* [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102739949 Interview of Robert “Bob” Dobkin] by David Laws, Computer History Museum, 30 July 2014
▲| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American electrical engineer
* [https://patents.justia.com/inventor/robert-c-dobkin Patents by Inventor Robert C. Dobkin], Justia
| DATE OF BIRTH = 1944
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Philadelphia]]
}}
 
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