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{{Infobox person
| name = Bob Dobkin
| image = Dobkin from 1972 EDN article.jpg
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]
| nationality = American
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| known_for = [[Integrated circuit]]s designer and electronics
| occupation = Electronics engineer
}}
'''Robert C. Dobkin''' (born
== Career ==
Dobkin studied Electrical Engineering at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], but did not complete a degree. After early employments e.g. at
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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==
*[[LM317]], the first variable three-pin voltage regulator▼
* LM199, heated [[Zener diode|buried-Zener]] voltage reference, and its improved successor, the [[LTZ1000]].▼
▲*LM118 [[operational amplifier]]
▲*LM199, heated [[Zener diode|buried-Zener]] voltage reference, and its improved successor, the LTZ1000
* LT1083,
* LT3080, three terminal adjustable regulator with a current source reference.
==References==
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==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
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