15_Honoring an Analog Giant

15_Honoring an Analog Giant

Honoring an Analog Giant
Bruce Trump
Bob Pease died a year ago yesterday. What a loss for us analog heads who
struggle to make our circuits work. His wealth of knowledge and experience
seemed limitless. His insight and intuitive explanations helped so many
engineers understand their circuits better.
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I can’t say that I read every one of his columns. He often strayed far off
his mainstream analog topics, waxing into lengthy discussions on hiking,
sudden acceleration of cars and on and on. Sometimes these topics caused me
to skip over the column. Other times I found it fascinating to peek into
the curious, noisy mind of a genius. His quirkiness and eccentricity were
legendary. All the more fun.
The marriage of Texas Instruments and National Semiconductor was a