Don Sauer
1499 Cliff Drive
San Jose, Cal 95132
408-926-9005
DsauerSanJose@aol.com
http://www.idea2ic.com
Career summary
Have 30 years experience at leading edge Analog/Mixed Signal IC design.
Specialize in the "go where no man has gone before" projects.
Have won Innovation awards and cover stories in trade magazines.
Presently have 42 patents. One pending online. Authoring an educational
website with the intention of sharing online the internal world of Analog
and Mixed Signal IC Design. The website is currently seeing strong growth
in use among universities and corporations. Attracted to "can't be done" work.
Education
BSEE, San Jose State University 1973 3.74/4.0 (top of class)
MSEE, San Jose State University 1981 4.00/4.0
Professional Highlights
* 2009 Website is currently seeing strong growth among universities and corporations.
* 2008 Have invented several unusually empowering Mixed Signal circuits for IC design.
* 1998 Electronic Products Product of the year award for LMC2001 (7 patents)
* 1998 EDN Innovation of the year award for LMC2001 which took second place.
* 1994 Electronic Design May issue cover story for LM6142 Op amp Family (3 patents)
* 1988 Popular Electronic OTA articles are verbatim copies of my LM13700/LM13600 datasheets.
* 1981 IEEE Consumer Electronics August paper for An Integrated AM Stereo Decoder(3 patents)
* Have won first/second/third place at National Semiconductor patent of the year award.
* Became a member of National Semiconductors Inventers Hall of Fame at 20 patents.
Analog Design Integrated Circuit World Firsts
*US Patent 7622991 Found a transconductance signal format to maintain such amplifiers at
their optimum performance levels in terms of gain, noise, frequency
response, distortion, impedance, and DC offset.
*US Patent 7463094 First low distortion transconductance input to stage to exceed the
signal to Noise ratio of a two transistor differential input stage.
* ADCV0831 First 8bit ADC in a S0T_23 package
* LMC2001->LMP2011 First Complete self contained chopper Amp in a SOT_23 package.
* LM6142/32/52 First RRIO Amplifier family with low supply current and high speed.
* LMC1991->LMC1982. First Mixed signal digitally controlled tone/volume fade/balance IC.
* LM1981 First AM Stereo Integrated circuit.
* LM13600/LM13700 First stereo transconductance amplifiers.
* LM1850->LM1851. First three GFIC ICs. Unpatented invention found in most GFICs.
Professional Experience
2004 - now Analog/Mixed Signal circuit Inventor/Website Author, San Jose, CA
1992 - 2004 National Semiconductor Amplifier IC design, Santa Clara, CA
1990 - 1992 Silicon Systems, Bay Area Design Center, Santa Clara, CA
1973 - 1990 National Semiconductor Audio IC design, Santa Clara, CA