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News Release from: Intersil
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 01 March 2006
Top technical recognition for Isham and
Lin
Bob Isham and Jason Lin have been named Intersil Fellows - the company's highest technical position.
Intersil has named Bob Isham and Jason Lin to the position of Fellow, Intersil's highest technical position Intersil's Fellows programme is designed to foster technical excellence throughout the company by formally recognising the company's top technical contributors and establishing them as role models, mentors and leaders of the wider Intersil technical community
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Intersil has selected two new members to this high technical honour through a careful evaluation process.
The company selects individuals who have contributed to technical excellence, taken leadership roles in the technical community and achieved individual accomplishments important to the company's technical success.
Also considered were each person's contributions to patent development; their technical publishing and speaking accomplishments; and their involvement in industry organisations, consortia and technical conferences.
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"These two individuals embody the technical innovation and drive that's necessary in our industry", said Rich Beyer, Intersil's CEO.
"By sharing their analogue expertise with the technical community, they continue to expand Intersil's knowledge base and they directly contribute to Intersil's success in growing its business".
"I'm very proud of the work that Bob and Jason have done in their respective areas that enables Intersil to maintain its competitive edge, and am happy to confer the distinctive title of Fellow on them today".
Bob Isham is a Senior Principal Design Engineer in Intersil's Desktop product group.
Hired in 1970, Isham has 35 years of semiconductor experience.
He has been the lead designer or a major contributor to virtually every Intersil multiphase core regulator developed for the desktop and server market.
Isham pioneered high-power multiphase regulation in the cost-competitive PC market to help thrust Intersil into the number one market position in the PC computing space.
Additionally, Isham is a recognised expert in BiCMOS IC design.
Intersil engineers seek him out for his technical expertise.
He is experienced in all aspects of analogue design, including bandgap references, amplifiers, ADCs, DACs, switch cap filters and PLLs.
Isham has developed a number of heavily reused circuit building blocks.
He has received numerous technical achievement awards during his career at RCA-GE-Harris-Intersil.
Isham has received industry recognition, including 25 patents plus several more that were recently filed.
He also received analogZone's 2003 product of the year award for "Best engineered VR controller".
Isham began his career at RCA as a power transistor applications engineer.
He earned his degree in electrical engineering at Lafayette College.
Jason Lin is a Senior Field Applications Engineering Manager in the Computing Power Management group.
Hired in 1996, he provides advanced technical leadership to design teams and technical review teams, and well-conceived technical positions/solutions on issues to senior management, customers and other companies.
Lin mentors other engineers and assists in their technical development.
He consistently demonstrates an ability to convert sophisticated theoretical concepts into value-added practical results that generate documented, quantifiable and significant positive impact on the business.
Lin is a frequent participant in technical symposia, workshops and conferences, and he regularly publishes papers.
He is Intersil's "go to" person for all of AsiaPac for computer power management applications issues.
Lin is one of the authorities who helps determine which new products go to market in his region for computing power management and is a recognised authority in the industry on computing power management in AsiaPac.
Lin earned his BSEE from National Chiao Tung University and a PhD in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University.
Isham and Lin join Sandy Fairgrieve, Barry Harvey, Larry Pearce and Joe Pierret, who were appointed Intersil Fellows in January 2004.
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