Bob Pease is an analog integrated circuit design expert.[1] He has designed several very successful ones, many of them in continuous production for several decades. These include the LM331 voltage to frequency converter, and the LM317 adjustable voltage regulator. He is currently a staff scientist at National Semiconductor. Pease obtained a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) degree from MIT in 1961. He writes a popular monthly column entitled "Pease Porridge" in Electronic Design Magazine in which he shares his slightly off kilter view on the electronics world. Pease started work in the early 1960s at George A. Philbrick Researches (GAP-R). GAP-R pioneered the first reasonable-cost, mass-produced op amp: the K2-W. At GAP-R, Pease developed many high-performance op amps, built with discrete solid-state components. He is the author of eight books. His interests also include hiking and biking in remote places, and working on his old Volkswagen Beetle, to which he often refers in his columns.[2]
