Hardware Podcasts

An Interview with Tom Lee

The Amp Hour · 23 Sept 2019 · 1h 14m · Episode 459

What this episode covers

Tom Lee, a Stanford University professor and author of 'Planar Microwave Engineering', discusses his journey from fixing TVs as a child to designing the world's first CMOS radio during his PhD at MIT. He shares insights on the evolution of RF design, the importance of intuition over pure simulation, and his current research into millimeter-wave wireless power and printed electronics. Lee also reveals details about his upcoming book on instrumentation secrets and a dramatic story involving a chip-scale atomic clock that caught fire on the International Space Station.

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Roden Schwartz, Tektronix, Heath Kit, WaveTech, Analog Devices, Rambus, Symmetricom, Keysight, HP, Agilent, Xilinx
Products
Planar Microwave Engineering
Tools
Magic, SPICE

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