Bob Dobkin is a founder and Chief Technical Officer of Linear Technology Corporation. Prior to 1999, he was responsible for all new product development at Linear. Before founding Linear Technology in 1981, Dobkin was Director of Advanced Circuit Development at National Semiconductor for eleven years. He has been intimately involved in the development of high performance linear integrated circuits for over 30 years and has generated many industry standard circuits. Dobkin holds over 100 patents pertaining to linear ICs and has authored over 50 articles and papers. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Part 1: Power Management Section 1: Power Management DesignSection 2: Microprocessor Power DesignSection 3: Switching Regulator BasicsSection 4: Switching Regulator Design: Buck (Step-Down)Section 5: Switching Regulator Design: Boost ConvertersSection 6: Switching Regulator Design: DC/DC ControllersSection 7: Switching Regulator Design: Buck-Boost ControllersSection 8: Linear Regulator DesignSection 9: Micromodule (µModule®) Power DesignSection 10: Switching Regulators for Isolated Power DesignSection 11: Power Control & Ideal Diode DesignSection 12: Battery ManagementSection 13: Energy Harvesting & Solar Power CircuitsSection 14: Charge Pump DC/DC Converter DesignSection 15: Flyback Converter DesignSection 16: Supercapacitor ChargingSection 17: Current Source DesignSection 18: Hot Swap and Circuit ProtectionSection 19: Power over EthernetSection 20: System Monitoring and ControlSection 21: Powering LED Lighting & Other Illumination DevicesSection 22: Automotive and Industrial Power DesignSection 23 Video Design SolutionsPart 2: Mixed SignalSection 1: Data Conversion: Analog-to-DigitalSection 2: Data Conversion: Digital-to-AnalogSection 3: Data AcquisitionSection 4: Communications Interface DesignSection 5 Instrumentation DesignPart 3: Signal ConditioningSection 1: Operational Amplifier Design TechniquesSection 2: Special Function Amplifier DesignSection 3: Voltage Reference DesignSection 4: Filter DesignSection 5: Comparator Design TechniquesSection 6: System Timing DesignSection 7: RMS to DC ConversionPart 4: Wireless, RF & Communications Design