Thomas H. Lee (electronic engineer)

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Thomas H. Lee
Nationality American
Alma mater MIT
Known for CMOS, microwave
Awards Ho-Am Prize in Engineering (2011)
Scientific career
Fields Electrical Engineering
Institutions Stanford University
Thesis A fully integrated, inductorless FM receiver
Doctoral advisor James Kerr Roberge (MIT)

Thomas H. Lee is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. [1] Lee's research focus has been on gigahertz-speed wireline and wireless integrated circuits built in conventional silicon technologies, particularly CMOS; microwave; and RF circuits. [2]

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Things about Stuff is a popular freshman course, taught by Lee. This course tells stories behind the greatest inventions, including the telephone, the television and the transistor. [3]

He has written and co-authored several books and papers, and in 2012, concluded a tour of duty as the director of DARPA's Microsystems Technology Office.

Early life and education

Lee received his S.B. (1983), S.M. (1985) and Sc.D. (1990) degrees in electrical engineering, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He was also awarded an Honoris Causa doctorate from the University of Waterloo in 2012 in recognition of his contributions to wireless technology. [4]

Career

Lee joined Analog Devices in 1990 where he was primarily involved in the design of high-speed clock recovery devices. In 1992, he joined Rambus Inc. where he developed high-speed analog circuitry for 500 megabyte/s CMOS DRAMs. He has also contributed to the development of PLLs in the StrongARM, Alpha and AMD K6/K7/K8 microprocessors.

Lee joined the Department of Electrical Engineering in 1993. In 1994 he founded the Stanford Microwave Integrated Circuits Laboratory.

In 1998, Lee cofounded Matrix Semiconductor (acquired by Sandisk in 2006). He founded ZeroG Wireless (acquired by Microchip Technology) and is a cofounder of Ayla Networks. [5]

Lee was director of DARPA's Microsystems Technology Office from April 2011 to October 2012. [6]

Since early 2016, he has served on the Board of Directors of Xilinx. As of 2018, he holds more than 60 U.S. patents.

Awards and memberships

Selected publications

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