Education
Dobkin studied Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but did not complete a degree.
Dobkin studied Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but did not complete a degree.
After early employments e.g. at General Electric reentry Systems, he joined Philbrick Nexus in Massachusetts working on IC development with Bob Pease. National Semiconductor (National Security Council) in January 1969. He resigned the position as Director of Advanced Circuit Development at National Security Council in July 1981 and co-founded Linear Technology with Robert J. Widlar in the same year.
Dobkin continues to serve as the company"s Chief Technical Officer.
He has been a Director of Spectra7 Microsystems Incorporated. since March 20, 2013. Dobkin holds more than 100 patents in the field of analog circuits.