An Interview with Art Kay

Welcome, Art Kay of Texas Instruments!

Art started working as a test engineer at then Burr Brown, located in Tucson, AZ.
They had a 4 inch wafer fab on site, which is now gone.
The two stages of test engineering were:
- Initial stuff - "Characterization"
- Ongoing testing - "Test"
Art worked in test in the following groups
He then moved into factory application engineering, often focusing on electrical overstress issues.
These days Art has been recruiting at Universities. Hobby interests continue to look good on resumes.
The Analog Engineers Pocket Reference, written with Tim Green
There is also an analog engineers calculator which covers similar things but online.
There are 1000s of op amps and 100s of data converters
Art's main passion these days is working on Precision Labs. There is one for op amps and will soon be one for data converters.
We're glad to see technical content instead of Zombie videos coming from TI!
The Precision Labs has a section that uses the National Instruments VirtualBench, discussed previously.
Art is now an application manager for the SAR converter group.
These are now getting up to 20 bits and significant speeds. The power consumption (like the nanoSAR) continues shrinking as well.
SAR converters
Delta Sigma Converters
Art also has a book available on Amazon! Operational Amplifier Noise Techniques. This was derived from the content formerly on the En Genius site.
You can find Art on LinkedIn or on E2E (requires login)
If you're interested in working with him, check out the TI careers page

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