EE5: Lessons learned - Great circuits that didn't work - (Oops, if only i had known!)

Abstract

Working on your first (or last) IC can be exciting, stressful, rewarding, and embarrassing. Whatever the lesson learned, be assured that it was experienced by pioneers before you. Failures (mistakes or just bad ideas!) can be valuable learning experiences, but are rarely revealed. Tonight, we provide an opportunity for recognized experts to share their past mistakes and failures, and disclose lessons learned. After the panelists have confessed, the audience can also contribute “learning experiences” (in less than a minute). Inevitably, this collection of revelations will be motivating: inspiring to the young and inexperienced; and virtuous for gurus in sharing a universal truth — first-time perfection is rare!