James R. Hellums
Education
BSEE; University of Texas at Arlington 1976 (Summa Cum Laude)
MSEE; University of Texas at Arlington 1983
Thesis: Low-Frequency Noise Characteristics of Gallium Arsenide Structures
PhDEE; University of Texas at Dallas 2000
Dissertation: Time Domain Quantum Transport in Open Dissipative Systems(.ps)
Affiliations
Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Chi, Who's Who in American Universities 1975-76
Senior Member of IEEE, American Physical Society
Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at UTD
Work Experience
May 1984 - Pres: Texas Instruments, Inc. - Dallas, Texas
TI Fellow in Standard Linear Design
Designed more than 44 analog & mixed-signal IC's using CMOS, BiCMOS and
Bipolar technologies for telecom, wireless, modem, audio, consumer and
computer applications. Also designed more than 16 research IC's.
Elected MGTS 1987, SMTS 1989, DMTS 1997, Fellow in August 1997.
Aug 1981 - May 1984: NOVA Monolithics, Inc. - Carrollton, Texas
Co-founder with Dave Allstot, Bill Black, and Mike Terry
Corporate Secretary/Vice-President
Nova was engaged in contract design and consulting. Designed 5 production
and 1 research IC. Consulted on 2 IC's. Customers included Honeywell,
NCR, XEROX, AMD, Matra-Harris, Magnavox, Medtronics.
Jan 1978 - Aug 1981: MOSTEK Corp. - Carrollton, Texas
Integrated circuit design engineer in the Telecommunications Department.
Designed 5 analog/digital IC's in NMOS and CMOS technologies and 2 research IC's.
Teaching Experience
University of Texas at Arlington
EE3180 I Power Circuits & Measurements Lab - Fall Semester 1976
EE3180 II Electronic Devices & Circuits Lab - Fall Semester 1976
EE3180 I Power Circuits & Measurements Lab - Spring Semester 1977
EE3180 II Electronic Devices & Circuits Lab - Spring Semester 1977
EE2312 Static Fields/Semiconductor Physics - Fall Semester 1977
EE2318 Static Electromagnetic Field Theory - Fall Semester 1983
EE2318 Static Electromagnetic Field Theory - Spring Semester 1984
Substitute taught multiple times; EE5300
University of Texas at Dallas
EE6326 Analog Integrated Circuit Design - Spring Semester 1995
EE8320 Advanced Analog IC Design - Summer Semester 1997
EE6326 Analog Integrated Circuit Design - Fall Semester 2001
EE7331 Fluctuation Phenomena or "Noise" - Spring Semester 2002
EE7329 Advanced Analog IC Design - Fall Semester 2002
EE7329 Advanced Analog IC Design - Fall Semester 2003
EE7326 Analog Integrated System Design - Spring Semester 2004
EE7331 Fluctuation Phenomena or "Noise" - Fall Semester 2004
EE6326 Analog Integrated Circuit Design - Spring Semester 2005
EE7329 Advanced Analog IC Design - Fall Semester 2005
EE7327 Data Converter Design - Fall Semester 2006
EE7329 Advanced Analog IC Design - Spring Semester 2007
EE7331 Fluctuation Phenomena or "Noise" - Fall Semester 2007
EE7326 Analog Integrated System Design - Fall Semester 2008
Substitute taught multiple times; EE4340, EE4341, EE6326, EE7326
Technical Expertise - Design
Analog circuit design including Opamps, Transconductance Amps,
Comparators, Transconductors, Voltage and Current References.
Analog System design (A/D & D/A Converters, Filters).
General circuit design (Oscillators, PLL's, I/O Buffers).
Quantum RTD circuits for A/D conversion.
Technical Expertise - Physics
Fluctuation Phenomena (Noise) Physics and Modeling.
Quantum Transport Theory in Hetrostructures.
Semiconductor Device Physics and Modeling.
Publications/Patents
33 papers, 6 conference talks, 17 Invited Seminar/Workshop talks
27 Disclosures; 19 US Patents, 14 Foreign Patents
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