Ron Reedy

Ron Reedy
Ph.D.
Born Ronald E. Reedy
Long Island, NY
Nationality United States United States
Education UC San Diego
US Naval Academy
Occupation Technology executive
Electrical Engineer
Entrepreneur
Known for Peregrine Semiconductor
Silicon on sapphire
Spouse(s) Robin Reedy

Ronald "Ron" Reedy, Ph.D. is an American businessman, scientist and researcher. He is most notably recognized for his work in the semiconductor industry where he advanced silicon on sapphire (SOS) and CMOS technology.[1][2]

Education

In 1969, Reedy graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis with a BSEE. He then earned a MSEE degree from Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. In 1983, he received his Ph.D. in EE & Applied Physics from UC San Diego.[3][4]

Career

Reedy began his career at the NOSC (US Naval Ocean Systems Center) where he worked on silicon CMOS processing. In 1988, Reedy along with NOSC colleagues Mark Burgener and Graham Garcia published a research paper in IEEE Electron Device Letters that proved that SOS films thinned to 100 nm were suitable for application to high-performance down-scaled CMOS circuitry.[5] It was with this advancement that Reedy decided to commercialize the technology. Their research findings were instrumental to the industry and have since been cited in 13 IEEE research papers and 58 patents.[6]

In 1990, Reedy co-founded Peregrine Semiconductor to commercialize the advanced technology. Peregrine became a fabless chip designer[7] that was publicly traded on the NASDAQ[8] until the company was acquired by Murata in December 2014 for $471 million.[9] [10] Reedy served as the company's founding CEO and the company's CTO [11] before retiring in early 2015. Reedy now holds the title of CTO emeritus of Peregrine Semiconductor.[12]

Reedy sits on the Council of Advisors for UCSD’s Jacobs School of Engineering and its Gordon Leadership Center.[2][13]

Over the course of his career, Reedy has been listed as an inventor on dozens of patents.[14] Many of those patents are related to advancements in silicon on insulator, silicon on sapphire and CMOS.

Awards and recognition

In 2011, Reedy and co-founder Mark Burgener were awarded the IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies for their contribution[15]"to make silicon on sapphire (SOS) technology commercially feasible for wireless communications."[16] The IEEE Noble award is presented annually to individuals who made a significant contribution to emerging technologies.[17][18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Love, Janine (May 31, 2011). "What's up with silicon on sapphire?". EE Times. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  2. 1 2 Stephens, AnnaMaria. "Sapphire and Silicon". Triton. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Perfecting RF CMOS: How Peregrine Pioneered RF SOI". San Diego IEEE Website. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Gordon Engineering Leadership Forum - Ronald Reedy". Gordon Center UCSD YouTube Channel. Gordon Center UCSD. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Burgener, Graham; Reedy, Ronald E.; Burgener, M.L. (Jan 1988). "High-quality CMOS in thin (100 nm) silicon on sapphire". IEEE Electron Device Letters. 9 (1): 32–34. Bibcode:1988IEDL....9...32G. doi:10.1109/55.20404. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "High-quality CMOS in thin (100 nm) silicon on sapphire Cited By". IEEE Xplore. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  7. ↑ Bigelow, Bruce (Nov 22, 2010). "Peregrine Semiconductor Files for IPO". Xconomy. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  8. ↑ Bigelow, Bruce (August 7, 2012). "After Persevering for 22 Years, Peregrine Semiconductor Marks IPO". Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  9. ↑ Scouras, Ismini (25 August 2014). "Murata to Buy RF IC Vendor Peregrine for $471M". EE Times. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Murata Completes Acquisition of Peregrine". Compound Semiconductor. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  11. ↑ Gokey, Malarie (Oct 16, 2013). "Mobile.Pro Exclusive: Peregrine's Ron Reedy Talks Radio Chips and Smartphones". Mobile.Pro. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  12. ↑ "Co-Founder Ron Reedy Retires". Peregrine Semiconductor Newsroom. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Council of Advisors". UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Results of Search in US Patent Collection db for: Reedy-Ronald-E". US Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Full Text and Image Database. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Mark L. Burgener and Ronald E. Reedy, Champions of Sapphire Intergrated [sic] Circuit Technology, to Receive 2011 IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies". IEEE News Release. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  16. ↑ "IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies Recipients". IEEE website. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  17. ↑ Blyler, John (Summer 2011). "Noble Award Honors Low-Power RF Technology". Chip Design. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  18. ↑ "Peregrine's co-founders to receive IEEE award for Emerging Technologies". Semiconductor Today. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
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