Designing for Ultra-Low Distortion and Noise in Analog Circuits, circa 2015

Refreshments 7:00 pm
Presentation 7:30 pm

The talk will be a thought-provoking discussion of analog circuitry design with particular emphasis on practical, real-world solutions. The presentation will focus on objective, measurable imperfections that limit analog circuit performance.

Bruce Hofer, Chairman 
Bruce Hofer is one of the founders of Audio Precision (AP) and its principal analog design engineer. He remains technically active as well as being the company’s Chairman. Bruce received his BSEE degree from Oregon State University in 1970. He joined Tektronix and participated in the design of Tek’s famous 7000-series oscilloscopes. In 1978 Bruce made a key career decision to respond to a growing personal interest in audio. He became the engineering manager and lead engineer of the Tek TM500 team that developed the world’s first fully automatic distortion analyzer, the AA501 introduced in 1980. It was here that he also met or hired the other key team members that would ultimately leave Tektronix in 1984 to launch AP. Bruce has received 13 patents and authored numerous articles and papers. In 1998 he was inducted into his alma mater’s “Engineering Hall of Fame” as one of its charter members. Bruce is also a Fellow member of the international Audio Engineering Society (AES) and Chairman of its local Portland chapter.

Cogswell College. room 158
Note: Cogswell College has relocated to San Jose