About Us

David Grant

CTO

David has 39 years of professional electronic engineering experience, with the last 28 years being in the semiconductor industry, including digital and analog R&D and testing. Before joining Apogee, he worked at TI where he designed and led designs for LDOs, PCMCIA switches, POL buck controllers, integrated FET buck converters, integrated IF transceivers and a re-configurable, mixed signal power control IC platform. He was also an active participant in the development of BCD silicon processes at TI for feature sizes from 2um through 130nm. He is one of the co-inventors of the foundational isolated drain LDMOS structure used extensively in integrated FET switching converters. At FINsix, David recruited and managed the IC designed department, while also performing the role of technical lead on the custom ASICs required by the company. He also acted as the main contact with silicon foundries and packaging companies. At AS, he is the architect of the Jensen IC. David has 32 issued US patents and a legacy of dozens of successful products.