Like most engineers and scientists, Ajith A. has been taking things apart for as long as he can remember. It often took multiple tries to figure out how to put them back together, but each time he learned something new, and he began to look for ways to improve things. He views semiconductor innovation in much the same way, and he enjoys the challenge.

An expert in semiconductor circuits and technology, Ajith has issued 30 patents and published four books and more than 100 papers in technical journals and conferences. He has worked in many areas including the microprocessors built together with Oracle/Sun, the chips used in the network routers built by Cisco, the signal processing chips in wireless base station infrastructure and chips that enable mobile touch screens. Today, he is working on the development of new products that will enable the next generation of wireless infrastructure, networking routers, automobile electronics, industrial automation and smart buildings.

Ajith enjoys being constantly exposed to new opportunities to innovate at TI, and he believes that by expanding the application space for technology into areas like distributed intelligence and an interactive environment, semiconductors will continue to make things more energy efficient, smarter, safer and more fun.

Ajith joined TI in the early days of CMOS, when simple experiments provided great insight into the devices and how circuits behaved. Today, it’s much more difficult, and Ajith’s persistence serves him well. For example, he knows his recent projects related to connected sensor nodes will take time to move into products, but he stays focused on the end result – applications only imagined today that improve people’s lives in the future.