Hans has an incredible record of successful IC introductions. But let's start from the beginning. He got his Masters in Electrical Engineering from Delft University in 1991. Since then he has been on the forefront of front-end designs techniques earning him an Innovator of the Year award from the readers of EDN magazine in 1998 for his novel feedback technique giving unprecedented OIP3 performance and industries first LNA with sub 1dB noise figure. Similarly, Hans's mixer designs have extremely high linearity performance, necessary for GSM spec or low supply current, and impressive noise figure. He has introduced more than 25 products in the Maxim wireless group, all of them very successful and generating many millions of dollars in revenue. At Maxim he has repeatedly shown his leadership in lab measurement techniques and has trained many engineers. Hans also holds a number of patents.

Mikael has a background in theoretical physics, earning a PhD in theoretical astrophysics in 1994. He then spent two years as a post doc in the theory group at California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Feeling a need to contribute to society on a more practical level he decided to switch to integrated circuit design in 1996. Over the years he has been exposed to pretty much every process technology there is, from basic CMOS up to highly experimental InP technologies. He has contributed to many different circuit blocks. This is one of Mikael's main strengths: he is an incredibly strong all-round designer with experience from RF to digital baseband out and everything in between. His expertise in VCO design has lead to one of the lowest phase noise designs available on a silicon substrate today. Also at Maxim he improved productivity substantially by optimizing simulation scripts and stream lining lab methodology.