Janez TRONTELJ
Janez Trontelj was a co-founder of the Slovenian microelectronics company RLS, the leading designer of Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC). He was a leader of the Joint Development Team (JDT) in American Microsystems Inc. in California, where he developed by himself or together with co-workers several industry-first integrated circuits in years 1970 to 1990. Among them, the first integrated circuit for a telephone set, the production licence for which was sold to the US and Japan. He is the head of the Laboratory for Microelectronics at the Faculty of Electrical engineering (LMFE). He is the author or leading designer of over 300 integrated circuits, which significantly contributed to the development of the Slovenian electronics industry.
The photograph above shows the innovation of an angle measurement microsystem realized on a microchip. This innovation was made available to the Slovenian company RLS and was the basis of their partnership with the English company Renishaw. RLS is as a result of this product recognized as the best manufacturer of such products on the global market.
1965 Degree in Electrical engineering, University of Ljubljana
1969 Master’s, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana
1971 PhD, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana
1985 Full professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana
Important Works
J. Trontelj at al. (2014) A high performance room temperature THz sensor. In M Razeghi (ed.). Terahertz emitters, receivers, and applications V, (SPIE, vol. 9199).
J. Trontelj, L. Trontelj, G. Shenton (1989) Analog digital ASIC design. McGraw-Hill Book Company.
Selected Awards
1973 priznanje ETANa
1982 priznanje Iskre
1976, 1980, 1981, 1986 nagrada Sklada Borisa Kidriča za izume in tehnične izboljšave
1986 priznanje inovator leta ORS Kranj
2011 priznanje društva MIDEM za strokovno delo
2013 častno priznanje za strokovno delo, zaslužni član Društva elektrotehnikov Slovenije
2020 Puhova nagrada za življenjsko delo