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The IEEE conferred the distinction of Fellow on 260 of its members of the class of 2003. Here are fourteen new Fellows who are members of the Solid-State Circuits Society.

Professor Milos Ercegova
University of California
Los Angeles, CA
For contributions to the theory and practice of digital arithmetic

Professor Rolf Ernst
Technical University of Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
For contributions to the design automation of co-design hardware and software embedded systems

Dr. Norman Paul Jouppi
Hewlett-Packard
Palo Alto, CA
For contributions to the design and analysis of high-performance processors and memory systems

Dr. Rochit Rajsuman
Advantest America R&D Center
Santa Clara, CA
For contributions to the testing of very large semiconductor memory and logic integrated circuits

Dr. Graham Arnold Jullien
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
For contributions to the application of number theoretic techniques in signal processing

Professor Sachin Suresh
Sapatnekar
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
For contributions to the optimization of timing and layout in VLSI circuits

Dr. Wilhelm Wolfgang Jutzi
University of Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
For contributions to superconducting digital integrated circuits and microwave technologies

Dr. Heinrich Peter Baltes
ETH Zurich
Zurich, Kanton, Switzerland
For contributions to the development and commercialization of CMOS-based MEMS

Dr. David Lynn Cave
Motorola
Tempe, AZ
For contributions to analog product development and smart power devices

Dr. Mohamed Jamal Deen
McMaster University
Dundas, Ontario, Canada
For contributions to modeling, noise, and parameter extraction in silicon transistors and high-speed photodetectors

Professor Tadahiro Ohmi
Tohoku University
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
For contributions and leadership in semiconductor engineering

Professor Mark James Rodwell
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA
For contributions to high-speed electron devices and integrated circuits

Steven Howard Voldman
IBM
Essex Junction, VT
For contributions to electrostatic discharge protection in CMOS, silicon on insulator, and RF silicon germanium technology

Dr. Mitsuo Makimoto
Matsushita Electric Ind. Co.
Kawasaki, Japan
For contributions to the development of microwave and radio frequency devices