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Dr. B. Jayant ("Jay") Baliga (jayb@siliconsemi.com)
Founder

Jay is an internationally renowned scientist, prolific author of 10 books and over 550 publications and an established educator in the field of power semiconductor devices with over 100 U.S. patents to his name. Among his inventions, the most widely commercialized device is the Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) extensively used around the globe for air-conditioning, home appliance controls, robotics, electric-cars/bullet-trains and compact defibrillators projected by the AMA to save 100,000 lives a year. For this work, Scientific American named Jay one of the eight heroes of the semiconductor revolution in their 1997 special issue commemorating the Solid-State Century.

In 1984, he was listed among the 100 Brightest Young Scientists in America by Science Digest. His numerous awards include the 1993 IEEE Morris E. Liebman Award for his contributions to the emerging Smart Power Technology, the 1998 J.J. Ebers Award, the highest recognition given by the IEEE Electron Devices Society; and the 1999 IEEE Lamme Medal given by the Board of Governors at Whitehall Palace in London. In 1998, the University of North Carolina system selected him for the O. Max Gardner Award, which recognizes the faculty member among the 16 constituent universities who has made the greatest contribution to the welfare of the human race.  At the age of 45, Jay was elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering, the highest honor in the engineering profession.

Jay obtained his Bachelor of Technology degree in 1969 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. He was the recipient of the Philips India Medal and the Special Merit Medal (as Valedictorian) at I.I.T., Madras.  In April 2000, he was honored by his Alma Mater as a Distinguished Alumnus.  Jay obtained his Masters and Ph.D. degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, in 1971 and 1974, respectively. At R.P.I., he was the recipient of the IBM Fellowship in 1972 and the Allen B. Dumont Prize in 1974.