Biography of Professor David Burrows
Professor David F. Burrows is currently Director of the UK Imaging Design Centre of Aptina UK Ltd.
He received a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (1978), and a PhD in mobile radio and control theory (1982) from Bath University.
He joined Plessey Research at Southleigh Park House and subsequently Roke Manor to work on Radar Systems using field programmable hardware. In 1983, he set-up the Silicon Engineering Group to develop structured design methods and CAD tools in the areas of built in self-test and logic synthesis. He then took up a new position at LSI Logic to develop mixed signal CAD software. By 1998 his department was performing R&D in the areas of Set Top Box, RISC & DSP Processors, Mixed Signal and Memory Circuits, ASIC & Systems Methodology and CAD & Test Chip Design.
In late 1998 he established a new UK R&D organisation for the Micron Corporation (USA), comprised initially of ex-LSI employees, to develop reusable analogue & mixed signal circuits for all Micron’s embedded memory technologies. In early 2003 it focused exclusively on foundation circuit design and product design to support Micron’s CMOS Imaging product range and by 2006 Micron Imaging was recognised as the world’s No. 1 CMOS Image Sensor supplier. He now runs the UK Imaging Design Centre for Aptina Imaging, a wholly owned subsidiary of Micron.
Professor Burrows is also currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Microelectronics Institute, a Visiting Professor and Chair of the Industrial Advisory Board in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Bristol.