Liam Devlin joined Plextek in 1996 to develop their RF IC design capability. Since then he has led the design and development of over 30 full custom ICs on a range of GaAs and Si processes. He has also led programmes to develop microwave and mmwave equipment at frequencies up to 60GHz and Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) modules.

He was previously chief designer with Marconi Caswell where he designed GaAs ICs for both the commercial product line and for customer specific applications. Prior to this, Liam was employed by Philips Research Laboratories.

Liam graduated from Leeds University in 1988. He was the Chairman of the 2001 European Conference on Wireless Technologies and was previously Chairman of the IET professional group E12 (Microwave Devices and Techniques). He has published 27 technical papers.

Liam acts as a technical advisor to The Technology Academy, advising us on the latest developments in RF, wireless and microwave technology.

Liam Devlin is currently RF Integration Director at Plextek Ltd, Great Chesterford, UK.