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Sanjai Kohli

Sanjai Kohli is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Sanjai Kohli rather than just read about it. In short: Sanjai Kohli is an electrical engineer and entrepreneur known for his work developing consumer Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. In addition to his recognition for GPS work, he founded multiple startups and is the CEO of MIPS Technologies (Wave Computing).

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Reference excerpt

Sanjai Kohli is an electrical engineer and entrepreneur known for his work developing consumer Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. In addition to his recognition for GPS work, he founded multiple startups and is the CEO of MIPS Technologies (Wave Computing). His academic awards include the European Inventor Award and Fellow of the IEEE.

Work Kohli's work developing a new GPS chip beginning in 1995 eventually led to the creation of the company SiRF, which went public in 2002. After SiRF was later acquired by the British company CSR plc, Kohli's net worth exceeded $50 million according to The Economic Times. Kohli was appointed as the CEO of Wave Computing in September 2019. He continued as CEO in March 2021, after the company emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Recognition In 2010, Kohli and Steve Chen won the European Inventor Award from the European Patent Office for their invention of the Chen-Kohli GPS chip (called the GPS Spread Spectrum Receiver) in 1995. His contributions led The Times of India to refer to him as "father of mass market GPS". He was named IEEE Fellow in 2012.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Sanjai Kohli

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Sanjai Kohli claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Sanjai Kohli before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Sanjai Kohli ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Sanjai Kohli

In research: Sanjai Kohli appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Sanjai Kohli in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Sanjai Kohli is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Electrical engineers, Fellows of the IEEE, Living people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Sanjai Kohli outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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