Title :
Industrial Research in Microcircuitry at RCA: The Early Years, 1953–1963
Author :
Ahrons, Richard W.
Author_Institution :
Dacon Associates
Abstract :
RCA had an established research capability and transistor manufacturing facility in place during the early years of the semiconductor industry. Its early microcircuit research-including Torkel Wallmark´s work using the bipolar unijunction transistor in the late 1950s, Paul Weimer´s thin-film transistor, and Steve Hofstein´s metal-oxide silicon transistor-led to RCA´s pioneering effort in the production of complementary (CMOS) silicon integrated circuits in the late 1960s and 1970s.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; MOSFET; integrated circuit manufacture; research and development; semiconductor industry; CMOS silicon integrated circuits; Paul Weimer thin-film transistor; RCA; Steve Hofstein metal-oxide silicon transistor; bipolar unijunction transistor; complementary silicon integrated circuits; microcircuit research; semiconductor industry; transistor manufacturing facility; Companies; Electron tubes; History; Integrated circuits; Manufacturing processes; Packaging; Transistors; Ahrons; Burns; CMOS; Herzog; Hofstein; Johnson; MOS; RCA; Radio Corporation of America; Stanley; UJT; Wallmark; Weimer; history of computing; integrated circuit; memory;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2011.62
