Title
Micrologic development notesCatalog Number
102762460Type
DocumentDescription
Bob Norman designed the DCTL circuits for the first planar integrated circuits, Fairchild Micrologic, in late 1959 and 1960. He wrote the attached e-mail that contains several references and interesting information on the project. 3 scanned pages.Date
2009-06-24Author
Norman, Robert H.Biographical Notes
Robert (Bob) H. Norman graduated from Oklahoma A&M University in 1954 with a B.S. in electronic engineering and math. In his undergraduate year he worked for the Sperry Gyroscope Advanced Weapon Systems Department on the application of transistors to computer design where he first conceived the idea of using transistors for memory storage. He joined Sperry full time in 1957. Fairchild co-founder Vic Grinich hired Norman to head up the device evaluation section in 1959 where he proposed and designed the DCTL circuit configuration for Micrologic the first planar IC family. He also developed and earned a patent on an early IC memory invention. Norman co-founded two pioneering MOS companies, General Microelectronics in 1963 and Nortec Electronics in 1968 and served as VP Engineering at American Microsystems Inc (AMI), Cupertino, California.Identifying Numbers
Other number | doc-4b1082431f1e0 | Deprecated ITCHP Number |
Extent
3 p.Category
CorrespondenceCollection Title
Information Technology Corporate Histories CollectionPublications
The author contributed to the following conference papers during his service at Fairchild:Norman, R., Last, J. and Haas, I. Solid-state micrologic elements. 1960 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference: Digest of Technical Papers, vol. III
(1960): 82-83 (Reprinted as Fairchild TP-7).
Norman, R. Status report on micrologic elements. 51st Bumblebee Guidance Conference (1960-06) (Reprinted as Fairchild TP-10).
Norman, R. and Anderson, R. Testing of micrologic elements. Western Joint Computer Conference (1961-05) (Reprinted as Fairchild TP-18).