The work contained in the Fairchild Semiconductor patent and laboratory notebooks span 1957 through the 1980s and revolutionized microelectronics, driving the explosive growth of Silicon Valley. Fairchild was founded by Gordon Moore, Robert Noyce, Jean Hoerni, Julius Blank, Eugene Kleiner, Victor Grinich, Jay Last, and Sheldon Roberts. The history-making contributions of these entrepreneurs included inventing the modern semiconductor manufacturing technology (the planar process); building the first practical integrated circuits; the invention of the low power technology CMOS; and pioneering the development of semiconductor memory.
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Grinich patent notebook (#1112)
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1966-05-18
102722964
Kroemer patent notebook (#490)
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1966-03-16-1966-09-01
102723950
Wandry laboratory notebook (Photo Log)
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1964-01-18-1965-12-19
102723974
Wheeler laboratory notebook
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1961-01-30-1961-12-18
102723979
Smith and Rice patent notebook (#458)
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1965-06-14-1966-08-25
102723037
Lawrence patent notebook (#720)
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1967-05-16-1968-09-04
102722989
Rice patent notebook (#1378)
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1972-02-12-1974-04-09
102723007
Castro patent notebook (#576)
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1966-12-12-1969-07-22
102722939
Chou laboratory notebook (Ion Implantation Experiments I)
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1970-08-20-1971-01-08
102722941
Chua patent notebook (#1018)
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1963-05-09
102722946
Learn patent notebook (#1249)
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1970-06-30-1975-01-17
102722991
Manoliu patent notebook (#900)
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1969-02-24-1971-10-22
102722996
Razouk patent notebook (#1716)
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1980-06-16-1985-12-11
102723968
Rice patent notebook (#1539)
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1975-04-10-1978-03-09
102723970
Roberts patent notebook (#7)
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
Document, 1957-10-21-1961-01-27
102723920
Ruegg patent notebook (#507)
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1966-04-29-1967-03-17
102723014
Bonfadini laboratory notebook
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1960-04-12-1961-11-17
102723925
Lehrer patent notebook (#484)
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1966-02-04-1968-04-11
102723963
Bohn patent notebook (#347)
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1964-11-04
102722934
Lawrence patent notebook (#283)
Fairchild Semiconductor
Document, 1963-02-28-1963-12-20
102722984