Moore patent notebook (#6)
This notebook contains an almost day-by-day account of the challenges and issues associated with developing the company’s early process technology and first mesa transistors. Some example entries include: “Noyce suggestion for a pnip structure” (p. 1); “Built a sputterer” (p.2); “First transistors mounted” (p. 9); “First PNP mounted” (p.10); “Return of ‘mistreated’ IBM transistors” (p. 33); “Tapping tests and presence of flecks of slivery metal, possibly Al and ‘translucent crud’” (pp. 39-44); “seeking source of metal with photos” (pp. 45-49); “Ability to alloy Al to Si” (p. 56); “Analog memory” (p. 56); “Resistors for Micrologic” (p. 62); “…life is not simple” (p. 66). This is one of 5 notebooks by Moore in the collection. The other 4 are designated LN#1, LN#2, LN#3, and LN#4. Note that volumes LN#1 and LN#2 are labeled in reverse chronological order; LN#2 covers an earlier period than LN#1. Also there is a gap of 2 years between LN#3 (ends 1963) and LN#4 (begins 1965).
Item Details
- Date
- 1957-10-23-1963-05-26 (Made)
- Type
- Document
- Catalogue number
- 102722912
- Other identifying number
- 6 (Document Number)
- Organization
- Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation (Publisher)
- People
- Gordon E. Moore (Author)
- Category
- Notebooks
- Credit line
- Gift of Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Extent
- Approximately 42 dated entries over 66 pages.
- Language
- English
- Acquisition number
- X6464.2012
- Archive collection
- Fairchild Semiconductor notebooks and technical papers
- Archive hierarchy
- Fairchild Semiconductor notebooks and technical papers