Saxena A.N. Invention of Integrated Circuits: Untold Important Facts

World Scientific, 2009. — 558 p. — (International Series on Advances in Solid State Electronics and Technology). — ISBN 981-02-1599-1.This book is the first to give an authoritative and comprehensive account of the invention of Integrated Circuits (ICs) from an insider who had participated and contributed from the beginning of their invention and advancement to the Ultra Large Scale ICs (ULSICs) of today. It reads like a mystery novel to engross the reader, but it is not based on fiction; it gives documented facts of the invention of ICs, analyzes the patents, and highlights additional details and clarifications of their history.
In addition, the book clarifies the Nobel Prize award and raises intriguing questions which as yet remain unanswered even after about half a century since the ICs were invented. This is the invention which has revolutionized the whole world forever!
Readership: Technology researchers, developers, managers, patent lawyers, professors, undergraduate and graduate students in semiconductors, electrical and materials engineering, microelectronics, and everybody who is curious and inquisitive to find the truth of the invention of ICs which are in all the computers, cellular phones, i-Pods and other gadgets used by hundreds of millions of people all over the world.Discovery, Invention, Improvement, Patents and Publications
Evolution of Miniaturization in Electronics: ICs to VLSICs to ULSICs and Beyond in the Future
Monolithic vs. Hybrid Concepts in ICs
Summary of the IC Fabrication, Inventions, Relevant Patent Filings and Issue Dates, and Methodology of Analyses and Numbering
Hoerni and Lehovec Inventions
Kilby's Invention of IC: Key Patents, Claims and Analyses
Noyce's Invention of IC: Key Patent, Claims, and Analyses
Other Efforts to Invent and/or Contribute to the Invention ICs
Contributions of Kilby and Noyce Beyond the Invention and to Next Generation ICs
Discussion
Award of the Nobel Prize
Moore's Law
Growth of ICs and Impact on the Quality of Human Life
Conclusions, Combined Summary, Historical Facts and Unanswered Questions.