The dual origins of a bipolar breakthrough
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The technology behind high-speed bipolar integrated circuits was discovered virtually simultaneously in the early 1970s by teams working separately in research laboratories at IBM in West Germany, lead by Horst H. Berger and Siegfried K. Wiedmann, and at Philips Research Laboratories in the Netherlands, lead by Cornelius M. 'Kees' Hart and Arie Slob. The methods of the two teams were virtually diametrically opposed, one team following a logical line of research and the other an intuitive idea. Integrated injection logic briefly revitalized bipolar technology, but interest in it has now lapsed because of the popularity of bipolar complementary metal oxide semiconductor (BiCMOS) circuits. The development of integrated injection logic technology is described.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1989
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Standardizing instruments will increase competitiveness
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Instrumentation used for testing too often has to be extensively programmed by the customer before it is productive. Adopting standards for instrumentation will reduce the cost to the customer of integrating instruments into the software and hardware of a computer-controlled system.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1989
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