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Jack Kilby was born
Jack Kilby was born in Jefferson City, Missouri.
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Received a degree in electrical engineering
Kilby received his degree from the University of Illinois. -
Earned master of science in electrical engineering
Kilby earned his master of science from the University of Wisconsin-Extension in Milwaukee. -
Worked for Centralab in Milwaukee
While working at Centralab, an electronic manufacturing company, Kilby aided in making parts of hearing aids, radios, and televisions. -
Joined Texas Instruments
Kilby realized he needed to work for a bigger company so he applied to Texas instruments and was accepted. He began working at Texas Instruments in Dallas in the summer of 1958. -
Assembled the prototype of the first integrated circuit
Kilby came up with the design for the integrated circuit six months before Noyce had a similar idea for the integrated circuit.
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Texas Instruments filed for a patent and also announced their new invention, a "solid circuit."
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Patent filed for the integrated circuit
Jack Kilby's wife, Clair, filed for his patent. However, on April 25, 1961 the patent was granted to Robert Noyce, who filed for a patent in July of 1959, because Kilby's was still being analyzed. -
Kilby was elected member of the National Academy of Engineering
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Pat Haggerty showed Kilby for a handheld calculator
After receiving Haggerty's idea Kilby produced a handheld calculator that was almost what Haggerty had envisioned. The calculator could only do four tasks; add, subtract, multiply and divide. The calculator weighed more than 2 pounds and cost $150.
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Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
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Received Charles Stark Draper prize for Engineering
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Awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation
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Jack Kilby was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics
United States President, Bill Clinton, congratulated Kilby as Clinton wrote, "You can take pride in the knowledge that your work will help to improve lives for generations to come.”
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Jack Kilby died
Jack Kilby died from cancer in Dallas, Texas. -
Today, Kilby and Noyce are noticed as being co-inventors of the Integrated Circuit
After Jack Kilby received the Nobel Prize in 2000, 10 years after Noyce died, Kilby stated, “If he were, I suspect we’d share this prize.”
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Life and Work of Jack Kilby- Part 1
Jack Kilby was a gifted engineer and began to display his talents while he attended Texas Instruments where he worked alongside Pat Haggerty and Willis Adcock. Kilby was the first to come up with the idea for the first integrated circuit, however around the same time Robert Nolby aso had the same idea. -
Life and Work of Jack Kilby- Part 2
After many patents and lawsuits, today they are known as co-inventors of the first integrated circuit. Kilby also aided in the production of the handheld calculator after receiving Haggerty's vision for the calculator. Jack Kilby was greatly recognized for his contributions as seen in the multiple awards he had been given. -
Citations
“Integrated Circuit.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/events/icinv.html. Isaacson, Walter. The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution. Simon & Schuster, 2015. “Jack Kilby.” Jack Kilby - Biography, History and Inventions, history-computer.com/People/KilbyBio.html.
