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Jack Kilby
Engineer

Jack Kilby

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Co-inventing the integrated circuit.

Integrated circuit · Portable electronics

Born
8 November 1923
Birthplace
Jefferson City
Died
20 June 2005

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Jack Kilby

American electrical engineer whose semiconductor work helped make compact electronic systems possible. Shared the 2000 physics Nobel Prize.

Early life

Kansas and engineering

Grew up in Great Bend, served as an Army electronics technician and studied electrical engineering at Illinois and in Milwaukee.

Career

  1. 1947

    Centralab

    Began work in electronics manufacturing.

  2. 1958

    Texas Instruments

    Developed a working integrated circuit.

  3. 2000

    Nobel Prize

    Recognised for his part in its invention.

Contributions

Integrated circuit

Demonstrated electronic components on a single semiconductor substrate.

Portable electronics

Helped develop the handheld calculator and thermal printer.

Beyond work

Family

Married Barbara Annegers in 1948 and had two daughters.

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Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: James R. Biard. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.