Article ID: CBB001212990

The Diamond Ordnance Fuze Laboratory's Photolithographic Approach to Microcircuits (2013)

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From 1952 to 1958, Jay Lathrop worked on a project at the National Bureau of Standards (later the US Army Diamond Ordnance Fuze Laboratory) to develop microminiaturized, transistorized hybrid integrated circuits for radio proximity fuzes. In this article, Lathrop describes his experiences during this project, the development of photolithography, and how photolithography became critical in the first efforts to produce semiconductor ICs.

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Authors & Contributors
Dennis, David Brandon
Pisano, Jessica M.
Lundh, Yngvar
Lawson, R. A.
Weber, Heike
Tang, Jeffrey Donald
Concepts
Technology
Electronics
Computers and computing
Laboratories
Laboratory techniques and procedures
Electronics industry
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Japan
West Germany
Norway
Great Britain
Brazil
Institutions
Atlas Computer Laboratory (Berkshire, England)
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
United States. National Bureau of Standards
Stanford University
Bell Telephone Laboratories
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