General Microelectronics
Encyclopedia
General Microelectronics (GMe) was an American semiconductor
company in the 1960s.
With Frank Wanlass
as director of research and engineering, GMe was the first company to design, fabricate, and sell MOS
integrated circuits, small-scale integrated chips for NASA
satellites. GMe was a 1964 startup that was sold in 1966 to Philco-Ford.
Semiconductor
A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter...
company in the 1960s.
With Frank Wanlass
Frank Wanlass
Frank Marion Wanlass was an electrical engineer. He obtained his PhD from the University of Utah. He invented CMOS logic circuits in 1963 while working at Fairchild Semiconductor. He was given U.S. patent #3,356,858 for "Low Stand-By Power Complementary Field Effect Circuitry" in 1967...
as director of research and engineering, GMe was the first company to design, fabricate, and sell MOS
MOSFET
The metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor is a transistor used for amplifying or switching electronic signals. The basic principle of this kind of transistor was first patented by Julius Edgar Lilienfeld in 1925...
integrated circuits, small-scale integrated chips for NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
satellites. GMe was a 1964 startup that was sold in 1966 to Philco-Ford.