Robert Nojs

Robert Nojs
Puno ime	Robert Norton Nojs
Ime po rođenju	Robert Norton Noyce
Druga imena	Robert Noyce
Datum rođenja	12 decembar, 1927(1927-12-12)
Mesto rođenja	Berlington, Ajova  SAD
Datum smrti	3. jun 1990.(1990-06-03) (62 god.)
Mesto smrti	Ostin, Teksas  SAD
Prebivalište	SAD
Državljanstvo	američko
Univerzitet	Grinel koledž MIT
Zanimanje	fizičar, biznismen
Delovanje	koosnivač Ferčild poluprovodnika i Intela
Supružnik	Elizabet Botomli En Bauers
Deca	4
Nagrade	Faradejova medalja (1979) Harold Penderova medalja (1980) Džon Fricova medalja (1989)

Robert Norton Nojs (12. decembar 1927 – 3. jun 1990), s nadimkom „gradonačelnik Silikonske doline”, bio je američki fizičar koji je koosnivač Ferčild poluprovodnika 1957. godine i Intel korporacije 1968. godine. Njemu se pridaju zasluge za realizaciju prvog monolitičkog integralnog kola ili mikročipa, što je podstaklo revoluciju personalnih računara i dalo ime Silikonskoj dolini.

Patenti

Nojsu je odobreno 15 patenata. Njegovi patenti su ovde navedeni po redosledu izdavanja, a ne po datum podnošenja.

• U.S. Patent 2.875.141 Method and apparatus for forming semiconductor structures, filed August 1954, issued February 1959, assigned to Philco Corporation
• U.S. Patent 2.929.753 Transistor structure and method, filed April 1957, issued March 1960, assigned to Beckmann Instruments
• U.S. Patent 2.959.681 Semiconductor scanning device, filed June 1959, issued November 1960, assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor
• U.S. Patent 2.968.750 Transistor structure and method of making the same, filed March 1957, issued January 1961, assigned to Clevite Corporation
• U.S. Patent 2.971.139 Semiconductor switching device, filed June 1959, issued February 1961, assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor
• U.S. Patent 2.981.877 Semiconductor Device and Lead Structure, filed July 1959, issued April 1961, assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor
• U.S. Patent 3.010.033 Field effect transistor, filed January 1958, issued November 1961, assigned to Clevite Corporation
• U.S. Patent 3.098.160 Field controlled avalanche semiconductive device, filed February 1958, issued July 1963, assigned to Clevite Corporation
• U.S. Patent 3.108.359 Method for fabricating transistors, filed June 1959, issued October 1963, assigned to Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.
• U.S. Patent 3.111.590 Transistor structure controlled by an avalanche barrier, filed June 1958, issued November 1963, assigned to Clevite Corporation
• U.S. Patent 3.140.206 Method of making a transistor structure (coinventor William Shockley), filed April 1957, issued July 1964, assigned to Clevite Corporation
• U.S. Patent 3.150.299 Semiconductor circuit complex having isolation means, filed September 1959, issued September 1964, assigned to Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.
• U.S. Patent 3.183.129 Method of forming a semiconductor, filed July 1963, issued May 1965, assigned to Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.
• U.S. Patent 3.199.002 Solid state circuit with crossing leads, filed April 1961, issued August 1965, assigned to Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.
• U.S. Patent 3.325.787 Trainable system, filed October 1964, issued June 1967, assigned to Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.

Napomena: Godine 1960, Klevit korporacija je kupila Šoklijevu poluprovodničku laboratoriju, podružnicu kompanije Bekman Instruments, za koju je Nojs radio.

Literatura

• Berlin, Leslie The man behind the microchip: Robert Noyce and the invention of Silicon Valley Publisher Oxford University Press US, (2005) ISBN 0-19-516343-5
• Burt, Daniel S. The chronology of American literature: America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2004) ISBN 0-618-16821-4
• Jones, Emma C. Brewster. The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907: a Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflower," ruling elder of the Pilgrim church which founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. New York: Grafton Press, 1908.
• Lécuyer, Christophe. Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970 Published by MIT Press, (2006) ISBN 0262122812
• Shurkin, Joel N.. Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age Publisher Palgrave Macmillan, (2007) ISBN 0-230-55192-0
• Tedlow, Richard S. Giants of enterprise: seven business innovators and the empires they built Publisher Harper Collins, (2003) ISBN 0-06-662036-8
• Gaylord, Mary M. Welles. Life and Labors of Rev. Reuben Gaylord Omaha: Rees Printing Company, 1889.
• Jones, Emma C. Brewster. The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907: a Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflower," ruling elder of the Pilgrim church which founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. New York: Grafton Press, 1908.
• Wolfe, Tom. Hooking Up New York. Publisher: Macmillan, 2001.
  • Wolfe, Tom. The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce, How the Sun Rose on the Silicon Valley, Esquire Magazine, December 1983, pp. 346–374.

Spoljašnje veze

• Noyce biography on PBS.org
• Noyce biography on IdeaFinder.com Архивирано на сајту Wayback Machine (23. август 2019)
• Noyce Foundation website
• Guide to the Robert Noyce Papers at Stanford University
• Obituary of Donald Noyce, brother of Robert Noyce.
• Obituary of Pro. Rev. Gaylord Brewster Noyce, brother of Robert Noyce. He is also among the seven Freedom Riders of 1961, and a friend of Martin Luther King, Jr.