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IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: MARTIN "JOHN" ATALLA - INVENTOR

By Greg Siskind

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Congrats to 2009 Inventors Hall of Fame inductee John Atalla, a native of Egypt. According to the Hall of Fame: John Atalla is one of the inventors of the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), the most widely employed type of integrated circuit. Born in Port Said, Egypt, Atalla came to the United States for graduate studies at Purdue University. After receiving his Ph.D. in 1949, he joined Bell Laboratories to investigate the surface properties of silicon semiconductors. By adopting a method of growing a layer of silicon dioxide on top of a silicon wafer, Atalla was able to overcome the surface...

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on April 04, 2009 (boomark / email).

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