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3 unusual facts about Frank Wanlass


CMOS

Frank Wanlass patented CMOS in 1963 (US patent 3,356,858).

Four-phase logic

R. K. "Bob" Booher, an engineer at Autonetics, invented four-phase logic, and communicated the idea to Frank Wanlass at Fairchild Semiconductor; Wanlass promoted this logic form at General Instrument Microelectronics Division.

General Microelectronics

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.



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