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Texas Instruments Inc
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Active portfolio
Patents indexed
3
Year range
1964 – 1974
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3
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3 patents, 1964–1974
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How Texas Instruments Invented the Handheld Electronic Calculator
This 1972 patent describes the architecture for the first truly portable, battery-powered electronic calculator that could fit in a pocket.
How the First Infrared LED Was Invented
Texas Instruments' 1962 patent for the first practical semiconductor diode that emits infrared light when electricity passes through it.
How Jack Kilby Invented the First Integrated Circuit
Texas Instruments' 1959 patent for the first integrated circuit, which combined transistors and resistors on a single piece of semiconductor material.
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