Patents
Shockley was granted over ninety US patents. Some notable ones are:
- US 2502488 "Semiconductor Amplifier". Applied for on Sept. 24, 1948; his first granted patent involving transistors.
- US 2569347 "Circuit element utilizing semiconductive material" His earliest applied for (June 26, 1948) patent involving transistors.
- US 2655609 "Bistable Circuits". Applied for on July 22, 1952; Used in computers.
- US 2787564 "Forming Semiconductive Devices by Ionic Bombardment". Applied for on Oct. 28, 1954; The diffusion process for implantation of impurities.
- US 3031275 "Process for Growing Single Crystals". Applied for on Feb. 20, 1959; Improvements on process for production of basic materials.
- US 3053635 "Method of Growing Silicon Carbide Crystals". Applied for on Sept. 26, 1960; Exploring other semiconductors.
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