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Drawings from U.S. patent 3,138,743 laid out as a cream patent sheet with a red number

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Plate Nº 010 · First edition

Patent 3,138,743

Miniaturized Electronic Circuits · Jack S. Kilby

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Title
Miniaturized Electronic Circuits
Inventor
Jack S. Kilby, Dallas, Texas
Filed
February 6, 1959
Patented
June 23, 1964
Primary source
U.S. Patent 3,138,743, original sheets (public domain)
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Before it was in your pocket, it was a drawing filed in an office. These are the actual sheets and layouts, the moment an idea became a thing with a number on it. I redrew them so you can hang the birth certificate of a machine.

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