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Jean Hoerni

Also Known As Jean Amédée Hoerni
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Jean Amedee Hoerni (September 26, 1924 to January 12, 1997) was a Swiss-born American engineer, silicon transistor pioneer and member of the traitorous eight. He developed the planar process, an important technology for reliably fabricating and manufacturing semiconductor devices such as transistors and integrated circuits.

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Birth Year
1924 1
Birth Date
1924-09-26 1
Death Year
1997 1
Death Date
1997-01-12 1
Award
National Inventors Hall of Fame 1
Award
W. Wallace McDowell Award 1
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John Scott Award 1
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1. Wikidata: Jean Hoerni
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