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Jean Hoerni
American businessman (1924-1997) · Switzerland · Scientists · Died at 72
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Something wrong?Jean Amédée Hoerni was a Swiss-born American engineer. He was a silicon transistor pioneer, and a 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.
A life in dates
2009National Inventors Hall of FameAward1997Died12 January 19971972W. Wallace McDowell AwardAward1966John Scott AwardAward1924Born26 September 1924
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Country
Switzerland
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 1997 · aged 72
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