Signetics Memorabilia

Company:  Signetics
Based: Sunnyvale, CA.
Founded: 1961, Acquired by Philips Semiconductor in 1975.
Founders: David Allison, David James, Lionel Kattner, and Mark Weissenstern.
Specialty: The first company in the world to be established solely for the manufacture and sale of integrated circuits. The largest Integrated Circuit manufacturer during the early & mid 1960's, introduced the first diode-transistor-logic (DTL) integrated circuit in 1962. Made a variety of devices which included Bipolar & MOS integrated circuits, the dolby circuit, logic memory chips and analog circuits.

Signetics 2650 Single-Chip Microprocessor Ad (1976)

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Signetics Hybrid Integrated Circuit Gold Earrings (1960s)

Item #519 to 532

These vintage earrings were made from 1960's era Hybrid Integrated Circuits manufactured by Signetics. They have their top can removed and the chips, gold wire & circuitry are exposed.

This 8-pin, hybrid integrated circuit contains a large number of discrete transistor and diode chips mounted on a white ceramic substrate with gold traces and gold-plated base with gold pins.

Earrings were assembled into jewelry by the JA Company. Earring wires are gold filled._

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​Signetics Hybrid Integrated Circuit Earrings (1960s)

Item #533 to 556

This 8-pin hybrid integrated circuit was also manufactured by Signetics but features a different circuit pattern than the example above.

Earrings were assembled into jewelry by the JA Company. Earring wires are gold filled. New.

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