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About Edward Keonjian
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- Edward Keonjian (14 August 1909 – 6 September 1999) was a prominent engineer, an early leader in the field of low-power electronics, the father of microelectronics.
- In 1954 Keonjian designed the world's first solar-powered, pocket-sized radio transmitter.
- In 1959 Keonjian designed the first prototype of integrated circuit.
- In 1963 he organized the world's first international symposium on low-power electronics.
- Later on Keonjian collaborated with NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong as chief of failure analysis on the Apollo 11 project.
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