Tektronix-made Integrated Circuits: Difference between revisions

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Tektronix designed and fabricated its own integrated circuits for use in Tek instruments.

Part numbers 155-xxxx-xx and 234-xxxx-xx ICs were Tek-made.

In 1994, Tektronix sold its internal IC fab (called the Integrated Circuits Operation, ICO) to Maxim while keeping it located on the Beaverton campus. This deal provided Maxim with its first own fabrication facility and important bipolar design expertise, and Tektronix with better utilization of the fab.

Maxim eventually stopped making Tek-specific chips because of lack of volume.

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 Part numbers 155-xxxx-xx and 234-xxxx-xx ICs were Tek-made.
-In [https://www.thefreelibrary.com/TEKTRONIX%2FMAXIM+DEAL+CLOSES-a015283225 1994, Tektronix sold its internal IC fab (called the Integrated Circuits Operation, ICO) to Maxim] while keeping it located on the Beaverton campus. Maxim eventually stopped making these chips because of lack of volume.
+In [https://www.thefreelibrary.com/TEKTRONIX%2FMAXIM+DEAL+CLOSES-a015283225 1994, Tektronix sold its internal IC fab (called the Integrated Circuits Operation, ICO) to Maxim] while keeping it located on the Beaverton campus. This deal [http://www.electronicdesign.com/analog/interview-maxim-integrated-cto-pirooz-parvarandeh-discusses-analogdigital-integration provided Maxim with its first own fabrication facility] and important bipolar design expertise, and Tektronix with better utilization of the fab.
+Maxim eventually stopped making Tek-specific chips because of lack of volume.
 * [http://w140.com/tek_made_sm.pdf Tek-Made Integrated Circuits Catalog]