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In [https://pdfserv.maximintegrated.com/en/ej/EJ16.pdf 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.
In [https://pdfserv.maximintegrated.com/en/ej/EJ16.pdf 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.  
Maxim eventually stopped making Tek-specific chips because of lack of volume around 1997.


* [http://w140.com/tek_made_sm.pdf Tek-Made Integrated Circuits Catalog]
* [http://w140.com/tek_made_sm.pdf Tek-Made Integrated Circuits Catalog]

Revision as of 15:10, 15 August 2021

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 around 1997.

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