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Jack Kilby
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<p>Jack St. Clair Kilby (November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005) was an American <a href="/facts/Electrical_engineering/YYXW1KLW">electrical engineer</a> who took part, along with <a href="/facts/Robert_Noyce/J77WDDld">Robert Noyce</a> of <a href="/facts/Fairchild_Semiconductor/TUD8v4P0">Fairchild Semiconductor</a>, in the realization of the first <a href="/facts/Integrated_circuit/fjn6vg7C">integrated circuit</a> while working at <a href="/facts/Texas_Instruments/88NUhuHF">Texas Instruments</a> (TI) in 1958.: 22 He was awarded the <a href="/facts/List_of_Nobel_laureates_in_Physics/1gsf7AN5">Nobel Prize in Physics</a> on December 10, 2000. </p><p>Kilby was also the co-inventor of the <a href="/facts/Calculator/eeLfRS8L">handheld calculator</a> and the <a href="/facts/Thermal_printing/Lc0I2XGJ">thermal printer</a>, for which he had the patents. He also had patents for seven other inventions. </p>