Plate and film Cameras
Plate and film Cameras
Battersea Power Station 1955
Battersea Power Station 1955
Battersea Power Station 1955
Cars
Cars
Battersea Power Station 1955
3D Printing
3D Printing
3D Printing
Geological Museum 1975
Geological Museum 1975
Adrian's Memories
Philips Electrical 1970
I joined Philips Electrical as a senior engineer in solid state marketing. As well as the usual range of semiconductors our main object was to sell thick film circuitry. A thick film circuit is similar to a printed circuit board in miniature except the board is alumnia and the tracks and resistors are printed on it. We had the advantage we could bond bare chips down and eutectic weld the connections with gold wire. This was a great space saver against others who were connecting normal packaged devices. This business was conducted by a recent Philips acquission 'Pye, including Newmarket Transistors'
I have no idea why but I can't find any photos of my time there, probably the pressures of the job left no time for photography.
Andrew Wylie has a website that shows lots about Newmarket Transistors, I sent him lots of samples years ago. Here is a link to his site.
1973 Press cutting about the Pye (Philips) thick film circuitry I was selling