Edward Keonjian

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Edward Keonjian (14 August 1909 – 6 September 1999^[1]) was a prominent engineer, an early leader in the field of low-power electronics, the father of microelectronics.^[2] In 1954 Keonjian designed the world's first solar-powered, pocket-sized radio transmitter. In 1959 Keonjian designed the first prototype of integrated circuit.^[3] 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.