page_title: Planar process
hierarchical_section_title: Planar process
caption_attribution_description: English: Annotated die photo of a Fairchild 74LS244 chip datecode 8314
context_page_description: The planar process is a manufacturing process used in the semiconductor industry to build individual components of a transistor, and in turn, connect those transistors together. It is the primary process by which silicon integrated circuit chips are built. The process utilizes the surface passivation and thermal oxidation methods.
  The planar process was developed at Fairchild Semiconductor in 1959.
context_section_description: The planar process is a manufacturing process used in the semiconductor industry to build individual components of a transistor, and in turn, connect those transistors together. It is the primary process by which silicon integrated circuit chips are built. The process utilizes the surface passivation and thermal oxidation methods.
  The planar process was developed at Fairchild Semiconductor in 1959.
caption: Annotated die photo of a Fairchild chip
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