10.6 - THE MICROELECTRONICS
The miniaturizaton of active as well as passive components to operate in an integrated way was a perenial task in Electronics.
Over the years such continuous work was based in the search for new materials, improvement in tooling, production processes and so forth.
However, considering that over 50 years the valve was the backbone of the electronic industry, the miniaturization process started with thermionics with the lauching of the first integrated valves