Background
Weimer, Paul KEssler was born on November 5, 1914 in Wabash, Indiana, United States. Son of Claude W. and Eva V. (Kessler) Weimer.
consultant electrical engineer
Weimer, Paul KEssler was born on November 5, 1914 in Wabash, Indiana, United States. Son of Claude W. and Eva V. (Kessler) Weimer.
Bachelor of Arts, Manchester College, 1936; Honorary Doctor of Science, Manchester College, 1968; Master of Arts in Physics, U. Kansas, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Ohio State University, 1942.
He received a Bachelor of Arts in math and physics from Manchester University (Indiana) in 1936, an Master of Arts He then joined the Radio Corporation of America laboratory in Princeton, New Jersey, where he worked until retirement in 1981. His first assignment was to develop an electron multiplier to go with the Image Orthicon. This tube, which proved to be 100 times more sensitive than its predecessors, was used for the first 20 years of television broadcasting in the United States.
In 1960 Weimer began making thin-film transistors in a coplanar process on glass substrates.
In a typical process, he would deposit a gold source and drain, then deposit polycrystalline semiconductor material, and place a gate on top. After he placed an insulator between the gate and semiconductor, he got excellent results, as published in his 1962 paper, "The TFT: A New Thin-Film Transistor", in the Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers. He died in Princeton, New Jersey, at age 90.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Outstanding Paper award Solid State Circus Conference 1963, 65, Morris Liebmann prize 1966). Member National Academy of Engineering.
Married Katherine E. Mounce, July 18, 1942. Children: Katherine Weimer Lasslob, Barbara Weimer Blackwell, Patricia Weimer Hess.