The Peter J W Noble Active Pixel Archive
This archive contains material created or accumulated by Peter J W Noble MBE during his career as an Electronic Engineer and Physicist working for Associated Electrical Industries Ltd and the Plessey Company Ltd. Some items dated from 1968 onwards cover Noble's time as Managing Director of Integrated Photomatrix Ltd. The archive reflects the research and processes which led to the creation of the solid-state image sensor, now known as the 'active pixel' image sensor.
It contains research papers, reports and patents (1959-c1975), journals and newspapers (1961-1974), company information sheets and technical details (1970-1974), photographs of chips, components and received awards (c1966 - 1974) and a typed history written by Noble which summarises his work and career (2018)
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1 box containing 45 items and 8 photographs (0.2lm)
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- NBE
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- Open Access
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An artificial system of arrangement has been applied to this archive due to it arriving with no obvious original order structure. The archive is arranged as follows: NBE/1: Research Papers, Reports and Patents NBE/2: Journals and Newspapers NBE/3: Company Information Sheets and Technical Details NBE/4: Photographs NBE/5: "The genesis of all digital image sensors for cameras, mobile phones, TV" by Peter J W Noble
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Copies of some material may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions. Copying of some of the material is not permitted as some items are secondary copies.