Albert H Medwin was born on October 27, 1925 in Manhattan, New York. He married Marilyn Herbst Medwin on August 30, 1947. He is the father of Larry and Steve Medwin and grandfather of Dan, Allison, Rachel and Sam Medwin. He is an electrical engineer by training and a graduate of City College of New York. He holds several US patents, including ones in the field of electronic encoders. Albert was involved in the early development of integrated circuits while working at RCA in Somerville, New Jersey. In the 1960's he led the engineering group that developed the world's first low power CMOS chips. October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The City College of The City University of New York (known more commonly as City College of New York or simply City College, CCNY, or colloquially as City) is a senior college of the City University of New York, in New York City. ... RCA, formerly an initialism for the Radio Corporation of America, is now a trademark used by two companies for products descended from that common ancestor: Thomson SA, which manufactures consumer electronics like RCA-branded televisions, DVD players, video cassette recorders, direct broadcast satellite decoders, camcorders, audio equipment, telephones, and related... Static CMOS Inverter CMOS (pronounced see-moss), which stands for complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor, is a major class of integrated circuits. ...

Military Service

Medwin enlisted in the Army in World War II (1943) and served in the European Theater of Operation (ETO) in a Combat Engineer Battalion in the First Army. He attained the rank of Technical Sargeant (T-4) and was discharged in 1946.

Technical Background

Medwin's first patent (US 3,390,314) issued in 1968 when he was 43. It is entitled "Semiconductor Translating Circuit" and was assigned to Radio Corporation of America (RCA). His second patent (US 3,588,635) issued in 1971 and is simply titled "Integrated Circuit." It was also assigned to the RCA Corporation. At this point, Medwin left RCA to start his own integrated circuit development company called Ragen Semiconductor. He received his next patent (US 3,789,388) in 1972, titled "Apparatus for Providing a Pulsed Liquid Crystal Display." This was the first of his patents that was assigned to Ragen Semiconductor. RCA, formerly an initialism for the Radio Corporation of America, is now a trademark used by two companies for products descended from that common ancestor: Thomson SA, which manufactures consumer electronics like RCA-branded televisions, DVD players, video cassette recorders, direct broadcast satellite decoders, camcorders, audio equipment, telephones, and related...

Several years later, Medwin started another company call CGS Systems, Inc. in Princeton, New Jersey. His next patent (US 4,110,701) was issued in 1978 and is titled "Method and Apparatus for Near-Synchronization of a Pair of Oscillators, and Measuring Thereby." His final two patents are related to electronic encoders. "Electronic Measuring Apparatus" (US 4,367,438) issued in 1983 and "Electronic Vernier" (US 4,459,702) issued in 1984. Neither of these was assigned to a company.

Retirement Activities

• Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D)- volunteer reader since 1985.
• 55Plus - organization of retired men in Princeton, NJ
• Community without Walls (CWW) - a support organization of senior citizens in Princeton (member since 1999)
• Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) - delivers food to the needy in Trenton, NJ since 1990