David Sarnoff Research Center, Princeton
The David Sarnoff Research Center is one of the premier electronics research institutions in the world and has fostered many research developments during its nearly 50 years in New Jersey. Probably the most well known of these is color television. The all-electronic compatible color television system, which has been the NTSC standard for approximately 40 years, was conceived and developed at the Sarnoff Center. Because of its strong position in consumer electronics, Sarnoff's strengths in other technologies are sometimes overlooked. One notable electronics achievement is liquid crystal technology, familiar to many consumers in watches and other digital displays. Another is Sarnoff's work in MOS (Metal Oxide Semiconductor) transistors in the 1960s, which was the basis of CMOS technology, one of the mainstays of the integrated circuit industry. Sarnoff also has an impressive list of pioneering achievements ranging from its work in superconductivity to gallium aresenide and silicon technologies to dole lasers. Formerly RCA Laboratories, the David Sarnoff Research Center is an independent contract research facility and a subsidiary of SRI International. Sarnoff Center patent disclosures continue at a rate of nearly one per technical staff member per year.
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