In his patent application of 6 February 1959, Kilby described his new device as “a body of semiconductor material ... wherein all the components of the electronic circuit are completely integrated.” Noyce also came up with his own idea of an integrated circuit half a year later than Kilby.
Prve praktične primere integriranih vezij sta izdelala Jack Kilby v podjetju Texas Instruments in Robert Noyce v Fairchild Semiconductor.