electronic
ANATOMY OF TWO INVENTIONS
Thong Tran, Ph.D.
Micro Systems Engineering, Inc.
6024 SW Jean Rd
Lake Oswego OR 97035 USA
Tel: (503) 635-4016, Fax: (503) 635-9610
E-Mail: [email protected]

Abstract
Some of us are blessed to have seen the proverbial light bulb go off in our heads and found a way to solve a very difficult problem. In popular literature it has been commonly characterized as a spontaneous event out of the blue. In this paper, we would like to relate two of these flashes that happens to us about 10 years ago.

COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR ACTIVE ELECTRONICS DEVICES
Chanh Ngoc-Vinh Nguyen and Nguyen Xuan Nguyen
Hughes Research Laboratories and University of California at Santa Barbara
E-Mail: [email protected]

Abstract
Semiconductor device research has brought forth many enabling technologies in today hi-tech industry. In recent years, the advent of compound semiconductor heterostructures have furthered and catapulted the performances of these devices to yet new height. Device engineerings with compound semiconductor heterostructures to achieve record performance are presented and discussed.

LEARNING TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES IN VIETNAM - THE CASE OF ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
Ca Ngoc Tran
Research Centre for Social Sciences
Edinburgh University
Old Surgeon's Hall
High School Yards
Edinburgh EH1 1LZ, UK
Tel: (44) 131 650 2454, Fax: (44) 131 650 6399
E-Mail: [email protected]

Abstract
The paper look at the ways electronics companies in Vietnam learn their technological capabilities (TC). The paper bases on the study done during 1992-1994 in ten electronics firms in Vietnam. The study used the taxonomy of six technological capabilities: investment, production, minor technical change, marketing, linkage and major technical change as the framework to asses technology competence of the firms. Also, to look at the learning activities of the firms, the study divided learning into various formats and types like learning-by-doing, and other more active learning forms. By examining these forms, the study aims to identify problems that Vietnamese electronics firms have to face in their learning process to accumulate technological capabilities. In the last part, the paper looks at how four groups of external factors and interactive behaviour of these firms influence their learning.