Halbleiterwerk Frankfurt (Oder)

VEB Halbleiterwerk Frankfurt (Oder) (“semiconductor works at Frankfurt an der Oder”, where VEB denotes a people-owned enterprise), also written “veb halbleiterwerk frankfurt/oder”, was an East German semiconductor manufacturer, and the leading organisation of Mikroelektronik. HFO fell under the brand of RFT. While “oder” normally means “other”, here it denotes the River Oder: HFO was located in Frankfurt an der Oder in Brandenburg in East Germany, far from Frankfurt am Main in Hesse in central West Germany.

Product range

The following products relate to keyboards:

• Hall-effect sensor ICs (B 461 G is found in RFT and RAFI switches)