• DocumentCode
    1129332
  • Title

    Scanning our past from the Netherlands: Bernard Tellegen and the pentode valve

  • Author

    Blanken, I.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Philips Co. Archives, Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Volume
    91
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    238
  • Lastpage
    239
  • Abstract
    Just over 30 years ago, it was announced that the IEEE was awarding the 1973 Edison Medal to a non-American for the first time. This prized recognition for "a career of unusual distinction" was awarded to B.D.H. Tellegen, specifically "for a creative career of significant achievement in electrical circuit theory, including the invention of the gyrator." This was just one more milestone in a very productive life and professional career that included pioneering developmental work early in his career on the vacuum tube known in Europe as the pentode valve.
  • Keywords
    biographies; vacuum tubes; Bernard Tellegen; Netherlands; biography; electrical circuit theory; gyrator; pentode valve; vacuum tube; Anodes; Electron emission; Electron tubes; Engineering profession; Production; Receivers; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JPROC.2002.805815
  • Filename
    1173229
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1129332