DocumentCode
1307066
Title
W=Shockley, the transistor pioneer-portrait of an inventive genius
Author
Bondyopadhyay, Probir K.
Author_Institution
NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA
Volume
86
Issue
1
fYear
1998
fDate
1/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
191
Lastpage
217
Abstract
A author looks at W=Shockley´s (as was his trademark signature) patents to capture a glimpse of his creative mind. A list of 90 of Shockley´s patents has been assembled, including those for the electron multiplier tube (with J. R. Pierce) in 1941, the Shockley diode, and the junction transistor, filed in June 1948 and granted in September 1951 by the US Patent Office
Keywords
history; patents; semiconductor devices; American inventor; Shockley; Shockley diode; electron multiplier tube invention; junction transistor invention; patents; transistor pioneer; Aerospace electronics; Charge carrier processes; Electrons; Impurities; Moore´s Law; Ohmic contacts; Power semiconductor switches; Semiconductor diodes; Silicon; Transistors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9219
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/5.658771
Filename
658771
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