Lee De Forest
Lee De Forest, (August 26, 1873 ? June 30, 1961) was an American inventor with over 300 patents to his name. De Forest invented the Audion, a vacuum tube that takes relatively weak electrical signals and amplifies them. De Forest is one of the fathers of the "electronic age," as the Audion helped to usher in the widespread use of electronics.
External links and references
- IEEE History Center Lee De Forest
- National Inventors Hall of Fame's Lee De Forest
- Complete Lee De Forest
- Eugenii Katz's Lee De Forest
- Cole, A. B., "Practical Pointers on the Audion: Sales Manager - De Forest Radio Tel. & Tel. Co.", QST, March, 1916, pages 41-44:
- Hong, Sungook, "A History of the Regeneration Circuit: From Invention to Patent Litigation" University, Seoul, Korea (PDF)
- PBS, "Monkeys"; a film on the Audion operation (Quicktime movie)
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