Ferdinand Braun - A Forgotten Hero of Electronic Engineering (Invited)

Title:: Ferdinand Braun - A Forgotten Hero of Electronic Engineering (Invited)
Document type:: Konferenzbeitrag
Author(s):: Russer, Peter
Abstract:: Ferdinand Braun has given epoch-making contributions to electronics and wireless technology, including the discovery of the rectifying properties of a metal--semiconductor junction in 1874, the invention of the cathode ray tube (Braunsche Röhre) in 1897, and the introduction of coupled resonant circuits in wireless transmitters in 1898. In 1909 Ferdinand Braun and Guglielmo Marconi jointly received the Nobel Prize for their groundbreaking contributions to wireless telegraphy. Ferdinand Braun has given the impact to the foundation of "Hartmann & Braun" and "Telefunken" and had a considerable influence on the industrial development of German wireless technology.
Book / Congress title:: Presentation at the Kolkata IEEE AP-MTT Chapter
Publisher address:: Kolkata India
Year:: 2014
Month:: November
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