Lee de Forest(1873–1961)
Lee de Forest was an American inventor, electrical engineer, and early pioneer in electronics of fundamental importance. He invented the first practical electronic amplifier, the three-element "Audion" triode vacuum tube in 1908. This helped start the Electronic Age, and enabled the development of the electronic oscillator.
United States
1
Major Awards
31
Publications
103
Citations
5
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i10-index
3.3
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#2
Pioneering in Talking Pictures: SMPTE Classic Reprint, Originally Published January 1941
Smpte Journal(1991)
0
citations
#3
Recent developments in the work of the Federal Telegraph Company
Proceedings of the IEEE(1963)
3
citations
Recent Publications
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Pioneering in Talking Pictures: SMPTE Classic Reprint, Originally Published January 1941
Smpte Journal1991
0citations
Recent developments in the work of the Federal Telegraph Company
Proceedings of the IEEE1963
3citations
12citations
The audion
Electrical Engineering1947
3citations
Short-Wave Diathermy
Military Medicine1940
0citations
0citations
Microphonic Flames
Nature
0citations
0citations
Open Access6citations
External Profiles
Education
Northfield Mount Hermon School
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science
Yale University
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