Gordon Kidd Teal
American inventor (1907-2003) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 95
Gordon Kidd Teal was an American engineer. He invented a method of applying the Czochralski method to produce extremely pure germanium single crystals used in making greatly improved transistors.
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2009National Inventors Hall of FameAward2003Died7 January 20031970ACS Award for Creative InventionAward1968IEEE Medal of HonorAward1907Born10 January 1907
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He, together with Morgan Sparks, invented a modification of the process that produced the configuration necessary for the fabrication of bipolar junction transistors. He is most remembered for developing the first silicon transistor while at Texas Instruments.
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United States
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Lived 1907 to 2003 · aged 95
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