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Gordon Kidd Teal

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American inventor (1907-2003)

United StatesScientistsLived 1907 to 2003 · aged 95
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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 Fame
1970ACS Award for Creative Invention
1968IEEE Medal of Honor
Fellow of the American Physical Society

Connected to Gordon 6

Richard Bruce SilvermanAlso won ACS Award for Creative InventionAlbert HullAlso won IEEE Medal of HonorJohn Stone StoneAlso won IEEE Medal of HonorJoseph DeSimoneAlso won ACS Award for Creative InventionChad MirkinAlso won ACS Award for Creative InventionGustave-Auguste FerriéAlso won IEEE Medal of Honor

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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. 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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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1907 to 2003 · aged 95
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