Heinrich Welker
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Heinrich Johann Welker was a German theoretical and applied physicist who invented the "transistron", a transistor made at Westinghouse independently of the first successful transistor made at Bell Laboratories.
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Claudia FelserAlso won James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials
Walter ReppeAlso won Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille
Akihisa InoueAlso won James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials
Claudia FelserAlso won James C. McGroddy Prize for New MaterialsWalter ReppeAlso won Rudolf-Diesel-MedailleAkihisa InoueAlso won James C. McGroddy Prize for New MaterialsAbout this person
Heinrich Johann Welker was a German theoretical and applied physicist who invented the "transistron", a transistor made at Westinghouse independently of the first successful transistor made at Bell Laboratories. He did fundamental work in III-V compound semiconductors, and paved the way for microwave semiconductor elements and laser diodes.
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GermanyCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 1981 · aged 69
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