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Walter H. Schottky

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German physicist (1886-1976)

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Walter Schottky was a German physicist and electrical engineer who played a major early role in developing the theory of thermionic emission, invented the screen-grid vacuum tube in 1915, co-invented the ribbon microphone and ribbon loudspeaker along with Erwin Gerlach in 1924, and later made many significant...

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1965Werner von Siemens Ring
1962Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal
1960Honorary doctor of the Technical University of Berlin
1960honorary doctor of ETH Zürich
1936Hughes Medal

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Walter Schottky was a German physicist and electrical engineer who played a major early role in developing the theory of thermionic emission, invented the screen-grid vacuum tube in 1915, co-invented the ribbon microphone and ribbon loudspeaker along with Erwin Gerlach in 1924, and later made many significant contributions in the areas of semiconductor devices, technical physics, and technology.

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Germany
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1886 to 1976 · aged 89
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