Gordon Kidd Teal
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1907 – 2003
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Who was Gordon Kidd Teal?
Gordon Kidd Teal 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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- Born
- Jan 10, 1907
United States of America - Also known as
- Gordon Teal
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Baylor University
- Brown University
- Lived in
- United States of America
- Died
- Jan 7, 2003
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on July 23, 2013
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