History of Electronics

and its Inventors

Electronics ???
Branch of science that deals with
study of flow & control of
electrons
study of their behavior & effects
in vacuums, gases, and
semiconductors, and with
devices using such electrons
History of Electronics
• Electronics’ actual history began with the
invention of vacuum diode by J.A. Fleming, in
1897; and, after that, a vacuum triode was
implemented by Lee De Forest to amplify
electrical signals. This led to the introduction of
tetrode and pentode tubes that dominated the
world until the World War II.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
Luigi Galvani (1737-
1798)
• Luigi Galvani was a professor in the
University of Bologna. He studied the
effects of electricity on animals,
especially on frogs. With the help of
experiments, he showed the presence
of electricity in frogs in the year 1791.
Inventors in the History of Electronics

Charles Coulomb
(1737-1806)
• Charles coulomb was a great scientist
of the 18th century. He experimented
with the mechanical resistance and
developed coulomb’s law of electro-
static charges in the year 1799.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
Allesandro Volta
(1745-1827)
• Allesandro Volta was an Italian
scientist. He invented battery in the
year 1799. He was the first to develop
a battery (Voltaic cell) that could
produce electricity as a result of
chemical reaction.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
Hans Christian Oersted (1777-
1852)
• Hans Christian Oersted showed that
whenever a current flows through a
conductor, a magnetic field is
associated with it. He initiated the
study of electromagnetism and
discovered Aluminum in the year 1820.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
George Simon Ohm
(1789-1854)
• George Simon Ohm was a German physicist. He
experimented with the electrical circuits and made
his own part including the wire. He found that some
conductors worked when compared to others. He
discovered Ohms law in the year 1827, which is a
relation between current, voltage& resistance. The
unit for resistance is named after him.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
Michael Faraday
(1791-1867)
• Michael Faraday was a British scientist
and great pioneer experimenter in
electricity and magnetism. After the
discovery by Oersted, he demonstrated
electromagnetic induction in the year
1831. This is the basic principle of the
working of generators.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
James Clerk Maxwell
(1831-1879)
• James Clerk Maxwell was a British physicist, and
he wrote treatise on magnetism and electricity in
the year 1873. He developed the electromagnetic
field equations in the year 1864. The equations in
it were explained and predicted by hertz’s work
and faradays’ work. James Clerk Maxwell
formulated an important theory – that is,
electromagnetic theory of light.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
Henrich Rudolph Hertz
(1857-1894)
• Henrich Rudolph Hertz was a German physicist
born in 1857 in Hamburg. He demonstrated the
electromagnetic radiation predicted by Maxwell.
By using experimental procedures, he proved the
theory by engineering instruments to transmit and
receive radio pulses. He was the first person to
demonstrate the photo-electric effect. The unit of
frequency was named Hertz in his honorarium.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
Andre Marie Ampere
(1775-1836)
• Andre Marie Ampere was a French
mathematician and physicist. He
studied the effects of electric current
and invented solenoid. The SI unit of
electric current (the Ampere) was
named after him.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
Karl Friedrich Gauss
(1777-1855)
• Karl Friedrich Gauss was a physical scientist
and a greatest German mathematician. He
contributed to many fields like algebra,
analysis, statistics, electrostatics and
astronomy. The CGS unit of magnetic field
density was named after him.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
Wilhelm Eduard Weber
(1804-1891)
• Wilhelm Eduard Weber was a German
physicist. He investigated terrestrial
magnetism with his friend Carl fried rich.
He devised an electromagnetic telegraph
in the year 1833, and also established a
system of absolute electrical units, and the
MKS unit of flux was named after Weber.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
Thomas Alva Edison
(1847-1932)
• Thomas Alva Edison was a businessman
and an American inventor. He developed
many devices like, practical electric bulb,
motion picture camera, photograph and
other such things. While inventing the
electric lamp, he observed the Edison
effect.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)
• Nikola Tesla invented the Tesla coil; the Tesla
induction motor; alternating current (AC);
electrical supply system that includes
a transformer; 3-phase electricity and motor.
In 1891, Tesla coil was invented and used in
electronic equipment, television and radio
sets. The unit of magnetic field density was
named after him.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
(1824-1887)
• Gustav Robert Kirchhoff was a
German physicist. He developed
Kirchhoff’s law that allows
calculation of the voltages,
currents and resistance of
electrical networks.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
James Prescott Joule
(1818-1889)
• James Prescott Joule was a brewer and an
English physicist. He discovered the law of
conservation of energy. The unit of energy –
Joule was named in his honor. To develop
the scale of temperature, he worked with
Lord Kelvin.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
Joseph Henry (1799-
1878)
• Joseph Henry was an American
scientist, and independently
discovered electromagnetic
induction in the year 1831 – a year
before faraday’s discovery. The unit
of induction was named after him.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
Lee De Forest
(1873-1961)
• Lee de forest was an American
inventor, and he invented the
first triode vacuum tube: Audion
tube in 1906. He was honored
as the father of radio.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
Walter Schottky
(1886-1997)
• Walter Schottky was a German
physicist. He defined shot
noise-random electron noise in
thermionic tubes, and
invented the multiple grid
vacuum tube.
Inventors in the History of Electronics
Edwin Howard Armstrong
(1890-1954)
• Edwin Howard Armstrong was an
inventor and an American electrical
engineer. He invented electronic
oscillator and regenerative feedback. In
1917, he invented super-heterodyne
radio and patented FM radio in the year
1933.
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