Hall of Fame Important Personality in the Field of Electronics

1. Invented the Leibniz wheel calculating machine in 1672 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz mechanical 15. Formulated the law of electrolysis in 1834 Michael Faraday 16. Invented telegraphy in 1837 Samuel Morse 17. Invented the electric motor in 1837 Thomas Davenport 18. Invented the magnetohydrodynamic battery in 1839 Michael Faraday 19. Discovered the photovoltaic effect in 1839 Edmond Becquerel 20. Invented the fuel cell in 1839 William Grove 21. Invented thermography in 1840 John Herschel 22. Invented the differential measurer in 1843 Charles Wheatstone resistance

2. Discovered the difference conductors and insulators in 1729 Stephen Gray 3. Discovered Galvanic action in 1780 Luigi Galvani 4. Invented the electric dry cell in 1800 Alessandro Volta 5. Discovered infrared radiation in 1800 William Herschel

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6. Discovered ultraviolet radiation in 1801 J W Jitter 7. Invented Optophone in 1817 E E Fournier d Albe 8. Discovered electromagnetism and invented galvanometer in 1820 Hans Christian Oersted 9. Discovered thermoelectricity in 1821 T J Seebeck 10. Developed Fourier analysis in 1828 Jean-Baptiste- Joseph Fourier 11. Formulated Ohms law 1826 George S. Ohm 12. Discovered electromagnetic induction in 1831 Michael Faraday 13. Invented the transformer in 1831 Michael Faraday 14. Invented the first computer with memory, control, arithmetic unit and I/O in 1833 Charles Babbage

23. Invented facsimile reproduction in 1843 Alexander Bain 24. Formulated KCL and KVL in 1845 Gustav Kirchhoff 25. Invented submarine cable insulation in 1847 Werner Siemens 26. Discovered magnetostriction in 1847 James Prescot Joule 27. Developed Boolean algebra in 1848 George Boole 28. Invented thermistor in 1850 Michael Faraday

29. Invented diaphragm type microphone in 1860 J P Reis 30. Invented the lead acid cell in 1860 Plante 31. Discovered the radio wave propagation in 1865 James Clerk Maxwell 32. Invented the Leclanche cell in 1868 George Leclanche 33. Invented the phonograph or gramophone in 1877 Thomas Alva Edison 34. Invented the carbon granule microphone transmitter using multiple loose contact in 1878 Henry Hunnings 35. Invented the electrocardiograph in 1887 Augustus Desire Waller 36. Invented the induction motor in 1888 Nikola Tesla 37. Invented the Strowger Automatic Telephone Exchange in 1889 Almon Brown Strowger 38. The first to study the possibility of waves traveling in hollow pipes or waveguides in 1893 Joseph John Thomson 39. Discovered X-rays in 1895 Wilhelm Roentgen 40. Patented wireless telegraphy in 1896 Guglielmo Marconi 41. Discovered electron in 1897 Joseph John Thomson 42. Invented Nickel-iron cell in 1900 Thomas Alva Edison

43. Discovered Heaviside Kennelly layer in the upper atmosphere in 1901 Oliver Heaviside and Arthur Kennelly 44. Formulated the quantum theory in 1900 Max Planck 45. Invented synchronous induction motor in 1902 Ernst Danielson 46. Invented vacuum tube diode in 1904 John Ambrose Fleming 47. Formulated the theory of relativity in 1905 Albert Einstein 48. Conducted the first documented radio broadcasting of speech and music in 1906 Reginald Fessenden 49. Invented the VT triode in 1906 Lee De Forest 50. Invented goniometer in 1907 Alessandro Artom 51. Invented electric organ in 1908 Thadius Cahill 52. Discovered superconductivity in 1911 Kamerlingh Onnes 53. Developed single side band communication in 1915 J R Carson 54. Discovered Shot effect in 1918 W Schottky 55. Invented iconoscope in 1923 Vladimir Zworykin 56. Discovered ionosphere layer in 1925 Edward Appleton 57. Invented Tetrode in 1926 H J Round

58. Discovered the effect of negative feedback on amplifiers in 1927 H S Black 59. Invented pentode in 1928 Tellegen and Hoist 60. Conceptualized MOSFET in 1930 Julius Lilienfield 61. Discovered neutron in 1932 James Chadwick 62. Invented Frequency Modulation in 1933 E H Armstrong 63. Invented Ignitron in 1933 Westinghouse Co. 64. Conceptualized FET in 1935 Oskar Heil 65. Invented xerography in 1937 Chester Carlson 66. Invented cybernetics in 1940 Norbert Weiner 67. Developed ENIAC in 1943 Moore School 68. Developed EDVAC in 1947 University of Pennsylvania 69. Developed SEAC in 1948 National Bureau of Standards 70. Developed UNIVAC in 1947 Eckert and Mauchly 71. Invented the point-contact transistor in 1948 Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley 72. Invented holography in 1948 Dennis Gabor 73. Developed EDSAC in 1948 M V Wilkes

74. Invented floppy disks in 1950 Yoshire Nakamats 75. Invented pin diode in 1950 J I Nishizawa 76. Invented Digital Voltmeter in 1952 Andy Kay 77. Invented the tunnel diode in 1958 Leo Esaki 78. Invented LED in 1960 Allen and Gibbons 79. Invented ink jet printing process in 1963 R G Sweet 80. Invented DIP IC in 1964 Bryant Rogers 81. Invented computer mouse in 1965 Douglas Engelbart 82. Invented fiber optics communication in 1966 Kao and Hockham 83. Invented IMPATT diode in 1964 John and deLoach 84. Invented TRAPATT diode in 1967 Prager, Chang, and Weisbrod 85. Invented BARITT diode in 1968 G T Wright 86. Invented IC in 1958 Jack Kilby 87. Invented the IC Aluminum metallization in 1968 Robert Noyce 88. Invented the internet in 1969 ARPANET 89. Invented the UNIX operating system in 1970 Bell Labs, University of California

90. Invented the CCD in 1970 W S Boyle and G E Smith 91. Invented the video games in 1972 Magnavox 92. Invented the I2L integrated circuit in 1972 Hart and Slob 93. Invented CATT in 1974 Yu, Cady, and Tantrapon 94. Invented bar codes in 1974 Ad Hoc Committee of Grocery Industry 95. Invented VHS recorder in 1975 JVC 96. Invented Laser printer in 1975 IBM 97. Invented Betamax Video Recorder in 1975 Sony 98. Invented pocket TV receiver in 1977 Sinclair Radionics 99. Invented compact disc laser optical recording system in 1978 Philips 100. Invented fiber optic submarine cable in 1981 Standard Telephoned and Cables