The American Vacuum Society is a well known group,
akin to the IEEE for those in the vacuum electronics field.

As for the first patenting of the transistor many say Heil
was the first.
http://www.midnightscience.com/_web/000008dc.htm

It was a field effect type of device.

Mike


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ummmm, excuse me

Fleming invented the rectifier, but DeForest invent the audion, aka the
triode, i.e. the first AMPLIFIER

this was by far the bigger breakthough

it's seems Mr. DeForest gets no respect in death, much like he was screwed
over in life.

and who the hell is this bogus "American Vacuum Society"?? anyone here
ever heard of them?

surely if they are having their "51st" annual symposium, I would think a
ton of guys here would be familiar with them

unless they are BO-GUS

well, anyways, it seems the big party needs to be in 2006, on the
anniversery of the Deforest's AMPLIFIER, which was truly the father of the
transistor, integrated circuit, computers, radios, cell phones, TV's, etc.
and almost every high tech device we use today.



"Today, November 16, 2004 has been declared as the
centennial of the birth of modern electronics by the American Vacuum
Society. As the AIP Physics News Update reports, this marks 'British
scientist John Ambrose Fleming's 1904 invention of the first practical
electronic device. Known as the thermionic diode, this first simple
vacuum tube, containing only two electrodes, could be used to convert an
alternating current (AC) to a direct current (DC).' Today's celebration
takes place as part of the AVS's 51st Annual Symposium & Exhibition in
Anaheim, CA. Being a guitar player myself, I've come to truly appreciate
the technology of the vacuum tube every time I crank up my amplifier.
This 100-year-old grandfather of electronics, used by musicians and
audiophiles across the world, has proven that profound advances in
technology do not always render old technologies obsolete."'