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William Shockley

William Shockley

American physicist and inventor

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Is a
Person
Person
Academic Discipline
Physics
Physics
Awards Received
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1956 Nobel Prize in Physics
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1974 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee
Citizenship
United States
United States
Birthdate
February 13, 1910
Date of Death
August 12, 1989
Doctoral Advisor
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John C. Slater
Educated at
California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Founder of
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory
Known for
Point-contact transistor and GJT Diffused-base transistor Heterojunction bipolar transistor Thyristor BARITT diode Shockley diode Junction theory BJT theory FET theory Deathnium Deep-level trap Deformation potential theory Empty lattice approximation Gradual channel approximation Lucky electron model Hot electron theory Channel length modulation Process variation Ion implantation Low-level injection Through-silicon via Transmission line measurement Shockley diode equation Shockley–Read–Hall recombination Shockley partials Shockley–Ramo theorem Shockley states Shockley–James paradox Shockley–Queisser limit Haynes–Shockley experiment Read–Shockley equation Van Roosbroeck– Shockley equation
Location
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Occupation
Scientist
Scientist
Physicist
Physicist
Birthplace
London
London
Place of Death
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Stanford, California
Wikidata ID
Q163415

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