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    Electronics history began with the invention of the vacuum diode in 1897 and vacuum triode in 1904, allowing electrical signal amplification. This led to the development of tetrode and pentode tubes that dominated electronics until World War II. In the subsequent years, the integrated circuit was invented, drastically changing electronics by integrating entire circuits onto a single microchip, reducing costs, size, and weight. These radical changes culminated in the introduction of microprocessors in 1969. Many pioneering scientists and inventors throughout history contributed to advancements in electronics technology, including Galvani, Coulomb, Volta, Oersted, Ohm, Faraday, Morse, Maxwell, Hertz, Ampere, Weber, Edison, Tesla,

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    Electronics history began with the invention of the vacuum diode in 1897 and vacuum triode in 1904, allowing electrical signal amplification. This led to the development of tetrode and pentode tubes that dominated electronics until World War II. In the subsequent years, the integrated circuit was invented, drastically changing electronics by integrating entire circuits onto a single microchip, reducing costs, size, and weight. These radical changes culminated in the introduction of microprocessors in 1969. Many pioneering scientists and inventors throughout history contributed to advancements in electronics technology, including Galvani, Coulomb, Volta, Oersted, Ohm, Faraday, Morse, Maxwell, Hertz, Ampere, Weber, Edison, Tesla,

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    Electronics history began with the invention of the vacuum diode in 1897 and vacuum triode in 1904, allowing electrical signal amplification. This led to the development of tetrode and pentode tubes that dominated electronics until World War II. In the subsequent years, the integrated circuit was invented, drastically changing electronics by integrating entire circuits onto a single microchip, reducing costs, size, and weight. These radical changes culminated in the introduction of microprocessors in 1969. Many pioneering scientists and inventors throughout history contributed to advancements in electronics technology, including Galvani, Coulomb, Volta, Oersted, Ohm, Faraday, Morse, Maxwell, Hertz, Ampere, Weber, Edison, Tesla,

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    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 World War II. The
    subsequent years witnessed the invention of the integrated circuits (ICs)
    that drastically changed the electronic circuits’ nature as the entire
    electronic circuit got integrated on a single chip, which resulted in low: cost,
    size, and weight electronic devices. radical changes in all these
    components led to the introduction of microprocessors in 1969 by Intel.
    This history of electronics technology costs a greater investment of time,
    efforts, and talent from the real heroes, some of them are described below.
    Luigi Galvani (1737-1798)
    Luigi Galvani was a professor at the University of Bologna. He studied the
    effects of electricity on animals, especially on frogs.

    Charles Coulomb (1737-1806)


    Charles coulomb was a great scientist of the 18th century. He
    experimented with mechanical resistance and developed the coulomb’s law
    of electro-static charges in the year 1799.

    Allesandro Volta (1745-1827)


    He was the first to develop a battery (Voltaic cell) that could produce
    electricity as a result of a chemical reaction.
    Hans Christian Oersted (1777-1852)
    He initiated the study of electromagnetism and discovered Aluminum in the
    year 1820.
    George Simon Ohm (1789-1854)
    He discovered Ohms law in the year 1827, which is a relationship between
    current, voltage& resistance. The unit for resistance is named after him.
    Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
    he demonstrated electromagnetic induction in the year 1831.
    Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872)
    brought a telegraphy system to the forefront with electromagnets &
    invented the code in 1844 and named after him.
    James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)
    James Clerk Maxwell formulated an important theory – that is,
    electromagnetic theory of light.
    Heinrich Rudolph Hertz (1857-1894)
    he demonstrated the velocity of radio waves and also known as Hertzian
    waves which were equivalent to that of light.
    Andre Marie Ampere (1775-1836)
    He studied the effects of electric current and invented solenoid. The SI unit
    of electric current (the Ampere) was named after him.
    Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804-1891)
    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.
    Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1932)
    He developed many devices like, practical electric bulbs, motion picture
    cameras, photograph,s, and other such things.
    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.
    Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824-1887)
    He developed Kirchhoff’s law that allows calculation of the voltages,
    currents, and resistances of electrical networks.
    Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
    Einstein was involved in Max Planck’s experimental results to notice
    electromagnetic energy appeared to be produced from radiating objects
    within quantities that were separate.
    The birth of modern electronics is started from a vacuum diode. The 20th
    century is changed because of electronics because all the systems used
    today are electronics based. Through, the future of electronics seems to be
    extremely good because of the growth in electronics. The upcoming fields
    like bioinformatics & quantum communication are leading regions of
    electronics.

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