Julius Edgar Lilienfeld

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Julius Edgar Lilienfeld was a pioneering physicist and early inventor in semiconductor electronics, often credited with foundational work leading to the field-effect transistor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf inventor
person
physicist
academicDegree doctorate in physics
associatedWith field-effect transistor patents of the late 1920s
history of transistor development
causeOfNotability pioneering inventor in semiconductor electronics
centuryOfActivity 20th century
contributedTo early semiconductor device engineering
theoretical basis of field-effect devices
countryOfCitizenship Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

United States of America
dateOfBirth 1882-04-18
dateOfDeath 1963-08-28
educatedAt University of Leipzig
era 20th-century physics
familyName Lilienfeld
fieldOfWork electrical engineering
physics
semiconductor electronics
fullName Julius Edgar Lilienfeld self-link
givenName Julius
hasGender male
hasNameInLanguage Julius Edgar Lilienfeld self-linksurface differs
surface form: Julius Edgar Lilienfeld (English)

Julius Edgar Lilienfeld self-linksurface differs
surface form: Julius Edgar Lilienfeld (German)
heritage Austro-Hungarian Jew
influenced development of modern transistors
development of semiconductor electronics
knownFor early transistor-like device patents
field-effect transistor principle
migration emigrated from Europe to the United States
notableFor Lilienfeld field-effect transistor concept
early work on the field-effect transistor
pioneering patents in semiconductor devices
notableIdea use of an electric field to control current in a semiconductor
occupation electrical engineer
inventor
physicist
patent US patent on amplifying device using semiconductors 1920s
US patent on method and apparatus for controlling electric currents (field-effect transistor) 1920s
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Lwów
surface form: Lemberg

Lwów
surface form: Lviv
placeOfDeath Port Chester, New York
residence United States of America

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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Julius Edgar Lilienfeld
Description of subject: Julius Edgar Lilienfeld was a pioneering physicist and early inventor in semiconductor electronics, often credited with foundational work leading to the field-effect transistor.

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Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize namedAfter Julius Edgar Lilienfeld
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld fullName Julius Edgar Lilienfeld self-link
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld hasNameInLanguage Julius Edgar Lilienfeld self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Julius Edgar Lilienfeld (English)
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld hasNameInLanguage Julius Edgar Lilienfeld self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Julius Edgar Lilienfeld (German)