Birthdate: April 18, 1882
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lviv, Ukraine
Died: August 28, 1963
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld was a physicist and electrical engineer recognized for his groundbreaking research on the field-effect transistor (FET). He secured the initial patent for the FET in 1925. However, he encountered difficulties in constructing a functional device because of the scarcity of high-purity semiconductor materials. Lilienfeld’s decision not to publish his work in scientific journals and the lack of acknowledgment for his FET patent caused confusion among subsequent inventors. Nonetheless, his efforts established a crucial groundwork for the development of semiconductor technology in the future.
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