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| Born | William Bradford Shockley Jr, February 13, 1910, Greater London, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | August 12, 1989, Stanford, California, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Institutions | Bell Labs, Shockley Semiconductor, Stanford University, Columbia University |
| Alma mater | MIT, Caltech |
| 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–Queisser limit, Haynes-Shockley experiment, Read-Shockley equation, Van Roosbroeck-Shockley equation |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1956), Comstock Prize in Physics (1953), Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (1953), Wilheln Exner Medal (1963), IEEE Medal of Honor (1980) |
About William Shockley
Physicist William Shockley was born in London, England on February 13, 1910. He dies at the age of 79, on August 12, 1989.
American physicist and co-inventor of the transistor, who ushered in the electronics revolution and directly contributed to Silicon Valley's electronics boom. For his work, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956.
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William Shockley before becoming famous
William Shockley was born in the Zodiac sign Aquarius (The Water-Bearer), and 1910 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dog (狗).
He joined Bell Labs in New York after finishing his study at Caltech and MIT, before starting his own laboratory in Mountain View, California.
Achievement of William Shockley
Despite being a smart guy, his dictatorial style drove away many of his best employees; eight of them went on to found Fairchild Semiconductor, which became an instant success, while his own business was sold to Beckman Instruments.
William Shockley's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
His father, William Hillman Shockley, was a mining engineer, and he was born in London, England.
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He was also a fervent supporter of Mathematician Francis Galton's eugenics theory, saying that other races were intellectually inferior to whites and that their high birthrate posed a threat to mankind as a whole.
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