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ECE32
Engr. Acapulco
The history of electronics is a story of the twentieth century and three key
componentsthe vacuum tube, the transistor, and the integrated circuit. In 1883,
Thomas Alva Edison discovered that electrons will flow from one metal conductor to
another through a vacuum. This discovery of conduction became known as the
Edison effect. In 1904, John Fleming applied the Edison effect in inventing a twoelement electron tube called a diode, and Lee De Forest followed in 1906 with the
three-element tube, the triode. These vacuum tubes were the devices that made
manipulation of electrical energy possible so it could be amplified and transmitted.
Vacuum tubes (Thermionic valves) were one of the earliest electronic components.
They were almost solely responsible for the electronics revolution of the first half of
the Twentieth Century. They took electronics from parlor tricks and gave us radio,
television, phonographs, radar, long distance telephony and much more.
To understand the interesting history of these electronic devices helps explain
why science and technology are important, too. Without these technologies and
electronics, our status in the world community would be diminished; therefore it is
important to study the history of electronics, science and technology. The historical
approach to Electronics is a real task because of the tremendous amount of material
that must be sorted through. Electronics is a vast sea of scientific information.
The history, origin and development of electronics and technology and some
great inventions and contribution of some of the greatest scientists and inventors of
all times: