Lesson VI

History & Development

Of Electronics
Regio Moises
IV-Lapu Lapu

Electronics
We will begin our discussion by
tracing the roots of electronics.
After J.J. Thompson
discovered the electron, the carrier of
negative electric charge, many
scientists were
fascinated and became curious about
the behavior of this fundamental
particle. Scientists
worked in laboratories until their
ideas were perfected and made to
proper use. The electron
was subjected to different conditions
and was controlled in different
media like vacuum, gas
and semiconductor materials.

History OF Electronics

*1904 Sir John Ambrose Fleming

invents the vacuum tube and diode.
*1906 Lee De Forest develops the
triode.
*1934 Electronic hearing aid invented
*1947 John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain,
and William B. Shockley of
Bell Telephone Laboratories invent the
transistor.
*1950s Germanium is used to make
semiconductors in transistors. Late
in the 1950s, silicon begins to
replace germanium as a
semiconductor material.
*1954 The transistor radio is introduced
and becomes the largest
selling item of the time
*1958 Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments
invents the integrated circuit
(IC).
*1958 Robert Noyce develops an
integrated circuit that can be
miniaturized and reliably
manufactured
*1958 Seymour Cray at Control Data
Corp. develops a transistorized
computer

*1961 Silicon chips first appear

*1967 First handheld calculator using
an integrated circuit is made by
Texas Instruments.
*1968 Robert Noyce cofounds Intel.
*1970 The bar code system is created.
*1971 Intel introduces its popular 4004
4-bit microprocessor, starting
the evolution of Intel's famous line of
386, 486, and Pentium
processors
*1971 First video game and video disc
introduced.
*1979 Mattel Toy Company receives 1
millionth chip for electronic
games
*1980s Integrated circuits applied to
computers
*1981 32-bit silicon chips developed. 6
*1984 Compact disc (CD) player
introduced.
*1984 CD-ROM (compact-disc read-only
memory) is available

Wireless Telegraphy And Radio

Some of the devices which would enable
wireless telegraphywere invented before
1900. These include the
spark-gap transmitterand thecohererwith
early demonstrations and published
findings byDavid Edward Hughes
(1880)]andHeinrich Rudolf Hertz(1887 to
1890)and further additions to the field by
douard Branly,Nikola Tesla,Oliver Lodge,
Jagadish Chandra Bose, and
Ferdinand Braun. In 1896,Guglielmo
Marconiwent on to develop a practical and
widely used radio system.

In 1904,John Ambrose Fleming, the first professor of electrical

Engineering at University College London, invented the first
radio tube, thediode. Then, in 1906,Robert von Liebenand
Lee De Forestindependently developed the amplifier tube, called
thetriode.Electronicsis often considered to have begun with the
invention of the triode. Within 10 years, the device was used in
radiotransmittersandreceiversas well as systems for long distance
telephone calls.

Television
In 1928Philo Farnsworthmade the
first public demonstration of a
purelyelectronic television.During
the 1930s several countries began
broadcasting, and after
World War IIit spread to millions of
receivers, eventually worldwide.
Ever since then, electronics have
been fully present in television
devices.
Modern televisions and video displays have evolved from bulky
electron tube technology to use more compact devices, such as
plasmaandLCD displays. The trend is for even lower power devices
such as theorganic light-emitting diodedisplays, and it is most likely
to replace the LCD and plasma technologies.

Radar And Radio Location

DuringWorld War IImany

efforts were expended in the
electronic location of enemy
targets and aircraft. These
included radio beam guidance
of bombers, electronic counter
measures, earlyradarsystems
etc. During this time very little if
any effort was expended on
consumer electronics
developments.

Computers
Mechanical examples of computers have existed through much of
recorded human history, the first electronic computers
were developed in the mid-20th century (19401945). These were
the size of a
large room, consuming as much power
as several hundred modern personal
computers (PCs).Simple computers are
small enough to fit into small pocket
devices, and can be powered by a small
battery.

Micro processors
In 1969,Ted Hoffconceived the commercial
microprocessoratInteland thus ignited
the development of the personal
computer. Hoff's invention was part of an
order by a Japanese company for a
desktop programmable electronic
calculator, which Hoff wanted to build as
cheaply as possible.

The first realization of the microprocessor was theIntel 4004, a 4-bit

processor, in 1969,
but only in 1973 did theIntel 8080, an 8-bit
processor, make the building of the first personal computer, theMITS
Altair 8800, possible. The first PC was announced to the general public
on the cover of the January 1975 issue ofPopular Electronics.

Development Of Electronics

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