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Gordon K. Teal
Gordon K. Teal
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The first transistors, fabricated in polycrystalline germanium at Bell Labs, were unstable and exhibited erratic behavior. Gordon recognized that grain boundaries and other defects characteristic of polycrystalline materials were the likely reasons for this poor performance.
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The absence of grain boundaries decreased the trapping of charge carriers, and the single-crystal growth process itself further purified the germanium. After the demonstration of enhanced performance and reproducibility in transistors fabricated from single crystals, Bell Labs established an entire group devoted to growing semiconductor crystals.
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The Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Institute named him Inventor of the Year for 1966. Two years later, he received the IEEE Medal of Honor, and a year after that, in 1969, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering "For essential contributions to the development of the semiconductor and electronic industries." The American Chemical Society honored him with its Award for Creative Invention in 1970, and in 1984, he received the IEEE Centennial Award.
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