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William Shockley

William Shockley

Transistor co-inventor

John Bardeen

Transistor co-inventor

Walter Brattain

Walter Brattain

Transistor co-inventor

Harry Nyquist

Transmission engineering and communications systems

John Renshaw Carson

John Renshaw Carson

AT&T transmission engineering leader

Otto Julius Zobel

Otto Julius Zobel

Filter design and theory pioneer

Bancroft Gherardi Jr.

Bancroft Gherardi Jr.

AT&T chief engineer and transmission pioneer

George Ashley Campbell

George Ashley Campbell

Long-distance telephony innovator

Ralph Hartley

Information theory innovator

Amos E. Joel Jr.

Amos E. Joel Jr.

Electronic switching and cellular innovator

Lester Germer

Bell Labs physicist

Dawon Kahng

MOSFET co-inventor

Russell Ohl

Pioneered P-N junctions for solar cells

Hendrik Wade Bode

Hendrik Wade Bode

Pioneer of control theory and electronic telecommunications

Willard Boyle

Charge coupled device inventor

Esther M. Conwell

Esther M. Conwell

Semiconductor innovator

Clinton Davisson

Clinton Davisson

Bell Labs Nobel prize winner

Homer Dudley

Speech synthesis inventor

Mervin Kelly

Vacuum tube innovator and solid-state team builder

Rudolf Kompfner

Rudolf Kompfner

Wave transmission and amplification innovator

Robert W. Lucky

Robert W. Lucky

Invented the adaptive equalizer

Warren P. Mason

Warren P. Mason

Distributed-element circuit pioneer

George E. Smith

George E. Smith

Charge coupled device inventor

Mohamed M. Atalla

Mohamed M. Atalla

MOSFET co-inventor

Harold Stephen Black

Harold Stephen Black

Invented the negative feedback amplifier

Lee de Forest

Vacuum tube inventor

John Bertrand Johnson

John Bertrand Johnson

Discovered thermal noise in conductors

James West

Electret microphone co-inventor

Oliver Heaviside

Oliver Heaviside

Transmission innovator (inductive loading)

Mihajlo Pupin

Loading coil inventor

Charles K. Kao

Fiber optics and laser innovator