Rudolf Kompfner
Austrian-born inventor, physicist and architect / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rudolf Kompfner (May 16, 1909 ā December 3, 1977) was an Austrian-born inventor, physicist and architect, best known as the inventor of the traveling-wave tube (TWT).
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Rudolf Kompfner | |
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Born | (1909-05-16)May 16, 1909 |
Died | December 3, 1977(1977-12-03) (aged 68) Stanford, California, United States |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Oxford University, D.Phil. |
Awards | Duddell Medal and Prize (1955) Stuart Ballantine Medal (1960) IEEE Medal of Honor(1973) National Medal of Science (1974) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Electrical engineering |
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