Birth and Evolution of Transistor and Its Impact on Humanity
CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS OF TRANSISORS FROM VICTORIA AND AUSTRALIA
Birth and Evolution of Transistor and Its Impact on Humanity
M.K. Radhakrishnan
NanoRel LLP Technical Consultants, Singapore
The main intention is for an Distinguished Lecturer Program talk that I have planned as part of the Celebration of 75 years of the Transistors and this will be delivered by one of DL experts in our region.
Since this is the 75 years celebration, I wanted to get all the states and territories involved to make it a grand event to all audience across Australia and this will be a contribution from Australia on this special event which IEEE HQ have put out some form of financial contribution towards the event which I am pursuing on how this will be distributed among our chapters in Australia and part of the Australian Counsil celebration as well.
So I kindly please request if you will like to take part in this event and the chapters to be put part of the organizing of the DL program/talk on 75 years of Transistors. I am doing all the organization aspects of getting all the needed advertisement but
- Please send me an email of your intension to be part of this event and putting this advertisement within your chapters across all states and territories. There may be no IEEE Electron Devices in some states/territories but this could be great occasion for other chapters as transistors has played a part of our life to this day in aspects of technologies.
- I need to kindly please know that you are participant of this event
You are welcome to share this to members and non-members, industries, student branches, other chapters, committee members, etc.
Abstract
A birth, though looks accidental soon after the end of second world war was not hailed too much during those days. However, the child grew slowly but steadily with many siblings during the next decades and the associated growth has captured all walks of human activities. The influence is such that even the breathing of present society is so controlled by the stimulus of this birth. A worldwide appraisal during the end of the last century gave the top rank to this baby. It may be noted that the siblings could be born years apart only and that also after marathon efforts. Looking further back, it has precedence with the parents receiving acclaims in certain cases, whereas neglects in some other. In fact, the first semiconductor device development deriving to a patent was 120 years back. We are discussing the births of these fundamental devices which impacted the human life at various stages. Interestingly, the technology progression which happened during these years has immensely helped in developing many useful tools and techniques for the benefit of mankind especially in human life style, health care, entertainment, etc. All these are indebted to the evolution of semiconductor device technology, which is the theme of this talk. Early stages of semiconductor device evolution depicting the key aspects will be discussed in the first part. Further, the progression of technology and its transformation from micro to nano-electronic devices will be discussed in brief. Currently, we stand at another juncture, where the fruits of developments in the last century science and the depth of knowledge mankind acquired through research in material science and various mathematical tools merge to emerge in the form of artificial intelligence, machine learning, quantum technology, etc as new sets of advancements in technological evolution. All these provide a broad picture of the vast field emerged due to device technology development, where the importance still lies in understanding the fundamentals of device physics, materials and interfaces. A very brief overview of these progressions will be presented in this talk along with the evolution to present day applications like Yutube, Whatsaap, etc. The benefits to humanity are immense from all these, but seems to challenge fundamentals of the human thought process and behavioral pattern. A major pattern change is already happening. Reflections from various corners are alarming and a short discussion about such observations is also the part of this talk.
Speaker
Dr. MK Radhakrishnan is the founder of NanoRel LLP -Technical Consultants Singapore providing analysis-based solutions to micro/nano electronic industries for improving design and process reliability of devices. As a researcher in the area of semiconductor device physics and analysis for more than 40 years he worked as Director and Principal Consultant to Philips Electronics Singapore/Netherlands (2001-2004), Senior Member Technical Staff at the Institute of Microelectronics Singapore (1993-2001), Device Program Leader in ST Microelectronics (1991-1993) and a Scientist in ISRO (1985-1991). He was Adjunct Professor at National University of Singapore (1994-2007) and Visiting Professor at IISc, Bangalore in 2003-4. He served as a UN Expert for device reliability & analysis under UNDP for ITU, Geneva in 1995-97. Dr. Radhakrishnan is currently the Secretary of IEEE Electron Devices Society (2020 onwards) where he was the Vice-President of the Society (2016-2019) and elected member of the Board of Governors (2011-2016). He is an IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecturer from 1997 onwards. He serves as Editor of IEEE Journal of Electron Devices (IEEE JEDS) and Editorial Board Member of Microelectronics Reliability Journal (UK). He was Editor-in-Chief of IEEE EDS Newsletter (2013-17), Editor of Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science (JSTS) from 2002-2005 and Guest Editor to IEEE TDMR. As a researcher, academician and technical consultant he works with various MNCs and institutions in Asia, Europe and USA providing consultancy/training on device FA, reliability and ESD. He has given plenary/keynote talks at numerous major international conferences, and has given more than 120 EDS Distinguished Lectures in different countries in all IEEE Regions. He is a Life Fellow of IETE, Life Senior Member of IEEE, Member of EDFAS and ESDA.
(This Distinguished Lecture is part of IEEE EDS program to commemorate the 75th Year of Transistor invention)
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- Date: 13 Dec 2022
- Time: 03:30 AM UTC to 04:45 AM UTC
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- Melbourne, Victoria, Victoria
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Hi Dr Radhakrishnan,
Hope all is well. Thanks for the kind and prompt reply.
It will be a great pleasure to have you as DL to the Victorian and Australian Community with you vast amount of work & expertise/experience that you have done to-date to global community. As it is the 75th Year of the Transistor, this will be a great opportunity to celebrate this event and your DL.
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- Starts 10 November 2022 02:18 AM UTC
- Ends 13 December 2022 04:05 AM UTC
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Radhakrishnan of India
As I mentioned in my earlier reply mail, I prefer to give this talk in conjunction with the 75 Year celebration of Transistor invention. For details of IEEE EDS celebration, please visit EDS website at IEEE.
Visit : https://eds.ieee.org/about-eds/75th-anniversary-of-the-transistor
As an EDS Chapter you would have received the info from EDS office and the banner.
The year 1905 is well known as the “Miracle Year” because Albert Einstein published four papers that changed the laws of physics and were significant contributions to the foundation of modern physics. Similarly, November 1947 – January 1948 were the three magical months that paved the way for modern-day electronics. This was done by three brilliant scientists who were members of the Mervin Kelly’s Solid State Physics Group and Semiconductor Sub-Group at Bell Labs, which were given the challenging task of creating a solid-state semiconductor switch that could replace the vacuum tube. The famous physicists - Walter Brattain and John Bardeen managed to make the first working transistor, now known as the point-contact transistor. The invention was made on December 16, 1947. A week after that, the device was officially demonstrated to Bell Labs executives as a “magnificent Christmas present." In January 1948, William Shockley demonstrated the junction transistor. All three received The Nobel Prize in Physics (1956) and as per Nobel Prize Committee - "In 1947 John Bardeen and Walter Brattain produced a semiconductor amplifier, which was further developed by William Shockley. The component was named a "transistor."
The Electron Devices Society has decided to celebrate the year 2022-2023 as the 75th Anniversary of the Transistor. As the history of this invention and of its consequences is much more involved and interesting, it is imperative that the leading EDS Luminaries share the scientific & technological developments which took place in the last 75 years, with the current generation of researchers.
Popularizing talks at Conferences and Mini-Colloquia, Technical Articles in the EDS Newsletter, Webinar Series shall be a part of the various activities undertaken by “75th Anniversary of the Transistor Adhoc Committee” with an aim to provide technical information and education to enlighten EDS members. This shall be a mark of tribute to the men and women who have contributed to the Transistor Story – Discovery, Development, and Applications which has had a lasting impact on people's lives and has benefited mankind where it serves good in social relations, caring for the Earth, sciece, technology, engineering, and economy.
More details to follow on his biography hoewere please his linkedn profile which provides a great deal of work to this day with starts-ups, nanotechnology, BoG, ED chair, many accolades, etc. and working with Professor Manoj Saxena who is charge of the 75 years of Transistors for ED across the world.
MK Radhakrishnan, Ph.D
Secretary, IEEE Electron Devices Society
IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecturer
Tel : +91-9447663869
E-mail : radhakrishnan@ieee.org
Linkedn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mk-radhakrishnan-17487b14/?originalSubdomain=in
In conjunction of the work with professors mentioed below, Kindly visit the webpage of "75th Anniversary of the Transistor" for all updates - https://eds.ieee.org/about-eds/75th-anniversary-of-the-transistor
with regards
Manoj Saxena
75th Anniversary of the Transistor Adhoc Committee Chair
Manoj Saxena
Associate Editor-in-Chief IEEE Electron Devices Society Newsletter
IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecturer,
Fellow-The National Academy of Sciences (india); Fellow - Optical Society of India, Fellow-IETE, India
EDS BoG Member (2018-2020, 2021 - )
Chair-IEEE EDS Delhi Chapter (India)
Professor, Department of Electronics
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi
Dwarka Sector-3, New Delhi-110078, India
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Address:India
Agenda
EVENT AGENDA (Virtual Zoom Meeting, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia):
2.15 - 2.30PM REGISTER and PRE-EVENT IN VICTORIA and ASSOCIATED OTHER STATES (MIGGING WITH ATTANDEES LIKEWISE WITHIN VIRUAL CONNECTION)
2.30 - 2.35PM INTRODUCTION OF THE DL SPEAKER AND TITLE OF THE TALK
2.35 - 3.35PM DL SPEAKER TO PRESENT THE TALK
3.35 - 3.45 QUESTION & ANSWER (Q/A)
3.45 - 3.50 CLOSING CEREMONY ON DL TALK
SUPPORT AND SPONSOR FOR THIS EVENT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AS "TRANSISTORS ARE ELEMENTS TO THIS DAY AND WLL CONFINUE FOR NEXT YEARS TO COME,