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To: elmatador who wrote (19558)	4/13/2002 2:26:08 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 34857

Communications Pioneer Pierce Dies By MATTHEW FORDAHL AP Technology Writer April 5, 2002, 7:11 PM EST SAN JOSE, Calif. -- John Robinson Pierce, an electrical engineer who pioneered satellite communications and coined the word "transistor," has died. He was 92. Pierce, who died Tuesday in Sunnyvale, also was a musician and science fiction writer. He recorded some of the first synthesized music and wrote under the pen name J.J. Coupling. But he once said his greatest contribution took place in 1948 while he worked at Bell Laboratories, then the research arm of AT&T. Colleagues had invented a solid state device that amplified electrical signals. One of the inventors, Walter Brattain, knew of Pierce's ability with words and asked for advice for a name. He suggested it be called a transistor. "It was supposed to be the dual of the vacuum tube," he said in a PBS interview for the program "Transitorized!" "The vacuum tube had transconductance, so the transistor would have 'transresistance.' "And the name should fit in with the names of other devices, such as varistor and thermistor," he said. "And ... I suggested the name 'transistor.'" The name stuck and transistors would be used to develop everything from small radios to computers, ushering in the digital age. In 1954, Pierce said satellite communication would be possible by bouncing signals off an orbiting object, an idea first proposed by science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke in 1945. Pierce's ideas were proven in 1960 with the launch of Echo, a giant balloon that bounced phone calls across the country from the Bell Labs facility in Crawford Hill, N.J. In 1962, he played a key role in the development and launch of Telstar, the first active communications satellite. In addition to carrying phone traffic, it relayed the first live television images between the United States and Europe. Pierce won one of engineering's top awards, the Draper Prize, with fellow satellite pioneer Harold Rosen in 1995. Pierce retired from Bell Labs in 1971 as director of research in communications. He returned to his alma mater, the California Institute of Technology and its Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as an engineering professor. Later, he was a music professor at Stanford University and wrote books on theories of music and sound. He is survived by his wife, Brenda Woodard Pierce, as well as a son and daughter from a previous marriage. newsday.com For archives see: interesting-people.org ----- transmeow?? (transconductance has always been kind of magic, more suitable for CMOS and FET tranistors, kind of adjustable resistors, from behind a gate) Personally I have always used a model of a transistor similar to shooting ducks with a little shotgun, one shot into the base and some 10-300 ducks fall from the collector to the emitter, lead and all. The smaller the shotgun, base and ducks, the faster one can shoot them, 0.07um is pretty good. Ilmarinen The local machivellians on YLE are also out hunting, lost on an isolated island..now trying to make a fire and some smoke for signalling, but also pondering the possibility of cannibalism. (they just got found coconut and three dead seagulls, no ducks, now negotiating over the budget)

To: elmatador who wrote (19558)	4/15/2002 9:14:12 AM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

re: Siemens & Motorola 3G phones >> Siemens, Motorola To Cooperate On 3G Handset Development Chris Reiter Dow Jones Newswires Monday April 15, 2001 Germany 's Siemens AG (SI) said Monday it will cooperate with Motorola Inc. (MOT) of the U.S. in the development of its third-generation, or 3G, mobile phones. Siemens will introduce its first 3G handset in the fourth quarter this year, based on Motorola's A820 handset. Siemens' handset will be essentially identical to the Motorola model, but bearing the Siemens name, a Siemens spokesman said. For the development of future 3G handsets, Siemens has signed an agreement to use Motorola's i.300 chip set. Siemens' first handsets based on Motorola chips will be available in early 2004, the company said. The agreement with Motorola is Siemens' only existing agreement with a producer of 3G chips, but the spokesman said the relationship between Siemens and Motorola isn't exclusive. Siemens is currently the world's third-largest maker of mobile phones, while Motorola is ranked as number two. A Siemens spokesman said Motorola was chosen over other technology providers, because of time to market advantages and performance. The deal replaces a similar cooperation agreement with Japan 's Toshiba Corp. ( J.TOS), which was put on ice last year. The agreement with Motorola could also be a blow to Siemens former semiconductor unit Infineon Technologies (NYSE: IFX), which loses out on a deal to provide 3G chips to its former parent company. << - Eric -