- Hung-Chang Lin
Hung Chang Lin (Jimmy Lin) (born
August 8 , 1919) is a Chinese-AmericanInventor who currently resides inMaryland .Hung C. Lin holds 61 U.S.
patent s. Among his inventions are the quasi-complementary amplifier which is used in mast commercial audio amplifiers. Another of his inventions is the lateral transistor which is used in linear integrated circuits and T2L digital integrated circuits. He also invented thewireless microphone .He has published more than 170 professional papers mostly on transistors and integrated circuits.
In 1941 he received the B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Chiaotung University in
Shanghai ,China .In 1948 he received the M.S. degree from theUniversity of Michigan .In 1956 he received the Doctor of Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute ofBrooklyn .In 1978 he was presented with theJJ Ebers Award from theIEEE .In 2000 he was elected to be academacien of Academia Sinica.
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