Greenleaf Whittier Pickard
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Greenleaf Whittier Pickard

Born February 14, 1877(1877-02-14)
Died January 8, 1956 (aged 78)
Residence United States
Nationality American
Fields Electrical engineering
Notable awards IEEE Medal of Honor

Greenleaf Whittier Pickard (February 14, 1877, Portland, Maine - January 8, 1956, Newton, Massachusetts) was a United States radio pioneer. Pickard was a researcher in the early days of wireless. He experimented with crystal detectors, used in crystal radio receivers. On August 30, 1906 he filed a patent for a silicon crystal detector, which was granted on November 20, 1906.1 Pickard's detector was revolutionary in that he found that a fine pointed wire known as a "cat's whisker", in delicate contact with a mineral produced the best semiconductor effect. Greenleaf Whittier Pickard was named after his great-uncle, the American Quaker John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892).

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  1. ^ www.bellsystemmemorial.com/belllabs_transistor1.html. 17:42, 15 March 2006.
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