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Edwin H. Colpitts

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Gender Male
Date of birth January 19,1872
Zodiac sign Capricorn
Born Westmorland County
Canada
DiedCity Of Orange
New Jersey
United States
Known forColpitts oscillator
Awards Elliott Cresson Medal
Education Harvard University
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Edwin H. Colpitts Life story


Edwin Henry Colpitts was a communications pioneer best known for his invention of the Colpitts oscillator. As research branch chief for Western Electric in the early 1900s, he and scientists under his direction achieved significant advances in the development of oscillators and vacuum tube push–pull amplifiers.

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