Rudolf Kompfner
Rudolf Kompfner (May 16, 1909 – December 3, 1977) was an Austrian-born inventor, physicist and architect, best known as the inventor of the traveling-wave tube (TWT).
Rudolf Kompfner | |
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| Born | May 16, 1909 |
| Died | December 3, 1977 (aged 68) Stanford, California, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Oxford University, D.Phil. |
| Awards | Duddell Medal and Prize (1955) Stuart Ballantine Medal (1960) IEEE Medal of Honor(1973) National Medal of Science (1974) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
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