Heinz Beneking

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Heinz Beneking (born March 28, 1924 in Frankfurt am Main ; † October 26, 1996 in Aachen ) was a German physicist and pioneer of semiconductor technology in Germany.

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Beneking studied physics in Frankfurt am Main and Hamburg and received his doctorate in 1951 with a thesis on considerations and experiments on the dynamic secondary electron multiplier. He then worked in industry and as an assistant at RWTH Aachen University (habilitation). In 1961 the Aachen University appointed him director of the newly established Institute for Transistor Technology , which was renamed the Institute for Semiconductor Technology in 1964. In 1966/67 he was dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at RWTH, and in 1989 he retired.

Beneking was one of the first professors in Germany who dealt with the then new transistor technology in teaching and research.

Awards and honors (selection)

Publications (selection)

  • Transistor circuits, 1956
  • Semiconductors in electronics, 1966
  • Transistor technology - basics of circuit theory, 1966 (2nd edition)
  • Transistor Technology - Theoretical Basics, 1967 (5th edition)
  • Modern semiconductor technology, 1969
  • Electronic Noise Practice, 1971
  • Field Effect Transistors, 1973
  • Semiconductor technology, 1991
  • High Speed ​​Semiconductor Devices: Circuit Aspects and Fundamental Behavior, 1994

PhD and undergraduate students

  • Hansjochen Benda, author of the book Introduction to the Basics of Semiconductor Technology (Dissertation, 1964: Determination of the intrinsic conduction density of silicon below the intrinsic conduction temperature from electrical measurements on transistors)
  • Hans Gissel , former IEC president (1993–1995), former AEG board member for telecommunications, defense technology and research (dissertation, 1960: Negative resistances and their application for line suppression)
  • Erhard Kohn, Director of the Institute for Electronic Components and Circuits, Ulm University (Dissertation, 1977: Dimensioning and technology of integrable GHz MeSFETs made from gallium arsenide)
  • Michel Marso, Univ.-Prof. in the Research Unit in Engineering Science at the University of Luxembourg , head of the microwave laboratory (doctoral thesis, 1991: GaInAs Camel transistors)
  • Frank Schulte, European Head of Aixtron SE (Dissertation, 1991: Ga 0.47 In 0.53 As-MISFETs with SiO 2 insulator. Individual structures and integration)
  • Hermann Schumacher, Director of the Institute for Electronic Components and Circuits, Ulm University (Dissertation, 1986: Optoelectronic correlation measurement technology for the characterization of fast photo detectors in the time domain)
  • Dietrich Stephani, Chair for Electronic Components, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Dissertation, 1981: A contribution to automatic brand recognition in electron beam lithography)
  • Andreas Trasser, Academic Senior Councilor at the Institute for Electronic Components and Circuits, Ulm University (Dissertation, 1989: Hybrid-integrated Gbit / s circuits with GaAs MESFETs)
  • Rüdiger Tuzinski, editor-in-chief of the specialist magazines Elektropraktiker and ep Photovoltaik (diploma, 1992: 0.1 µm T-Gates)
  • Andrei Vescan, Univ.-Prof. at the RWTH Aachen , teaching and research area GaN component technology (Diploma, 1991: The application of thin metal halide layers as resists for high-resolution electron beam lithography )

Trivia

Beneking sometimes worked with both hands on the blackboard in his lectures. While he was drawing a graphic with his left hand, he was writing the associated formulas and texts with his right hand.

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  • H. Beneking: Semiconductor Technology . Teubner, Stuttgart 1991
  • Annual Report. RWTH Aachen University: Institute for Semiconductor Technology, Chair 1, 1996

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personal data
SURNAME Beneking, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1996
Place of death Aachen