Otto Schmitt (inventor)
Otto Herbert Schmitt (born April 6, 1913 in St. Louis , Missouri , † January 6, 1998 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) was an American biophysicist, co-founder of biomimetics and professor at the University of Minnesota .
In the field of electronics he invented the Schmitt trigger named after him , which he developed in 1934, and the principles of the chopper amplifier and the differential amplifier . In 1953 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society . He was awarded the John Price Wetherill Medal in 1972.
Individual evidence
- ^ In Appreciation - A Lifetime of Connections: Otto Herbert Schmitt, 1913-1998 . In: Physics in Perspective . tape 4 , no. 4 , December 2002, p. 456-490 , doi : 10.1007 / s000160200005 .
Web links
- Herman P. Schwan, David B. Geselowitz: OTTO H. SCHMITT . In: National Academy of Sciences (Ed.): Memorial Tributes . tape 10 , 2002 (English, nap.edu ).
- Otto Schmitt, Biophysicist and Inventor Extraordinaire. The Bakken Library and Museum, Minneapolis, archived from the original on August 11, 2013 (English, material collection).
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| SURNAME | Schmitt, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmitt, Otto Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American biophysicist and inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis , Missouri |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1998 |
| Place of death | Minneapolis , Minnesota |