Walter Heywang

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Walter Heywang (born October 1, 1923 in Schweinfurt ; † July 25, 2010 in Grasbrunn ) was a German physicist who dealt with semiconductor physics and ceramic electronic materials.

Heywang went to graduate in 1948 and his doctorate in 1950 at the University of Wuerzburg (on the topic proposed an experiment to decide between linear and nonlinear theory of superconductivity ) to Siemens . From 1976 to 1987 he was Head of Central Research and Development.

Since 1969 he was honorary professor at the Technical University of Munich .

In 1956, Heywang developed a method at Siemens to produce high-purity silicon. He also developed measuring methods to measure conductivity as well as recombination and trapping processes in semiconductors. He also researched compound semiconductors such as indium antimonide and gallium arsenide , piezoelectric materials, amorphous semiconductors and ferroelectricity .

He wrote over 70 scientific papers, several books and around 70 patents. He supervised around 20 doctoral students.

In 1983 he received the Wilhelm Exner Medal and the Czochralski Medal of the Polish Society for Materials Science. He is an honorary doctorate from Lund University (1981) and a Fellow of the IEEE (1979).

He was co-editor of the semiconductor electronics series at Springer-Verlag.

Fonts

  • Sensor technology, semiconductor electronics, Volume 17, Springer Verlag, 4th edition 1993 (first 1984)
  • Amorphous and polycrystalline semiconductors, semiconductor electronics, Volume 18, Springer Verlag 1984
  • Editor with Karl Lubitz, Wolfram Wersing Piezoelectricity: evolution and future of a technology , Springer Verlag 2008
  • with Johannes Pötzl volume structure and current transport , 2nd edition, semiconductor electronics, volume 3, Springer Verlag 1991 (first 1976)
  • with Fritz Nücke, Erwin Timm Physics for Technicians , Crafts and Technology, 10th edition 1986

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death news in the Physik Journal, Volume 9, 2010, No. 10, p. 47
personal data
SURNAME Heywang, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Schweinfurt
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 2010
Place of death Grasbrunn