William C. Brown
William C. Brown (* 22. May 1916 , † 3. February 1999 ) was an American electrical engineer who in the 1950s in the development of Amplitron (also cross-field amplifier or crossed-field amplifier ) participated.
He earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University in 1937 and his master's degree from MIT in 1941. As a trainee at RCA, he developed his interest in power electron tubes.
In 1940 he began working on magnetrons at Raytheon . Around 1952 he adapted the principle of the magnetron to develop a new broadband amplifier for microwaves, which led to the Amplitron.
In 1961 he published a method for transmitting energy using microwaves and in 1964 demonstrated a microwave-powered model helicopter in a television show. 1969-75 he was the technical director of Raytheons Jet Propulsion Laboratory , which transmitted 30 kW over one mile (1.6 km) with an efficiency of 84%. After Peter Edward Glaser (* 1923) proposed a solar-powered satellite that sends microwaves to earth, Brown tried to realize this idea. In 1994 he retired.
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- ↑ http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/William_C._Brown
- ↑ http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Peter_Glaser
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| SURNAME | Brown, William C. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American electrical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1916 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1999 |