Dawon Kahng
(1931-1992)
South Korean engineer
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Dawon Kahng (Korean: 강대원; May 4, 1931 – May 13, 1992) was a Korean-American electrical engineer and inventor, known for his work in solid-state electronics. He is best known for inventing the MOSFET (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor), also known as the MOS transistor (along with his colleague Mohamed Atalla) in 1959. Kahng and Atalla developed both the PMOS and NMOS processes for MOSFET semiconductor device fabrication. The MOSFET is the most widely used type of transistor, and the basic element in most modern electronic equipment.
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4 May 1931 Seoul, South Korea
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13 May 1992 (aged 61) New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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