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| birth_place = [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|10|31|1906|7|18}}
| death_place = [[Exeter, New Hampshire]], U.S.
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'''Sidney Darlington''' (July 18, 1906 &ndash; October 31, 1997) was an American electrical engineer and inventor of a [[transistor]] configuration in 1953, the [[Darlington transistor|Darlington pair]]. He advanced the state of [[network theory]], developing the insertion-loss synthesis approach, and invented [[pulse compression|chirp radar]], [[bombsight]]s, and gun and rocket [[Guidance system|guidance]].
'''Sidney Darlington''' (July 18, 1906 &ndash; October 31, 1997) was an American electrical engineer and inventor of a [[transistor]] configuration in 1953, the [[Darlington transistor|Darlington pair]]. He advanced the state of [[network theory]], developing the insertion-loss synthesis approach, and invented [[pulse compression|chirp radar]], [[bombsight]]s, and gun and rocket [[Guidance system|guidance]].


Darlington was awarded a B.S. in Physics, Magna Cum Laude, from Harvard in 1928 where he was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He also received a B.S. in E.E. from MIT in 1929, and a Ph.D. in Physics from Columbia in 1940.<ref>http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Sidney_Darlington</ref>
Darlington was awarded a B.S. in physics, magna cum laude, from Harvard in 1928, where he was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He also received a B.S. in E.E. from MIT in 1929, and a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia in 1940.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Sidney_Darlington|title = Sidney Darlington - Engineering and Technology History Wiki|date = 14 August 2017}}</ref>


In 1945, he was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the United States' highest civilian honor, for his contributions during World War II. He was an elected member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]], which cited his contributions to electrical network theory, radar, and guidance systems. In 1975, he received [[IEEE]]'s [[Edison Medal]] "For basic contributions to network theory and for important inventions in radar systems and electronic circuits" and the [[IEEE Medal of Honor]] in 1981 "For fundamental contributions to filtering and signal processing leading to chirp radar".
In 1945, he was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the United States' highest civilian honor, for his contributions during World War II. He was an elected member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]], which cited his contributions to electrical network theory, radar, and guidance systems. In 1975, he received [[IEEE]]'s [[Edison Medal]] "For basic contributions to network theory and for important inventions in radar systems and electronic circuits" and the [[IEEE Medal of Honor]] in 1981 "For fundamental contributions to filtering and signal processing leading to chirp radar".
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*[http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Sidney_Darlington IEEE Biography]
*[http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Sidney_Darlington IEEE Biography]
* [http://andros.eecs.berkeley.edu/~hodges/DarlingtonCircuit.pdf Darlington’s Contributions to Transistor Circuit Design]
* [http://andros.eecs.berkeley.edu/~hodges/DarlingtonCircuit.pdf Darlington’s Contributions to Transistor Circuit Design]
*[http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/darlington-sidney.pdf National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir]
*[http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/darlington-sidney.pdf Irwin W. Sandberg and Ernest S. Kuh, "Sidney Darlington", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (2004)]


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Latest revision as of 16:44, 18 February 2023

Sidney Darlington
Born(1906-07-18)July 18, 1906
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedOctober 31, 1997(1997-10-31) (aged 91)
Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard, MIT, Columbia
Known forChirp modulation
Darlington pair
Darlington synthesis
AwardsIEEE Edison Medal (1975)
IEEE Medal of Honor (1981)
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering Communication Theory

Sidney Darlington (July 18, 1906 – October 31, 1997) was an American electrical engineer and inventor of a transistor configuration in 1953, the Darlington pair. He advanced the state of network theory, developing the insertion-loss synthesis approach, and invented chirp radar, bombsights, and gun and rocket guidance.

Darlington was awarded a B.S. in physics, magna cum laude, from Harvard in 1928, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He also received a B.S. in E.E. from MIT in 1929, and a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia in 1940.[1]

In 1945, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor, for his contributions during World War II. He was an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering, which cited his contributions to electrical network theory, radar, and guidance systems. In 1975, he received IEEE's Edison Medal "For basic contributions to network theory and for important inventions in radar systems and electronic circuits" and the IEEE Medal of Honor in 1981 "For fundamental contributions to filtering and signal processing leading to chirp radar".

He died at his home in Exeter, New Hampshire, USA, at the age of 91.

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  1. ^ "Sidney Darlington - Engineering and Technology History Wiki". 14 August 2017.
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