Sidney Darlington

Sidney Darlington (July 18, 1906 - October 31, 1997) was a renowned electrical engineer, whose name lives on through a transistor configuration he patented in 1953, the Darlington pair. Less known is that he advanced the state of network theory developing the insertion-loss synthesis approach, and invented chirp radar, bombsights, and gun and rocket guidance. 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 U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE), 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.

External links

• National Academy Of Sciences Biography
• "Darlington Transistor" patent
• Wave Transmission Network patent
• Bombsight Computer patent
• Fire Control Computer patent
• Pulse Transmission (chirp) patent
• Rocket Guidance patent
• Two-Port Network Synthesis patent
• Chirp Pulse Equalizer patent