Lee De Forest 

He is most known for his pioneering work with the vacuum tube, first as a detector of radio waves, then as an amplifier for long distance telephone calls, and finally as the major technology of the radio transmitter, still in use today.

 

He also invented the Audion, and it was used as a detector of radio signals, an amplifier of audio and an oscillator for transmitting.

 

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