Walter Houser Brattain

Walter Houser Brattain
Brattain c. 1950
Born(1902-02-10)February 10, 1902
DiedOctober 13, 1987(1987-10-13) (aged 85)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Known forTransistor
RelativesRobert Brattain (brother)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, electronic engineering
Institutions
Doctoral advisorJohn Torrence Tate Sr.

Walter Houser Brattain (/ˈbrætən/; February 10, 1902 – October 13, 1987) was an American physicist at Bell Labs who, along with fellow scientists John Bardeen and William Shockley, invented the point-contact transistor in December 1947.[1] They shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention. Brattain devoted much of his life to research on surface states.

  1. ^ "Walter H. Brattain". IEEE Global History Network. IEEE. Retrieved August 10, 2011.