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From: sirakide@motcid.UUCP (Dean Sirakides)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: LED history ?
Message-ID: <6201@mint29.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jan 91 19:30:12 GMT
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Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL
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wern@zoo.toronto.edu (Wern Thiel) writes:


>Does anyone have comprehensive references as to who invented/developed the
>LED? While many components (transistor and IC's) are covered in books and
>texts; the LED seems to be missing. It would be interesting to read about
>the research that led to the LED. Similar situation regarding liquid
>crystal technology. We got our first LED in about 1974 for $10.

One of the inventors is a professor of EE at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign.  His name is Nick Holonyak (He was the first PhD student
graduated by James Bardeen (inventor, with two others, of the transistor)).
He is still active (somewhat), so you could call him or more simply ask
at the EE library at U of I since I'm sure they are famaliar with 
his published works.

His office number is 217 333-4149.
The U of I info number is 217 333-INFO.

Hope this helps.

Dean Sirakides
Motorola Inc.