Raymond A. Heising
Raymond Alphonsus Heising (August 10, 1888 – January 1965) was an American radio and telephone pioneer.[1]
Heising was born in
Western Electric Company and Bell Labs
, and subsequently as a consulting engineer and patent agent.
Heising played a major role in the development of military
Heising modulation
system, which was standard on most early radio telephone transceivers.
Heising held over 100 patents, including those on
Class C amplifiers and diode-triode detector amplifier circuits, and was a Fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and American Physical Society. He was awarded the 1921 IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award, the Modern Pioneer Award from the National Association of Manufacturers in 1940, an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of North Dakota
in 1947, and the Radio Club of America's Armstrong Medal in 1954.
References
- .
- IEEE History Center biography
- Encyclopædia Britannica article
- Lewis Coe, Wireless Radio: A Brief History, McFarland & Company, 1996, Page 178. ISBN 0-7864-0259-8.
- D.G. Messerschmitt, "Introduction to the Classic Paper By R A. Heising", Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 85, issue 5, May 1997,pages 747-751.