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Below are links to additional Oral History material
provided by Ralph Greenburg.
(Note: These articles by
Ralph Greenburg originally appeared in the Motorola Retirees Club
Newsletter, and are used with permission.)
[1] The
Early Days
Ralph
provides a real “hands on” recollection of the early days of Motorola
transistor technology.
[2] Swimming
with the Sharks
A
young Ralph Greenburg makes a presentation at an IRE regional conference in
1956 with Bill Shockley as one of the speakers.
[3] Peltier
Gives Hogan the Cold Shoulder
Although
Motorola was a major manufacturer of a variety of semiconductor devices,
there was at least one unique semiconductor, “the Peltier cooler”, that was
never a Motorola product. Ralph’s comments on an early evaluation of this
product with Lester Hogan.
[4] Seminar
Shenanigans
In
this article, Ralph highlights a few interesting “Motorola Semiconductor Applications
Seminars” that stand out from the many seminars he attended.
[5] Dave
Adley's Electric Runabout
Although
gas was inexpensive in the 1960s, one of the engineers in the Motorola
Semiconductor Application group developed an “Electric Runabout” using a
three-wheeled motorcycle and germanium power transistors. Ralph describes
this project and how it ended unexpectedly on the golf course.
[6] FLUB-A-DUB
As
solid state technology replaced vacuum tubes in many applications in the
1960s, Ralph describes an interesting and less than spectacular application.
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