Daniel E. Noble | |
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| Born | (1901-10-04)October 4, 1901 |
| Died | February 16, 1980(1980-02-16) (aged 78) |
| Nationality |  American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Awards | Stuart Ballantine Medal(1972) IEEE Edison Medal(1978) |
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| Institutions | Motorola |
Daniel Earl Noble (October 4, 1901 – February 16, 1980) was an American engineer, and executive vice chairman of the board ofMotorola, who is known for the design and installation of the nation's first statewide two-way FM radio communications system for theConnecticut State Police.[1]
He received a BS degree in engineering from theUniversity of Connecticut.
He joinedMotorola as director of research in 1940. His Link SCR-300 backpack transmitter and receiver, which he had reduced to about forty pounds, provided the first practical FM band transmission for military use. Introduced in 1943, and first used at the Battle of Anzio, the portable FM field radio allowed communication with less interference than the AM "walkie-talkie" systems that had been used earlier in World War II.[2]
In 1949 he set up a solid state electronics research laboratory for Motorola inPhoenix, Arizona, which ultimately became the headquarters of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola, and ultimatelyFreescale Semiconductor as it separated from Motorola.
TheIEEE Daniel E. Noble Award (previously named theIEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award) was established by the IEEE in 2000 for outstanding contributions to emerging technologies recognized within recent years.
Daniel Noble's contributions to Motorola are examined in Gart, Jason H. "Electronics and Aerospace Industry in Cold War Arizona, 1945-1968: Motorola, Hughes Aircraft, Goodyear Aircraft." Phd diss.,Arizona State University, 2006.
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