Daniel Earl Noble (October 4, 1901 – February 16, 1980) was an American engineer, and executive vice chairman of the board of

Motorola Motorola, Inc. () was an American Multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company split into two independent p ...

, who is known for the design and installation of the nation's first statewide two-way FM radio communications system for the

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. He received a BS degree in engineering from the

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. He joined

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 "

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" systems that had been used earlier in World War II."Noble, Daniel Earl", in ''Home Front Heroes: A Biographical Dictionary of Americans During Wartime'', Benjamin F. Shearer, ed. (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007) p635 In 1949 he set up a solid state electronics research laboratory for Motorola in

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, which ultimately became the headquarters of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola, and ultimately

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as it separated from Motorola. The

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(previously named the

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) was established by the IEEE in 2000 for outstanding contributions to emerging technologies recognized within recent years.

Honors and awards

* IEEE

Edison Medal The IEEE Edison Medal is presented by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) "for a career of meritorious achievement in electrical science, electrical engineering, or the electrical arts." It is the oldest medal in this f ...

in 1978 * member,

National Academy of Engineering The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Engineering is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy ...

* Fellow,

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

* Fellow,

Franklin Institute The Franklin Institute is a science museum and the center of science education and research in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is named after the American scientist and statesman Benjamin Franklin. It houses the Benjamin Franklin National Memori ...

Stuart Ballantine Medal {{notability, date=February 2018 The Stuart Ballantine Medal was a science and engineering award presented by the Franklin Institute, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was named after the US inventor Stuart Ballantine. Laureates *1947 - Geor ...

in 1972

US patents

*, 1952 *, 1951 *, 1951 *, 1950 *, 1949 *, 1948 *, 1944 *, 1937

References

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IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award

Daniel E. Noble Science and Engineering Library
{{DEFAULTSORT:Noble, Danie 1901 births Fellow Members of the IEEE IEEE Edison Medal recipients Motorola employees Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering 1980 deaths People from Naugatuck, Connecticut American telecommunications engineers

Honors and awards

US patents

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