Daniel E.

Noble
Daniel Earl Noble (October 4, 1901 – February 16, 1980) was an
Daniel E. Noble
American engineer, and executive vice chairman of the board of
Motorola, who is known for the design and installation of the Born October 4, 1901
nation's first statewide two-way FM radio communications system Naugatuck,
for the Connecticut State Police.[1] Connecticut
Died February 16, 1980
He received a BS degree in engineering from the University of
Connecticut. (aged 78)
Nationality American
He joined Motorola as director of research in 1940. His Link SCR-
Citizenship United States
300 backpack transmitter and receiver, which he had reduced to
about forty pounds, provided the first practical FM band Awards Stuart Ballantine
transmission for military use. Introduced in 1943, and first used at Medal (1972)
the Battle of Anzio, the portable FM field radio allowed IEEE Edison Medal
communication with less interference than the AM "walkie-talkie" (1978)
systems that had been used earlier in World War II.[2]
Scientific career
In 1949 he set up a solid state electronics research laboratory for Institutions Motorola
Motorola in Phoenix, Arizona, which ultimately became the
headquarters of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola, and ultimately Freescale Semiconductor as
it separated from Motorola.

The IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award (previously named the IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award) was
established by the IEEE in 2000 for outstanding contributions to emerging technologies recognized within
recent years.

Honors and awards

IEEE Edison Medal in 1978
member, National Academy of Engineering
Fellow, IEEE
Fellow, Franklin Institute
Stuart Ballantine Medal in 1972

US patents
U.S. patent 2,597,517 (https://patents.google.com/patent/US2597517), 1952
U.S. patent 2,547,025 (https://patents.google.com/patent/US2547025), 1951
U.S. patent 2,547,024 (https://patents.google.com/patent/US2547024), 1951
U.S. patent 2,539,268 (https://patents.google.com/patent/US2539268), 1950
U.S. patent 2,500,372 (https://patents.google.com/patent/US2500372), 1949
U.S. patent 2,459,675 (https://patents.google.com/patent/US2459675), 1948
U.S. patent 2,343,115 (https://patents.google.com/patent/US2343115), 1944
 U.S. patent 2,090,224 (https://patents.google.com/patent/US2090224), 1937

Further reading
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.

References
1. "Daniel Noble" (http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Daniel_Noble). IEEE Global History
Network. IEEE. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
2. "Noble, Daniel Earl", in Home Front Heroes: A Biographical Dictionary of Americans During
Wartime, Benjamin F. Shearer, ed. (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007) p635

External links
IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award (http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/sums/noble.ht
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Arcane Radio Trivia biography of (http://tenwatts.blogspot.com/2005/10/two-way-radio.html)
Daniel E. Noble Science and Engineering Library (https://tours.asu.edu/tempe/noble-science
-and-engineering-library)

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