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The Lucas Electrical Company: High-Voltage Transistors

In: Post-Innovation Performance

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  • Luke Georghiou
  • J. Stanley Metcalfe
  • Michael Gibbons
  • Tim Ray
  • Janet Evans

Abstract

Joseph Lucas (Electrical) Ltd won the Queen’s Award for Technological Achievement in 1967 in recognition of pioneer development work on high-voltage transistors for use in petrol-engine ignition systems. Ths use of semiconductor technology, in the form of high-voltage transistors, provided an electronic switch which was capable of performing the function previously achieved using mechanically operated contact-breaker points. This electronic switch enabled the company to upgrade the performance of an established product through the use of a new component.

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  • Luke Georghiou & J. Stanley Metcalfe & Michael Gibbons & Tim Ray & Janet Evans, 1986. "The Lucas Electrical Company: High-Voltage Transistors," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Post-Innovation Performance, chapter 20, pages 219-227, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-07455-6_25
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-07455-6_25
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