Kenneth Meade Lakin
Kenneth Meade Lakin | |
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| Born | Kenneth Meade Lakin January 14, 1941 Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | November 24, 2012 (aged 71) near Redmond, Oregon, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan (B.S., M.S.) Stanford University (Ph.D., 1969) |
| Known for | Solidly mounted resonator (SMR); Thin-film bulk acoustic resonator (TFBAR) |
| Awards | IEEE UFFC Walter G. Cady Award (2003); IEEE Fellow (2004); IEEE UFFC Achievement Award (2010) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied physics, electrical engineering, acoustics |
| Institutions | University of Southern California; Ames Laboratory / Iowa State University; TFR Technologies |
| Thesis | (1969) |
Kenneth Meade Lakin (January 14, 1941 – November 24, 2012) was an American physicist and engineer known for pioneering work on thin-film acoustic resonators. He is widely credited with inventing and developing the solidly mounted resonator (SMR) and advancing the thin-film bulk acoustic resonator (TFBAR) technology used in microwave filters for mobile and wireless communications.