James Edward Maceo West
(born February 10, 1931)
James West is a U.S.
inventor and professor who, in 1962, developed the electret transducer
technology later used in 90 percent of contemporary microphones.
Who Is James West?
James West attended Temple University before working for Bell Labs. Along with Gerhard M. Sessler, he developed the foil electret microphone, an inexpensive, compact device that is now used in 90 percent of all contemporary microphones. A prolific writer as well, West has more than 250 patents and became a professor at Johns Hopkins University.
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