Hidetsugu Yagi
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Hidetsugu Yagi was a Japan
ese electrical engineer. When working at Tohoku University
, he wrote several important articles that introduced a new antenna design by his colleague Shintaro Uda
to the English-speaking world.
The Yagi antenna
, patented in 1926, allows directional communication using electromagnetic waves, and is now installed on millions of houses throughout the world for radio and television reception. He also tried, unsuccessfully, to introduce a wireless power transmission system. He participated in establishing the Chiba Institute of Technology
Yagi received the Blue Ribbon Award (1951), the Order of Cultural Merit (1956) and the Large Asahi Award of the First Class (1976).
He was the 4th president of Osaka University from February 1946 to December 1946.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese electrical engineer. When working at Tohoku University
Tohoku University
, abbreviated to , located in the city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in the Tōhoku Region, Japan, is a Japanese national university. It is the third oldest Imperial University in Japan and is a member of the National Seven Universities...
, he wrote several important articles that introduced a new antenna design by his colleague Shintaro Uda
Shintaro Uda
Japanese inventor. Assistant of professor Hidetsugu Yagi at Tohoku University, where they invented the Yagi-Uda antenna in 1926. In February 1926, Yagi and Uda published their first report on the wave projector antenna in a Japanese publication. Yagi applied for patents on the new antenna both in...
to the English-speaking world.
Yagi antenna
A Yagi-Uda array, commonly known simply as a Yagi antenna, is a directional antenna consisting of a driven element and additional parasitic elements...
, patented in 1926, allows directional communication using electromagnetic waves, and is now installed on millions of houses throughout the world for radio and television reception. He also tried, unsuccessfully, to introduce a wireless power transmission system. He participated in establishing the Chiba Institute of Technology
Chiba Institute of Technology
is a private university in Narashino, Chiba, Japan. abbreviated as ,,,.The school was founded in 1942 in Machida, Tokyo. In 1946 it was relocated to Kimitsu, Chiba, adopted the present name at the same time. Four years later, it was moved to the present location...
Yagi received the Blue Ribbon Award (1951), the Order of Cultural Merit (1956) and the Large Asahi Award of the First Class (1976).
He was the 4th president of Osaka University from February 1946 to December 1946.