Inventor of Antenna - Hidetsugu Yagi

Hidetsugu Yagi as the inventor of the antenna. Together with Shintaro Uda, Hidetsugu succeeded in making antennas widely used for television and radio. Seeing his name you can certainly guess the origin of this antenna inventor. He is from Japan. Hidetsugu Yagi was born on January 28, 1886 in Osaka. Since childhood he has liked the world of electronics. That's what made him then choose the electrical majors at the Imperial University of Tokyo and in 1909, he later succeeded in becoming an electrical engineer.

Because of his intelligence, he later worked on his campus and then in 1913, he then went to England to learn about electricity and then he also to America and last to Germany. In Germany, he conducted research on the generation of electric waves using wireless technology. In his research, Hidetsugu Yagi found electric waves can be delivered under certain conditions. This is what later became the forerunner of the invention of the antenna. Furthermore, with the help of someone named Shintaro Uda they tried to develop a tool from the Hidetsugu research.

In 1926 in the laboratory, Hidetsugu Yagi who assisted his colleague Shintaro Uda managed to find the first antenna in the world which was later named with the Antenna Yagi. The name Yagi comes from the last name of Hidetsugu Yagi. The antenna he patented with the name 'Yagi Antenna' with the patent number 69115. Then in 1930 after finding the antenna, Hidetsugu Yagi returned to his home country of Japan.

In Japan, Hidetsugu introduces the object of his discovery to the public. But the antenna findings Hidetsugu Yagi less attention from the public, especially Japanese academics. This is because they were less familiar with enginering communication. But outside Japan, the antenna Hidetsugu Yagi findings received much praise from European countries and America at that time.

Antenna Findings Hidetsugu Yagi and Shintaro Uda

With the antenna can be electromagnetic waves become directed. Hidetsugu Yagi himself became Director of the Industrial Science Faculty of the University of Tokyo in 1942 and subsequently became director general of the Institute of Technology in 1944 and then Director General OSaka Imperial University in 1946. Then in 1952, Hidetsugu Yagi became president of Established Yagi Antenna Inc., and in 1961 he later retired as president of the company. and in 1976, Hidetsugu Yagi passed away when he was 89 years old leaving a discovery that benefits humans. Nowadays antennas are very useful and widely used by millions of people around the world. This shows the importance of this Hidetsugu Yagi find.