Before revision: Invention The Schmitt trigger was invented by American scientist Otto H. Schmitt in 1934 while he was a graduate student, later described in his doctoral dissertation (1937) as a thermionic trigger.August 2004 issue of the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting Newsletter URL It was a direct result of Schmitt's study of the neural impulse propagation in squid nerves.
After revision: History The Schmitt trigger was invented by American scientist Otto H. Schmitt in 1934 while he was a graduate student, later described in his doctoral dissertation (1937) as a thermionic trigger.August 2004 issue of the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting Newsletter URL It was a direct result of Schmitt's study of the neural impulse propagation in squid nerves.