Leonid Kupriyanovich

Leonid Ivanovich Kupriyanovich (Russian: Леонид Иванович Куприянович, 14 July 1929 – 1 January 1996) was a Soviet engineer from Moscow who is credited for early development of a mobile phone device.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Kupriyanovich.

Career

In 1953 Kupriyanovich graduated Bauman Moscow State Technical University.

In 1955 Leonid Kupriyanovich published the description of a simple walkie-talkie amateur radio station for personal use in the Soviet amateur radio magazine "Radio," 1955, N2. It operated on two vacuum tubes. The walkie-talkie weighed about 1.2 kg and had 1.5 km operating distance.

In 1957 Leonid Kupriyanovich presented a micro walkie-talkie radio version the size of a matchbox, 50g in weight and had 2 km operating distance.

Also in 1957 he made an experimental model of a wearable automatic radio landline extender ("radiophone"), called LK-1 (not to be confused with the cancelled Soviet spacecraft of the same name or LK-1 (ЛК-1) the first Soviet trolleybus). His device consisted of a stationary module and a portable handset. LK-1 was reportedly 3 kg in weight, 20–30 km operating distance, and 20–30 hours of battery life. Leonid Kupriyanovich patented this landline extender in 1957 (author's certificate № 115494, 1.11.1957). The stationary module, in accordance with author's description, could serve several customers. In 1958, Kupriyanovich purportedly made the new experimental "pocket" model radio phone. This phone supposedly had 0.5 kg weight. To serve more customers, Kupriyanovich proposed the device, named it as a correllator.[1][2][3][4]

In 1961 Leonid Kupriyanovich presented a pocket automatic radio phone which could fit in the palm of a hand. This pocket mobile phone weighed only 70 g and had 80 km operating distance. Kupriyanovich told correspondents of the АПН news agency that in the USSR the production of this device was planned. He also reported the plans for the construction in Moscow of ten base stations for creation of a mobile communication network. The first station in Moscow was supposedly planned to be constructed in Mazilovo.[5][6]

In the 1960s Leonid Kupriyanovich's electronic set "Rhytmoson" was manufactured in the USSR and purchased for medical purposes.

See also

References
  1. Honan, Daniel (23 Aug 2011). "How the Cell Phone Became Smart". Big Think. Retrieved 31 Jul 2020.
  2. Измеров, Олег. Отечественные мобильники 50-х. Окно в прошлое. Сенсации, преданные забвению (in Russian). Retrieved 30 Jun 2009.
  3. Карманный радиотелефон. Наука и жизнь (in Russian). М.: Правда (10–1958): 66. ISSN 0028-1263. Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
  4. Куприянович, Леонид (1957). РАДИОТЕЛЕФОН. Наука и жизнь (in Russian). М.: Правда (8–1957): 49. ISSN 0028-1263. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
  5. Рыбчинский, Юрий (1961). РАДИОФОН. Орловская Правда (in Russian). No. 12–1961. М.: Орловская Правда.
  6. Мартин Купер был не первым. Олег Измеров.

Further reading
  • Куприянович Л.И. Карманные радиостанции. - М.-Л: Госэнергоиздат, 1957. - 32 с.
  • Борноволоков Э. П., Куприянович Л. И. Переносные УКВ радиостанции. — М.: Издательство ДОСААФ, 1958.
  • Куприянович Л. И. Радиоэлектроника в быту. — М.-Л.: Госэнергоиздат, 1963. — 32 с.
  • Куприянович Л. И. Карманные радиостанции, 1960.
  • Куприянович Л. И. Биологические ритмы и сон. — М.: Наука, 1976. — 120 с.


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