• DocumentCode
    1158732
  • Title

    The irresistible transistor

  • Author

    Goldstein, Harry

  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    3/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    42
  • Lastpage
    47
  • Abstract
    Looks back to the Raytheon CK722, the first transistor sold to the general public, and presents a description of a maintained collection of thousands of early transistor specimens, including dozens of CK722s. The subject of this article maintains a virtual Transistor Museum on the Web.
  • Keywords
    history; transistors; Raytheon CK722; maintained collection; transistor specimens; virtual Transistor Museum; Capacitors; Counting circuits; Electron tubes; Hearing aids; History; Oscillators; Printed circuits; Resistors; Semiconductor diodes; Transistors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2003.1184435
  • Filename
    1184435