Title :
The lost history of the transistor
fDate :
5/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Bell Labs is famous for inventing the transistor. But 50 years ago Texas Instruments unveiled the first commercial silicon transistors - launching the electronics industry on its meteoric rise.
Keywords :
bipolar transistors; history; silicon; Bell Labs; Bell Telephone Laboratories; Texas Instruments; history; junction transistor; silicon transistors; Acoustic scattering; Germanium; History; Instruments; Manufacturing; Music; Silicon devices; Telephony; Transistors; Watches;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.2004.1296014
