• DocumentCode
    1497078
  • Title

    The transistor — A new semiconductor amplifier

  • Author

    Becker, J. A. ; Shive, J. N.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., Murray Hill,´ N. J.
  • Volume
    68
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1949
  • fDate
    3/1/1949 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    215
  • Lastpage
    221
  • Abstract
    This article describes the construction, characteristics, and behavior of the newly discovered device, the transistor. Used as a semiconductor amplifier, it works on an entirely different principle and is capable of performing the same tasks now done by the vacuum tube triode.
  • Keywords
    Electron tubes; Equivalent circuits; Force; Germanium; Impedance; Resistance; Transistors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1949.6444660
  • Filename
    6444660