On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the ...

When you think of Sony, you probably think of a technology company that’s been around forever. However, as [Asianometry] points out, it really formed in the tough years after World War II. The two ...

There was no doubt about it, point-contact transistors were fidgety. The transistors being made by Bell just didn't work the same way twice, and on top of that, they were noisy. While one lab at Bell ...

Transistors, the building blocks of modern electronics, are typically made of silicon. Because it's a semiconductor, this ...

75 years ago this month, research scientists working at Bell Labs first created, then unveiled to the world a new device—the point contact transistor. Some call it the greatest invention of the 20th ...

A self-sensing and heating transistor thermostat for a 16-bit DAC voltage reference to stabilize its temperature.

The smaller electronic components become, the more complex their manufacture becomes. This has been a major problem for the ...

MIT engineers built a magnetic transistor from chromium sulfur bromide, promising smaller, faster electronics with built-in ...

A Planet Analog article, “ 2N3904: Why use a 60-year-old transistor? ” by Bill Schweber, inspired some interest in this old ...

A new magnetic transistor switches current ten times more strongly than silicon chips while operating at lower energy, and ...