The invention of the transistor

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-28

  Ross, Ian M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k}  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b American Academy of Arts and Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Engineering Academy of Japan   (Japan)

^e Science and Technology Advisory Board   (Taiwan)

^f National Science Board   (United States)

^g Advanced Technology Group   (United States)

^h Thomas and Betts Corporation   (United States)

ⁱ New Jersey Morristown Medical Center   (United States)

^j SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^k NACCO Industries Inc   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bipolar transistors; History; Materials processing; MOSFET; Semiconductor device fabrication; Technological innovation; Transistors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; MICROELECTRONICS; MOSFET DEVICES; POINT CONTACTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TECHNOLOGY;

POINT CONTACT TRANSISTOR; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0031696794     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.658752     Document Type: Article

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