The History and Physics of the Point-Contact Transistor

Individual author or multiple authors

Individual

Major

Physics (PHYS)

Category of Work

Comps

Additional Category of Work

None

Degree

Bachelor of Arts

Class Year

2012

Department or Program

Physics and Astronomy

Comps Adviser(s)

Baylor, Marty; Luhman, Dwight

Special Recognition

Distinction on comps

Identifier (Includes All Files and Enter All Their Files Name)

kunkelm_2012_PHYS_presentation.pdf, kunkelm_2012_PHYS.pdf

Keywords

transistor, point-contact, point contact, early transistor, first transistor, semiconductors, semiconductor physics, electronics, physics history, Bell Labs, Bell Laboratories, Shockley, Brattain, Bardeen, amplifier, amplifiers, cat's whisker, cat whisker, vacuum tube, minority carrier injection

Student Work Completed Date

2012-03-09

Format

application/pdf, application/ppt

Files Uploaded

Text (paper), Presentation

Rights Management

Student author/s retain copyright to this work. Through online submission process, author/s granted Carleton College the non-exclusive rights to preserve this work as part of Carleton's academic history and to use it for teaching purposes and/or institutional research and assessment.

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