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Documenting Over 30
Years of
Major
Contributions by RCA to Transistor Development
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The
transistor was invented by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William
Shockley at Bell Labs in December 1947.
Several major U.S. companies responded to this initial work with
large scale research and manufacturing programs which transformed the early
“lab curiosity” aspects of the transistor into a mature, ever-evolving
technology, responsible for billions of dollars in commerce and providing
the technological basis for the modern electronics and computer
industries. RCA was an early and
substantial contributor to the development of the transistor. This publication documents many of these
major RCA accomplishments.
Interviews and correspondences with engineers and scientists who
were involved form the basis for this material. You’ll also find photographs of prototype and early
production units, as well as a comprehensive coverage of early RCA transistor
literature.
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This photo shows one of the
earliest RCA commercial transistors, a 2N32 point contact germanium unit
from 1953 – there is a similar junction unit shown in the photo in the
upper right, which has been taken from a 1953 RCA publication extolling the
virtues and future of this new technology.
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RCA Transistor History
Webpage has been updated and can now be found
at this link:
RCA
TRANSISTOR HISTORY
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