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The first working transistor was built in the laboratory in 1947.
Commercial production began in the early 1950s.
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Are transistors semiconductors?
Transistors are made out of semiconductors, yes.
What are transistors made of?
Transistors are made from semiconductor materials. Silicon transistors are currently the most common.COMMONSiliconGermaniumGallium-Arsenide (GaAs)Silcon-GermaniumGallium Nitride (GaN)DiamondRARE
Is a CPU made of transistors?
Yes it is!
Why silicon is used in scr?
For the same reason it is used in transistors and ICs: its a very good semiconductor. Note: equivalent devices have been made with germanium in the past, when most transistors were germanium. But they called them thyristors not GCRs.
How do transistors relate to chemistry?
Transistors are made of materials. They have to be extracted and purified. This relies on chemistry and Materials Science.
What is the best electronic ever made?
transistors..
What are transistors made from?
The vast majority of all transistors are nearly pure silicon, with small amount of carefully added impurities.A small but significant number of transistors are mostly germanium.
What key techonology made the microprocessor possible?
Transistors
How are transistors made from arsenic?
This is the gallium arsenide - GaAs.
Diodes and transistors are made of semiconductor material such as germanium and what?
Silicon
Was Germanium used in transistors?
Yes, germanium was the only material used in transistors from when they were invented in 1947 until 1954 when the first successful silicon transistor was made. However the use of germanium still dominated transistors until the silicon mesa transistor was made commercially available by Fairchild Semiconductor in 1958. Development of the silicon planar transistor by Fairchild Semiconductor the next year ultimately made the integrated circuit possible. While almost all transistors today are silicon, there are still uses for germanium transistors so a few types are still made.
What were used before transistors?
If the integrated circuit in some kind of device has 5,000 transistors on it, then before integrated circuits were available, the same function might have been performed by 100 individual transistors. And before transistors were available, the same function might have been performed by 30 vacuum tubes, a fan and air system to keep them cool, and a large power system to operate the tubes and the cooler.
