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Depends on the radio. Early Transistor radios started with just one and it was to replace the valve which was in turn used for signal amplification.

Today, a sophiticated radio may have several chips inside them that can contain millions of transistors each. There is no absolute definitive answer to this question.

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What was a Hybrid Radio?

One form of hybrid radio, appearing in the late 1950s, used valves (vacuum tubes) and transistors together. Early transistors worked fine at audio frequencies, and were much more efficient, using much less battery power. They could not perform at radio frequencies, however. Vacuum tubes had been used at radio frequencies for many years, but the push to miniaturise them led to lower performance. Even the subminiature types (about the diameter of a cigarette) still used a lot of battery power to operate. The hybrid radio used valves in the radio frequency end (usually three) and transistors in the audio end (usually two). This design made best use of the advantages of valves and transistors. Transistor development was rapid, and all-transistor radios appeared soon after hybrid sets were marketed. They were only available as battery portables. Hybrid sets are among the rarest of mass-produced radios.


How can you make a am transistor radio by using transistor?

You get two transistors and put them in a radio.


What is a Solid State Radio?

"Solid State" refers to any electronic device, in this case a radio, that functions on transistors and crystals, rather than vacuum tubes or other heated-filament components. Its basically synonymous with "transistorized."


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


When was the portable radio invented?

How about 1957, when RCA came out with the first portable AM radio (at least in the States)? I still have it and it works. It used germanium transistors and was a real battery hog. It was an expensive item for the time and of course, the odd, round 9 volt battery is no longer available.

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Norm Dye has written: 'Radio frequency transistors' -- subject(s): Power transistors, Radio frequency Amplifiers, Transistor amplifiers, Transistor radio transmitters


Why is radio called transistor?

Perhaps you are referring to a radio built using transistors instead of vacuum tubes.


What replaced vacuum tubes in the computer?

Integrated circuits (in many microprocessor integrated circuits) containing many billions of transistors each.


How many transistors are on a Phenom II 965?

758 Million transistors.


What was a Hybrid Radio?

One form of hybrid radio, appearing in the late 1950s, used valves (vacuum tubes) and transistors together. Early transistors worked fine at audio frequencies, and were much more efficient, using much less battery power. They could not perform at radio frequencies, however. Vacuum tubes had been used at radio frequencies for many years, but the push to miniaturise them led to lower performance. Even the subminiature types (about the diameter of a cigarette) still used a lot of battery power to operate. The hybrid radio used valves in the radio frequency end (usually three) and transistors in the audio end (usually two). This design made best use of the advantages of valves and transistors. Transistor development was rapid, and all-transistor radios appeared soon after hybrid sets were marketed. They were only available as battery portables. Hybrid sets are among the rarest of mass-produced radios.


How many transistors are in an AND gate?

6


What is transistorized?

A device such as a radio can be said to be transistorized when earlier designs are replaced by designs in which transistors replace vacuum tubes.


How many transistors in LCD?

millions and more


How many transistors did the RCA 1802 have?

About 5000.


How many transistors are in a modern CPU?

4billion


How many transistors in a laptop?

normally 2300


How many transistors on an integrated circuit?

ICs have been built with as few as two to as many as hundreds of billions of transistors. I believe the first germanium prototype IC built by Kilby may have had only one transistor (it was an integrated circuit not for having many transistors, but because it integrated both resistors and transistors into a single germanium crystal).