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Facts about the of Common of Collector Used Load Line Way of Drawing of Rating of DevicesNumbering Versus Vacuum TubesINTRINTRINTRINTRINTRODUCTIONODUCTIO NODUCTIONODUCTIONODUCTIONWhen a third doped element is added to a crystal diode in such a way that two pn junctionsare formed, the resulting device is known as a transistor . The transistor an entirely newtype of electronic device is capable of achieving amplification of weak signals in afashion comparable and often superior to that realised by vacuum tubes. Transistors are far smallerthan vacuum tubes, have no filament and hence need no heating power and may be operated in anyposition. They are mechanically strong, have practically unlimited life and can do some jobs betterthan vacuum principles of ElectronicsInvented in 1948 by J.

142 Principles of Electronics Invented in 1948 by J. Bardeen and W.H. Brattain of Bell Telephone Laboratories, U.S.A.; tran-sistor has now become the heart of …

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