[Boatanchors] Re First American Transistor Radio Sold

Sat, 29 Mar 2003 21:22:41 -0700

the first transistor was a type-A  Brattain, Bardeen and Shockley
however.....

the transistor that was related to  the one that TI made though was the
M1752 at bell labs... Morgan Sparks ( who was later  to go run white sands
as I remember)and Gordon Teal were the innovators and Teal left to go to TI
and  found their transistor line.

One of the engineers, Ken Smith worked on the m-1752 and is responsible for
the massive  bell labs prototype collection we have here at the museum,
this is perhaps the largest collection of it's type in this area in
existence. Of course we are interesting  in buying or trading to obtain
material to further enrich it.

read:
http://www.smecc.org/k_d__smith.htm
and follow the links at top of page as are shown below...
 [ K.D. Smith By Dave Smith ] [ K.D. Smith Memories By J.M. Early ] [ K.D.
Smith and the Telephone Click Reducer ] [ Kenneth D. Smith By Robert Ryder ]
[ The K.D. Smith Collection By Ed Sharpe ]

also there is a large group of first hand reporting and also reprints of
bell labs articles at  http://www.smecc.org/the_transistor.htm
also follow the links that are on the top of that page such as below.
[ Sharpe's first transistors! ] [ Phototransistor ] [ Coaxial Transistor ]
[ Grown Junction Transistors ] [ Testing M-1752's years later! ] [ 1951
Transistor Symposium ] [ Attending the 1951 Symposium ] [ Duplicating Ma
Bell's Cooking ] [ K.D. Smith Junction Transistors ] [ Teachers Taught About
Transistors ] [ Junction Tetrode Transistor ] [ The Friendly Effect In Early
Transistors ] [ Development of Diffusion for Semiconductor Device
Fabrication ]

Have fun and let me know if you have any questions....

Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC

Please check our web site at
 http://www.smecc.org
to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we
buy, and by all means  when in Arizona drop in and see us.

address:

 coury house / smecc
5802 w palmaire ave
glendale az 85301

----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:52 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Re First American Transistor Radio Sold

>
>
> Very good! Many of you knew the answer. Texas Instruments developed the
four
> transistors used in this set. But AT&T owned a certain lab that invented
the
> first transistor.
>
> What is the name of the lab and where was it located?
>
> What is the name of the person who invented the first transistor?
>
> What year?
>
> Why was he working on this project to begin with?
>
> Finally, who invented the first integrated circuit?
>
> Duane W8DBF
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