[NJARC] Happy Birthday!

[john ruccolo]

And they already knew that the original point-contact
transistor was really just a stepping stone (sort of a
"proof-of-concept" device). They already had the
"real" transistor -- the junction transistor -- on the
drawing board. 

Dave, you make a very good point. The development of
the transistor happened in the "modern" R&D sense:
groups of scientists and technicians, many with
advanced degrees, working in a large research
laboratory. No lone-wolf tinkerers like Edison,
DeForest, Farnsworth.

Yes, DeForest did have a Ph.D., I think, but he was
really not a team player, and never figured out how
the damn triode worked anyway. That took a *really*
smart guy like Edwin Armstrong.

The process of Research and Development had changed
dramatically by the 1940's (best example: the atomic
bomb).

JR




--- Dave Sica <davesica at juno.com> wrote:

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> And I was charmed to find out that they didn't just
> somehow magically
> stumble across it. No Edison effect or Lee DeForest
> triode this time.
> Based on their understanding of theoretical physics
> they knew that they
> should be able to achieve a solid state
> amplification device.  Then they
> set out to invent it. 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:43:59 -0800 (PST) john
> ruccolo <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com>
> writes:
> > Visit our web site - See http://www.njarc.org
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> > Hi Jim,
> > 
> > Fascinating stuff, thanks! I always thought
> > Shockley/Bardeen/Brattain fabricated the first
> > transistor themselves.
> > 
> > I can assure you that nothing has changed in
> America's
> > technology companies. The grunts do 80% of the
> work,
> > and the "managers" get 100% of the credit! ;-)
> 
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