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| Title: |
Research on crystal rectifiers during World War II and the invention of the transistor |
| Author: |
Hoddeson, Lillian |
| Appeared in: |
History and technology |
| Paging: | Volume 11 (1994) nr. 2 pages 121-130 |
| Year: |
1994 |
| Contents: |
Extensive research in America and Great Britain during World War II on crystal rectifiers, used for the detection and frequency conversion of radar signals, helped set the stage for the transistor. The wartime research yielded progress in the physics of semiconductors, in the theory of rectification, in the technology and understanding of “cat's whiskers”, and in the manufacture of perfect crystals of silicon and germanium having controlled levels of impurities. In addition, the formation of a vast network of researchers with state-of-the-art knowledge of semiconductor electronics created a context of fierce post-war competition that helped motivate Bell Laboratories to establish its mission-oriented program in basic solid-state physics, out of which the transistor emerged in December 1947. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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