The Surface-Barrier Transistor: Part I-Principles of the Surface-Barrier Transistor
@article{Bradley1953TheST, title={The Surface-Barrier Transistor: Part I-Principles of the Surface-Barrier Transistor}, author={Wayne E. Bradley}, journal={Proceedings of the IRE}, year={1953}, volume={41}, pages={1702-1706} }
This paper, consisting of five parts, describes the principle, fabrication, circuit application, and theoretical bases of a new semiconductor transducer, the surface-barrier transistor. This device, produced by precise electrochemical etching and plating techniques, operates at frequencies in excess of 60 mc while displaying the low-voltage, lower-power-consumption and low-noise properties of transistors hitherto confined to much lower frequencies. Part I describes the basic discovery which led…
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