Seventy-Five Years since the Point-Contact Transistor: Germanium Revisited
The advent of the point-contact transistor is one of the most significant technological achievements in human history with a profound impact on human civilization during the past 75 years. Although the first transistor was made of germanium it was soon replaced by silicon, a material with lower intr...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-11-01
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| Series: | Applied Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/23/11993 |