Engineeringness on MSN

Transistors Explained: Switching and Amplification Basics

This video explains what transistors are and how they function as electronic switches and amplifiers. As a core component of ...
Tom's Hardware on MSN

The age of silicon and software began 75 years ago with the patenting of the transistor

Bell Labs scientists behind the invention of the transistor would, at last, have the U.S. Patent in their hands.
Live Science

Science history: Invention of the transistor ushers in the computing era — Oct. 3, 1950

On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the ...
IEEE

A Low-Power High-IP 1dB Low-Noise Amplifier Using Large-Transistor and Class-AB Mode

Abstract: This letter presents a Ku-band high-input 1-dB compression point (IP1dB) and low-power low-noise amplifier (LNA). The large-transistor technique is employed to enhance IP1dB with low noise ...
EDN

Unusual 2N3904 transistor circuit

A Planet Analog article, “ 2N3904: Why use a 60-year-old transistor? ” by Bill Schweber, inspired some interest in this old ...
IEEE

Simplified Fourier Series Based Transistor Open-Circuit Fault Location Method in Voltage-Source Inverter Fed Induction Motor

Abstract: Transistors in three-phase voltage-source inverter often suffer from open-circuit failures due to the lifting of bonding wires caused by thermic cycling, resulting in performance degradation ...