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DESCRIPTION:The discovery\, then invention\, of the transistor sits almost 
 exactly midway between Ferdinand Braun's discovery of solid-state rectific
 ation in 1874 and the modern era of gigascale ICs. As with other epoch-sha
 ttering inventions\, the story of the transistor isn't quite as neatly lin
 ear as some recountings might suggest. Very few newly-minted EEs have ever
  heard of a point-contact transistor\, and even those few are unlikely to 
 know that these devices often exhibited a negative current gain (beta). Th
 is talk will answer questions such as\, "What was an alloy-junction transi
 stor? What were surface-barrier transistors? What was the hometaxial proce
 ss? What happened to germanium devices? How can you build a single-transis
 tor\, non-switching voltage inverter?" Retracing some of the steps of the 
 pioneers generates important insights into the nature of innovation\, as w
 ell as a much deeper appreciation of the role of chance. As the end of lit
 hographic scaling seemingly positions us on the threshold of a major techn
 ological discontinuity\, it is perhaps helpful to study the story of the p
 revious one.\n\nCo-sponsored by: NXP semiconductors\n\nSpeaker(s): Tom Lee
 \, \n\nRoom: Auditorium\, Bldg: South Lobby\, NXP semiconductors\, 6501 W 
 Wm Cannon Dr\, Austin\, Texas\, United States\, 78735
LOCATION:Room: Auditorium\, Bldg: South Lobby\, NXP semiconductors\, 6501 W
  Wm Cannon Dr\, Austin\, Texas\, United States\, 78735
ORGANIZER:stefano.pietri@nxp.com
SEQUENCE:23
SUMMARY:From Rocks to Chips: Stories of the Transistor
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/378191
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The discovery\, then invention\, of the tr
 ansistor sits almost exactly midway between Ferdinand Braun's discovery of
  solid-state rectification in 1874 and the modern era of gigascale ICs. As
  with other epoch-shattering inventions\, the story of the transistor isn'
 t quite as neatly linear as some recountings might suggest. Very few newly
 -minted EEs have ever heard of a point-contact transistor\, and even those
  few are unlikely to know that these devices often exhibited a negative cu
 rrent gain (beta). This talk will answer questions such as\, "What was an 
 alloy-junction transistor? What were surface-barrier transistors? What was
  the hometaxial process? What happened to germanium devices? How can you b
 uild a single-transistor\, non-switching voltage inverter?" Retracing some
  of the steps of the pioneers generates important insights into the nature
  of innovation\, as well as a much deeper appreciation of the role of chan
 ce. As the end of lithographic scaling seemingly positions us on the thres
 hold of a major technological discontinuity\, it is perhaps helpful to stu
 dy the story of the previous one.</p>
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