point-contact transistor 1

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a type of solid-state electronic transistor that has a base electrode and two or more point contacts located near each other on the surface of an n-type semiconductor.

  • 1.Unlike later semiconductor devices, it was possible for an amateur to make a point-contact transistor, starting with a germanium point-contact diode as a source of material.
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