Timeline: “The Transistor Through the Decades”

1947

The invention of the first transistor "Point Contact Type" transistor was originated at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ by William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain.

1948

William Shockley developed the "Bipolar Junction" transistor theory at Bell Labs.

1949

The “Type A” point contact transistor entered Bell Labs for limited production.

1950

The “Bipolar Junction" transistor was the first grown of its kind created at Bell Labs.

1951

RCA and GE developed the first “Alloy Junction” transistors.

1952

10,000 "CK718" hearing aid transistors are produced by Raytheon.

1953

“Germanium Junction” transistors are prepared in large scale productions by major corporations such as GE, Radio Receptor, Raytheon, RCA, Sylvania, and Texas Instruments.

1954

The first all-transistor radio called the "TR-1" was developed and marketed by Regency and Texas Instruments.

1955

The first transistor qualified for military service was GE’s “USAF 2N43A.”

1956

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain for inventing the transistor.

1957

The invention of the transistor celebrates its 10th anniversary.

1958

Germanium and Silicon are used in the first United States satellite, called Explorer 1.

1959

The “Planar” process was developed by Fairchild, and was used for the first high reliability transistors, and later used for “Monolithic” Integrated Circuits.

1960

The “Metal Oxide” semiconductor (MOS), fabricated by Karl Zaininger and Charles Mueller was demonstrated at RCA. An MOS-controlled tetrode was built at Fairchild by C.T. Sah.

1961

The “Silicon” transistor exceeds German speed. The fast switching germanium device for the "CDC 1604" became the first commercially successful large-scale transistor machine.

1962

The Elliot 903 computer system was introduced. It was a transistor based computer that had punch tape and a teletype console.

“The Transistor Through the Decades”

The invention of the first transistor "Point Contact Type" transistor was originated at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ by William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain.

William Shockley developed the "Bipolar Junction" transistor theory at Bell Labs.

The “Type A” point contact transistor entered Bell Labs for limited production.

The “Bipolar Junction" transistor was the first grown of its kind created at Bell Labs.

RCA and GE developed the first “Alloy Junction” transistors.

10,000 "CK718" hearing aid transistors are produced by Raytheon.

“Germanium Junction” transistors are prepared in large scale productions by major corporations such as GE, Radio Receptor, Raytheon, RCA, Sylvania, and Texas Instruments.

The first all-transistor radio called the "TR-1" was developed and marketed by Regency and Texas Instruments.

The first transistor qualified for military service was GE’s “USAF 2N43A.”

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain for inventing the transistor.

The invention of the transistor celebrates its 10th anniversary.

Germanium and Silicon are used in the first United States satellite, called Explorer 1.

The “Planar” process was developed by Fairchild, and was used for the first high reliability transistors, and later used for “Monolithic” Integrated Circuits.

The “Metal Oxide” semiconductor (MOS), fabricated by Karl Zaininger and Charles Mueller was demonstrated at RCA. An MOS-controlled tetrode was built at Fairchild by C.T. Sah.

The “Silicon” transistor exceeds German speed. The fast switching germanium device for the "CDC 1604" became the first commercially successful large-scale transistor machine.

The Elliot 903 computer system was introduced. It was a transistor based computer that had punch tape and a teletype console.

The invention of the first transistor "Point Contact Type" transistor was originated at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ by William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain.

William Shockley developed the "Bipolar Junction" transistor theory at Bell Labs.

The “Type A” point contact transistor entered Bell Labs for limited production.

The “Bipolar Junction" transistor was the first grown of its kind created at Bell Labs.

RCA and GE developed the first “Alloy Junction” transistors.

10,000 "CK718" hearing aid transistors are produced by Raytheon.

“Germanium Junction” transistors are prepared in large scale productions by major corporations such as GE, Radio Receptor, Raytheon, RCA, Sylvania, and Texas Instruments.

The first all-transistor radio called the "TR-1" was developed and marketed by Regency and Texas Instruments.

The first transistor qualified for military service was GE’s “USAF 2N43A.”

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain for inventing the transistor.

The invention of the transistor celebrates its 10th anniversary.

Germanium and Silicon are used in the first United States satellite, called Explorer 1.

The “Planar” process was developed by Fairchild, and was used for the first high reliability transistors, and later used for “Monolithic” Integrated Circuits.

The “Metal Oxide” semiconductor (MOS), fabricated by Karl Zaininger and Charles Mueller was demonstrated at RCA. An MOS-controlled tetrode was built at Fairchild by C.T. Sah.

The “Silicon” transistor exceeds German speed. The fast switching germanium device for the "CDC 1604" became the first commercially successful large-scale transistor machine.

The Elliot 903 computer system was introduced. It was a transistor based computer that had punch tape and a teletype console.

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