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

Engineers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, working with Rice University, have demonstrated a transistor that switches at 0.1V and which is said to consume less than 10% of the power ...

Explains the principles of transistor switching circuits, highlighting their role in electronic computers. It contrasts transistors with vacuum tubes, emphasizing that transistors function as ...