P-FETs are like PNP transistors, too – the gate pin of a ... gate capacitance won’t be much of a load on your GPIO at a small scale, so it’s a good shortcut in hacker projects; if concerned ...

In the case of Brattain's transistor, current flowed towards the second gold contact. Think about what that means. A small current in through one contact changes the nature of the semiconductor so ...

So What Was the Transistor Good For ... recorder manufacturer called Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo had also decided to make small radios. In fact, they were going to devote their whole company to commercial ...

While it is hard to imagine today, securing a license to produce transistors was difficult in the early days. What’s worse is, even with the license, it was not feasible to use the crude devices ...