junction transistor

noun

1. a bipolar transistor consisting of two p-n junctions combined to form either an n-p-n or a p-n-p transistor, having the three electrodes, the emitter, base, and collector

Example Sentences

“Even at the present very early stage of transistor development it seems certain that transistors will replace vacuum tubes in almost every application. A large part of the improvement in the performance of the device is due to the development of a new design called the ‘junction transistor.’

From Scientific American

In the junction transistor this point-contact arrangement has been replaced by a large-area contact.

From Scientific American

In a remarkable series of insights made over a few short weeks, he greatly extended the understanding of semiconductor materials and developed the underlying theory of another, much more robust amplifying device--a kind of sandwich made of a crystal with varying impurities added, which came to be known as the junction transistor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pursuing scientific inquiry into the applications of solid-state physics, Bell Laboratories Physicist William Shockley played a major role in the invention of the junction transistor, shared a 1956 Nobel Prize for his efforts, and made a substantial impact on technology and society.

From Time Magazine Archive