junction transistor

British  

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

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In the junction transistor this point-contact arrangement has been replaced by a large-area contact.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