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Bell Labs

Posted by SJK on October 24, 2014 at 18:07:11

In Reply to: transistor posted by Netsuke Chip on October 24, 2014 at 10:30:08:

I think it was 1947?

It's an abbreviation for transfer resistor. It's intended use was for amplification, a solid state replacement for the triode tube.

You're confusing the issue when you say rectifier. That's the original Edison, or diode tube. It's not much good for anything other than DC power supplies - all very useful sometime before WWII.

Meaning that the modern replacement is exactly that, a diode - not a transfer resistor.

You're obviously of English heritage. We say tubes, not valves.

What was your question again?

Edits: 10/24/14

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