A Three Terminal Device

A transistor
mounted on a
metal can with
three wires to each
of the three
terminals.
Light Bulbs and Vacuum Tubes

Vacuum tubes were

made containing
several three
terminal devices
called triodes.
Lee De Forest and The Radio
Radio brought
information rapidly
to the masses and
was the first widely
used electronic
device in the home.
Early Computers

The largest
computers based
on vacuum tubes
had racks and
racks of tubes
filling large rooms.
The First Transistor
The first point
contact transistor
made use of the
semiconductor
germanium. Paper
clips and razor
blades were used
to make the device.
Limits of Individual Transistors

Individual
electronic
components were
soldered on to
printed circuit
boards.
The Integrated Circuit
Integrated circuits
placed all
components in one
chip, drastically
reducing the size of
the circuit and its
components.
The Transistor is presented with the suppo
Cisco Systems, Internet infrastructure par
 19:39

The Transistor is presented with the support of Cisco