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Shockley William

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1

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1951

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1951

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1

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1951

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semiconductorstelecommunicationsconsumer_electronics

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1950s
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1 patents, in 1951

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US 2569347·1951·Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc

The Invention of the Junction Transistor

William Shockley's 1951 patent for the junction transistor, the fundamental building block of all modern digital electronics.

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