Thanks for sharing this, makes me think and thankful for my time in the RF industry. the PN junction one of life's greatest discoveries in my time.
From the other side of the Pacific, the Japanese approach to developing transistors into a mass marketable device. Amazing dedication, stamina and improvisation skills in post-war Japan. De Ray ..._ ._
I worked at Western Electric Co in Allentown Pa. which had the worlds first transistor production line. Bell Labs had some amazing Engineers. This was only one of Bell Lab's innovations. 73 K3VA
