Transistors
Semiconductor devices used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power, replacing vacuum tubes.
Core metadata
- ID: transistors
- Era: Modern
- First known date: 1947 (exact)
- Region: United States and global electronics industry
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
- Electronics (electronics)
- Mass Production (mass_production)
- Quantum Physics (quantum_physics)
- Semiconductor Devices (semiconductor_devices)
Dependents
- Integrated Circuits (Microchips) (integrated_circuits)
- Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD Screens) (liquid_crystal_displays_lcd_screens)
- Microprocessors (CPU on a Chip) (microprocessors_cpu_on_a_chip)
- MOSFET Transistors (mosfet_transistors)
- Solid State Drives (SSD Flash Memory) (solid_state_drives_ssd_flash_memory)
Fields
Field lanes
- Semiconductors & Integrated Circuits: Materials & Devices
Node sources
- 1947: Invention of the Point-Contact Transistor (Computer History Museum, 2007, museum) • Supports: node, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 4
- Average edge confidence: 74%
- Prerequisite sources: 4
- expert_inference: 3
- textbook: 1
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semiconductor Devices (semiconductor_devices) | required | 92% | textbook | The transistor node is scoped to semiconductor amplifier/switch devices, anchored to the 1947 point-contact transistor. |
|
| Quantum Physics (quantum_physics) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Quantum Physics provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
|
| Electronics (electronics) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Electronics provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
|
| Mass Production (mass_production) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Mass Production provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
|
This page is generated from canonical era JSON and is indexable by URL.