The Transistor: Selected Reference Material on Characteristics and Applications. Contract Da 36-039 Sc-5589 (Task 3). (Includes Shockley's important paper on 'The Theory of p-n junctions in semiconductors and p-n junction transistors.')

792 pp. Original stiff wrappers, 4to. Very Good. Contains 35 papers from an important early Bell symposium, 22 of which were apparently unpublished at the time. Other papers reprinted from the Physical Review (2 papers), Bell System Technical Journal (4), Bell Lab Record (1), Proceedings of the IRE (2), and other periodicals. Includes four important papers for which William Schockley was author (2 papers) or co-author. Papers range from 2 to 56 pp. Includes Schockley's important paper on 'The Theory of p-n junctions in semiconductors and p-n junction transistors.' (BSTJ Vol. 28, July, 1949, pp. 435-489). Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain were awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics 'for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect.' Contents: Holes and electrons / William Shockley -- Physics of electronic semiconductors / G.L. Pearson -- Theory of p-n junctions in semiconductors and p-n junction transistors / W. Shockley -- Theory and experiment for a germanium p-n junction / G.L. Pearson [and others] -- P-n junction transistors / W. Shockley, M. Sparks, G.K. Teal -- P germanium transistor / W.G. Pfann, J.H. Scaff -- Transistor : a new semiconductor amplifier / J.A. Becker, J.N. Shive -- Coaxial transistor / W.E. Kock, R.L. Wallace, Jr. -- Phototransistor / J.N. Shive -- Aging and temperature response of point-contact transistors / R.M. Ryder -- Duality as a guide in transistor circuit design / R.L. Wallace Jr., G. Raisbeck. Some circuit aspects of the transistor / R.M. Ryder, R.J. Kircher -- Some circuit properties and applications of n-p-n transistors / R.J. Wallace Jr, W.J. Pietenpol -- General considerations concerning non-linear circuits and negative resistance / B.G. Farley -- Idealized negative resistance characteristics of the transistors / R.L. Trent -- Some switching aspects of transistors / A.E. Anderson -- Some system applications of transistor amplifiers / R.S. Caruthers -- New high-efficiency linear amplifier using a transistor and a vacuum tube / G. Raisbeck -- High-efficiency untuned amplifier / G. Raisbeck -- Some experimental and practical applications of transistor oscillators / R.S. Caruthers -- Modulators in carrier telephone systems / R.S. Caruthers -- Stabilized transistor delay and switching circuit / A.E. Anderson -- Transistor packaged circuit for multifunctional switching applications / R.L. Trent. Stabilized single transistor binary counter / R.L. Trent -- Stabilized general-purpose two-transistor binary counter / R.L. Trent -- Transistor reversible binary counter / R.L. Trent -- Four-stage binary counter / R.L. Trent -- Diode gates / L.W. Hussey -- Anticoincidence or not and gate / L.W. Hussey -- Storage and addition of binary numbers / J.R. Harris -- Packaged angular position encoder / H.G. Follingstad -- Gray to binary translator and shift register / R.E. Yaeger -- Notes on the design of high speed digital computers using transistors / J.H. Felker -- Data on experimental transistor types / R.M. Ryder, R.J. Kircher, John N. Shive. 'The material included herein covers the same ground and supplements the talks given at a symposium on transistors, which was held at the Bell Telephone Labratories during the week beginning September 17, 1951' (Foreword).…