A vacuum tube is just that: a glass tube surrounding ... This kind of thinking would be as important as science for the invention of the transistor. Edison's discovery that current can travel ...

When we think about op amps, images of DIPs and SOICs spring to mind ... this time in the form of a tube op amp. The K2-W model he acquired enjoyed popularity when it was released as one of ...

Every kind of information (words, numbers, pictures ... of the transistor, help students visualize its impact on the design of computers. If possible, show students a vacuum tube.

The transistor was developed only eight years ago by three scientists at Bell Telephone Laboratories. It amplifies electrical impulses just like the vacuum tube, but is free of the vacuum tube’s ...