The Genesis of the Transistor, with Bonus Introduction - AT&T Archives

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    Bonus Edition introduction by George Kupczak of the AT&T Archives and History Center
    In the late 1940s, Bell Laboratories scientists John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley invented the transistor, the first solid-state amplifier or switch, and in doing so laid the foundation for all modern electronics and circuitry. The three shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 for the achievement. It may be the most important invention of the 20th century.
    This 1965 film shows footage of them reunited/recreating their 1940s lab time to show how it was done, but in real life they had parted. Bardeen had left the labs in 1951 for the U. of IL; Shockley in 1956 to run a semiconductor company in California (laying the groundwork for Silicon Valley), and Brattain retired in 1967 to Whitman College.
    Footage courtesy of AT&T Archives and History Center, Warren, NJ
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  • @JoeRichardRules
    @JoeRichardRules 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This stuff should be taught in every primary school in America or the world for that matter.

    • @LionWithTheLamb
      @LionWithTheLamb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They don't even have basic electrical and electronics electives in most school districts now.

  • @ctwentysevenj6531
    @ctwentysevenj6531 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    One of humanity's greatest inventions, the transistor.

    • @leavemyrightsalone
      @leavemyrightsalone 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I doubt it is human that invented this. Humans are too dumb and don't live long enough to learn enough.

    • @TheFlutecart
      @TheFlutecart 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      agreed.

  • @GavinoFelix
    @GavinoFelix 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The Introduction is wonderful! If only Mr. Kupczak had done science documentaries I watched growing up (e.g. NOVA, whatever was on public television in the U.S. 80's 90's) I would have probably pursued science more formally in high school...

  • @crumplezone1
    @crumplezone1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Thanks guys for bringing us the tech we have today :),

    • @eric4709
      @eric4709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Think they would be turning in their graves in they knew the extent to which semiconductor technology has invaded our lives - I;m sure they never intended it to spawn the surveillance society we now live in.

    • @gristly_knuckle
      @gristly_knuckle 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eric4709 William Shockley won the Nobel Prize for this research! Who could have suspected such an outcome?!? He *was* IQ.

    • @JaredConnell
      @JaredConnell หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@eric4709ya I'm sure they hate how many lives are saved and made more fulfilling with the advent of modern technology just because the government spies in a few aspects of our lives to stop terrorists and other violent crimes....

  • @Critter145
    @Critter145 ปีที่แล้ว

    God, I love the enthusiasm of the presenter at the beginning of these videos. I bet he’s a super cool guy to hang out with.

  • @sniffulsquack5608
    @sniffulsquack5608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Cant believe im subbed to an atnt channel but these vids are super nice. They should bring these types of programs back.

  • @PhoneLosersofAmerica
    @PhoneLosersofAmerica 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Happy 65th anniversary, transistor!

  • @Lauderdalesfinest954754
    @Lauderdalesfinest954754 12 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Crystal Triode®..I like that one.!

    • @donmoore7785
      @donmoore7785 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      But it was seen as relating to much to previous technology (vacuum tube) so they wisely rejected it.

  •  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you AT&T.

  • @manualdomaker9549
    @manualdomaker9549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    First of all, congratulations on your work.

  • @jpolar394
    @jpolar394 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm surprised that the song " Hells Bells Laboratory " is not in this video documentary.

  • @ahojlax
    @ahojlax 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That's real the Nobel One.

  • @aleksanderbarnas8594
    @aleksanderbarnas8594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Field effect transistor was invented and patented (US1900018) in 1925 by Julius Edgar Lilienfeld. Why he was omitted from the Nobel Prize?
    Also good to know that the growing crystals technology used for manufacturing any silicon semiconductors including transistors, IC's, microprocessors was developed by Jan Czochralski (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czochralski_method). Thanks to this invention there is now ANY electronics at all...

    • @georgeklimes7604
      @georgeklimes7604 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He came up with the concept, yes. But it was not possible to do back then.

    • @donmoore7785
      @donmoore7785 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Maybe because Lilienfeld was never able to make a working device? Do you think that may have beeen a factor?

  • @xxafthabxx9346
    @xxafthabxx9346 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It takes billions of transistors to watch this video from your device itself, combine it with the networks of computers being used to stream the video for you.

  • @Islam_K_Abu_Almohtade_
    @Islam_K_Abu_Almohtade_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for this God's gift video ... transconductance and variable resistance ... you are ninja of semiconductors

  • @yoramstein
    @yoramstein 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I surprized only 20435 people have watched till now this video.

    • @LionWithTheLamb
      @LionWithTheLamb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They're too busy reading about celebrities. Whomever the flavor of the year that the gossip is about. Watching material to help you grow mentally is not a thing that people do generally anymore.

    • @georgeklimes7604
      @georgeklimes7604 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Further proof our country gets dumber by the decade.

    • @xxafthabxx9346
      @xxafthabxx9346 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      True, no one cares about the big brains involved behind the inventions. The human brain is simply unparalleled fast forward to today transistors raise children now

  • @shionhaggi8163
    @shionhaggi8163 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    great

  • @louf7178
    @louf7178 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So, metal "conductors" are semi-conductors too - just with electron flow at room temperature?

  • @GavinoFelix
    @GavinoFelix 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Also, does anyone know if there are anymore videos with George Kupczak?

  • @Critter145
    @Critter145 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does anybody know about Col. Philip Corso’s comments about the development of transistors at Bell Labs in 1947?

  • @ahojlax
    @ahojlax 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's really Nobel One.

  • @jhonesfgh4489
    @jhonesfgh4489 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bing history of transistor very good

  • @hectormiguel9201
    @hectormiguel9201 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    !Asombroso ¡ sencillamente complejo como amplificar el flujo del electron, pero otra cosa sería como almacenar momentaneamente la frecuencia electromagnetica aun no nacia el microchip.

  • @louf7178
    @louf7178 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Does it amplify because the electron influence is greater than 1:1 ? Such as: one electron jiggle on the controlled side allows more than one electron to pass on the other circuit? It seems energy is needed to do amplification.

    • @Vincent_Sullivan
      @Vincent_Sullivan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes Lou, that is exactly correct. Transistors are characterised in many different ways. One of those characteristics is "beta" which is a measurement of the "current gain" of the transistor. The beta of a typical good quality small signal junction transistor would be around 100. This means that if you send 1 electron into (or out of - transistors are made in both NPN and PNP polarities) the control element (the "base") of a transistor 100 electrons will flow in the output circuit (the "collector") assuming the external circuit makes the electrons available. The third connection of the transistor (the "emitter") is common to both the input and output circuits and will see a flow of 101 electrons. Beta is not a fixed number. Different types (part numbers) of transistors will have different betas and transistors of the same part number can have a range of betas and still be considered as meeting the specification for that part number. The beta of a given transistor will vary with temperature, voltage levels, and the amount of current flow among many other things.

  • @gk10002000
    @gk10002000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    ah the basics. I remember making a home made crystal radio set. Wrapped wires around a toilet paper cardboard tube, ground wire to the steam radiator, a piece of crystal a diode and voila

  • @louf7178
    @louf7178 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    10:04 Why it this considered an amplifier and not a type of switch? Or is meant that with other circuitry on the switched side an amplifier (or other qualities beyond the vacuum tube) could be designed?

    • @ShaunMcDngh
      @ShaunMcDngh 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Transistors are used to amplify as well. It's all about how they are wired(circuitry).

    • @louf7178
      @louf7178 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ShaunMcDngh How does it have this energy to do this amplification? If it is due to the matter used, does that matter eventually deplete?

    • @ShaunMcDngh
      @ShaunMcDngh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@louf7178 Basically a transistor can be used to control a larger voltage/current in a circuit from a smaller voltage/current. There are thousands of different transistors. Some are used to amplify voltage and some better for current, some are better switching applications(again controlling a voltage or current from another voltage or current).

  • @charlesashurst1816
    @charlesashurst1816 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The crystal triode? Hmmm.

  • @user-mb3pv4bk8k
    @user-mb3pv4bk8k 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    มันคือต้นกำเนิดคอมพิวเตอร์
    และไฟฟ้าสำคัญยิ่งกว่าเพราะเป็นเชื้อให้เกิดพลังของสสารมวลสาร
    ขาดไฟฟ้า ไม่มีไฟฟ้าจึงเป็นใดๆไม่ได้ในโลกปัจจุบัน

  • @karloslerma7851
    @karloslerma7851 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonder what's next 👽

  • @faruksedef
    @faruksedef ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Real Men Age.
    Wars were real, Science were real, life was real.

    • @halfdome4158
      @halfdome4158 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Such a great comment.

  • @user-yt1nw6mr1x
    @user-yt1nw6mr1x 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And what was the transition from vacuum tubes to crystals?? Puf!!!! and just like that the property of crystals discovered... right on time...

  • @caycloker901
    @caycloker901 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    BESTEEE UNIKE EXEMPLARR FORDVER

  • @locouk
    @locouk 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    14:47 By solar battery, do they mean solar panel?

    • @LionWithTheLamb
      @LionWithTheLamb 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The ol' Napster Cat is still lurking I see.

    • @louf7178
      @louf7178 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, although "panel" usually means large.
      "Battery" is commonly used wrongly for "cell" (e.g. dry alkaline cell); a solar "cell" is probably commonly used wrongly because it is a battery of solar cells, and here it surely is a battery of solar cells (performing the similar function of dry cells). Again, a "panel" would be large e.g. on top of a house roof.
      There is use of common language terms here.

  • @PhoneLosersofAmerica
    @PhoneLosersofAmerica 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Walter Bratton's voice is hilarious.

  • @prestoncheapbtheadphoneste3010
    @prestoncheapbtheadphoneste3010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

  • @CoffeeAndPaul
    @CoffeeAndPaul 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sounds at 1:46 belong in a Ren & Stimpy episode!

  • @Porototype22
    @Porototype22 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It works like Dam and water
    And Transistor it's electric dam

  • @b00gi3
    @b00gi3 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Transistor ? That's a funny name. I'd have called it a Chuzzwozza ! (:
    Awesome documentary. Thanks.

  • @Neo_indian1
    @Neo_indian1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mordern TESLA 🔥🔥

  • @chalysen
    @chalysen 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    11:09 - GOD POWER! 🙌💫

  • @shinigamilee5915
    @shinigamilee5915 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    He is my son.

  • @tommyhession9360
    @tommyhession9360 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    fujifilm fine pix j11ow

  • @DanKirchner5150
    @DanKirchner5150 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    transmister

  • @broderickwallis25
    @broderickwallis25 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Imagine sitting down to dinner having discussions about this stuff.... Well, we sit down to TV, we eat sh.... we think sh.... we do sh.... If only they had engineered society with such care. For the good of all, not just the greedy rich !!!

  • @DANTHETUBEMAN
    @DANTHETUBEMAN 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The device that ruined the world.

    • @daviddarfdas
      @daviddarfdas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed but the potential remains. It all depends on how we use it.

    • @xxafthabxx9346
      @xxafthabxx9346 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Depends on how it's used

  • @antigen4
    @antigen4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that walter brattain ... could have used better communication or 'people' skills it seems ...

    • @louf7178
      @louf7178 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It was real. Do you want an overly dramatic, large, solitary stage presence where he "drops the mic' " at the end? - that is a millenial psychotic condition embellished by marketing, media and juvenile behavior.

    • @antigen4
      @antigen4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      oh yes i agree - refreshing kinda ... but it's kind of funny in contrast to everytihng that's so over-rehearsed now

    • @georgeklimes7604
      @georgeklimes7604 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      These guys were PhD level science geeks. They were not trained presenters. I saw some videos with that look and feel when I was small, and I always thought they sounded cool yet serious.

  • @421sap
    @421sap 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In Father and King Jesus' Name, Amen ✝️✨

  • @sebastianwhalin743
    @sebastianwhalin743 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Aand yall wanted to keep that invention for yourselves

  • @abadplanner1
    @abadplanner1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tesla electricity or anti biotics more important invention.

    • @germancampos1498
      @germancampos1498 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Antibiotics nor Tesla AC couldn´t be controlled and massified without transistors... as well as many other things, from telecommunications to computers...

  • @ericorff9994
    @ericorff9994 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The word Woman was not used once.

  • @slimtimm1
    @slimtimm1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    George is the WORST presenter EVER!!! That LISP is just COMICAL!!

  • @Coleen_West
    @Coleen_West 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why do you speak like that? Is that some type of accent? Who speaks like that is it some Eastern thing... Maybe if you slow your speech and speak from your chest it will lower the pitch. Just something please!

  • @FelonyVideos
    @FelonyVideos 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I came back just to say this video sucked too much to watch. Everyone should Google William Shockley. His bravest work was not the transistor, but his IQ research. He is amazing.

    • @daviddarfdas
      @daviddarfdas 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You mean the idea that black people are an intellectually inferior race? Or his proposition that those with an IQ lower than 100 should undergo sterilization? Cut the crap. He undoubtedly was a very smart man but his views regarding intelligence were all but ethical.

    • @donmoore7785
      @donmoore7785 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Your comment is totally irrelevant. You "came back" to post it? Waste of time.

  • @antigen4
    @antigen4 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    was that liberace giving the intro to this? this is a very silly 'documentary' - just a crappy news reel for 12 year olds

  • @SuperDavy91
    @SuperDavy91 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    At&t did not invent the transistor, I hate it when people say that. Corporations do not invent things lol men and women do, so 3 men that worked at bell labs (research department of at&t) did though 🙂