"cornytheclown" a écrit dans le message de news:

I read somewhere on the net......terribly sorry I dont have a
link..... but I read a while back where someone actually obtained a
patent for a semiconductor transistor in the thirties......

You're right. It was Lilienfeld, 1924. Here's a link
with a copy of his 1930 solid state amplifier patent:
http://www.todaysengineer.org/May03/history.asp

Syl


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