transistor

Summary

transistor ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (897 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• transistor followed semiconductor diode^[2].
• transistor followed vacuum tube^[3].
• transistor followed gas-filled tube^[4].
• transistor is a type of semiconductor device^[5].
• transistor is a type of active electronic component^[6].
• transistor's Commons category is recorded as Transistors^[7].
• transistor comprises p–n junction^[8].
• transistor's time of discovery or invention is recorded as December 1947^[9].
• transistor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Transistors^[10].
• transistor's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox transistor^[11].
• transistor's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://electronics.stackexchange.com/tags/transistors^[12].
• transistor's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have^[13].
• transistor's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[14].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include semiconductor device^[5] and active electronic component^[6].

Use and Application

transistor comprises p–n junction^[8].

Why It Matters

transistor ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (897 views/month).^[1] transistor has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15] transistor is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[16]