Semiconductor Projects, Applications, and Data Books

Transistor and semiconductor material from the early days. In those times, most transistors were Germanium Bipolar Junction types, but some material covers point contact devices, Silicon devices, manufacturing, and a wide variety of other discrete semiconductors made and used in the 1970s to present day.

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Tubes or Transistors?
Build your own transistor with The Transistor Game (shockwave flash and active X required. Works best in IE)
Video: 40 Minute History of Japanese Electronic industry (thanks to the transistor!)

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Cross References

GE_73_transistor_repl_giude(pdf) Cross thousands of semiconductors TO Universal GE replacements. 255.5MB

bipolar-cross TO SGS Thompson / STMicro (pdf) 164.27 Kb

STMicro "SD" RF transistors to Other Brands, Partial (pdf) 119.00 Kb

Databooks, Application Books, Individual Data Sheets

Individual Data Sheets zip file

GE-Transistor-Manual-No.-3---1958.CV01.pdf 4.14 Mb

GE-Transistor-Manual-No.-5---1960.CV01.pdf 7.87 Mb

MotorolaSmallsignaltransistorsFETSdiodesdata-dl126rev6.pdf 26.61 Mb

RcaPowerTransistorApplicationsManual_text.pdf 10.36 Mb

ToshibaPowerTransistorSemiconductorDataBook1983_text.pdf 47.45 Mb

ToshibaSmallSignalTransistorSemiconductorDataBook1983_text.pdf 35.31 Mb

Towers-TowersInternationalTransistorSelector_text.pdf 11.20 Mb

Reading Material, Instruction, Theory

Beginners-Guide-to-Transistors-Reddihough.pdf 4.27 Mb

Coyne_transistors.pdf 1740.32 Kb

Design-and-Construction-of-Transistor-Superhets-Warring.pdf 3.30 Mb

Determining-a-Transistors-Power-Rating-APT.pdf 36.55 Kb

Fontaine-DiodesTransistors.pdf 32.14 Mb

Fontaine-DiodesTransistors_text.pdf 13.75 Mb

Getting-Started-With-Transistors-L-E-Garner.pdf 4.99 Mb

Gronner-TransistorCircuitAnalysis.pdf 70.76 Mb

Gronner-TransistorCircuitAnalysis_text.pdf 14.89 Mb

Krugman_transistors.pdf 2.05 Mb

Practical-Transistor-Audio-Amplifiers-Bernard-173-Clive-Sinclair.pdf 873.87 Kb

rf_transistor_design.pdf 123.53 Kb

Transistors-And-Crystal-Diodes-Betteridge.pdf 1904.66 Kb

Transistors-Circuits-And-Servicing-Betteridge.pdf 960.61 Kb

Transistors-L-E-Garner.pdf 1329.87 Kb

Transistors-Theory-and-Practice-Rufus-Turner.pdf 4.50 Mb

Hobbyist Project Books and individual Schematics

103-Simple-Transistor-Projects-Kneitel.pdf 3.36 Mb

125-Transistor-Projects-Rufus-Turner.pdf 5.16 Mb

21-Simple-Transistor-Radios-Warring.pdf 11.70 Mb

3-transistor_audio_amp.png 46.09 Kb

49-Easy-Transistor-Projects-Kneitel.pdf 1910.68 Kb

bereskin_transistor.pdf 194.93 Kb

Beyond-the-Transistor-Rufus-Turner.pdf 6.29 Mb

Build-Your-Own-Transistor-Radio-Warring.pdf 2.27 Mb

Easy-to-build transistor projects-Buckwalter.pdf 8.24 Mb

Eleven-Tested-Transistor-Circuits-No-3-Bernard-167-Clive-Sinclair.pdf 967.93 Kb

gernsback_transistor.pdf 1637.57 Kb

Handbook-of-Transistor-Circuits-Lytel.pdf 9.54 Mb

Have-Fun-with-Transistors-Buckwalter.pdf 4.25 Mb

Making-a-Transistor-Radio-Dobbs.pdf 3.27 Mb

Manual-de-Circuitos-Transistorizados-Clive-Sinclair.pdf 1734.12 Kb

Modern-Transistor-Circuits-Bernard-177-Clive-Sinclair.pdf 1517.08 Kb

Modern-Transistor-Radios-Warring.pdf 1937.21 Kb

Simple-Transistor-Projects-For-Hobbyists-&-Students.Steckler.pdf 6.25 Mb

Skill-Building-Transistor-Projects-L-E-Garner.pdf 7.84 Mb

squarewavevariabledutygenerator2transistor.png 26.16 Kb

The-Transistor-Radio-Handbook-Donald-Stoner.pdf 6.62 Mb

Three_Transistor_Peak_Detector_Boss_SG-1.jpg 33.05 Kb

Transistor-AF-and-RF-Circuits-Lytel.pdf 3.96 Mb

Transistor-Audio-Amplifier-Manual-Bernard-176-Clive-Sinclair.pdf 2.52 Mb

Transistor-Circuit-Guidebook-Byron Wels.pdf 5.81 Mb

Transistor-Circuit-Handbook-L-E-Garner.pdf 12.95 Mb

Transistor-Circuit-Manual-Lytel.pdf 7.80 Mb

Transistor-Circuits-for-the-Constructor-No-1-Edwin-Bradley.pdf 803.80 Kb

Transistor-Circuits-for-the-Constructor-No-2-Edwin-Bradley.pdf 1554.40 Kb

transistor-circuits-for-the-constructor-no-3-edwin-bradley.pdf 939.33 Kb

Transistor-Circuits-for-the-Constructor-No-4-Edwin-Bradley.pdf 2.78 Mb

Transistor-Circuits-Gernsback-63-Rufus-Turner.pdf 1903.37 Kb

Transistor-Circuits-Manual-No-2-Bernard-163-Clive-Sinclair.pdf 1043.64 Kb

Transistor-Circuits-Manual-No-4-Bernard-168-Clive-Sinclair.pdf 890.31 Kb

Transistor-Circuits-Manual-No-5-Bernard-179-Clive-Sinclair.pdf 1395.44 Kb

Transistor-Circuits-Rufus-Turner.pdf 5.26 Mb

Transistor-Etched-Circuit-Projects-Kyle 1966.pdf 4.48 Mb

Transistor-Projects-L-E-Garner.pdf 995.79 Kb

Transistor-Subminiature-Receivers-Handbook-Bernard-174-Clive-Sinclair.pdf 2.52 Mb

Transistor-Superhet-Receivers-Bernard-151-Clive-Sinclair.pdf 3.12 Mb

Transistor-Transmitters-for-the-Amateur-Donald-Stoner.pdf 3.74 Mb

Transistor_and_FET_Curve_Tracer_Daniel_Metzger_Electronics_World_August_1971.pdf 2.16 Mb

Transistorized-Pocket-Receiver-L-E-Garner.pdf 271.01 Kb

Two-Transistor Bias Circuit.pdf 76.84 Kb