EARLY TRANSISTOR HISTORY AT GE An Interview with Carl David Todd Recollections from the First Days of Transistor Technology
Oral History – Carl David Todd (Continued) ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST BY CARL DAVID TODD (1) Junction Field Effect Transistors, published by John Wiley and Sons, 1968. (2) Zener and Avalanche Diodes, published by John Wiley and Sons, 1970. (3) The Potentiometer Handbook: User’s Guide to Cost Effective Applications, published by McGraw-Hill, 1975. These texts are very well written and a pleasure to read – the first two provide an excellent introduction to the state of the art regarding semiconductor technology of the time. Of particular note is a very useful bibliography in each of these texts, with the FET book providing an unbelievable multi-page chart and summary of all the relevant industry publications, by year and content type. Many of Carl’s 950 publications can be found in the above bibliographies. ______________	Oral History –Carl David Todd (Continued) These Audio Links are Excerpts from the April-June 2005 Interviews with Carl David Todd. Working with Point Contact Transistors and Building a Radio Carl David Todd Audio Clip #1 Buying his First CK722 Junction Transistors in 1953 Carl David Todd Audio Clip #2 Accepting an Internship at GE in 1954 to Work with Transistors Carl David Todd Audio Clip #3 The Origin of the Classic GE TopHat Metal Case Junction Transistor Carl David Todd Audio Clip #4 Comments on GE’s Early High Volume Transistor Manufacturing Processes Carl David Todd Audio Clip #5 First Hand Recollections of the 2N107 GE Hobbyist Transistor Carl David Todd Audio Clip #6 ______________
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