transistor
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We followed games on transistor radios and TV, and did our best to imitate star players.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
By the 50s it was making tape recorders and transistor radios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Modern chip development depends heavily on shrinking transistor components.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
“Back then transistor radios were real popular,” David said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The pile was growing there: a Polaroid camera, a transistor radio, an elaborate electric train set—and several sealed envelopes containing cash.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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Their computations, which are in effect the switching on and off of microscopic silicon transistors that make up a chip, are actually silent.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
In conventional electronics, transistors act as switches that control whether electrical current can pass through a circuit.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Using the new interface design, the researchers fabricated short-channel top-gate transistors from CVD-grown monolayer MoS2.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Testing showed low leakage current, minimal hysteresis, and maximum transconductance of 0.45 mS μm-1 in transistors with channels measuring about 100 nanometers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Couples were drinking and whispering on the grass, and the transistors were turned down.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
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