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Remembering John Bardeen: inventor of transistor

M. A. Rafiq1, 3, Chuanbo Li2 and Buwen Cheng3

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Abstract: Transistor’s invention revolutionized global society by spawning electronics industry. John Bardeen is among one of the inventors of transistor. He was a genius and one of the most influential semiconductor Physicist of 20th century who won two Nobel prizes in Physics.



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Fig. 1.  John Bardeen receiving Physics Nobel prize in 1956. Reprinted from Ref. [3].

Fig. 2.  First point contact transistor. Reprinted from Ref. [3].

Fig. 3.  Schematic representation of working of point contact transistor. Reprinted from Ref. [4].

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https://www.semiconductors.org
[2]
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1956/bardeen/biographical
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Hoddeson L. John Bardeen: the only person to win two Nobel Prizes in physics. Phys Educ, 2011, 46, 661 doi: 10.1088/0031-9120/46/6/S01
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Riordan M, Hoddeson L, Herring C. The invention of the transistor. Rev Mod Phys, 1999, 71, S336 doi: 10.1103/RevModPhys.71.S336
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Schreiffer J R. John Bardeen and the theory of superconductivity. Physics Today, 1992, 45, 46 doi: 10.1063/1.881345
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https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1972/bardeen/cv
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      M. A. Rafiq, Chuanbo Li, Buwen Cheng. Remembering John Bardeen: inventor of transistor[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2019, 40(2): 020301. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/40/2/020301 M A Rafiq, C B Li, B W Cheng, Remembering John Bardeen: inventor of transistor[J]. J. Semicond., 2019, 40(2): 020301. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/40/2/020301.Export: BibTex EndNote
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      M. A. Rafiq, Chuanbo Li, Buwen Cheng. Remembering John Bardeen: inventor of transistor[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2019, 40(2): 020301. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/40/2/020301

      M A Rafiq, C B Li, B W Cheng, Remembering John Bardeen: inventor of transistor[J]. J. Semicond., 2019, 40(2): 020301. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/40/2/020301.
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