Carving out the way to the solid-state domain

ISBN-13: 9786204734767 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str.

Carlos Alberto Fazano

Opis

The first book ever published on the history of semiconductor making in Brazil. In its chapters the book covers the experimental on early types of crystal radio wave detectors, the semiconductor as an imported technology, the Japanese transistors arrival in the market, the beginning of transistors and diodes local fabrication, the market reserve policy and finally the saga for the domain of the solid-state technology culminating with the foundation of advanced researching institutes and innovative entrepreneurial environment for integrated circuit making.

O autorze

Fazano, Carlos AlbertoCarlos Alberto Fazano, Brazilian, holds a degree in chemistry. He has published two books on laboratory instrumentation. He studied electronics by assembling valve radios and audio amplifiers, starting his strong interest in the history of electronics. Recently, he has published the book "The Electron Age 100 Years of Progress in Electronics".