To my father Jim who helped me build a simple radio when I was young and went on to help me in countless other ways big and small for the rest of his life J R
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 5 CHAPTER ONE TRANSISTORS UNSUNG HEROES OF MODERN ELECTRONICS 6 CHAPTER TWO TYPES OF TRANSISTORS 14 CHAPTER THREE TRANSISTORS TRANSFORM ELECTRONICS 22 CHAPTER FOUR THE FUTURE OF TRANSISTORS 30 EXPERIMENT USING A TRANSISTOR TO CONTROL AN LED 34 Solve It Answer Key 35 Glossary 36 Selected Bibliography 37 Further Information 38 Index 39
