The transistors being made by Bell just didn't work the same way twice, and on top of that, they were noisy. While one lab at Bell was trying to improve those first type-A transistors, William ...

Bell Labs had an important realization: development of the transistor was going to move a lot more quickly if they opened up the field to other companies. So in September 1951, Bell Labs hosted a ...

(Image: Nokia Bell Labs) Although the point-contact transistor was the first transistor invented ... flow of electronic signals through an electrical circuit or electronic device. Today, MOSFETs are ...

One of the most renowned scientific laboratories in the world, many of the major electronic inventions of the modern age were developed at Bell Labs, including the transistor, the laser ...