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Semiconductor devices have been employed in electrical and electronic engineering for a long time. The best example is probably graphite which is used for both brushes and microphones. The semiconductor revolution is, however, of more recent origin; it started in the immediate post-war years with great leaps forward in technology. First came the production of pure material, then controlled doping, then p-n junction and finally, the crowning success, the transistor. Other semiconductor devices have followed in due course but so far none have outshone the transistor.
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Solymar, L. (1975). Semiconductor Devices. In: Modern Physical Electronics. A Review of the Principles of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6507-5_5
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