KnowraPoint-Contact TransistorLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Point-Contact Transistor, each with the reason it gives.All 7Broader topic 6Compared with 1TransistorBroader topic: Its 1947 demonstration marked the device's invention.John BardeenBroader topic: Bardeen and Brattain built this device after Bardeen’s surface-state research redirected their experiments.William ShockleyBroader topic: Bardeen and Brattain demonstrated this design in 1947, prompting Shockley to devise a more robust alternative.GermaniumBroader topic: The first working transistor, demonstrated in 1947, used germanium.Walter BrattainBroader topic: Brattain and Bardeen built and demonstrated this first working transistor in 1947.Junction transistorCompared with: It was the earlier transistor design that junction transistors superseded.History of the transistorBroader topic: Bardeen and Brattain's 1947 device was the first working transistor.