The four-layer diode was the key to William Shockley's plan to revolutionize AT&T's phone system. It was a great device in theory, but not in practice -- at least not at the time when Shockley ...

WEEK 2: Bipolar transistor: static characteristics, microwave transistor, power transistor, switching transistor, related device structures. WEEK 3: Thyristor: basic characteristics, Shockley diode ...

This study was published in the journal PRX Energy. For almost 80 years, the Shockley diode equation has described current flow through solar cells, which power homes and charge battery banks.

Founded in 1955, Shockley Semiconductor was the brainchild of William Shockley. When he was ready to leave Bell Labs, he decided to form a company to build transistors. Funded by Beckman ...