Transistor

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1967
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1972.1368.003

MANUFACTURER: Texas Instruments
MODEL: 507301-1/ SM5949
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 14
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: synthetic & metal

Dimensions

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Length: 2.0 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Electricity & electronics
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Texas Instruments
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1967 to circa 1972
Canada: Acquired from Ottawa firm Hayley Equipment Ltd. in 1972.
Function: A component of a computer or piece of electronic equipment consisting of a semiconductor device used as a switch or amplifier.
Technical: An example of a circuit board made in the late 1960s by American manufacturer Texas Instruments. Formed in 1951 from electronics manufacturer Geophysical Service Inc., Texas Instruments Inc. was an innovative manufacturer of semiconductors and other electronic components in the 1950s & 1960s. The company also invented the hand-held calculator in 1967, the single-chip microcomputer in 1971 and was assigned the first patent on a single-chip microprocessor in 1973. Today TI is still makes semiconductors & other electronic equipment. From the 1950s Texas Instruments established subsidiary companies around the world; in 1964 TI Canada was incorporated (Ref. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: white lettering reading ""SM5949/ TI 646A"
Missing: appears complete
Finish: black synthetic with yellow spot & grey metal
Decoration: N/A

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Texas Instruments, Transistor, 1967, Artifact no. 1972.1368, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1972.1368.003/

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