# Building a Transistor (1905)

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 20, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-transistor-1905/412545 "2007-07-20T15:53:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-transistor-1905/412545/22 "2007-07-22T09:05:53Z")

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What about a field effect transistor? I suspect they could have been done as it would have just needed a moderately doped silicon and a top down gate.

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