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The valve may be dead but it won’t lie down

Gareth J. Monkman (Gareth J. Monkman is at Fachhochschule Regensburg, Fachebereich Elektrotechnik, Prüfeninger Str. 58, 93049 Regensburg, Germany. Tel: +49 941 943 1108/1285/1148; Fax: +49 941 943 1424; E‐mail: gareth.monkman@e‐technik.fh‐regensburg.de)

Sensor Review

ISSN: 0260-2288

Article publication date: 1 March 1999

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Abstract

Discusses the demise of the thermeonic valve and the firm establishment of the transistor as the major active component in electronic circuits.

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Monkman, G.J. (1999), "The valve may be dead but it won’t lie down", Sensor Review, Vol. 19 No. 1, pp. 6-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/02602289910255513

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