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The '''transistor''' was invented at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, by scientists William Shockley, Walter Brattain, and John Bardeen from the University of Minnesota.   
 
The '''transistor''' was invented at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, by scientists William Shockley, Walter Brattain, and John Bardeen from the University of Minnesota.   
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==Function==
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There are two basic types of transistors, field effect transistors, which use an electric field to control how conductive a channel of semiconductor is, and bipolar junction transistors which work by modifying the level of electric charge in certain semiconductors.
    
==History==
 
==History==
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