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Hearing Aids were the first commercial
application of the new solid state invention
(1952)
The First Transistorized Hearing Aid
Emitter
Base
Collector
Origin of the names
base base
emitter emitter
NPN transistor PNP transistor
Notice the difference in the arrow head on the Emitter it always points
towards the part (either the Base or the Emitter) that must be more
negative for the transistor to turn on.
Transistors have 2 basic uses today
Transistor Switch