Transistor Advantages...

Although the transistor is still in the early stages of development, sufficient progress has been made to foresee the tremendous advantages of transistorized circuits. Foremost of these is the exceptionally small power consumption of the transistors. actually, the transistor consumes about 1/1000 of the power required by the vacuum tube. Reduction of equipment size, elimination of filament-power requirements, instantaneous operation and exceptionally long life are other advantages that make the transistor a desirable electronic component

The Future...

The transistor will supplement the vacuum tube.. whose usage will continue to increase. Many problems must yet be overcome, however, before the transistor can find universal application. For example, the noise characteristics of the transistor do not compare favorably with those of the vacuum tube. The junction transistor does, nevertheless, exhibit better noise characteristics than the point-contact type. Present frequency and temperature limitations also hinder appliations of the transistor in circuits where it wold otherwise be desirable. Another problem, transistor instability, has been eliminated in CBS-Hytron transistors. Moisture-resistant CBS-Hytron point-contact transistors and vacuum-sealed CBS-Hytron junction transistors provide protection against this instability that results from the effects of moisture, light and surface contamination. Continued research will undoubtedly minimize other present limitations of the transistor. In fact, if the amazing speed of the transistor development to date is any criterion, the transistor will become a widely used companion of the vacuum tube in the not too distant future.