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Index Transistor radio

A transistor radio is a small portable radio receiver that uses transistor-based circuitry.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 50 relations: Akio Morita, Bell Labs, Billboard (magazine), Boombox, Broadcasting, Charlie the Tuna, Chrysler, Consumer Reports, Düsseldorf, EDN (magazine), Electrical impedance, Electronics, FM broadcasting, Heinrich Welker, Herbert Mataré, History of the transistor, Inc. (magazine), Jimmy Carter, John Bardeen, Lolita (1962 film), Lunchbox, Masaru Ibuka, Mid-20th century baby boom, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Mork & Mindy, Nine-volt battery, Philco, Plaintiff, Popular music, Portable audio player, Portable CD player, Portable media player, Radio receiver, Raytheon, Regency TR-1, Sharp Corporation, Smartphone, Solid-state physics, Sony, Telecommunications, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, TR-55, Transistor, Vacuum tube, Vehicle audio, Walkman, Walter Houser Brattain, William Shockley, Wired (magazine).

  2. 1954 in radio
  3. 1954 in technology
  4. History of radio technology
  5. Products introduced in 1954
  6. Receiver (radio)
  7. Transistors
  8. Types of radios

Akio Morita

was a Japanese entrepreneur and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka.

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Bell Labs

Bell Labs is an American industrial research and scientific development company credited with the development of radio astronomy, the transistor, the laser, the photovoltaic cell, the charge-coupled device (CCD), information theory, the Unix operating system, and the programming languages B, C, C++, S, SNOBOL, AWK, AMPL, and others.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Boombox

A boombox is a transistorized portable music player featuring one or two cassette tape players/recorders and AM/FM radio, generally with a carrying handle.

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Broadcasting

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model.

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Charlie the Tuna

Charlie the Tuna is the cartoon mascot and spokes-tuna for the StarKist brand.

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Chrysler

FCA US, LLC, doing business as Stellantis North America and known historically as Chrysler, is one of the "Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

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Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports (CR), formerly Consumers Union (CU), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.

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Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany.

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EDN (magazine)

EDN is an electronics industry website and formerly a magazine owned by AspenCore Media, an Arrow Electronics company.

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Electrical impedance

In electrical engineering, impedance is the opposition to alternating current presented by the combined effect of resistance and reactance in a circuit.

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Electronics

Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other electrically charged particles.

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FM broadcasting

FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting that uses frequency modulation (FM) of the radio broadcast carrier wave.

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Heinrich Welker

Heinrich Johann Welker (9 September 1912 in Ingolstadt – 25 December 1981 in Erlangen) was a German theoretical and applied physicist who invented the "transistron", a transistor made at Westinghouse independently of the first successful transistor made at Bell Laboratories.

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Herbert Mataré

Herbert Franz Mataré (22 September 1912 – 2 September 2011) was a German physicist.

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History of the transistor

A transistor is a semiconductor device with at least three terminals for connection to an electric circuit. Transistor radio and History of the transistor are transistors.

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Inc. (magazine)

Inc. is an American business magazine founded in 1979 and based in New York City.

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Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.

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John Bardeen

John Bardeen; May 23, 1908 – January 30, 1991) was an American physicist and electrical engineer. He is the only person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for the invention of the transistor; and again in 1972 with Leon N. Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer for a fundamental theory of conventional superconductivity known as the BCS theory.

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Lolita (1962 film)

Lolita is a 1962 black comedy-psychological drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov.

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Lunchbox

A lunch box (alt. spelling lunchbox) refers to a hand-held container used to transport food, usually to work or to school.

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Masaru Ibuka

Masaru Ibuka (井深 大 Ibuka Masaru; April 11, 1908 – December 19, 1997) was a Japanese electronics industrialist and co-founder of Sony, along with Akio Morita.

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Mid-20th century baby boom

The middle of the 20th century was marked by a significant and persistent increase in fertility rates in many countries of the world, especially in the Western world.

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Milwaukee School of Engineering

The Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) is a private university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Mork & Mindy

Mork & Mindy is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 14, 1978, to May 27, 1982.

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Nine-volt battery

The nine-volt battery, or 9-volt battery, is an electric battery that supplies a nominal voltage of 9 volts.

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Philco

Philco (an acronym for Philadelphia Battery Company) is an American electronics manufacturer headquartered in Philadelphia.

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Plaintiff

A plaintiff (Π in legal shorthand) is the party who initiates a lawsuit (also known as an action) before a court.

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Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry.

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Portable audio player

A portable audio player is a personal mobile device that allows the user to listen to recorded audio while mobile.

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Portable CD player

A portable CD player is a portable audio player used to play compact discs.

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A portable media player (PMP) or digital audio player (DAP) is a portable consumer electronics device capable of storing and playing digital media such as audio, images, and video files.

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Radio receiver

In radio communications, a radio receiver, also known as a receiver, a wireless, or simply a radio, is an electronic device that receives radio waves and converts the information carried by them to a usable form. Transistor radio and radio receiver are receiver (radio).

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Raytheon

The Raytheon Company was a major U.S. defense contractor and industrial corporation with manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics.

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Regency TR-1

The Regency TR-1 was the first commercially manufactured transistor radio, introduced in 1954. Transistor radio and Regency TR-1 are 1954 in radio, history of radio technology and products introduced in 1954.

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Sharp Corporation

is a Japanese electronics company.

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Smartphone

A smartphone, often simply called a phone, is a mobile device that combines the functionality of a traditional mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities.

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Solid-state physics

Solid-state physics is the study of rigid matter, or solids, through methods such as solid-state chemistry, quantum mechanics, crystallography, electromagnetism, and metallurgy.

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Sony

, formerly known as and, commonly known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

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Telecommunications

Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information with an immediacy comparable to face-to-face communication.

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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American multinational semiconductor company headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

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Toshiba

is a Japanese multinational electronics company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

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TR-55

The TR-55, released in 1955, was both Japan's and Sony's first commercially available transistor radio.

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Transistor

A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power. Transistor radio and transistor are transistors.

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Vacuum tube

A vacuum tube, electron tube, valve (British usage), or tube (North America) is a device that controls electric current flow in a high vacuum between electrodes to which an electric potential difference has been applied.

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Vehicle audio

Vehicle audio is equipment installed in a car or other vehicle to provide in-car entertainment and information for the occupants.

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Walkman

, is a brand of portable audio players manufactured and marketed by Japanese company Sony since 1979.

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Walter Houser Brattain

Walter Houser Brattain (February 10, 1902 – October 13, 1987) was an American physicist at Bell Labs who, along with fellow scientists John Bardeen and William Shockley, invented the point-contact transistor in December 1947.

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William Shockley

William Bradford Shockley Jr. (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) was an American inventor, physicist, and eugenicist.

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Wired (magazine)

Wired (stylized in all caps) is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.

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See also

1954 in radio

1954 in technology

History of radio technology

Products introduced in 1954

Receiver (radio)

Transistors

Types of radios

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_radio

Also known as Kofferradio, Transister radio, Transister radios, Transistor radios, Transistor-Radio.