Darlington transistor
Transistor Darlington
- Date
- 1953 · confidence high
- Place
- Bell Labs, Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States
- Credited to
- Sidney Darlington
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
Darlington cascaded two transistors -the emitter of the first feeding the base of the second- so that the current amplified by one is amplified again by the other, achieving current gains far higher than a single transistor.
What it led to
- High-power audio amplifier output stages
- Motor control and touch-sensitive switches
- High-current voltage regulators