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MUSEUM STORE

 

HISTORIC TRANSISTOR HOBBYIST SUPPLIES!  

 

Authentic Supplies for the Transistor Historian and Kit Builder.

 

Available Only from the TransistorMuseum™

 

All Transistors Tested

Before Shipment.

 

 

Historical Background

Originally known as the “double-base diode”, the unijunction transistor was invented at the General Electric Electronics Lab in Syracuse in the early 1950s.  This unique, single “pn” junction device became a very big seller for GE in the late 1950s and into the 1960s. The first high volume commercial unijunction product line was labeled as 2N489 – 2N494, with each of these different types selected for specific switching characteristics.  Motorola and TI were second source suppliers for unijunction transistors, with improved devices available even today using a variety of model numbers.

 

The unijunction transistor exhibits a performance characteristic known as negative resistance, which contributes to the usefulness of this device in switching and timing circuits that require a minimum number of additional components.  

 

 

 

 

              

Your 2N489 – 2N494 Transistor Order Will be Supplied in the Storage/Display Envelope Shown Above, which Includes an Insert with Historical Description

and a Schematic.

 

 

2N489 – 2N494

VINTAGE UNIJUNCTION TRANSISTORS

 
N-Type Silicon Bar
Unijunction Transistors

Vintage 1950s –1960s

Use: Timing/Waveforms

 

 

Your TransistorMuseum™

 2N489-2N494

 Order Will Contain:

 

One Tested Unijunction Transistor

 (Style Shown Above)

 

Hobbyist Insert Depicting the Historical Importance of this Unique Semiconductor Device, Includes a Schematic Using the Vintage Unijunction in a Relaxation Oscillator -  LED Flashing Circuit.

 

A TransistorMuseum™ Classic

Semiconductor Storage

 and Display Envelope 

 

 

 

 

ORDER NOW

 

$10 per Package (One Transistor)

Includes Shipping Within U.S.

 

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transistormuseum@aol.com

To Determine Payments Options

(Paypal or Check)

 

 

 

 

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By Jack Ward

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