Transitron Electronic Corporation

For Transitron, a toy character, see Toy Story of Terror!
Transitron advertisement from 1960

Transitron Electronic Corporation was a semiconductor device fabrication company of the United States. It was founded by Leo and David Bakalar incorporated in Wakefield, Massachusetts, in 1952. David Bakalar was the president from 1952 to 1984. In 1986 the company went out of business, failing to keep pace with the rapid advances in technology.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Transitron Electronic Corporation » AntiqueTech".
  2. ^ "The Demise Of Transitron", The New York Times
  3. ^ "David Bakalar - Transistor Museum Historic Profile"
  4. ^ "A SURVEY OF EARLY POWER TRANSISTORS by Joe A. Knight TRANSITRON 1950s/60s GERMANIUM AND SILICON POWER TRANSISTORS"