Claims
Patents for a transistor-like field-effect device date to 1930s Germany
Documented What these labels mean →The guest says patents for the transistor were found dating to Germany in the 1930s. Oskar Heil's patent, with German priority of 2 March 1934, describes a semiconductor amplifier with an insulated control electrode, a field-effect-type device.
Evidence
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| documents | patents.google.com · f-000137, checked 2026-10-28 | GB439457: Heil, German priority 2 Mar 1934, semiconductor control device. |
| reports | en.wikipedia.org | Also notes Lilienfeld's earlier 1925 Canadian field-effect patent. |
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| Deep Prasad - AI as alien technology (American Alchemy, 2026) | asserts | 01:39:18 |
Claim
The guest says patents for the transistor were found dating to Germany in the 1930s. Oskar Heil's patent, with German priority of 2 March 1934, describes a semiconductor amplifier with an insulated control electrode, a field-effect-type device.