Edison's Missed Billion Dollar Idea - How Edison's Abandoned Discovery Started Electronics

Edison's Missed Billion Dollar Idea - How Edison's Abandoned Discovery Started Electronics

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0:00 – Edison’s forgotten patent

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Edison's Missed Billion Dollar Idea - How Edison's Abandoned Discovery Started Electronics

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  1. 1 0:00 – Edison’s forgotten patent
  2. 2 0:22 – Strange effect in the glass
  3. 3 3:34 – Vacuum diode
  4. 4 3:59 – The triode
  5. 5 4:59 – Crystal detectors & first semiconductor
  6. 6 5:58 – Germanium diodes
  7. 7 6:54 – Silicon diodes and PN junctions
  8. 8 7:27 – Diode stripe, symbol & identifying polarity
  9. 9 8:04 – Diode as circuit protection
  10. 10 8:54 – AC to DC with diodes
  11. 11 9:49 – Main diode types
  12. 12 9:54 – Voltage drop and heating
  13. 13 10:54 – Zener diodes
  14. 14 11:34 – Schottky diodes
  15. 15 12:10 – Atoms, energy and semiconductors
  16. 16 14:03 – PN junction and photon emission
  17. 17 14:55 – LEDs, photodiodes & solar cells
  18. 18 15:14 – Bell Labs

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