Artifact Details

Title

CK851 Germanium diodes

Catalog Number

102757317

Type

Physical Object

Description

Per Jack Ward, Transistor Museum -
"Raytheon CK851 and 1N66 (1 piece each), silicon diffused junction rectifier (CK851) and germanium gold bonded diode (1N66). Mid-1950s. These units represent additional examples of the variety of case styles and colors used by Raytheon for mid-1950s semiconductors. Typically, Raytheon used Red case color to indicate silicon device and Blue case color to indicate germanium device, and that approach is demonstrated by the two devices in this lot. Common – although in production for only a few years, these types of Raytheon semiconductors were manufactured in substantial quantities."

Date

Circa 1955

Manufacturer

Ratheon Semiconductor Division

Place Manufactured

US

Identifying Numbers

Model number 1N67 On the black piece.
Model number CK851 On the red piece.

Dimensions

overall: 1/4 in x 2 in x 3 3/4 in

Category

Component/diode

Collection Title

The Paul Sullivan Collection of Early Semiconductors

Credit

Gift of Pat Sullivan Belotti

Lot Number

X7957.2017