Artifact Details

Title

CK 718 Germanium transistors

Catalog Number

102757312

Type

Physical Object

Description

The object consists of three pieces. Two of the pieces are handmarked "HF" meaning high frequency. Two of the pieces are marked "2" and "3." The only markings on the third piece are three red lines on the top.

Per Jack Ward, Transistor Museum -
"Raytheon CK718, Hand Labeled as “HF”, (3 pieces) germanium PNP alloy junction transistors. The early production runs from the CK718 production lines resulted in batches of transistors with a very wide range of performance characteristics. As manufacturing techniques were better understood and improved, it became possible to manufacture transistors with specific characteristics. Two of these units appear to have been identified as “HF” and individually identified. “HF” might be a reference to High Frequency, which was a performance characteristic in great demand for these early devices. Note that the leftmost unit is unmarked – many of these transistors from 1952-1955 failed to meet even the minimal specs for the CK722 and so were unlabeled. Rare (HF test units), Common (Unmarked black epoxy case units)."

Date

CA. 1955

Manufacturer

Raytheon Manufacturing Company

Place Manufactured

US

Identifying Numbers

Model number CK718

Dimensions

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

Category

Component/Semiconductor/transistor

Collection Title

The Paul Sullivan Collection of Early Semiconductors

Credit

Gift of Pat Sullivan Belotti

Lot Number

X7957.2017