Semiconductor device

Claim 1

A TRANSISTOR COMPRISING, A CYLINDRICAL PLASTIC HOUSING HAVING ONE OPEN END AND AN OPENING FORMED IN THE OTHER END THEREOF, A PLUG INSERTED AND SEALED INTO SAID OPEN END, THREE CONDUCTING LEADS SEALED THROUGH SAID PLUG AND INSULATED FROM ONE ANOTHER, A WHISKER OF BERYLLIUM COPPER MOUNTED ON ONE OF SAID LEADS WITHIN SAID HOUSING, A WHISKER OF PHOSPHOR BRONZE MOUNTED ON A SECOND OF SAID LEADS WITHIN SAID HOUSING, SAID WHISKERS BEING MOUNTED ON SAID LEADS IN NORMALLY DIVERGING RELATIONSHIP, AN L-SHAPED MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE THIRD OF SAID LEADS WITHIN SAID HOUSING, ONE LEG OF SAID L-SHAPED MEMBER BEING PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID CYLINDRICAL HOUSING, THE OTHER LEG BEING PERPENDICULAR THERETO, A CUBE OF GERMANIUM BEING MOUNTED ON SAID OTHER LEG AND FACING SAID OPEN END, AND A DISK-SHAPED LOCATING MEMBER HAVING AN APERTURE FORMED THEREIN ATTACHED TO SAID L-SHAPED MEMBER AND BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID CUBE, SAID APERTURE BEING LARGER THAN THE TOTAL DIAMETERS OF SAID WHISKERS BY A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT, SAID WHISKERS PASSING THROUGH SAID APERTURE AND BEING RESTRAINED FROM DIVERGENCE BEYOND SAID PREDETERMINED AMOUNT, SAID WHISKERS EACH HAVING AN S-SHAPED BEND FORMED THEREIN TO CAUSE THEM TO BEAR UPON SAID CUBE OF GERMANIUM WITH A PREDETERMINED PRESSURE, AND SAID OPENING IN SAID HOUSING PERMITTING THE INTRODUCTION OF AN IMPREGNATING COMPOUND.