Homebrew NMOS Transistor Step by Step - So Easy Even Jeri Can Do It

Jeri Ellsworth · tutorial · Watch on YouTube

What it is

Jeri Ellsworth shows step by step how to make an NMOS transistor at home using a kiln, rust remover, spin-on dopant, eBay wafers and vinyl stickers.

HN points to it as the classic example of home-made semiconductors and a fun way to go down to the transistor level.

“Check out Jeri Ellsworth's homebrow NMOS transistor for some real fun.”
Fun homebrew transistor project from a bare wafer
rrmm, 2012-11 · Recommendation · in “Build your own FPGA”
“Jeri Ellsworth, for people who don't know, does really interesting hardware stuff.”
One of Jeri Ellsworth's interesting hardware projects
DanBC, 2013-07 · Recommendation · in “Valve's flat management structure 'like high school'”
“If you want to go further down, check out Jeri Ellsworth's old videos where she built a transistor at home”
Going down to building a transistor at home
didericis, 2020-12 · Recommendation · in “Become Shell Literate”

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Topics: transistor, nmos, diy fab, jeri ellsworth, semiconductors