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What Is a Transistor, and How Does It Work?

Transistors are tiny electronic components that act as switches and amplifiers, and they dwell at the heart of modern technology. In simple terms, a transistor can turn a flow of electricity on or off ...
Hackaday

How CMOS Works: MOSFETs, JFETs, IGFETS And More

CMOS opened the door for many if not most of the properties needed for today’s highly integrated circuits and low power portable and mobile devices. This really couldn’t happen until the speeds and ...
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What Are Transistors? Here’s All You Need to Know

A transistor is a tiny but powerful electronic component that acts like a switch or an amplifier. It is made from a semiconductor material, usually silicon, and has three legs for connection to ...
Electronic Design

E-Mode GaN Transistor Works Like Silicon MOSFET for Easier Design-In

Check out our PCIM 2022 coverage. Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD), a spin-out of Cambridge University, is a fabless semiconductor company that develops a range of energy-efficient, enhancement-mode ...
MIT Technology Review

The Nanodevice Aiming to Replace the Field Effect Transistor

The field effect transistor is the workhorse of the consumer electronics industry. Carved into microchips in the billions, these devices beaver away, more or less unnoticed, in practically every home, ...
ExtremeTech

What Is a Transistor, and How Does It Work?

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