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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 ...
EDN

Paper-based FET transistors rival state-of-the-art devices

Scientists from a Lisbon, Portugal, research group at the Center of Materials Research made the first FET with a common sheet of paper for an interstrate layer. The research team, led by Associate ...
Semiconductor Engineering

A Micro Light-Emitting Transistor With An N-Channel GaN FET In Series With A GaN LED

A technical paper titled “Tunnel Junction-Enabled Monolithically Integrated GaN Micro-Light Emitting Transistor” was published by researchers at the Ohio State University and Sandia National ...
Electronic Design

Your Next Bio-Transistor May Consist of Silk, Not Silicon

Why silk is being used for bio-compatible transistors. How the silk is transformed to develop the transistor function. The two types of operation provided by the silk-based transistor. Silicon and ...
EDN

Using a MOSFET as a thermostatic heater

The MOSFET in Figure 1 is used as both a heater and a temperature sensor in a thermostatic circuit. Figure 1 Circuit diagram for using a MOSFET as a thermostatic heater. The circuit can be used as a ...