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Transistors explained – what they are and what they do
Essentially, a transistor, as one of the foundational elements of modern electronic devices, is made up of three layers of a semiconductor material, typically silicon, each layer possessing a ...
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Make Your Own Point Contact Transistor
These home made transistors sacrifice a point contact diode to get the small chip of germanium, and form the other two electrodes with metal foil glued to paper. Given that germanium point contact ...
PBS7y
Evolution of the Transistor
In the beginning, there was the point-contact transistor. This was the very first transistor ever made, built by Walter Brattain with the help of John Bardeen. It was made of two gold foil ...
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germanium transistors
These home made transistors sacrifice a point contact diode to get the small chip of germanium, and form the other two electrodes with metal foil glued to paper. Given that germanium point contact ...
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A Working Junction Transistor
There was no doubt about it, point-contact transistors were fidgety. The transistors being made by Bell just didn't work the same way twice, and on top of that, they were noisy. While one lab at ...
TECHNOBABBLE: Transistors are really small and getting smaller
Over half a century ago, Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, postulated that the number of transistors in a circuit would double every 18 months. In the computer world, this assertion has become ...
BBC5y
The humble mineral that transformed the world
Silicon changed everything. Manufacturing transistors out of silicon allowed them to be made small enough to fit on a microchip, opening the gates to a rush of gadgets that have become smaller and ...
EDN2d
A new platform for thermally stable DRAM peripheral transistors
Until 2018, DRAM peripheral transistors were predominantly made in planar logic MOSFET technology with poly-Si/SiO 2 or ...
EDN4d
DRAM basics and its quest for thermal stability by optimizing peripheral transistors
In DRAM chips, besides access transistors, peripheral transistors must meet stringent requirements which preclude a ...
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MIT researchers say nanoscale 3D transistors made from ultrathin semiconductor materials promise more efficient electronics; quantum mechanics offers a path beyond silicon limits
MIT creates nanoscale transistors for efficient electronics Quantum tunneling delivers low-voltage, high-performance The technology has the potential to replace silicon MIT researchers have ...
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logic gate
Transistors make up gates, gates make up circuits, and circuits make up electronic systems. See Boolean logic. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.
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Advance paves way for new generation of diamond-based transistors in high-power electronics
A landmark development led by researchers from the University of Glasgow could help create a new generation of diamond-based transistors for use in high-power electronics. Their new diamond ...