field-effect transistor
noun
field-ef·fect transistor
ˈfēld-ə-ˌfekt- 
: a transistor in which the output current is controlled by a variable electric field
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In operation, the device uses a low-voltage, high speed GaN transistor to control a high-voltage SiC junction field-effect transistor (JFET).
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IEEE Spectrum, 16 Jan. 2024
But his group has developed a sensor with a graphene field-effect transistor (FET) that can detect toxins at those low levels within seconds.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2023
Leading-edge transistors are already transitioning from the fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) architecture to nanosheets.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 May 2023
Every metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor, or MOSFET, has the same set of basic parts: the gate stack, the channel region, the source, and the drain.
—Marko Radosavljevic, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2022
To our interview Liu has brought a model of his own: a Lego model of TSMC’s showstopping fin field-effect transistor, which controls the flow of current in a semiconductor using an electric field, a narrow fin, a system of gates, and very little voltage.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
Boahen suggests that a string of ferroelectric capacitors could emulate a stretch of dendrite and replace the gate stack of a field-effect transistor to form a ferroelectric FET (FeFET).
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2023
For the initial signal amplification, the team was already using what might be considered the gold standard: high-mobility, heterojunction field-effect transistor amplifiers.
—Rachel Courtland, IEEE Spectrum, 1 May 2014
The problem is, producing the nanotubes, called carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFET) is messy and current processes create tubes with too many defects to scale up the process.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 30 Aug. 2019
IEEE Spectrum, 16 Jan. 2024
But his group has developed a sensor with a graphene field-effect transistor (FET) that can detect toxins at those low levels within seconds.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2023
Leading-edge transistors are already transitioning from the fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) architecture to nanosheets.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 May 2023
Every metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor, or MOSFET, has the same set of basic parts: the gate stack, the channel region, the source, and the drain.
—Marko Radosavljevic, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2022
To our interview Liu has brought a model of his own: a Lego model of TSMC’s showstopping fin field-effect transistor, which controls the flow of current in a semiconductor using an electric field, a narrow fin, a system of gates, and very little voltage.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
Boahen suggests that a string of ferroelectric capacitors could emulate a stretch of dendrite and replace the gate stack of a field-effect transistor to form a ferroelectric FET (FeFET).
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2023
For the initial signal amplification, the team was already using what might be considered the gold standard: high-mobility, heterojunction field-effect transistor amplifiers.
—Rachel Courtland, IEEE Spectrum, 1 May 2014
The problem is, producing the nanotubes, called carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFET) is messy and current processes create tubes with too many defects to scale up the process.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 30 Aug. 2019
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