KAIST researchers have developed a simulation-based method to predict how small future transistors can become before quantum effects begin to interfere with their operation, a breakthrough that could ...

Researchers have created a new theoretical framework that shows how memory-preserving "memtransistors" could overcome the intrinsic limits in efficiency faced by conventional semiconductor transistors ...

The MOSFET (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor) is a field-effect transistor (referring to an electric field) that takes advantage of the semiconductor properties of silicon. The ...

Last time, we introduced how transistors work. This time, let's take a look at the different types of transistors! First, let's start with their shape. Even the same NPN transistor can be housed in ...

NTT researchers have addressed two primary loss mechanisms in AlN power transistors: the contact resistance and the channel resistance. To understand the potential of aluminum nitride (AlN) in power ...

The term "transistor" often comes up alongside semiconductors. I am an author currently working at a semiconductor materials manufacturer, and I will explain it for you! In a nutshell, a transistor is ...

To meet the growing demands of flexible and wearable electronic systems, such as smart watches and biomedical sensors, electronics engineers are seeking high-performance transistors that can ...

The first transistors were point contact devices, not far from the cats-whiskers of early radio receivers. They were fragile and expensive, and their performance was not very high. The transistor ...

The transistor, invented at Bell Labs in 1947, replaced bulky vacuum tubes and enabled the miniaturization revolution that created modern electronics. The transistor stands as one of the most ...

When one thinks of portable consumer electronics that are now largely obsolete, portable CD players, minidisc players, and portable cassette tape players are products that immediately come to mind.