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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Clipper relies on metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors, or MOSFETs, made by Infineon Technologies, a company that also supplies electronics to military customers.
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science.org, 19 Sep. 2024
Besides quantum computing items, the curbs will affect equipment for producing advanced semiconductors, additive manufacturing items to produce metal components and gate all-around field-effect transistor (GAAFET) technology, according to a Federal Register posting.
—Reuters, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
The problem stems from a batch of circuit elements, called metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors, or MOSFETs, that do not meet the radiation-hardness standards set for the mission.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 11 July 2024
In operation, the device uses a low-voltage, high speed GaN transistor to control a high-voltage SiC junction field-effect transistor (JFET).
—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
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science.org, 19 Sep. 2024
Besides quantum computing items, the curbs will affect equipment for producing advanced semiconductors, additive manufacturing items to produce metal components and gate all-around field-effect transistor (GAAFET) technology, according to a Federal Register posting.
—Reuters, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
The problem stems from a batch of circuit elements, called metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors, or MOSFETs, that do not meet the radiation-hardness standards set for the mission.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 11 July 2024
In operation, the device uses a low-voltage, high speed GaN transistor to control a high-voltage SiC junction field-effect transistor (JFET).
—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
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