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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The recalled drive inverters—equipped with potentially faulty metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors—were fitted to Cybertrucks manufactured between November of last year and the end of July this year.
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Carlton Reid, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024
The sensor arrays are a collection of field-effect transistors made from organic semiconductors that have been chemically modified.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Nov. 2018
Clipper relies on metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors, or MOSFETs, made by Infineon Technologies, a company that also supplies electronics to military customers.
—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
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Carlton Reid, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024
The sensor arrays are a collection of field-effect transistors made from organic semiconductors that have been chemically modified.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Nov. 2018
Clipper relies on metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors, or MOSFETs, made by Infineon Technologies, a company that also supplies electronics to military customers.
—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
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