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FET

FET

1 7.9
An electronic part that uses an electric field to control electric current
  • noun
  • /ɛf i ti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : transistor de efecto de campo
  • LVU-150 ultrasonic sensors have been designed to provide liquid-level indication with an FET switch, 4 or 20 mA, TTL, or voltage output.
  • FET transistor
  • p-FET
  • FET gate

As always, that includes the thermocouples that we place on the Fets and on the backside of the PCB.

Examples

  • Using the modified FET, the team was able to sense the spin orientation of electrons in the trap.

    Academic text (2004)
  • So it looks like a couple good couple phases for the core VRM in terms of the FET models.

  • Now, after two losses and a failed FET, we are preparing for the next chapter.

    Blog text (9)
  • With others, he developed the concept of FET scaling in 1972.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The use of the tunnel FETs is expected to reduce the power consumption of LSIs.

    Blog text (21)
  • As always, that includes the thermocouples that we place on the Fets and on the backside of the PCB.

  • The model is expected to contribute to the design of tunnel FETs aiming at the realization of ultra-low-power circuits.

    Blog text (21)
  • His primary work has been in field-effect transistors (FETs) and the integrated digital circuits that use them.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The logic function is implemented in n-FET transistors only; this results in lower input capacitance and lower delay than complementary CMOS gates.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The engineer explained how the FET allows for efficient control of electrical signals in circuits.

Synonyms

transistor
vsFET
  • Specialized
28 5.1

A small electronic part that controls or makes electrical signals stronger

is a narrower kind that controls current by a transverse electric field
field-effect transistor
vsFET
  • Specialized
6.3

A small electronic device that controls electric current using an electric field

is the same concept but presented as a shortened abbreviation

Surface Forms

FET singular
FETs plural

Etymology

FET is short for field-effect transistor, where field means 'electric area' and effect means 'result'. So a FET is a transistor in which an electric 'field' controls the flow of current, like a gate opening and closing a channel.