field-effect transistor
- noun
- /fiːld ɪˈfɛkt trænˈzɪstər/
- Specialized
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transistor de efecto de campo
- Engineers design circuit layouts that incorporate field-effect transistors for better performance.
- metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor
- semiconductor field-effect transistor
- silicon field-effect transistor
Examples
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His first approach was to develop a field-effect transistor using silicon films (to make what would now be called a thin film transistor, or TFT).
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However, reduction in the power consumption of conventional field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) is reaching its limit.
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Development of a compact model for tunnel field-effect transistors.
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Electrical monitoring of the trap's spin state with a field-effect transistor.
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His primary work has been in field-effect transistors (FETs) and the integrated digital circuits that use them.
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At first, field-effect transistors were used primarily for low-speed circuits and in some areas of memory, especially the ubiquitous DRAM.
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Graphene is another promising material that is being explored, as well as a variant of the standard silicon transistor known as a tunneling field-effect transistor.
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Japanese researchers have developed a compact model for circuit simulation to predict the circuit behavior of tunnel field-effect transistors (tunnel FETs).
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A paramagnetic trap in a field-effect transistor can produce a measurable change in the FET current due to its influence on the two-dimensional conduction channel between the source and drain electrodes.
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The field-effect transistor is often used in amplifiers and switching applications.
Synonyms
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An electronic part that uses an electric field to control electric current
Surface Forms
Morphology
field-effect + transistor
The compound is compositional: 'field-effect' denotes an effect produced by a (electric) field and 'transistor' is a semiconductor device, so a 'field-effect transistor' can be understood as a transistor that operates by a field effect. Although technical, the meaning is directly derivable from the constituents, so a learner who knows the words can grasp the general concept.
Etymology
Field-effect transistor is named because an invisible field, an electric 'push', changes how easily electric charges move in a thin channel inside the transistor. That's why 'field-effect' describes how the device controls the current.