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field-effect transistor

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field-effect transistor: see transistor transistor, three-terminal, solid-state electronic device used for amplification and switching. It is the solid-state analog to the triode electron tube ; the transistor has replaced the electron tube for virtually all common applications.
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field-effect transistor [′fēld i‚fekt tran′zis·tər]
(electronics)
A transistor in which the resistance of the current path from source to drain is modulated by applying a transverse electric field between grid or gate electrodes; the electric field varies the thickness of the depletion layer between the gates, thereby reducing the conductance. Abbreviated FET.


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Other researchers had shown that a straight carbon nanotube could act as a field-effect transistor (FET), the predominant type of transistor in today's microchips (SN: 5/9/98, p.
He and his colleagues used a different architecture, known as a field-effect transistor, to make their now-dethroned 562-GHz device.
Welser and the NRI will be to develop an information element that can replace the Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (CMOS FET) in the year 2020 or beyond, as well as the necessary technology to integrate the new information element with CMOS.
 
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