On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the ...
MIT engineers built a magnetic transistor from chromium sulfur bromide, promising smaller, faster electronics with built-in ...
Transistors, the building blocks of modern electronics, are typically made of silicon. Because it's a semiconductor, this material can control the flow of electricity in a circuit. But silicon has ...
A self-sensing and heating transistor thermostat for a 16-bit DAC voltage reference to stabilize its temperature.
A Planet Analog article, “ 2N3904: Why use a 60-year-old transistor? ” by Bill Schweber, inspired some interest in this old ...
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Chemistry and Technology Prague created a ...
Key TakeawaysBerkeley Lab scientists showed a novel way to build advanced transistors decades before similar structures ...
The smaller electronic components become, the more complex their manufacture becomes. This has been a major problem for the ...
MIT engineers developed a magnetic transistor that could lead to smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient electronics, using a magnetic semiconductor material.
Our microelectronics relies on doped semiconductors. But there is an alternative: Instead of the semiconductor parts ...