With the right mix of materials, TFETs promise cooler, smaller, and more efficient circuits for everything from the Internet of Things to brain-inspired computers. But before they can leave the lab, ...

Linear, small-signal AC models can be useful in the analysis and design of vacuum-tube-based circuits. Under large-signal conditions, nonlinear models are typically required. Almost 120 years ago, ...

The history of the transistor and similar types. How transistors made an impact on the world. How grudges eventually subside. Transistors are simple electronic devices that boost or switch electrical ...

In the left two figures, the isolated band can be formed through increasing the orbital energy difference or decreasing the orbital overlap between M and X elements. In the right, according to this ...

BASED upon the lecturing experience of the author, this book presents an outline of the theory of the operation and design of thermionic valve circuits in a form suitable for university students ...

Abstract: Recent experimental thermionic emission characterization measurements of the perovskite oxide SrVO3 demonstrated that low work functions can be achieved with intrinsic surface dipoles on ...

An “Infinite Impedance Detector” might sound a little like something that [Zaphod Beeblebrox] would use to zip around the galaxy. It’s not, of course, but it is an interesting and useful demodulator ...

The thermionic emission effect and the destruction of the polymer surface structure caused by elevated temperatures severely affect the electron transfer in triboelectric nanogenerator (TENGs); thus, ...

Typically, if you want to convert solar energy into electrical energy, you use either photovoltaic (PV) cells, or you use the sunlight to create steam to turn a turbine. Both of these methods are well ...