EDN

SCR topology transmogrifies into BJT two-wire precision current source

An SCR topology transmogrifies into BJT two-wire precision current source with a self-resetting fault-current limiter.
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What Is a Transistor, and How Does It Work?

Transistors are tiny electronic components that act as switches and amplifiers, and they dwell at the heart of modern technology. In simple terms, a transistor can turn a flow of electricity on or off ...
Hackaday

New Bismuth Transistor Runs 40% Faster And Uses 10% Less Power

Recently in material science news from China we hear that [Hailin Peng] and his team at Peking University just made the world’s fastest transistor and it’s not made of silicon. Before we tell you ...
Electronic Design

76 Years of the Transistor: Then, Now, and What’s to Come

How the first transistor evolved to meet new and emerging application demands as underlying structures transform and multi-die systems gained further adoption. How transistors have enabled the ...
EDN

Programmable Unijunction Transistor (PUT) – A Quick Rescript

What is a Programmable Unijunction Transistor (PUT)? Simple – it is a three-lead electronic semiconductor device, similar to a unijunction transistor (UJT), except that its behaviour can be controlled ...
TechSpot

Adaptable transistors could reduce CPU transistor count by 85 percent

What just happened? Researchers from the Vienna University of Technology have developed an adaptive transistor designed to provide more flexibility during run-time. The revolutionary new transistor ...