Everything about Transistor
Solid-state electrically operated switch also used as an amplifier
A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power. It is one of the fundamental building blocks of modern electronics. A transistor is composed of semiconductor material, often with at least three terminals for connection to an electronic circuit. A voltage or current applied to one pair of the transistor's terminals controls the current through another pair of terminals. Because the controlled (output) power can be higher than the controlling (input) power, a transistor can be used to amplify a signal. Some transistors are packaged individually, but many more in miniature form are found embedded in integrated circuits. Because transistors are the key active components in practically all modern electronics, they are considered one of the 20th century's greatest inventions. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: TransistorA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Review of: "High speed (doping) nMOS graphene transistor in p- and n-doping electronic circuits (positive and negative)"Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Introductory Electronic Devices and CircuitsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Room-temperature transistor based on a single carbon nanotubeCited 4,888 times
- Go sideways: Field-effect transistorA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Bipolar junction transistorA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.
Noun A transistor radio.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Room-temperature transistor based on a single carbon nanotube
Monitoring dopants by Raman scattering in an electrochemically top-gated graphene transistor
High-Resolution Inkjet Printing of All-Polymer Transistor Circuits
Field-Effect Tunneling Transistor Based on Vertical Graphene Heterostructures
Skin electronics from scalable fabrication of an intrinsically stretchable transistor array
Kondo effect in a single-electron transistor
Thin-Film Transistor Fabricated in Single-Crystalline Transparent Oxide Semiconductor
Rapid Detection of COVID-19 Causative Virus (SARS-CoV-2) in Human Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens Using Field-Effect Transistor-Based Biosensor
🆕 Influential since 2022
Review of: "High speed (doping) nMOS graphene transistor in p- and n-doping electronic circuits (positive and negative)"
Review of: "(Field effect nano transistors) Nano transistor electronic quantity and ionization potential)"
Review of: "(Field effect nano transistors) Nano transistor electronic quantity"
Review of: "transistor nMOS (with ultra-low power consumption, energy-efficient computing, during the sub-threshold range)"
Review of: "The field-effect tunneling transistor nMOS, as an alternative to conventional CMOS by enabling the voltage supply (VDD) with ultra-low power consumption,"
đź“š Books worth reading
Introductory Electronic Devices and CircuitsRobert T. Paynter · 1989
Principles of transistor circuitsS. W. Amos · 1959
GaN transistors for efficient power conversionAlex Lidow · 2012
Transistor circuit techniquesG. J. Ritchie · 1983- 📕Semiconductor circuitsJ. R. Abrahams · 1966
Transistor radio servicing made easyWayne Lemons · 1962
Transistor physicsK. G. Nichols · 1966
Basic radioMarvin Tepper · 1961
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