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Transistors Explained: Switching and Amplification Basics

This video explains what transistors are and how they function as electronic switches and amplifiers. As a core component of ...
Science Daily

Engineers design ultralow power transistors that could function for years without a battery

A newly-developed form of transistor opens up a range of new electronic applications including wearable or implantable devices by drastically reducing the amount of power used. Devices based on this ...
PBS

Lesson 4

In this lesson, students build two circuits and explore how transistors function. When Bell Labs introduced the transistor in June of 1948, a spokesman proudly announced "This cylindrical object . . .
New Electronics

Innovative functions in smart power transistors

Power transistors with integrated safety and diagnostic functions have been in use since the 1980s as a replacement for mechanical relays, and their use has been growing ever since. They can be ...
TechSpot

Reconfigurable transistors can be programmed to execute different functions

Forward-looking: The billions of transistors hidden within a single CPU are manufactured to execute just one specific function. A team of Viennese scientists, however, aims to introduce ...
Nanowerk

Ultralow power transistors could function for years without a battery

(Nanowerk News) A newly-developed form of transistor opens up a range of new electronic applications including wearable or implantable devices by drastically reducing the amount of power used. Devices ...
New Electronics

Innovative functions in smart power transistors

Distributor Rutronik is stocking a new range of high-side drivers from STMicroelectronics. Mathias Müller assesses the new functionality available in these devices. Electronic control units have an ...