The first announcement of the invention of the transistor met with almost no fanfare. The integrated circuit was originally thought to be useful only in military applications. The microprocessor's ...

The first transistor was about half an inch high. That's mammoth by today's standards, when 7 million transistors can fit on a single computer chip. It was nevertheless an amazing piece of technology.

The idea of an optical transistor — and the associated optical logic circuits that may follow — conjures images of light controlling light in some sparkling, transparent computer. This dream ...

It would however be improper to round off the series without also admitting that bipolar transistors are only part of the story. There is another family of transistors which have analogous circuit ...

According to the classification given in Section 8.3, a second large family of electronic three-terminal devices is that of potential-effect transistors. This family is shown in Fig. 8.30. In contrast ...

The transistor is on, when the input voltage is greater than or equal to \(0.7 V\). The transistor is off if the input voltage is less than \(0.7 V\). The mosfet is on, when the input voltage is ...