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transistor
[ tran-zis-ter ]
noun
- Electronics. a semiconductor device that amplifies, oscillates, or switches the flow of current between two terminals by varying the current or voltage between one of the terminals and a third: although much smaller in size than a vacuum tube, it performs similar functions without requiring current to heat a cathode.
- Informal. a transistorized radio.
adjective
- Informal. transistorized:
a transistor radio.
transistor
/ ٰæˈɪə /
noun
- a semiconductor device, having three or more terminals attached to electrode regions, in which current flowing between two electrodes is controlled by a voltage or current applied to one or more specified electrodes. The device is capable of amplification, etc, and has replaced the valve in most circuits since it is much smaller, more robust, and works at a much lower voltage See also junction transistor field-effect transistor
- informal.a transistor radio
transistor
/ ٰă-ĭ′ə /
- An electronic device that controls the flow of an electric current, most often used as an amplifier or switch. Transistors usually consist of three layers of semiconductor material, in which the flow of electric current across the outer layer is regulated by the voltage or current applied at the middle layer. Having replaced the vacuum tube, transistors are the basis of much modern electronic technology, including the microprocessor.
- See also logic circuit
transistor
- An electronic device that can work as an amplifier , transforming weak electrical signals into strong ones. It is normally made from silicon or other semiconductors .
Notes
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of transistor1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of transistor1
Example Sentences
After failing an aptitude test with tech company IBM as a young man in Hackney, east London, he started selling car aerials from a van, and later transistor radios.
“Once you start looking at that question,” she said, “it gets you to a whole host of things, including the electronics industry and micro-electronics and transistors. So I kind of came to tech through politics.”
Their famous wafer fabrication company, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, runs more advanced wafer fabs at smaller transistor sizes than Intel and other chip giants.
Thin-film transistors, which are essential for fabricating flexible electronics, must be made extremely thin and precise.
The proof-of-concept work was used to create diodes and transistors, and paves the way for self-assembling more complex electronic devices without relying on existing computer chip manufacturing techniques.
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