Nature

Multigate transistors as the future of classical metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors

The classic metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) is the workhorse of the microelectronics industry. MOSFETs are the building blocks of microprocessors, memory chips and ...
EDN

Test sockets are optimized for high Temp, current, reliability

Suited for high-temperature burn-in PC board testing, design stage component testing/evaluation, and burn-in ovens, Sullins transistor sockets, axial sockets, MOSFET sockets, and other custom test ...
New Atlas

Ultra-high voltage transistors aim to boost EV range and efficiency

A University at Buffalo team has proposed a new form of power MOSFET transistor that can handle incredibly high voltages with minimal thickness, heralding an efficiency increase in the power ...
EDN

Guard-bands reduce MOSFET failures in space, part 1

ICs that go into space have testing requirements that exceed those for Earth-bound devices. I explained the process in Test power ICs to survive radiation. Now, I'll look at what happens to power ...
Electronic Design

Rethink Power Density with GaN

The world of power electronics witnessed a breakthrough in 1959 when Dawon Kahng and Martin Atalla invented the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) transistor at Bell Labs. The ...
Electronics Weekly

What I didn’t know about npn transistors – mosfet driving

The holiday gave me a chance to play with bipolar transistor mosfet drivers again. And things did not go quite as planned. I had been using the circuit on the right quite happily from a signal ...
Electronic Design

Littelfuse announces SiC MOSFET

Chicago, IL. Littelfuse Inc. has introduced its first series of silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFETs, the latest addition to the company’s power-semiconductor line. In March, Littelfuse took an incremental ...