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Posted on 10/29/2010 2:06:17 PM PDT by decimon
Hence, "Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor" transistor, or MOSFET. First proposed in 1925, according to Wikipedia. The computer you're reading this on wouldn't be possible without them.
Oregon ping...
Sounds like a leaky capacitor.
Rare metals...We’ll have to ask the Chinese.
with a gate
Looks like these metals are conductors.
with a gate
Who let the dog out?
Common metals.
and it could probably be used with a range of metals that are inexpensive and easily available, like copper, nickel or aluminum...
although the word “probably” is used.
But shouldn’t we let the rest of the world produce these diodes? It’s only fair..../s
Another use of Liquid Metal's Vitreloy alloy? And Apple just bought exclusive rights for its use in consumer electronics.
The electron morphs its way through from one terminal to the other:
i.e. A Morphing Terminalator
For terminologies sake...
yes metal-oxides are generally insulators. In layman’s terms we call them ceramics. Ceramics can be made semiconducting, it’s all about the bonding and the resulting band gap.
The insulating layer that they are talking about is not conducting the electrons, rather they are traveling through it via tunneling which while sounding similar is utilizes quite a different effect.
Definitely conductors for the metals they were talking about. In the metal-oxides case those are insulators, generally. Metal oxides or oxides is just another way to say ceramic. Should be interesting to see how this develops!
What about EMP???
I guess the insulating material would determine if this is more or less susceptible to damage from EMP than are current (no pun) devices.
You mean Oregonians have brains? Excepting FReepers, of course.
China now has the “fastest Computer” in the world.
Hopefully neither Clinton nor Obama (nor other blankety blanks)will give them this technology.
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