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    An insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) is a three-terminal power semiconductor device primarily forming an electronic switch. It was developed to...
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    (dual-gate MOSFET) or DGMOS, a MOSFET with two insulated gates. The IGBT (insulated-gate bipolar transistor) is a device for power control. It has a structure...
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  • two bipolar transistors with the emitter of one transistor connected to the base of the other, such that the current amplified by the first transistor is...
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    field-effect transistor (MISFET) is almost synonymous with MOSFET. Another near-synonym is insulated-gate field-effect transistor (IGFET). The main...
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    and is preferred by some. Transistors are categorized by Structure: MOSFET (IGFET), BJT, JFET, insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), other type.[which...
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  • higher frequencies than a bipolar transistor, but is limited to low voltage applications. The Insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) was developed in...
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    transistor (MOSFET) designed to handle significant power levels. Compared to the other power semiconductor devices, such as an insulated-gate bipolar...
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    A bipolar junction transistor (BJT) is a type of transistor that uses both electrons and electron holes as charge carriers. In contrast, a unipolar transistor...
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  • inventions in history. Transistors are broadly classified into two categories: bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and field-effect transistor (FET). The principle...
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    device, multi-gate MOSFET or multi-gate field-effect transistor (MuGFET) refers to a metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) that has...
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    semiconductor devices, and particularly the invention of the insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT). In 1993, Baliga was elected as a member into the National...
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    by integrated gate-commutated thyristors (IGCT), which are an evolutionary development of the GTO, and insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBT), which...
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    of charge carriers flowing through the system. The first insulated-gate field-effect transistor was designed and prepared by Frosch and Derrick in 1957...
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    etc. Bipolar junction transistor (BJT) Crowbar (circuit) DIAC Gate turn-off thyristor High-voltage direct current Insulated-gate bipolar transistor Integrated...
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  • reduction: Bipolar percussion (archaeology) Bipolar junction transistor (BJT) Heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) Insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT)...
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    Spartan FPGA from Xilinx A field-programmable gate array (FPGA) is a type of configurable integrated circuit that can be repeatedly programmed after manufacturing...
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    controlled switches or resistors, or to build amplifiers. Unlike bipolar junction transistors, JFETs are exclusively voltage-controlled in that they do not...
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    thyristors, integrated gate-commutated thyristors (IGCTs), MOS-controlled thyristors (MCTs) and insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBT). The first long-distance...
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  • A unijunction transistor (UJT) is a three-lead electronic semiconductor device with only one junction. It acts exclusively as an electrically controlled...
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    field-effect transistor (FinFET) is a multigate device, a MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor) built on a substrate where the gate is placed...
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  • processes for making bipolar junction transistors (BJTs). Bell Labs developed the first prototype diffused junction bipolar transistors in 1954. The earliest...
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    the gate terminal of the PUT. This allows the designer some control over the operating point of the PUT. In construction, the programmable transistor is...
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    diode Three-terminal devices: Bipolar transistor Darlington transistor Field-effect transistor Insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) Silicon-controlled...
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  • contrast to bipolar transistors, MOSFETs do not require constant power input, as long as they are not being switched on or off. The isolated gate-electrode...
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    parallel for higher power applications. Thyristor Gate turn-off thyristor Insulated-gate bipolar transistor Hingorani, Narain G; Laszlo Gyugi (2011). Understanding...
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    controlled sequentially, one by one, whereas AMOLED control uses a thin-film transistor (TFT) backplane to directly access and switch each individual pixel on...
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  • vacuum-channel transistor, gate-insulated planar electrodes vacuum-channel transistor, vertical vacuum-channel transistor, and all-around gate vacuum-channel...
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    circuits. In contrast to bipolar transistors which required a number of steps for the p–n junction isolation of transistors on a chip, MOSFETs required...
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  • A thin-film transistor (TFT) is a special type of field-effect transistor (FET) where the transistor is made by thin film deposition. TFTs are grown on...
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    continued to build processors out of bipolar transistortransistor logic (TTL) chips because bipolar junction transistors were faster than MOS chips up until...
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