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HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR [1 record]

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Record 1 1996-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Semiconductors (Electronics)
CONT

The HEMT belongs to a class of devices known as field effect transistors (FETS). It is also known a MODFET, because it depends on changing material composition from layer to layer. It goes by a variety of names ... including selectively doped heterostructure transistor and two-dimensional electron gas (because of the charged particles' vaporlike freedom to roam within the thin layer). One wit has dubbed it the MAD (many-acronymed device).

Key term(s)
  • high electron mobility transistor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Semi-conducteurs (Électronique)

Spanish

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