Science and Technology

What is a FET?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/fet-219012.html" >What is a FET?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

A very important type of transistor developed after the junction transistor is the field-effect transistor (FET). It draws virtually no power from an input signal overcoming a major disadvantage of the junction transistor.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about transistor . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: Is a FET a transistor? What type of transistor is a FET? How does a FET transitory work? What are the functions of a FET transistor? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

Dual-gate GaAs FET: a versatile circuit component for MMICs.
Magazine article from: Microwave Journal Dual-Gate GaAs FET: A Versatile Circuit Component for MMICs Introduction The dual-gate GaAs FET (DGFET) has been used in a wide variety of...applications. Both gates of the dual-gate FET can be used to receive RF signals, or one can...
Improve FET-based gain control. (design ideas).
Magazine article from: EDN ONE PROBLEM with standard FET gain-control circuits is increased noise when you use the FET as a part of a resistive attenuator in series...performance from the op amp. When you substitute the FET for the gain-setting resistor in a noninverting...
Improve FET-based gain control. (Design Ideas).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: EDN Europe ONE PROBLEM with standard FET gain-control circuits is increased noise when you use the FET as a part of a resistive attenuator in series...performance from the op amp. When you substitute the FET for the gain-setting resistor in a noninverting...
A GaAs driver/decoder utilizing a depletion mode FET process for use in SP4T...
Magazine article from: Microwave Journal ...logic is then presented to a direct coupled FET logic (DCFL) decoder. The logic decoder...any other three-terminal device. The FET's switch state is controlled by applying...gate of the device.[2] Although the FET is a three-terminal device, its channel...
A design method for FET applications. (field effect transistors)
Magazine article from: Microwave Journal ...performance are investigated. Design Approach: FET Multiplier The presented design method is...conditional requirements established for optimum FET multiplier performance.[1-4] The approach...network, and the output impedance of the FET was matched to the desired x 2 output utilizing...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.