Bipolar RF transistors are designed to handle high power radio frequency (RF) signals in amplifiers, transmitters, monitors, and other devices. Like all transistors, they are used to switch and ...
In 2004, electrical engineering pioneers Nick Holonyak, Jr. and Milton Feng at the University of Illinois invented the transistor laser—a three-port device that incorporated quantum-wells in the base ...
The transistor and the PWM-switch, the core circuit of power converters, have interesting analogs. Both have three terminals, hence three configurations. They are active devices, and each has a key ...