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Chapter1ElectricandElectronicTechnologyFundamentals

Unit3TransistorTextNewWordsandExpressionsExercisesEndProcessofTranslation

Unit3TransistorAtransistorisasemiconductordeviceusedtoamplifyandswitchelectronicsignals.Itismadeofasolidpieceofsemiconductormaterial,withatleastthreeterminalsforconnectiontoanexternalcircuit.Avoltageorcurrentappliedtoonepairofthetransistorsterminalschangesthecurrentflowingthroughanotherpairofterminals.Becausethecontrolled(output)powercanbemuchmorethanthecontrolling(input)power,thetransistorprovidesamplificationofasignal.Today,sometransistorsarepackagedindividually,butmanymorearefoundembeddedinintegratedcircuits.

Unit3TransistorThetransistoristhefundamentalbuildingblockofmodernelectronicdevices,andisubiquitousinmodernelectronicsystems.Followingitsreleaseintheearly1950sthetransistorrevolutionisedthefieldofelectronics,andpavedthewayforsmallerandcheaperradios,calculators,andcomputers,amongstotherthings.

Unit3TransistorImportanceThetransistoristhekeyactivecomponentinpracticallyallmodernelectronics,andisconsideredbymanytobeoneofthegreatestinventionsofthetwentiethcentury.Itsimportanceintodayssocietyrestsonitsabilitytobemassproducedusingahighlyautomatedprocess(semiconductordevicefabrication)thatachievesastonishinglylowper-transistorcosts.

Unit3TransistorAlthoughseveralcompanieseachproduceoverabillionindividuallypackaged(knownasdiscrete)transistorseveryyear,thevastmajorityoftransistorsnowproducedareinintegratedcircuits(oftenshortenedtoIC,microchipsorsimplychips),alongwithdiodes,resistors,capacitorsandotherelectroniccomponents,toproducecompleteelectroniccircuits.Alogicgateconsistsofuptoabouttwentytransistorswhereasanadvancedmicroprocessor,asof2009,canuseas