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Analog Transistors

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Physics of High-Speed Transistors

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Abstract

Analog transistors are a variety of vertical field-effect transistors (Fig. 8.1) in which the gate is fabricated in the shape of a grid (lattice). The operating speed of an analog transistor is determined by how quickly electrons travel the short distance from the source (cathode) to the drain (anode) past the thin gate (grid). The analog transistor is the design analog of a vacuum triode in which the evacuated space has been replaced by a semiconductor.

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Požela, J. (1993). Analog Transistors. In: Physics of High-Speed Transistors. Microdevices. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1242-8_8

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