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Transistors Explained: Switching and Amplification Basics

This video explains what transistors are and how they function as electronic switches and amplifiers. As a core component of ...
Electronic Design

How to Simplify Transistor Testing

Read this brief application note to pick up tips on how to make better current-voltage measurements of Field Effect Transistors (FETs). Learn how to speed up current-voltage testing on FETs and other ...
Electronic Design

This Crucial WBG Power Transistor Reliability Test is Often Missing

There is a great deal of activity in wide bandgap (WBG) power electronics lately, with Gallium Nitride (GaN) and Silicon Carbide (SiC) devices getting a lot of attention due to the technologies’ ...
Electronics Weekly

Transistor testing costs are a ‘serious’ problem

The cost of testing a transistor will approach and may exceed the cost of manufacturing it, Professor Bashir Al-Hashimi at the University of Southampton, has warned. Al-Hashimi, who is at the ...