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field-effect transistor

transistor that uses an electric field to control its electrical behaviour
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Summary

field-effect transistor is a semiconductor device[1]. It draws 3,945 Wikipedia views per month (semiconductor device category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Julius Edgar Lilienfeld[3]
  • Subclass of: transistor[4]
  • Commons category: Field-effect Transistors[5]
  • Opposite of: bipolar junction transistor[6]
  • Has part(s): gate[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Field-effect transistors[8]
  • Short name: FET[9]

Why It Matters

field-effect transistor has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . tme.eu. Retrieved . tme.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Instance of → semiconductor device
    Opposite of → bipolar junction transistor
    Discoverer or inventor → Julius Edgar Lilienfeld
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