Transistors, the tiny switches that flip on and off inside computer chips, have long been the domain of electricity. But scientists are beginning to develop chip components that run on light. Last ...

You know them, you love them, you take them for granted – they are single push button on/off switches. As [Dino] explains in the most recent episode of his Hack a Week series, they are typica… ...

At the core of every computer, smartphone, and digital device lies the transistor, a tiny but powerful component that is crucial for processing data and performing mathematical operations. But how ...

NPN transistors are key components in electronics, used as switches or amplifiers with three legs: base, collector, and emitter. Thyristors are semiconductor switches with three legs: gate, anode ...

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A transistor acts as a switch, converting electrical inputs into output signals via logic gates. Now, Drew Endy (pictured) at Stanford University in California and colleagues have designed a ...

This quantum electronics component switches electrical current by controlled repositioning of a single atom, now also in the solid state in a gel electrolyte.

In this mode, the transistor acts like a closed switch between collector and emitter. Forward Active mode is where some amount of base current causes a certain amount of collector current to flow.

Transistors are the basic components of electronic circuits and are used in a variety of applications, including electronic switches and current amplifiers.