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Science history: Invention of the transistor ushers in the computing era — Oct. 3, 1950

On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the ...
Hackaday

Driving A Laser At 200 Volts For Nanoseconds

If there’s one lesson to be learned from [Aled Cuda]’s pulsed laser driver, it’s that you can treat the current limits on electronic components as a suggestion if the current duration is measured ...
EDN

A transistor thermostat for DAC voltage references

A self-sensing and heating transistor thermostat for a 16-bit DAC voltage reference to stabilize its temperature.
IEEE

Test Bench for Static, Dynamic and Thermal Cycling Tests of Power Semiconductor Transistors at Cryogenic Temperatures

Abstract: Cryogenic electronics remains a promising direction for increasing the power density of power converters. However, the reliability characteristics of power semiconductor components cooled by ...
IEEE

Selective Scan Driver for Low-Power Consumption Using Oxide Thin Film Transistors

Abstract: In this letter, a scan driver circuit that can generate scan signals only in a selected area is proposed. It refreshes only the area that needs to be updated without refreshing the whole ...