History. The first MOSFET was invented by Mohamed Atalla and Dawon Kahng at Bell Labs in 1959, and presented in 1960. The first report of a FGMOS was later made by Dawon Kahng and Simon Min Sze at Bell Labs, and dates from 1967. The earliest practical application of FGMOS was floating-gate memory cells, which Kahng and Sze proposed could be used to produce …

History Background. The origins of flash memory can be traced back to the development of the floating-gate MOSFET (FGMOS), also known as the floating-gate transistor. The original MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor), also known as the MOS transistor, was invented by Egyptian engineer Mohamed M. Atalla and Korean engineer Dawon Kahng at Bell …

In 1967, Dawon Kahng and Simon Min Sze at Bell Labs proposed that the floating gate of a MOSFET could be used for the cell of a reprogrammable ROM (read-only memory). Building on this concept, Dov Frohman of Intel invented EPROM in 1971, and was awarded U.S. Patent 3,660,819 in 1972. Frohman designed the Intel 1702, a 2048-bit EPROM, which was ...

Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS, pronounced "see-moss"), also known as complementary-symmetry metal–oxide–semiconductor (COS-MOS), is a type of metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) fabrication process that uses complementary and symmetrical pairs of p-type and n-type MOSFETs for logic functions. …

The early Nixie displays were made by a small vacuum tube manufacturer called Haydu Brothers Laboratories, and introduced in 1955 by Burroughs Corporation, who purchased Haydu.The name Nixie was derived by Burroughs from "NIX I", an abbreviation of "Numeric Indicator eXperimental No. 1", although this may have been a backronym designed to justify the evocation of the …

Ein Transistor ist ein elektronisches Halbleiter-Bauelement zum Steuern meistens niedriger elektrischer Spannungen und Ströme.Er ist der weitaus wichtigste „aktive“ Bestandteil elektronischer Schaltungen, der beispielsweise in der Nachrichtentechnik, der Leistungselektronik und in Computersystemen eingesetzt wird. Besondere Bedeutung haben Transistoren – …

Il MOSFET (acronimo del termine inglese metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor, ovvero transistore a semiconduttore di ossido di metallo a effetto di campo), scritto anche MOS-FET o MOS FET e spesso conosciuto come transistore MOS, in elettronica indica una tipologia di transistor a effetto di campo largamente usata nel campo dell'elettronica digitale, ma diffusa …

Computer hardware includes the physical parts of a computer, such as the case, central processing unit (CPU), random access memory (RAM), monitor, mouse, keyboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card, speakers and motherboard.. By contrast, software is the set of instructions that can be stored and run by hardware. Hardware is so-termed because it is "hard" …

A programmable logic device (PLD) is an electronic component used to build reconfigurable digital circuits.Unlike digital logic constructed using discrete logic gates with fixed functions, a PLD has an undefined function at the time of manufacture.Before the PLD can be used in a circuit it must be programmed to implement the desired function. Compared to fixed logic devices, …

A mercury relay (mercury displacement relay, mercury contactor) is a relay that uses mercury as the switching element.. They are used as high-current switches or contactors, where contact erosion from constant cycling would be a problem for conventional relay contacts.. Owing to environmental considerations about the toxicity of mercury, mercury relays are mostly obsolete …