Different Types of Field-Effect Transistors - Theory and Applications

In 1959, Atalla and Kahng at Bell Labs produced the first successful field-effect transistor (FET), which had been long anticipated by other researchers by overcoming the ""surface states"" that blocked electric fields from penetrating into the semiconductor material. Very quickly, they became the fundamental basis of digital electronic circuits. Up to this point, there are more than 20 different types of field-effect transistors that are incorporated in various applications found in everyday's life. Based on this fact, this book was designed to overview some of the concepts regarding FETs that are currently used as well as some concepts that are still being developed

Characteristics of a pMOSFET suitable for use in radiotherapy

The paper describes dose response and signal fading of Al-gate p-channel (metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors) MOSFETs in the range of gamma radiation doses used in radiation therapy. MOSFETs with thicknesses of the gate oxide layer of 1 mu m and 400 nm were used. The response was characterized by the threshold voltage shift and was studied as a function of the absorbed dose and time after irradiation. The dosimeters with the 1-mu m-thick oxide layer can be effectively used for measuring doses in the 0.1-5 Gy range. The dosimeters with 400-nm-thick oxide layer are suitable for measuring doses above 5 Gy. Both types of the dosimeters retain dosimetric information for long periods of time. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved