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Article #18996Re: V channel FET
From: Joseph Kung
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1988 16:29
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1988 16:29
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In article <2799@midas.TEK.COM> jeffw@midas.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) writes:
>In article <2154@psivax.UUCP> torkil@psivax.UUCP (Torkil Hammer) writes:
>>Scientists here are proud to announce the succesful test of a
>>Vacuum Channel Field Effect Transistor. (VCFET).
>
>Ummm, yes, come back when you've figured out how to implement VLSI with it.
>
> :-)
> Jeff Winslow
It can be implemented with CMOS circuitry, but the real benefit is not
the density of "VLSI" but the radiation hardness of the FET. No oxide
traps, etc. Great for military applications. The VGFET (vacuum gate
field effect transistor is more appropriate a name) has been
demonstrated here as well.
- Joe
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!mit-amt!mit-caf!jtkung From: jtkung@mit-caf.UUCP (Joseph Kung) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: V channel FET Message-ID: <894@mit-caf.UUCP> Date: 7 Apr 88 16:29:17 GMT References: <2154@psivax.UUCP> <2799@midas.TEK.COM> Reply-To: jtkung@mit-caf.UUCP (Joseph Kung) Organization: Microsystems Technology Laboratory, MIT Lines: 20