In initial tests, the resulting transistors attained promising results, exhibiting leakage currents of 10 −6 A cm −2, low operating voltages of around 0.45 V and a hysteresis below 1 mV.

A new design of room-temperature liquid metal transistor made with a new kind of alloy could herald flexible and self-repairing electronics.

Transistors are core components of many electronic devices, which serve the role of amplifying and switching electrical signals. A key goal of the electronics industry is to continue improving the ...

The company demonstrated how the use of nickel silicide metal gates could be combined with strained silicon transistors and with the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology used in developing AMD's ...