A review of the development of transistor technology and its application in electronic devices

Abstract

Less than a century has passed since the invention of the transistor, but it has become one of the most critical components of modern electronic devices after several stages of development. Its advantages of high-speed switching, high reliability and small size as well as low power consumption have made it widely used in communication, computing and even medical fields, which has greatly contributed to the development of science and technology, with revolutionized many industries and improved people's quality of life. This paper reviews the development of transistor and its applications in different electronic devices by analyzing a large number of cases in the literature to give a basic understanding of transistors. This paper finds that transistors were invented due to the discovery of the field effect, its development was facilitated by the emergence of integrated circuits and Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET), and with the advancement of nanotechnology, transistors are widely used in amplifiers, digital logic circuits, integrated circuits and sensors in electronic devices.