Field-effect tetrode

The tetrode field-effect transistor[1] or field-effect tetrode is a solid-state semiconductor device, constructed by creating two field-effect channels back-to-back, with a junction between. It is a four-terminal device which does not have specific gate terminals because each channel is a gate for the other,[2] the voltage conditions modulating the current carried by the other channel.[3]

  1. ^ Tetrode field-effect transistor, JEDEC definition
  2. ^ Raymond M. Warner Jr.; James N. Fordemwalt, eds. (1965). Integrated Circuits: Design Principles and Fabrication. McGraw Hill. pp. 220–223.
  3. ^ Christopher G. Morris, ed. (15 September 1992). Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology. Academic Press. p. 824. ISBN 9780122004001.