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04/07/2008 7:54 AM

what is fet and mosfet
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04/07/2008 7:57 AM

fet stands for Field Effect Transistor

mosfet stands for Metal Oxide inSulated Field Effect Transistor.

So that's your answer. (I might have got the mosfet one mixed up but its close enough!!)

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04/07/2008 8:11 AM

Actually MOSFET is acyronm for "metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor".
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04/07/2008 8:16 AM

Ahhhh yes, as I typed that I thought I'd got it wrong, but it is similar...

Thanks - John.

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04/07/2008 9:35 AM

Little fella 3 legs... high input impedance.

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04/07/2008 12:41 PM

Hmmmm maybe a bit of 'dumbing down' could be useful for the OP...

However, I've used the little fellows with 4 legs - two gates on them!!

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04/07/2008 2:53 PM

And I thought I was brief ;

http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/19364/about-mesfet

OK, Yours was funnier ! I wonder what the next one will be.

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