Engineering:Static induction transistor
The static induction transistor (SIT) is a type of field-effect transistor (FET) capable of high-speed and high-power operation, with low distortion and low noise.[1] It is a vertical structure device with short multichannel. The device was originally known as a VFET, with V being short for vertical.[2] Being a vertical device, the SIT structure offers advantages in obtaining higher breakdown voltages than a conventional FET. For the SIT, the breakdown voltage is not limited by the surface breakdown between gate and drain, allowing it to operate at a very high current and voltage. The SIT has a current-voltage characteristic similar to a vacuum tube triode and it was therefore used in high-end audio products, including power amplifiers from Sony in the second half of the 1970s and Yamaha from 1973-1980. The Sony n-channel SIT had the model number 2SK82 with its p-channel complement named 2SJ28.[2]
Characteristics
A SIT has:
- short channel length
- low gate series resistance
- low gate-source capacitance
- small thermal resistance
- low noise
- low distortion
- high audio frequency power capability
- short turn-on and turn-off time, typically 0.25 μs
History
The SIT was invented by Japanese engineers Jun-ichi Nishizawa and Y. Watanabe in 1950.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Nishizawa, Jun-ichi (December 15, 1974). "Field-effect transistor versus analog transistor (static induction transistor)". IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 22 (4): 185–197. doi:10.1109/T-ED.1975.18103. https://doi.org/10.1109/T-ED.1975.18103.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pass, Nelson (2013). "The Sony VFET Amplifier 40 Year Commemorative". https://www.firstwatt.com/pdf/art_sony_vfet_40yr.pdf.
- ↑ F. Patrick McCluskey, ed (1996). High Temperature Electronics. CRC Press. p. 82. ISBN 0-8493-9623-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=3qz0gSVbaesC&pg=PA82.
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