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New Transistor Chip Bounces Electrons Like Billiards

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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 18, 2006 -- Computer designers have come up with a radical new design for transistors that bounces individual electrons off deflectors as if playing a game of atomic billiards instead of the traditional method -- flowing through the transistor like water. The new method makes the transistor incredibly fast. "Everyone has been trying to make better transistors by modifying current designs, but what we really need is the next paradigm," said Quentin Diduck, a graduate student at the University of Rochester who thought up the radical new design. "We've gone from the relay, to the tube, to semiconductor...Read full article

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    Published: August 2006
    Glossary
    astronomy
    The scientific observation of celestial radiation that has reached the vicinity of Earth, and the interpretation of these observations to determine the characteristics of the extraterrestrial bodies and phenomena that have emitted the radiation.
    deflection
    Any bending of a wave of radiation away from its expected path, as, for example, by diffraction or by a magnetic field.
    oscilloscope
    A system in which a supplied signal causes the deflection of the electron beam in a cathode-ray tube, thus forming a visible trace on the phosphor screen of the tube and providing for examination of signal characteristics. A CRT oscilloscope is particularly convenient for studying repetitive phenomena, but a tube with a long-delay phosphor can be used to analyze a single electrical pulse. An oscilloscope equipped with a camera becomes an oscillograph.
    transistor
    An electronic device consisting of a semiconductor material, generally germanium or silicon, and used for rectification, amplification and switching. Its mode of operation utilizes transmission across the junction of the donor electrons and holes.
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