The Science of Everything Podcast

Episode 92: How Computers Work Part II - Silicon and Transistors

01.09.2018 - By James FodorPlay

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In this second episode in the series, I explain binary digital coding to motivate a discussion of the operation of transistors. Beginning with an examination of the properties of semiconductors and why they are useful for constructing transistors, I then examine how MOSFET transistors are constructed by combining pMOS and nMOS semiconductors.

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