Power electronics modify the voltage, current or frequency of electricity in applications as diverse as solid-state lighting, intelligent motors and electric vehicles.

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Applying a voltage to the gate determines whether or not current can flow through the channel.

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Electronic chips consist of millions of transistors, each of which does one simple thing: it uses the voltage at one of its three junctions to decide whether or not to let current flow between the other two.

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