Definition
The source and drain are the regions and associated terminals at the two ends of a field-effect transistor’s channel; under normal operation, the source supplies channel carriers and the drain collects them.
Application
Provide the gate-controlled current path in MOSFETs used for switching, including complementary n-channel and p-channel devices in CMOS logic.
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Evidence and further reading
- Evidence from toshiba.semicon-storage.comhttps://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/us/semiconductor/knowledge/faq/mosfet/how-do-n-channel-mosfets-work.html
- Evidence from ocw.mit.eduhttps://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-004-computation-structures-spring-2017/pages/c3/c3s1/