5 Questions for HEMT Inventor Takashi Mimura
The 2017 Kyoto Prize winner feels his invention, the high-electron-mobility transistor, had a historical impact Photo: Inamori Foundation Takashi Mimura invented something wonderful in 1979. The high-electron-mobility transistor was intended as a device that can operate at microwave frequencies with ease. HEMTs are capable of fast switching because they confine the flow…