| ▲ | direwolf20 5 hours ago | |||||||||||||
Only because odd components aren't marketable. There used to be 4-terminal MOSFETs, they weren't sold after ICs became normal. Never heard of a multi emitter transistor being sold discretely but it's possible. | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | squarefoot 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||
Dual gate mosfets were a godsend when building RF/IF mixers or preamps. Luckily I have a small stash as they're almost unobtanium and costly these days, but for most uses such as mixers and preamps they can be swapped with a pair or normal jfets in a cascode configuration like this one: https://i.stack.imgur.com/6Nyhg.gif | ||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | jacquesm 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||
I use dual gate FETs frequently for all kinds of tricks and they're super useful. Is that what you had in mind? | ||||||||||||||