metal whisker

基本解釋

Cat whisker a fine metal thread resembling the arched shape of a cat's whisker used in early radio wave detecting crystal sets.
金屬細線一種質(zhì)地良好的金屬線，類似于貓的胡須，呈拱形。早期應(yīng)用于無線電波檢測晶體裝置。
It is a new international materials science development trend to add whisker into resin, metal and ceramic matrix to prepare high-performance composite materials.
以樹脂，金屬和陶瓷為基質(zhì)，添加各種晶須構(gòu)成高性能復(fù)合材料已成為目前國際材料科學(xué)發(fā)展的趨勢。

To create the point-contact transistor, Shockley's team modified the cat's whisker by placing two fine metal wires close together on the surface of a germanium crystal, turning it from a diode into a triode.
ECONOMIST: The middle age of the transistor
This device—patented by a German scientist, Ferdinand Braun, in 1899—was made of a single metal wire, fondly called a cat's whisker, touching against a semiconductor crystal.
ECONOMIST: The middle age of the transistor