I am begginer in electronics and I would like to ask if there is a specific type of a transistor which is used more than the others in today integrated circuits and why?
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\$\begingroup\$ you use different types of transistors for different problems. Your question is hence nonsensical, sorry. "IC" says exactly nothing about which types of transistors will be necessary to implement it. For example, a RF transceiver & DSP IC (like the AD9361) will contain silicon BJT, JFET, MOSFETs, and, depending on what the frontend needs to achieve, some high-speed non-silicon transistors, which will, technically, be BJT, but look different on the die (because done on different substrate at different structure size). \$\endgroup\$– Marcus MüllerCommented Apr 28, 2017 at 7:51
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2\$\begingroup\$ I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's impossible to answer. \$\endgroup\$– Marcus MüllerCommented Apr 28, 2017 at 7:51
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1\$\begingroup\$ None of them are famous, they do their job without recognition or fame, Poor things. Now among discrete transistors, the 2N3055 is famous... \$\endgroup\$– user16324Commented Apr 28, 2017 at 8:48
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2\$\begingroup\$ @BrianDrummond, before this question all gets deleted, let's not forget the OC71 and BC108, got us from the summer of love right through to hip-hop... \$\endgroup\$– TonyMCommented Apr 28, 2017 at 9:21
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1\$\begingroup\$ If the OP edited his question to just famous transistors he might get many many votes . \$\endgroup\$– AutisticCommented Apr 28, 2017 at 10:09
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Most transistors are CMOS, by quantity. ICs like the Intel i7 use billions per chip. Ditto SRAM memories.
answered Apr 28, 2017 at 8:36