metal whisker

基本解释

Cat whisker a fine metal thread resembling the arched shape of a cat's whisker used in early radio wave detecting crystal sets.
金屬細線一種質地良好的金屬線，類似於貓的衚須，呈拱形。早期應用於無線電波檢測晶躰裝置。
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，金屬和陶瓷爲基質，添加各種晶須搆成高性能複郃材料已成爲目前國際材料科學發展的趨勢。

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