No voltage on Gate: open channel No voltage on Gate: open channel No voltage on Gate: closed channel
Gate
𝑉𝐺𝑆 > 𝑉𝐷𝑆 : enhancement not possible 𝑉𝐺𝑆 > 𝑉𝐷𝑆 : enhances the channel width 𝑉𝐺𝑆 > 𝑉𝐷𝑆 : enhances the channel width
Gate
𝑉𝐺𝑆 < 𝑉𝐷𝑆 : depletes the channel width 𝑉𝐺𝑆 < 𝑉𝐷𝑆 : depletes the channel width 𝑉𝐺𝑆 < 𝑉𝐷𝑆 : depletion not possible
,Keywords
𝐼𝐷𝑆𝑆 Drain-to-Source Saturation Current: Amount of drain current when 𝑉𝐺𝑆 = 0V
𝑉𝑇 / 𝑉𝐺𝑆(𝑂𝐹𝐹) Threshold Voltage / Gate cut-off Voltage: The gate voltage 𝑉𝐺𝑆 at which a MOSFET starts to conduct
𝑉𝑃 / 𝑉𝐺𝑆(𝑂𝐹𝐹) Pinch-off Voltage / Gate cut-off Voltage: The gate voltage 𝑉𝐺𝑆 at which a JFET starts to conduct
Ohmic Region When 𝐼𝐷 vs 𝑉𝐺𝑆 is linear, which acts as resistance.
Pinch-off Voltage After Ohmic region, when VGS reaches saturation, and ID hardly increases (almost none)
𝑉𝐷𝑆 (at pinch-off) = 𝑉𝐺𝑆 − 𝑉𝑇
Saturation Region Region in which the 𝐼𝐷 hardly increases
DC-Biasing Combining AC circuit with DC-Source to create offset for FET
JFET DE-MOSFET E-MOSFET
Basic connection of JFET Basic connection of DE-MOSFET Basic connection of E-MOSFET (notice extra 𝑅)
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