Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Why Is MOSFET Voltage and BJT Current Controlled - Quora PDF
Why Is MOSFET Voltage and BJT Current Controlled - Quora PDF
There's more on Quora...
Why is MOSFET Voltage and BJT Current controlled?
Pick new people and topics to follow and see the
Request best answers on Quora.
Follow 10 Comment Share Downvote
Update Your Interests
Can you answer this question?
Answer Related Questions
Why is bjt current controlled?
5 Answers Why is a BJT called a "currentcontrolled current
source"?
Sushil Kumar, A free charge mobile Carrier...
When is a MOSFET considered a voltage controlled
Written Oct 31
resistor?
In FET’s devices (such as JFET, MOSFET and many more), output which is defined in
terms of Current (Ids) whereas in case of BJT’s devices output defined also in terms of Why do we use BJT at high voltage as compared to
MOSFET?
Current only (Ic).
How is a BJT used as a voltage controlled switch?
In any system or device,
Why is only Mosfets used in motor controller any not
Output = f(input) any other FET/BJT or transistors?
In case of FET’s devices, input parameter is nothing but the voltage between Gate and Why a BjT is called current controlled device?
Source terminal ( i.e Vgs) but in case of BJT it is a current i.e Base Current ( Ib ).
Transistors: How does BJT amplify a signal? Also
Means output is controlled by voltage (for FET’s ) and current (for BJT). why is it called a current controlled device as it's the
Base Emitter Voltage which decides t...
Hence FET’s are called Voltage Controlled Current Source (VCCS) and BJT is Is transistor a voltage controlled or a current
called Current Controlled Current Source (CCCS). controlled device?
Ask or Search Quora Ask Question Read Answer Notifications Manish
How do I use the bulk terminal of a MOSFET to
Controlling Action:
control the threshold voltage of a MOSFET?
Trying to regain internet connection... Hide this message. More Related Questions
Vgs = Controlled the width of channel means it decides “How much charge carriers
available for conduction”.
Don't see your question? Ask Question
Vds = It decides “How long the available charge carriers will go inside the
channel.”
Question Stats
Ib = It decides the number of carriers reach upto collector terminal means It controlled
“How much charge carriers available to go upto Collector terminal.” 10 Followers
57 Views · View Upvotes 1,652 Views
Anurag Singh, Electronics and communication Engineering
Written Oct 30
First you need to understand the difference between current controlled and voltage
controlled sources.These both are dependent sources means they need some other source
to run.
A current controlled is a source which is controlled or driven by a current source.
A voltage contolled is one which is driven by a voltage source.
Now, Bjt is a current controlled because.
Bjt has a finite input impedance so it has a small finite base current which controls the
output current.
Also,
we know the current equation ..
Ask or Search Quora Ask Question Read Answer Notifications Manish
Trying to regain internet connection... Hide this message.
Ask or Search Quora Ask Question Read Answer Notifications Manish
and the equivalent model is..
Trying to regain internet connection... Hide this message.
Ask or Search Quora Ask Question Read Answer Notifications Manish
Trying to regain internet connection... Hide this message.
Ask or Search Quora Ask Question Read Answer Notifications Manish
now, you can clearly see output current Ic is controlled by the input current In.
In case of MOSFET. Trying to regain internet connection... Hide this message.
due to sio2 layer between gate and the body there is no input current , here all thing is
controled by input voltage.Vgs
Ask or Search Quora Ask Question Read Answer Notifications Manish
Trying to regain internet connection... Hide this message.
Ask or Search Quora Ask Question Read Answer Notifications Manish
The equivalent model is..
Trying to regain internet connection... Hide this message.
Ask or Search Quora Ask Question Read Answer Notifications Manish
Trying to regain internet connection... Hide this message.
Ask or Search Quora Ask Question Read Answer Notifications Manish
from. above pic , you can conclude that the drain or output current is conttolled by input
voltage Vgs.
Trying to regain internet connection... Hide this message.
114 Views · View Upvotes
Sanjay Upreti, faculty in electrical engineering department .
Written Oct 31
BJT all the thee terminals are directly taken out from three layers of P and N. So control
signal is directly injected to control terminal (Base is control terminal in case of common
base configuration), directly injection of charge carrier means a current control as rate at
which charge carriers(electrons) is nothing but a current.
In MOSFET, Gate is a control terminal which is separated from main device by a layer of
MOS(metal oxide silicon, a insulator), which forms a capacitor, one plate of capacitor is
metal contact for gate and other being Pchannel of main conduction path of MOSFET .
when control or gate signal is applied then it charges the capacitor formed by insulator, in
which Pchannel side of capacitor is getting negatively charge or forming a Nchannel for
conduction between ‘Source’ and ‘Drain’ terminals which are of Ntype(Nchannel
MOSFET). This Nchannel formed by charging of capacitor gets sufficient charge to cause
conduction between ‘Source’ and ‘Drain’ terminals, at certain gate voltage, This minimum
gate voltage is called ‘Threshold Voltage’. Because MOSFET, conduction is started by some
minimum gate voltage, this is why MOSFET is a voltage controlled device.
Ask or Search Quora Ask Question Read Answer Notifications Manish
Trying to regain internet connection... Hide this message.
159 Views · View Upvotes
Yogesh Ravikumar, Senior Hardware Design Engineer
Written Oct 31
Forgot about the vague answers, I clear your doubts. In electronics there exist Current
Controlled Voltage Devices (CCVD) and Voltage Controlled Voltage Devices (VCVD) and
vice versa.
CCVD = Input current to the device controles the output Voltage (BJT)
VCVD = Input voltage to the device controles the output Voltage (MOSFET)
So in BJT, the control parameter is Current which means the quantity of the input current
fed to the Base controles the switch whereas in MOSFET the control parameter is Voltage
which means the quantity of the input voltage fed to the Gate controles the switch. Hope
this is clear.
86 Views · View Upvotes
Anonymous
Written Oct 30
A FET is controlled by the applied GateSource voltage that regulates the electrical field
across a channel which is why MOSFET is considered to be voltage controlled.
For a transistor the output characteristics are dependent on input current which is why
BJT is considered to be a current controlled device . Ask Question
Ask or Search Quora Read Answer Notifications Manish
40 Views · View Upvotes
Top Stories from Your Feed
Here is what I did. My graduation’s final
semester exams ended in july 2007. I went to
Delhi in august 2007 and joined Vajiram for
GS and Manocha’s for geography. The
classes timings were 2 to 4:30/... Lopa’s swimming pool shot in Big Boss.
Read In Feed Read In Feed Read In Feed
Right from the first day, I am watching all
Big Boss episodes alone. Everyone sleeps