JUNCTION FIELD EFFECT

TRANSISTORS (JFET)

EC 217
ELECTRONIC DEVICES
INTRODUCTION
• Bipolar Junction Transistors – 2 carriers (majority and minority).
Hence called bipolar devices.
• FETs – only 1 type of carrier (either hole or electron). Hence called
unipolar devices. Only majority carriers and no minority carriers.
• JFETs and MOSFETs are two types of unipolar transistors
SOME BASIC IDEAS
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SOME BASIC IDEAS
FIELD EFFECT
Figure at bottom of right side shows normal biasing
voltages for a JFET.
• Drain supply voltages are positive
• Gate supply voltage is negative
• As can be expected, at the junction of the p-type
and n-type materials, depletion layers are formed
due to recombination of free electrons diffusing
from n-type with holes in p-type.
• The depletion layer is the basis for creating the field
effect.
SOME BASIC IDEAS
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SOME BASIC IDEAS
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SOME BASIC IDEAS
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SOME BASIC IDEAS
GATE VOLTAGE AND DRAIN CURRENT
• Figure on the top shows an n-channel JFET since channel between
source and drain is n-type semiconductor.
• In most low-frequency applications, source and drain are
interchangeable.
• However, for high frequency uses, internal capacitance comes into the
picture. High capacitance at gate-drain end can reduce the JFET output
voltage and gain.
• Manufacturers hence keep the capacitance of gate-drain end low by
design. At high frequencies, interchanging source and drain is
therefore not possible.
SCHEMATIC SYMBOLS OF JFET
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DRAIN CURVES FOR JFET
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DRAIN CURVES FOR JFET – MAXIMUM DRAIN
CURRENT
DRAIN CURVES FOR JFET – MAXIMUM DRAIN
CURRENT
DRAIN CURVES FOR JFET – MAXIMUM DRAIN
CURRENT
DRAIN CURVES FOR JFET – OHMIC REGION
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DRAIN CURVES FOR JFET – GATE CUTOFF
VOLTAGE
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TRANSCONDUCTANCE CURVE
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TRANSCONDUCTANCE CURVE
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TRANSCONDUCTANCE CURVE
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EXAMPLE - 1
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EXAMPLE – 1 ANSWER
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BIASING JFET IN OHMIC REGION
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BIASING JFET IN OHMIC REGION
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BIASING JFET IN OHMIC REGION
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BIASING JFET IN OHMIC REGION
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EXAMPLE
For the circuit shown, calculate the drain voltage for the given input
signal
 SOLUTION
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 SOLUTION
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BIASING JFET IN ACTIVE REGION
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BIASING JFET IN ACTIVE REGION
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BIASING JFET IN ACTIVE REGION
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BIASING JFET IN ACTIVE REGION
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ANALYSING SELF BIASED CIRCUIT
• Intersection of the straight line with transconductance
curve gives the operating point of the Q point of the
JFET.
• Note that the drain current is slightly less than 2 mA
while the gate voltage is slightly higher than -1V.
4. Usually, Q points in self bias are not very stable. Self
bias is therefore used only for small signal
amplifications.
5. Practical purposes, JFETs in self bias are employed at
the received end of communication systems where
signal is not very high.
VOLTAGE DIVIDER BIAS
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JFET AS AMPLIFIER WITH VOLTAGE DIVDER
BIAS
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EXERCISE
Draw the dc load line and determine the Q-point for the circuit shown,
along using the ideal methods.
SOLUTION
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SOLUTION
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TWO SUPPLY SOURCE BIAS
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CURRENT SOURCE BIAS
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EXAMPLE - 1
• Obtain the drain current in the circuit shown. What is the voltage
between the drain and the ground?
SOLUTION
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EXAMPLE – 2
For the figure shown alongside, what is the
drain current? Determine the drain voltage.
SOLUTION – 2
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TRANSCONDUCTANCE
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TRANSCONDUCTANCE
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TRANSCONDUCTANCE
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TRANSCONDUCTANCE AND GATE-SOURCE
CUT OFF VOLTAGE
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EXAMPLE
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SOLUTION
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