Program: B. Tech.

, ECE, 1st Semester, 2021

ECL0101:
Basics Electronics
Unit 4
Lecture 2
JFET characteristics

Shailendra Singh Ojha

Assistant Professor
SOET/ECE
 Outline

➢Course objective
➢JFET characteristics
➢Learning outcome
➢References
 Course Objective

➢To make students familiar with JFET

 Transfer Characteristics..

➢ In JFET, the relationship between VGS (input voltage) and ID (output

current) is used to define the transfer characteristics. It is called as
Shockley’s Equation:

V GS 
2
 VP=VGS (OFF)
ID = IDSS 1 - 
 VP 
➢The relationship is more complicated (and not linear)
➢As a result, FET’s are often referred to a square law devices
 Transfer Characteristics

JFET Transfer Characteristic Curve JFET Characteristic Curve

 BJT n JFET comparision
Characteristic BJT FET
Carriers Electrons, Holes Only one type (Electrons
or Holes)
Control Current control device Voltage control device
Terminal 3Terminal 4Terminal
(Emitter,Baise,Collector) (Source,Gate,Drain, body
(substrate))
Used Amplifiers, Regulators of Digital Electronis,IC ,
currents Amplifiers
Other Name --------- Unipolar transistor

junctions Two 1 junctions

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 BJT n JFET comparision

Characteristic BJT FET

Symbol

impedance dVi/di large (in the range of

1010 -1015 Ω)
Secondary Yes No
break down
operating Low High
frequency
switching High Low
losses
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Exercise 1

Sketch the transfer defined by

IDSS= 12 mA dan VGS(off) = - 6
VGS ID  ID 
VGS = VP1 -
0 IDSS I 
DSS 
 2
0.3Vp IDSS/2  VGS 
ID = IDSS  1 - 
0.5Vp IDSS/4  VP 
Vp 0 mA
Answer 1
 Students Learning Outcomes
➢Students will be
➢Familiar with JFET characteristics
References

T1. Boylestad & Nashelsky, “Electronics Devices and Circuit Theory”,

PHI.
T2. Thomas L. Floyd, “Electronic Devices” Prentice Hall.
T3. Malvino, L., “Electronic principles”, Tata McGraw Hill.
T4. Graham Bell, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, PHI.
T5. Sedra and Smith, “Microelectronics circuits”, Oxford University
Press.