INTRODUCTION TO FET AND

ITS DRAIN CHARACTERISTICS

CONTENTS:
• Introduction
• Difference between BJT and FET
• Characteristics of FET
• Types of FET
• Working of FET
• Broadening of Depletion Region
• Drain Characteristics
INTRODUCTION
 FET or Field Effect Transistor is a type of transistors that uses an
electric field to control the flow of current.
 It has three terminals – Gate, Source and Drain.
 FET can be constructed from various semiconductors ,most
common is Silicon.
 FET can be use as an amplifier, switch, voltage – variable resistor in
OP-AMS.
Difference between BJT and FET
BJT FET

 Current control device  Voltage control device

  Bipolar device.  Unipolar device.

  Thermal runaway occurs.   No thermal runaway.

 Noise generation is high   Noise generation is low.

 Low in input impedance.  High input impedance

 Larger in size  Smaller in size

 CHARACTERISTICS
Why FET’s are so much popular ?

Operation of FET is very simple.

 Fabrication is much simpler. FET can be fabricated in fewer steps.
 Space required by FET is less than BJT. It requires 1/5th are required by BJT.
 FET can be used as an amplifying device.
 It has high input impedance.
TYPES OF FET

 Junction Field Effect Transistors (JFET).

n-type JFET
p-type JFET
 Metal-oxide Semiconductor FET (MOSFET)
 Metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor.(MESFET)
 CONSTRUCTION

There are mainly three Component in FET-

Source : The majority charge carrier will enter
through this region.
Gate: It will control the drain current and it is
reversed biased.
Drain: Majority charge carrier will leave
through this region.
There will be short circuit between the gates
internally.
Channel: The space between depletion layer.
 
 P CHANNEL JFET

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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