Junction Field Effect

Transistors
JFET for short
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 Introduction
• JFETs are voltage-controlled components.
• Can also be used as a switch or as an amplifier.

The difference is in the

direction of their arrow
 BJT vs. JFET

Current-controlled Voltage-controlled
Given parameters: Given Parameters:
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Biasing
Fixed Bias
Voltage source is present at the gate

Self-Bias
No voltage source is present at the gate

Voltage Divider

𝑉 𝐺𝐺
Two resistors are present at the gate
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DC Analysis
𝐼𝐷
𝐼 𝐺= 0
characteristic of a JFET
¿𝐼 𝐺 +𝐼
𝐼𝐷
𝐼𝐺 𝑆

¿0+𝐼
𝐼 𝐷 𝑆

𝐼¿
𝑠 𝐼𝐼
𝐷 𝑆
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DC Analysis

Maximum rating values.

Exceeding these values may
damage the JFET

Useful for choosing correct

value.
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DC Analysis

Left KVL

( )
2
𝑉 𝐺𝑆
𝐼 𝐷 =¿
𝐼 𝐷𝑆𝑆 1−
𝑉𝑃
Constant formula
Must memorize!

Left KVL KVL Must pass

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DC Analysis

Right KVL Right KVL

𝐼 𝑆 ¿ 𝐼
Recall: 𝑆

KVL Must pass

is basically the
𝑉𝑉 𝑆 voltage across
𝑆
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DC Analysis
For Voltage Dividers only!
Solve for𝑉 𝐺
𝑅2
𝑉 𝑅 2=𝑉 𝐺 =𝑉 𝐷𝐷 ⋅
𝑅 1+ 𝑅2
𝑉𝐺 Add into the circuit
New KVL as shown
𝑉𝐺 𝑉𝐺 is basically the
KVL
voltage across
So, we apply voltage
divider at
DC Analysis
Summary

Voltage Divider @
Left KVL

Right KVL
(GND) or
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Algebra must know!

Quadratic Equation (in terms of )

2
.
 DC Analysis
Choosing the correct

1) must be positive

2) must be less than

3) Solve for , its magnitude must not exceed

Mathematically,
1) > 0

2)

3)
 DC Analysis
Tired of Algebra? Alternatively, you can memorize them…

Fixed Bias

Voltage Divider

2 2
2.
. .2
. 2
Self-Bias (Quadratic Formula)
.
2
2 .
. .
2 (Quadratic Formula)
 AC Analysis

2 𝐼 𝐷𝑆𝑆
= Transconductance
𝑚 𝜙
|𝑉 𝑃 |
Two important formulas
in AC analysis

𝑚= 𝑔𝑚 𝜙
√ 𝐼𝐷
𝐼 𝐷𝑆𝑆
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AC Analysis
Configurations
Common Source
Source is not connected to and
D
Common Drain
G
Drain is not connected to and

S Common Gate
Gate is not connected to and
 AC Analysis
Transistor Model

D
𝑔 𝑑
G +¿
𝑣𝑔𝑠 𝑔 𝑚 𝑣𝑔𝑠
𝑠
−
S
Current source flows from
In is positive , is negative
does not have any connection to &
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AC Analysis
! Capacitors are shorted ! Transformation
! DC supplies are grounded !

𝑉 𝐷𝐷 g d

+¿
Transistor Model

+¿
GND GND

𝑅1𝑅 𝐷
𝑉 𝒈 𝒅𝒅 𝑜 𝑣𝑔𝑠 s 𝑔 𝑚 𝑣𝑔𝑠
𝑉𝒈𝑖
𝑉𝑖 𝑅1 𝑅 2
− 𝑅𝐷
𝑉𝑜
𝒈 𝒔
𝑅 2𝑅 𝑆 GND GND

𝑅𝑆 −
Exercise
Voltage divider biasing
𝑉 𝐷𝐷 =16 Solve for

2.40 𝑅2
2.10 𝑉 𝐺 = 𝑉 𝐷𝐷 ⋅
𝑅1 + 𝑅 2

𝑉𝐺 KVL eqn:
KVL
270 𝑘 −𝑉 𝐺 +𝑉 𝐺𝑆 + 𝐼 𝑆 𝑅 𝑆 =0
1.50
𝑉 𝐺𝑆 =𝑉 𝐺 − 𝑅 𝐼 𝑆𝑆 𝑅 𝑆
Recall: 𝐼 𝐷
Exercise
The hard part… Solve for
𝑉 𝐷𝐷 =16
( )
2
𝑉 𝐺𝑆
𝐼 𝐷¿𝐼 𝐷𝑆𝑆 1−
2.40 𝑉𝑃
2.10

( )
2
𝐼𝐷 𝑉 𝐺𝑆
= 1−
𝐼 𝐷𝑆𝑆 𝑉𝑃
2
𝐼𝐷 2𝑉 𝐺𝑆 𝑉 𝐺𝑆
=1 − + 2
𝐼 𝐷𝑆𝑆 𝑉𝑃 𝑉𝑃
270 𝑘 𝐼𝐷 2 ( 𝑉 𝐺 − 𝐼 𝐷 𝑅 𝑆 ) ( 𝑉 𝐺 − 𝐼 𝐷 𝑅𝑆 )
2
1.50 =1 − +
𝐼 𝐷𝑆𝑆 𝑉𝑃 𝑉𝑃
2
Exercise
The hard part… Solve for
𝑉 𝐷𝐷 =16 2
𝐼𝐷 2 ( 𝑉 𝐺 − 𝐼 𝐷 𝑅 𝑆) ( 𝑉 𝐺 − 𝐼 𝐷 𝑅 𝑆 )
0=1 − − +
2.40 𝐼 𝐷𝑆𝑆 𝑉𝑃 𝑉𝑃
2

2.10 2 2 2
𝐼 𝐷 − 2𝑉 𝐺 + 2 𝐼 𝐷 𝑅 𝑆 𝑉 𝐺 − 2 𝑉 𝐺 𝐼 𝐷 𝑅 𝑆+ 𝐼 𝐷 𝑅 𝑆
0=1 − + +
𝐼 𝐷𝑆𝑆 𝑉𝑃 𝑉𝑃
2

( ) ( )( )
2 2
2 𝑅𝑆 2 𝑅𝑆 2 𝑉 𝐺 𝑅𝑆 1 2𝑉 𝐺 𝑉 𝐺
𝐼 𝐷 +𝐼 𝐷 − − + 1 − + 2 =0
𝑉 2
𝑃
𝑉𝑃 𝑉𝑃2
𝐼 𝐷𝑠𝑠 𝑉 𝑃 𝑉𝑃

𝐴 𝐵 𝐶
270 𝑘 ( 1.5 × 103 ) 2
1.50 𝐴= 𝐴=140.6
2
(− 4 )
3 3
2 ×1.5 × 10 2 × 𝑋 ×1.5 ×10 1
𝐵=
−4
− 𝐵
( − 4 )2
=−
−
8 ×10
−3 1.
2
2× 𝑋 𝑋
𝐶 =1 − + 𝐶 = 2.
−4 (− 4 )2
Exercise
Choose for the correct
𝑉 𝐷𝐷 =16 − + ¿ ¿
𝐼 𝐷 , 𝐼 𝐷

2.40
2.10

270 𝑘
1.50
− 𝑩 +√ 𝑩 − 4 𝑨 𝑪
− 𝑩− √ 𝑩 − 4 𝑨 𝑪
2
2 + ¿= ¿
− 2𝑨
𝐼𝐷= , 𝐼𝐷
2𝑨