FET Transistor

What is MOSFET Handling?

What is MOSFET Handling? What is MOSFET Handling? – MOSFET requires very careful handling particularly when out of circuit. In circuit, a MOSFET is as rugged as any other solid-state device of similar construction and size. MOSFET has an ultra thin silicon dioxide layer between the channel and the gate. Because the insulating layer is […]

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What is MOS Capacitor?

What is MOS Capacitor? The metal-oxide-semiconductor MOS capacitor shown in Fig. 13.92 (a) is the heart of the MOSFET. The metal may be aluminium or some other type of metal. In most cases, the metal is replaced by a high-conductivity polycrystalline silicon layer deposited on the oxide. However, the term metal is still used in

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What is MOSFET Resistor?

MOSFET Resistor

What is MOSFET Resistor?: DE-MOSFET can be employed as a resistor by connecting the gate to the source, as shown in Fig. 13.91 (a), so that gate-to­source voltage VGS is zero. E-MOSFET may also be employed as a resistor by connecting the gate to the drain, as shown in Fig. 13.91 (b) so that gate-to-source voltage

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Enhancement Type MOSFET – Construction, Operation and Characteristics

Enhancement Type MOSFET – Construction, Operation and Characteristics: Although DE-MOSFET is useful in special applications, it does not enjoy widespread use. However, it played an important role in history because it was part of the evolution towards the E-mode MOSFET, a device that has revolutionized the electronic industry. Enhancement Type MOSFET has become enormously important

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Small Signal Model of MOSFET

Small Signal Model of MOSFET: If the small bulk resistances of the source and drain are neglected, the Small Signal Model of MOSFET and its equivalent circuit between terminals G (G1), S, and D is identical with that for the JFET and is as given in Fig. 13.75. The transconductance and the interelectrode capacitances have

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Depletion Type MOSFET – Construction, Operation and Characteristics

Depletion Type MOSFET – Construction, Operation and Characteristics: As we know already that when the gate is biased negative w.r.t. the source in an N-channel JFET, the depletion-region widths are increased. The increase in the depletion regions reduces the channel thickness, which increases its resistance. The net result is that drain current ID is reduced.

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Metal Insulator Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MISFETs)

Metal Insulator Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MISFETs): The Metal Insulator Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MISFETs) is one of the most widely used electronic devices, particularly in digital circuits, because of relatively small size-thousands of devices can be fabricated in a single integrated circuit (IC). Since it is constructed with the gate terminal insulated from the

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