MOSFET Biasing Circuits

MOSFET Biasing Circuits: DE-MOSFET Bias Circuits - DE-MOSFET bias circuits are similar to JFET bias circuits. Any of the FET bias circuits already discussed can be used to produce a…

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JFET Bias Circuit Design

JFET Bias Circuit Design: Design Approach - Design of JFET Bias Circuit Design is just as simple as design of BJT bias circuits. One major difference is that FET circuit…

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JFET Bias Circuit Troubleshooting

JFET Bias Circuit Troubleshooting: Voltage Measurement - JFET Bias Circuit Troubleshooting are similar to those for BJT bias circuits. The major difference is that there is only one junction in…

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MOSFET Construction and Characteristics

MOSFET Construction and Characteristics: Figure 9-28 shows the MOSFET Construction and Characteristics of a metal oxide semiconductor FET (MOSFET), also known as an insulated gate FET. Starting with a high-resistive…

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FET Datasheet Specifications

FET Datasheet Specifications: Maximum Ratings - A portion of a FET Datasheet Specifications is reproduced in Fig. 9-17. As with other device data sheets, a device type number and brief description is…

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JFET Characteristics

JFET Characteristics: An n-channel JFET Characteristics block representation is shown in Fig. 9-6. With a drain-source voltage applied as illustrated, ID flows in the direction shown producing voltage drops along…

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Heat Sink in Transistor

Heat Sink in Transistor: When power is dissipated in a transistor, the heat generated must flow from the collector-base junction to the case, and then to the surrounding atmosphere. When…

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Power Dissipation Rating in Transistor

Power Dissipation Rating in Transistor: Maximum Power Dissipation - Consider the portion of the data sheet for the 2N3903 and 2N3904 transistor reproduced in Fig. 8-24. The total device dissipation (PD)…

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