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WhenisaMOSFETconsideredavoltagecontrolled
WrittenOct31
resistor?
InFETsdevices(suchasJFET,MOSFETandmanymore),outputwhichisdefinedin
termsofCurrent(Ids)whereasincaseofBJTsdevicesoutputdefinedalsointermsof WhydoweuseBJTathighvoltageascomparedto
MOSFET?
Currentonly(Ic).
HowisaBJTusedasavoltagecontrolledswitch?
Inanysystemordevice,
WhyisonlyMosfetsusedinmotorcontrolleranynot
Output=f(input) anyotherFET/BJTortransistors?

IncaseofFETsdevices,inputparameterisnothingbutthevoltagebetweenGateand
Sourceterminal(i.eVgs)butincaseofBJTitisacurrenti.eBaseCurrent(Ib).
Meansoutputiscontrolledbyvoltage(forFETs)andcurrent(forBJT).
WhyaBjTiscalledcurrentcontrolleddevice?
Transistors:HowdoesBJTamplifyasignal?Also
whyisitcalledacurrentcontrolleddeviceasit'sthe
BaseEmitterVoltagewhichdecidest...
HenceFETsarecalledVoltageControlledCurrentSource(VCCS)andBJTis Istransistoravoltagecontrolledoracurrent
calledCurrentControlledCurrentSource(CCCS). controlleddevice?
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HowdoIusethebulkterminalofaMOSFETto
ControllingAction:
controlthethresholdvoltageofaMOSFET?
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Vgs=ControlledthewidthofchannelmeansitdecidesHowmuchchargecarriers
availableforconduction.
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Vds=ItdecidesHowlongtheavailablechargecarrierswillgoinsidethe
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Ib=ItdecidesthenumberofcarriersreachuptocollectorterminalmeansItcontrolled
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AnuragSingh,ElectronicsandcommunicationEngineering
WrittenOct30

Firstyouneedtounderstandthedifferencebetweencurrentcontrolledandvoltage
controlledsources.Thesebotharedependentsourcesmeanstheyneedsomeothersource
torun.

Acurrentcontrolledisasourcewhichiscontrolledordrivenbyacurrentsource.

Avoltagecontolledisonewhichisdrivenbyavoltagesource.

Now,Bjtisacurrentcontrolledbecause.

Bjthasafiniteinputimpedancesoithasasmallfinitebasecurrentwhichcontrolsthe
outputcurrent.

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now,youcanclearlyseeoutputcurrentIciscontrolledbytheinputcurrentIn.

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duetosio2layerbetweengateandthebodythereisnoinputcurrent,hereallthingis
controledbyinputvoltage.Vgs
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from.abovepic,youcanconcludethatthedrainoroutputcurrentisconttolledbyinput
voltageVgs.
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SanjayUpreti,facultyinelectricalengineeringdepartment.
WrittenOct31

BJTallthetheeterminalsaredirectlytakenoutfromthreelayersofPandN.Socontrol
signalisdirectlyinjectedtocontrolterminal(Baseiscontrolterminalincaseofcommon
baseconfiguration),directlyinjectionofchargecarriermeansacurrentcontrolasrateat
whichchargecarriers(electrons)isnothingbutacurrent.

InMOSFET,Gateisacontrolterminalwhichisseparatedfrommaindevicebyalayerof
MOS(metaloxidesilicon,ainsulator),whichformsacapacitor,oneplateofcapacitoris
metalcontactforgateandotherbeingPchannelofmainconductionpathofMOSFET.
whencontrolorgatesignalisappliedthenitchargesthecapacitorformedbyinsulator,in
whichPchannelsideofcapacitorisgettingnegativelychargeorformingaNchannelfor
conductionbetweenSourceandDrainterminalswhichareofNtype(Nchannel
MOSFET).ThisNchannelformedbychargingofcapacitorgetssufficientchargetocause
conductionbetweenSourceandDrainterminals,atcertaingatevoltage,Thisminimum
gatevoltageiscalledThresholdVoltage.BecauseMOSFET,conductionisstartedbysome
minimumgatevoltage,thisiswhyMOSFETisavoltagecontrolleddevice.
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YogeshRavikumar,SeniorHardwareDesignEngineer
WrittenOct31

Forgotaboutthevagueanswers,Iclearyourdoubts.InelectronicsthereexistCurrent
ControlledVoltageDevices(CCVD)andVoltageControlledVoltageDevices(VCVD)and
viceversa.

CCVD=InputcurrenttothedevicecontrolestheoutputVoltage(BJT)

VCVD=InputvoltagetothedevicecontrolestheoutputVoltage(MOSFET)

SoinBJT,thecontrolparameterisCurrentwhichmeansthequantityoftheinputcurrent
fedtotheBasecontrolestheswitchwhereasinMOSFETthecontrolparameterisVoltage
whichmeansthequantityoftheinputvoltagefedtotheGatecontrolestheswitch.Hope
thisisclear.
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WrittenOct30

AFETiscontrolledbytheappliedGateSourcevoltagethatregulatestheelectricalfield
acrossachannelwhichiswhyMOSFETisconsideredtobevoltagecontrolled.
Foratransistortheoutputcharacteristicsaredependentoninputcurrentwhichiswhy
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