ist the difference between JFET and BJT

IMPEDENCE IS HIGH COMPARED THEN BJT. JFET IS VOLTAGE DRIVEN DEVICE WHILE
AS BJT CURRENT DRIVEN DEVICE. IN JFET THERE ARE NO JUNCTIONS AS IN ORDINARY
TRANSISTOR, CONDUCTION IS THROUGH AN n-TYPE OR p-TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR
MATERIAL. FOR THIS REASON NOISE LEVEL IS VERY SMALL.
== Answer == bjt is a bipolar device involving both types of charge carriers ,where as fet is a
unipolar device involving only one type of charge carrier.the main difference is that bjt is current
controller device and fet is voltage controller device
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fet has high input impedance compared to bjt
fet has low noise compared to bjt.
fet has low power dissipation compared to bjt

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BJT vs FET

Transistors can be categorized according to their structure, and two of the more commonly known
transistor structures, are the BJT and FET.

BJT, or Bipolar Junction Transistor, was the first kind to be commercially mass-produced. BJTs
conduct using both minority and majority carriers, and its three terminals have corresponding
names – the base, emitter, and collector. It basically consists of two P-N junctions – the base-
collector and the base-emitter junctions. A material called the base region, which is a thin
intervening semiconductor, separates these two junctions.

Bipolar Junction Transistors are extensively useful in amplifying devices, because collector and
emitter currents are effectively controlled by the small current at the base. They are named as
such, because the current which is controlled, goes through two types of semi-conductor
materials – the P and N. Current, essentially, consists of both hole and electron flow, in separate
parts of the bipolar transistor.

BJTs basically function as regulators of currents. A small current is regulating a larger current.
However, for them to properly operate as current regulators, the base currents and the collector
currents must be moving in the right directions.

FET, or Field-effect Transistor, also controls the current between two points, but it uses a different
method to the BJT. As the name suggests, FETs’ function is dependent on the effects of electric
fields, and on the flow, or movement, of electrons in the course of a particular type of semi-
conductor material. FETs are sometimes referred to as unipolar transistors, based on this fact.

FET uses either holes (P channel), or electrons (N channel), for conduction, and it has three
terminals – source, drain, and gate – with the body connected to the source in most cases. In
many applications, FET is basically a voltage controlled device, due to the fact that its output
attributes are established by the field that is dependent on the applied voltage.

Summary:

1. The BJT is a current-controlled device since its output is determined on the input current, while
FET is considered as a voltage-controlled device, because it depends on the field effect of the
applied voltage.

2. The BJT (Bipolar Junction Transistor) uses both the minority and majority carriers (holes and
electrons), while FETs, which are sometimes called unipolar transistors, uses either holes or
electrons for conduction.

3. BJT’s three terminals are named the base, emitter, and collector, while FET’s are named the
source, drain, and gate.

4. BJTs are the first type to be commercially massed produced.

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difference between bjt and fet naveen

Both are based on basic properties of pnjunctions

A Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) is a 3 terminal device

Uses the injection of minority carriers (under a forward bias)
A BJT is a “bipolar”device (both electrons are holes are involved in its operation)

A Field Effect Transistor (FET) is also a 3 terminal device (plus a substrate terminal)

A FET is a “unipolar”device (majority carrier only)

It is based on controlling the depletion width of a---junction (JFET) or a SchottkyBarrier

(MESFET) through a control (gate) voltage
Re: difference between bjt and fet Martis

Field Effect Transistor (FET)

A particular type of transistor, an FET behaves in a similar fashion to a triode (tube). There are
actually several types of FETs, a common one in the pro audio world being the MOSFET (Metal
Oxide Field Effect Transistor). FETs have a high input impedance, and respond in a linear
fashion. This makes them ideal for condenser microphone preamps, as well as for certain power
amplifier designs.