3. Transistor History
“Transistor” is combination of “transconductance”
and “variable resistor”
HowTransistors Are Made
▪ Vacuum tubes
▪ Inefficient, fragile, bulky, generated a lot of heat
▪ FirstTransistors
▪ Semiconductors – Bell Labs 1947
Introduction
4. Packaging
Surface Mount orThrough Hole
Usually 3 or 4 terminal device
▪ Can be packaged into ICs
GeneralApplications
Amplification/Regulation
Switches
Introduction
5. Current Controlled
i.e: BJT
The output current is proportional to input current
Voltage Controlled
i.e.: JFET, MOSFET
The output current is proportional to input
voltage
6. Bipolar JunctionTransistor
3 semiconductor layers sandwiched together
Comes in two flavors
NPN BJT PNP BJT
BJT Transistor
Justin Chow
7. Diodes
Forward Biased Reverse Biased
current flows no current flows
whenVPN > .6-.7V
BJT Transistor
8. BJT Basics (NPN)
BE Forward Biased
BC Reversed Biased
β=IB / Ic ≈ 100
IE = IB + IC
BJT Transistor
emitter base collector
Electron Flow
9. Things to remember
PNP, biasing opposite
Conventional current vs electron flow
A small input current controls a much larger
output current.
BJT Transistor
10. Operating Regions
BJT Transistor
Operating Region Parameters
Cut Off
VBE <0.7V
IB = IC = 0
Linear
VBE >0.7V
IC = β*IB
Saturated
IB > 0, IC > 0
VBE >0.7V,
VCE 0.2V
17. Analogous to BJT
Transistors
Output is controlled
by input voltage
rather than by current
4 Pins vs. 3
BJT FET
Collector Drain
Base Gate
Emitter Source
N/A Body
18. FET (Field EffectTransistors)
MOSFET (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect
Transistor)
JFET (Junction Field-EffectTransistor)
MESFET
HEMT
MODFET
Most common are the n-channel MOSFET or JFET
Jacob Huang
19. In practice the body and
source leads are almost
always connected
Most packages have these
leads already connected
B
S
G
D
B
S
G
D
S
G
D
MOSFET
JFET
23. N-Channel
VGS >Vth ->Turns on device
VGS <VTH -> No Current
P-Channel
Reversed
Only E-type used now
24. Region Criteria Effect on Current
Cut-off VGS < Vth IDS=0
Linear VGS > Vth
And
VDS <VGS-Vth
Transistor acts like a
variable resistor,
controlled by Vgs
Saturation VGS > Vth
And
VDS >VGS-Vth
Essentially constant
current
Current
flow
B
S
G
D
29. Internal Capacitance
Bi-directional
Cut-off voltage is varying for each JFET
0.3V – 10V
N-Channel – NegativeVGS
P-Channel – PositiveVGS
Do not Forward Bias JFET – burn out
30.
31. Property BJT MOSFET JFET
Gm Best Worst Medium
Speed High Medium Low
Noise Moderate Worst Best
Good
Switch
No Yes Yes
High-Z Gate No Yes Yes
ESD
Sensitivity
Less More Less
32. Complementary MOS
Used in Logic Gates
P-channel (PMOS) to high
N-channel (NMOS) to low
HIGH usually +5V
LOW usually ground
Q is high when A = 0, Q is low when A = 1