Other Components

Field Effect Transistor (FET)

  • N channel Junction Field Effect Transistor (j-FET) comprises a channel of N material surrounded by a ring of P material;  P channel is the opposite
  • Current flow along the channel between source and drain is controlled by the gate voltage
  • A small change in gate voltage causes a large change in drain current;  the ratio g (mA÷V) is called the transconductance