Csce 3303 - Fundamental Microelectronics
Csce 3303 - Fundamental Microelectronics
MICROELECTRONICS
MOSFET DC CIRCUITS - PROBLEMS
DR. DALIA SELIM
ADJUNCT FACULTY (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR)
1. REVIEW
The relative levels of the terminal voltages of the enhancement NMOS transistor for
operation in the triode region and in the saturation region.
CSCE 3303 – FUNDAMENTAL MICROELECTRONICS MOSFET DC CIRCUITS - PROBLEMS 2
1. REVIEW
1 𝑊 𝑊 𝑊 21
𝑖𝐷 =𝑖𝑖𝐷
𝐷𝜇
=
=𝑛 𝐶 𝜇
𝑜𝑥𝜇𝑛𝑛𝐶𝐶𝑜𝑥
𝑜𝑥 𝑣𝑂𝑉𝑣𝑣
−𝑂𝑉 in
𝑂𝑉 𝑣𝐷𝑆𝐴 in𝑣𝐴
𝐷𝑆 in 𝐴
2 𝐿 𝐿 𝐿 2
CSCE 3303 – FUNDAMENTAL MICROELECTRONICS MOSFET DC CIRCUITS - PROBLEMS 3
1. REVIEW
The iD-vGS characteristic of an NMOS transistor operating in the saturation region. The iD-vOV characteristic can be obtained by simply re-
labeling the horizontal axis, that is, shifting the origin to the point vGS = Vtn.
1 𝑊 2
𝑖𝐷 = 𝜇𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑥 𝑣𝑂𝑉 1 + 𝜆𝑣𝐷𝑆 in 𝐴
2 𝐿