MOSFET IV Relationship ❑ Cutoff ➢ VGS<VTN ➢ iD=0 ❑ Triode (Linear) ➢ VGS<VTN & VDS< VGS – VTN ➢ iD ∝ VDS, what else? ➢ Let’s come up with a relationship ❑ Saturation ➢ iD is (ideally) constant ➢ The curve of iD must be continuous
ECE-213 Electronic Circuit Design Lecture 4-2
MOSFET in Triode (Linear) ❑ Channel acts as a conductor. ❑ What does conductance/resistance depend on? ➢ Width ➢ Length ➢ Thickness ❑ How do these parameters correspond to Channel? ➢ Width, length and depth ❑ What does channel depth depend on? ➢ VG – VCHANNEL
ECE-213 Electronic Circuit Design Lecture 4-3
MOSFET in Triode (Linear) ❑ Which value of VG – VCHANNEL should we use? ➢ Average value ❑ What is the average value of VG – VCHANNEL that exceeds VTN?
ECE-213 Electronic Circuit Design Lecture 4-4
MOSFET in Triode (Linear)
ECE-213 Electronic Circuit Design Lecture 4-5
MOSFET in Triode (Linear)
ECE-213 Electronic Circuit Design Lecture 4-6
MOSFET in Triode (Linear) ❑ Which value of VG – VCHANNEL should we use? ➢ Average value ❑ What is the average value of VG – VCHANNEL that exceeds VTN?
ECE-213 Electronic Circuit Design Lecture 4-7
MOSFET in Triode (Linear)
ECE-213 Electronic Circuit Design Lecture 4-8
MOSFET in Saturation
❑ Hint: we want a continuous curve for iD.
❑ Hence, iD(sat)= ?
ECE-213 Electronic Circuit Design Lecture 4-9
Symbols for n-Channel Enhancement-Mode MOSFET
ECE-213 Electronic Circuit Design Lecture 4-10
Symbols for p-Channel Enhancement-Mode MOSFET
ECE-213 Electronic Circuit Design Lecture 4-11
Family of iD Versus vDS Curves: Depletion-Mode nMOSFET