Similarly in p-channel JFET, smaller pieces of n-type silicon material diffused on the opposite sides of its middle part forming p- n junction and a p-type silicon bar considered as the channel. The polarity of the voltage sources has to be altered in comparison to an n-channel JFET.In an N-channel JFET, two smaller pieces of p-type silicon material diffused on the opposite sides of its middle part forming p- n junction and an n-type silicon bar considered as the channel. ![]() In contrast the resistance of bipolar junction transistors is caused by a current, which is why electric energy is required to keep the state of equilibrium.Ī positive voltage drop has to be attached between source and drain to cut off the current running through a p-channel JFET. JFET means Junction Field Effect Transistor. The resistance of the source drain line is solely caused by the electric fields of the pn junctions. As soon as an equilibrium is established, no electric energy is needed to keep those condition. Only for a short span of time, a current is running through the gate pin while the voltage is altered. If a certain voltage drop is reached, the electric current gets switched off completely. If a negative voltage is attached between source and drain pin, the depletion layer grows by what the resistance of the source drain line is increasing. The source pin is connected to both voltage sources, hence it is the reference point (ground). Source and drain are connected to another voltage source with the negative terminal attached to the source and the positive terminal attached to the drain. Like explained at the chapter about semiconductor diodes, the pn junction has to be reverse biased to enlarge the depletion layer, hence the negative terminal has to be attached to the p-doped region, while the positive terminal has to be attached to the n-doped region. To cut off those current, the depletion layer has to be widened, so that the electrons are pushed out of the channel. JFETs are self conducting, bipolar junction transistors are self locking. Even without a voltage applied to the gate pin, an electric current is running through the transistor. Still there is a narrow channel between the two p-doped region, enabling the electrons to drift from the source to the drain. Hence the depletion layer gets weakened at the left side while it is enforced at the right side. There are more electrons located at the left side (Source) of the crystal than at the right side. What happens if a positive voltage is applied between source and drain? Because of the electric field caused by the voltage source, the depletion layer is modified. The depletion layers border a narrow channel of n-doped material at the middle of the transistor. If no voltage is attached to the pins, a depletion layer, meaning an area with no movable charges (electrons, holes), is created around the two junctions. The functionality of a single pn junction has been treated at the chapter semiconductor diodes. There are two pn junctions inside of the n-channel JFET shown at this drawing. ![]() If the matrix consists of p-doped material with an n-doped gate region, the device is called p-channel JFET. There is just a small channel of n-doped material between the two p-doped regions. The two p-doped regions are connected to the gate pin. At this drawing the source and drain pin are attached to the n-doped matrix of the crystal.
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