Unit-2 Book
Unit-2 Book
Electronics
BLOCK – I SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND AMPLIFIERS
UNIT 2: Transistor
AKASH JUTHANI
Department of
Electrical engineering
marwadi university, Rajkot
Content
1. Introduction
2.Objectives
3.Transistor
4.Transistor history
5.Transistor construction
6.Comparison of transistor connection
7.Transistor biasing
8. Transistor types
• Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT)
• Unipolar Junction Transistor (UJT)
• Field Effect Transistor (FET)
9. Construction, working, and characteristic of various types of transistors
10. Application of various types of transistor
11. Some useful links
Objectives
• In the mid 1940’s a team of scientists working for Bell Telephone Labs in Murray Hill, New
Jersey, were working to discover a device to replace the then present vacuum tube technology.
Vacuum tubes were the only technology available at the time to amplify signals or serve as
switching devices in electronics. The problem was that they were expensive, consumed a lot of
power, gave off too much heat, and were unreliable, causing a great deal of maintenance.
• The scientists that were responsible for the 1947 invention of the transistor were: John
Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley. Bardeen, with a Ph.D. in mathematics and
physics from Princeton University, was a specialist in the electron conducting properties of
semiconductors. Brattain, Ph.D., was an expert in the nature of the atomic structure of solids at
their surface level and solid-state physics. Shockley, Ph.D., was the director of transistor
research for Bell Labs.
• Their original patent name for the transistor was: “Semiconductor amplifier; Three-electrode
circuit element utilizing semi conductive materials.”
•In 1956, the group was awarded the Noble Prize in Physics for their invention of the
transistor. In 1977, John Bardeen was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The first transistor
In 1947, John
Bardeen and
Walter Brattain
devised - the first
"point contact"
transistor.
Transistor Definition
Transistor is an electronic device made of three layers of semiconductor material that can
act as an insulator and a conductor.
The three layered transistor is also known as the bipolar junction transistor.
Transistor Structure
Transistor Types
Bipolar Junction Transistors
• The transistor is a three-layer semiconductor device consisting of either two n- and one ptype
layers of material or two p- and one ntype layers of material.
• The former is called an npn transistor, while the latter is called a pnp transistor
• So, there are two types of BJT
i) pnp transistor ii) npn transistor
2) Collector:
The section on the other side that collects carrier is called collector.
The collector is always reversed biased wrt to base.
For “npn transistor” collector receives holes to its junction.
For “pnp transistor” collector receives electrons to its junction.
3) Base:
The middle section which forms two pn junction between emitter and collector is
called Base.
Transistor Operation
As this electrons flow toward p-type base, they try to recombine with holes. As base
is
lightly doped only few electrons recombine with holes within the base.
These recombined electrons constitute small base current.
The remainder electrons crosses base and constitute collector current.
IE=IB+IC
Transistor Operation
As this holes flow toward n-type base, they try to recombine with electrons. As base is lightly
doped only few holes recombine with electrons within the base.
These recombined holes constitute small base current.
The remainder holes crosses base and constitute collector current.
Transistor Symbols
Practical value of is less than unity, but in the range of 0.9 to 0.99
Output Characteristics
Input Resistance: The ratio of change in emitter-base voltage to the change in emitter current is
called Input Resistance.
Output Resistance: The ratio of change in collector-base voltage to the change in collector
current is called Output Resistance.
Common Emitter Connection
The common-emitter terminology is derived from the fact that the emitter is common to both
the input and output sides of the configuration.
First Figure shows common emitter npn configuration and second figure shows common emitter
pnp configuration.
Base Current amplification factor ( β) :
• In common emitter connection input current is base current and output current is collector
current.
• The ratio of change in collector current to the β change in base current is known as base current
amplification factor,
Normally only 5% of emitter current flows to base, so amplification factor is greater than 20.
Usually this range varies from 20 to 500.
Output Characteristics
Input Resistance: The ratio of change in emitter-base voltage to the change in base current is
called Input Resistance.
Output Resistance: The ratio of change in collector-emitter voltage to the change in collector
current is called Output Resistance.
Common Collector Configuration
• The common-collector terminology is derived from the fact that the collector is common to
both the input and output sides of the configuration.
First Figure shows common collector npn configuration and second figure shows common
collector pnp configuration.
Current amplification factor (γ):
• In common emitter connection input current is base current and output current is emitter
current.
• The ratio of change in emitter current to the change in base current is known as current
amplification factor in common collector configuration.
Relation between γ and α
Transistor as a switch
• Battery VBB is connected with base in-order to make base forward biased, regardless of input ac
polarity.
• Output is taken across Load R
During positive half cycle input ac will keep the emitter base junction more forward biased. So,
more carrier will be emitted by emitter, this huge current will flow through load and we will find
output amplified signal.
• During negative half cycle input ac will keep the emitter-base junction less forward biased. So,
less carrier will be emitted by emitter. Hence collector current decreases.
• This results in decreased output voltage (In opposite direction).
Transistor Load line analysis
Field effect Transistor is a semiconductor device which depends for its operation on
the control of current by an electric field
Operation of FET
The operation of FET can be compared to the water flow through a flexible pipe
When one end is pressed the cross sectional area decreases hence water flow decreases
In a FET drain is similar to outlet.
Principle: To control the drain current FET makes use of channel formed in by Space charge
region between Gate and the bar. By increasing the reverse bias the width of space charge
region decreases. As a result the channel Resistance increases The Drain current decreases
Working of FET
1. When Voltage is applied between source and Drain majority carriers move through the
channel between depletion region.
2. The value of Drain current is maximum when no external voltage is applied between gate and
source.
3. When gate to source reverse bias increases the depletion region widens and channel width
decreases hence Drain current decreases.
4. Hence Drain current decreases.
5. When gate to source voltage is increased further The channel completely closes.
8. The Gate to source voltage at which the Drain current is zero is called “ Pinch off Voltage”
Difference between N channel FET and P channel FET
JFET Parameters
Electrical behavior is described in terms of the parameters of the Device. They are
obtained from the characteristics. Important Parameters for FET are
1.DC Drain resistance
2.AC drain Resistance
3.Transconductance
JFET Parameters
DC Drain resistance: Defined as ratio of Drain to source Voltage VDS to Drain current ID.
Also called static or Ohmic Resistance
Mathematically
AC Drain resistance: Defined as the resistance between Drain to source when JFET is operating
in Pinch off Region or saturation Region
2. Mathematically
Transconductance (gm): It is given by the ratio of small change in drain current to the
Corresponding change in the Gate to source Voltage VGS. Also known as Forward Transmittance
Mathematically
Difference between FET and BJT
Drain Characteristics
Drain characteristics show the relation between the drain to source voltage
and VDS and drain current ID.
•At the Drain to source Voltage corresponding to point B Channel width reduces to a
minimum value and is known as pinch off
Phase shift oscillators: The high input impedance of FET is especially valuable in phase
shift oscillator to minimize the loading effect.
In voltmeters: The high input impedance of FET is useful in voltmeters to act as an
input stage.
As a buffer amplifier which isolates the preceding stage from the following stage.
FET has low noise operation. So it is used in RF amplifiers in FM tuners and
communication equipment.
FET has low input capacitance, so it is used in cascade amplifiers in measuring and test
equipment.
Since FET is a voltage controlled device, it is used as a voltage variable resistor in
operational amplifiers and tone controls.
FET has low inner modulation distortion. So it is used in mixer circuits in FM and TV
receivers, and communication equipment.
Since it is low-frequency drifts, it is used in oscillator circuits.
MOSFET is an important semiconductor device and is widely used in many circuit application.
The input impedance of a MOSFET is much more than that if a FET because of very small
leakage current.
MOSFETs has much greater commercial Importance than JFET.
The MOSFET can be used in any of the circuits covered for the FET.
Therefore all the equations apply equally well to the MOSFET and FET in amplifier
connections.
MOSFETs uses a metal gate electrode (instead of p-n junction in JFET), separated from the
semi conductor by an Insulating thin layer SiO2 to modulate the resistance of the conduction
channel.
Metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET)
Holes are cut into this SiO2 layer for making contact with p+ source and drain regions.
On the SiO2 layer, a metal (aluminum) layer is overlaid covering the
entire channel region from source to drain.
This aluminum layer constitutes the gate.
The area of MOSFET is typically 5 square mills or less.
This area is extremely small being only about 5% of the area required for a bipolar junction
transistor.
A parallel plate capacitor is formed with the metal areas of the gate and the semiconductor
channel acting as the electrodes of the capacitor.
The oxide layer acts as the dielectric between the electrodes.
Working P channel Enhancement MOSFET
The substrate will be connected to the common terminal i.e., to the ground terminal.
A negative potential will be applied to the gate.
This results in the formation of an electric field normal the SiO2.
This electric field originates from the induced positive charges on the semiconductor side on
the lower surface of the SiO2 layer.
The induced positive charge become minority carriers in the n-type of substrate.
n channel Enhancement MOSFET
Gate is insulated from the body of FET so it is called insulated gate FET(IGFET).
•Structurally there exits no channel between source and drain so MOSFET some times
called as N-channel enhancement type
• Because a thin layer of P-type substrate touching the metal oxide film provides channel for
electrons and hence acts like N-type material.
Drain is made positive with respect to the source and no potential is applied to the gate as
shown in figure.
• The two n-blocks and p-type substrate form back to back pn junctions connected by the
Resistance of the p-type material.
• Both the junctions cannot be forwarded at the Same time so small drain current order of few
nano amperes flows.
Working
•When positive voltage is applied to the gate free electrons are Induced channel.
•This enhances the conductivity of the channel so increasing amount of current between terminals
• Since the action of negative voltage on gate is to deplete the channel of free n-type charge
carriers so named as depletion MOSFET.
Drain Characteristics of depletion MOSFET
•When the gate source voltage is zero considerable drain current flows.
•When the gate is applied with negative voltage, positive charge are induced in the n
channel through the SiO2 layer of the gate capacitor.
Drain Characteristics of depletion MOSFET
The conduction in n channel FET is due to electrons i.e., the majority carriers.
Therefore the induced positive charges make the n-channel less conductive.
The drain current therefore gets reduced with increase in the gate bias voltage
The distribution of charges in the channel results in depletion of majority carriers.
That is why this type of FET is called depletion MOSFET.
The voltage drop due to the drain current causes the channel region nearer to the drain to
be more depleted than the region due to the source.
The depletion MOSFET can also be operated in enhancement mode simply by applying
a positive voltage to the gate
Comparison of MOSFET and JFET
• The insulated gate in MOSFET s result in much greater input impedance than that of JFET
• Inter electrode capacitance are independent of bia voltage and these capacitances are smaller
incase of MOSFETs than JEFT.
• It is easier to fabricate MOSFET than JFET.
• MOSFET has no gate diode. This makes it possible to operate with +ve or –ve gate voltages
Application of MOSFETs
• Because of higher input resistance ,the enhancement type MOS devices have been used as
micro-resistor in integrated micro-circuits.
• For electrometer circuits where exceptionally low currents are to be measured MOSFETs are
most nearly ideal.
• MOSFET s are very small in size .which make them suitable for highly complex digital arrays.
•MOSFET is used for switching and amplifying electronics signals in the electronic devices.
•It is used as an inverter.
•It can be used in digital circuit.
•MOSFET can be used as a high frequency amplifier.
•It can be used as a passive element e.g. resistor, capacitor and inductor.
•It can be used in brushless DC motor drive.
•It can be used in electronic DC relay.
•It is used in switch mode power supply (SMPS).
COMPLEMENTARY MOSFET(CMOS)
CONSTUCTION OF COMPLEMENTARY MOSFET(CMOS)
•In this device two MOSFETs that are complementary to each other are used
•The drains of both the MOSFETs are combined and single terminal is taken.
•Similarly the gates of both the transistors are combined and a single gate terminal is taken out.
•Here the input is applied at the input terminal vi.
Working principle of CMOSFET
•When vi is high i.e., equal to –VDD then Q1 is turned ON and Q2 is turned OFF. The output
VO is zero.
• Similarly when the input voltage Vi is low i.e., equal to 0v, the Q2 turned ON and Q1 turned
OFF.
•So the output voltage Vo lies at –V dd level i.e., high.
•Thus the CMOSFET in this configuration works as an Inverter.
• The key advantage of using CMOS design is this extremely low power consumption
usually of the order of 50mv
Uni Junction Transistor (UJT)
Phase control.
Relaxation oscillator.
Timing circuits.
Switching
Pulse generation.
Sine wave generator.
Voltage or current regulator supplies.
Features of UJT
A stable triggering voltage i.e., a fixed fraction of applied inter base voltage VBB
A very low value of triggering current.
•A high pulse current capability.
• A negative resistance characteristic.
• Low cost.
Transistors, How do they work ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ukDKVHnac4
Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTx9VKV0hjo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2lmY-AMs24
Field Effect Transistor (FET)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMOaS967Yus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0nhtmYT6uA
MOSFET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g30xTHas3aU
https://nptel.ac.in/courses/117101105/