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MOSFET TRANSISTOR SERIES
For example, the ST STP55NF06L. You should also have a resistor in series with the Arduino output to limit the current, since the gate is highly capacitive and can draw a big instantaneous current when you try to turn it on. However if you want to drive this from an Arduino which is running at 5V, you will need a “logic-level” MOSFET that can be turned on at 5V (Vgs = 5V). But usually we try not to push it too hard so 10V-15V is common for Vgs for this type of MOSFET. If you connect the gate to the source (Vgs=0) it is turned off.įor example we have a IRFZ44N which is a “standard” MOSFET and only turns on when Vgs=10V – 20V. To use a MOSFET as a switch, you have to have its gate voltage (Vgs) higher than the source.
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Okay, let me summarize the differences between BJT and MOSFET. Because of this property, FETs are great for large current flow, and the MOSFET is commonly used as a switch. In a nutshell, a FET is controlled by the Gate-Source voltage applied (which regulates the electrical field across a channel), like pinching or opening a straw and stopping or allowing current flowing. When Gate-Source potential difference is applied, the Drain-Source resistance is reduced, and there will be current flowing through Drain-Source, which is now a closed circuit. When there is no applying voltage between the Gate-Source, the Drain-Source resistance is very high, which is almost like a open circuit, so no current may flow through the Drain-Source. By applying voltage at the gate, it generates an electrical field to control the current flow through the channel between drain and source, and there is no current flow from the gate into the MOSFET.Ī MOSFET may be thought of as a variable resistor, where the Gate-Source voltage difference can control the Drain-Source Resistance. Unlike BJT which is ‘current controlled’, the MOSFET is a voltage controlled device. The MOSFET has “ gate“, “ Drain” and “ Source” terminals instead of a “base”, “collector”, and “emitter” terminals in a bipolar transistor. It is a special type of field-effect transistor (FET). MOSFET stands for metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor. You can buy MOSFET’s for Arduino Projects on Amazon: What is MOSFET? MOSFET has some advantage and disadvantage over BJT, so choose carefully base on your application. In this way, NMOS and PMOS transistors operate as a switches, but the details of the mechanism differ between the two varieties.Īn NMOS transistor is usually wired with the body and source connected together to ground and the drain terminal connected to a fixed voltage $V_$, to illustrate the operating principle.However if you are into how MOSFET work, I will share some useful academic articles and resources at the end of this post.
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By changing the charge distribution between gate and body, the MOSFET's drain-source (or source-drain) connection can be opened or connected. This electric field can attract mobile charges towards either the gate or body terminals and repel them from the other. Another capacitative property is that the gate and body terminals can support an electric field between them. One property is that no current flows into the gate terminal on average. Since the gate is separated from the semiconductor body by an insulating oxide layer, the gate-body connection exhibits many properties of a capacitor. The gate terminal of a MOSFET is typically considered its input. The capacitative behavior of the gate-body connection controls the drain-source connection.