Microelectronics: Circuit Analysis and Design
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ISBN: 9780073380643
Author: Donald A. Neamen
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.62P
The threshold voltage of a GaAs MESFET is
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Microelectronics: Circuit Analysis and Design
Ch. 3 - An NMOS transistor with VTN=1V has a drain current...Ch. 3 - An PMOS device with VTP=1.2V has a drain current...Ch. 3 - (a) An nchannel enhancementmode MOSFET has a...Ch. 3 - The NMOS devices described in Exercise TYU 3.1...Ch. 3 - (a) A pchannel enhancementmode MOSFET has a...Ch. 3 - The PMOS devices described in Exercise TYU 3.3...Ch. 3 - The parameters of an NMOS enhancementmode device...Ch. 3 - An NMOS transistor has parameters VTNO=0.4V ,...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.3EPCh. 3 - The transistor in Figure 3.26(a) has parameters...
Ch. 3 - For the transistor in the circuit in Figure 3.28,...Ch. 3 - Consider the circuit shown in Figure 3.30. The...Ch. 3 - Consider the circuit in Figure 3.30. Using the...Ch. 3 - (a) Consider the circuit shown in Figure 3.33. The...Ch. 3 - Consider the NMOS inverter shown in Figure 3.36...Ch. 3 - Consider the circuit shown in Figure 3.39 with...Ch. 3 - Consider the circuit in Figure 3.41. Assume the...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.7TYUCh. 3 - Consider the circuit in Figure 3.43. The...Ch. 3 - For the circuit shown in Figure 3.36, use the...Ch. 3 - Consider the circuit shown in Figure 3.44. The...Ch. 3 - For the circuit shown in Figure 3.39, use the...Ch. 3 - For the MOS inverter circuit shown in Figure 3.45,...Ch. 3 - For the circuit in Figure 3.46, assume the circuit...Ch. 3 - The circuit shown in Figure 3.45 is biased at...Ch. 3 - The transistor in the circuit shown in Figure 3.48...Ch. 3 - In the circuit in Figure 3.46, let RD=25k and...Ch. 3 - For the circuit shown in Figure 3.49(a), assume...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.15EPCh. 3 - Consider the constantcurrent source shown in...Ch. 3 - Consider the circuit in Figure 3.49(b). Assume...Ch. 3 - Consider the circuit shown in Figure 3.50. 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D3.28PCh. 3 - The transistor in the circuit in Figure P3.29 has...Ch. 3 - Consider the circuit in Figure P3.30. The...Ch. 3 - For the circuit in Figure P3.31, the transistor...Ch. 3 - Design a MOSFET circuit in the configuration shown...Ch. 3 - Consider the circuit shown in Figure P3.33. 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