luvdunhill
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Perhaps this is more appropriate in another thread, but...
When the GS junction is shorted on a JFET, the device saturates. When this happens on a MOSFET, it is off. Again, they are not equivalent and you aren't testing anything if you test a MOSFET this way.
Originally Posted by tomb /img/forum/go_quote.gif P.S. They're all FETs, whether MOS or J, they're still being used for the same purpose (as a JFET) - the first diagrams I posted should work fine. |
Perhaps this is more appropriate in another thread, but...
When the GS junction is shorted on a JFET, the device saturates. When this happens on a MOSFET, it is off. Again, they are not equivalent and you aren't testing anything if you test a MOSFET this way.