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junction field-effect transistor

electronics
Also known as: JFET

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semiconductor devices

  • transistor
    In electronics: Using MOSFETs

    Another type, the junction field-effect transistor, works in a similar fashion but is much less frequently used. The MOSFET consists of two regions: (1) the source (here shown connected to the silicon substrate) and (2) the drain of one conductivity type embedded in a body of the opposite…

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  • conductivities
    In semiconductor device: Metal-semiconductor field-effect transistors

    …to the MESFET is the junction field-effect transistor (JFET). The JFET, however, has a p-n junction instead of a metal-semiconductor contact for the gate electrode. The operation of a JFET is identical to that of a MESFET.

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