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At what operating point is a junction field effect transistor's drain current nearly temperature independent?

  • A.At its saturation current with the gate at the source
  • B.Just above pinch-off, where the current is smallest
  • C.In the ohmic region at a low drain voltage
  • D.Where the mobility and pinch-off effects cancel

Answer: D

The two temperature effects act oppositely, so at one particular gate voltage they cancel and the current barely drifts - a zero-temperature-coefficient point manufacturers sometimes specify. At the saturation current the mobility effect dominates. This is the same idea as the 5.6 volt Zener: where two mechanisms with opposite signs cross, a parameter passes through zero and is worth exploiting.

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