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Why is a junction field effect transistor's gate leakage worse at high temperature?

  • A.It is a reverse-biased junction's saturation current
  • B.The oxide becomes more conductive as it warms
  • C.The channel injects carriers into the gate region
  • D.The pinch-off voltage falls and forward biases the gate

Answer: A

The gate is a reverse-biased junction, so its leakage is a saturation current and roughly doubles every ten degrees - nanoamps at room temperature but microamps in a hot enclosure. There is no oxide in a junction device, which is the difference from a MOSFET. Knowing which structure a leakage path belongs to predicts how it will behave with temperature, and here it behaves like every other reverse-biased junction.

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