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u/SavvyBeardedFish · 43 pointsr/hardware

Would probably be better to post this to r/ECE rather than to Hardware, but either way:

Shortly summarized:
A MOSFET is a 3-terminal device (4 if counting bulk, and there's also a 6T type), where you have Gate, Drain & Source. Assuming you know BJTs, you can "map" them as:

  • BJT - MOSFET
  • Base - Gate
  • Collector - Drain
  • Emitter - Source.

    If again, we're comparing MOSFETs to BJTs, we can say that a MOSFET is a VCCS (Voltage controlled current-source), while BJTs are CCCS (Current controlled current-source). In other words, when you apply a voltage to the gate of a MOSFET you'll create a current at the drain of the MOSFET. The current that's generated depends of the operating region:

  • Subthreshold (Voltage over Gate-Source are less than the threshold voltage; Vgs < Vth)
  • Linear/Triode region (Voltage over Gate-Source are more or less than threshold, but Voltage over Drain-Source are less than the Gate-Source voltage; Vgs >= Vth, Vds < Vgs)
  • Saturation region (Voltage over Gate-Source are more or less than threshold, and voltage over Drain-Source are more than or equal to Gate-source voltage; Vgs >= Vth, Vds >= Vgs).

    Normally one operates in the the saturation region.

    Not sure how much details you want, but if you want to read more about MOSFETs you've got books such as Sedra & Smith or Razavi