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FET Circuits
Designed by David A. Johnson, P.E.

Last Updated on:
Thursday, January 01, 2009 06:56 AM

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  • FET INPUT HIGH SPEED LIGHT DETECTOR
    This circuit is yet another design that converts current from a PIN photo diode to a voltage. It has a bandwidth that extends beyond 50MHz.
  • CHARGE COUPLED BI-DIRECTIONAL POWER MOSFET RELAY
    The circuit uses an inexpensive C-MOS inverter package and a few small capacitors to drive two power MOS transistors from a 12v to 15v supply. Since the coupling capacitor values used to drive the FETs are small, the leakage current from the power line into the control circuit is a tiny 4uA. Only about 1.5mA of DC is needed to turn on and off 400 watts of AC or DC power to a load.
  • Charge Coupled MOSFET Relay
    This circuit acts as an AC/DC relay with a rating up to 50 volts peak and up to 10 amps of current.  The differential oscillator supplies voltage to the gates of the two FETs with good isolation will drawing only 1.5ma of current.
  • CIRCUIT PROTECTS FROM BATTERY POLARITY REVERSAL
    This simple circuit can protect a sensitive electronic circuit from an accidental connection of a battery with a reversed polarity.  The N-channel FET connects the electronic device to the battery only when the polarity is correct.  The circuit shown was designed for a device powered from a single 1.5 volts button cell battery.  However, the circuit will operate with higher voltages as well.
  • FINGER TOUCH ACTIVATED SWITCH
    It does not get any easier if you want a solid-state switch that is activated by the touch of a finger. Two small metal pins route voltage through the finger skin to a MOSFET switch. The circuit is great for situations where a membrane type mechanical switch is not desired

  • High Impedance JFET Buffers
    I have used these circuits many times.  They are great when you need a low gain AC signal amplifier with a very high input impedance.  It is good to beyond 50MHz. (added 12/04)
  • N-CH AND P-CH TRANSISTORS FORM PUSH-PULL DRIVER
    This circuit can produce high speed output signals with fast rise and full times. The unique change pump action allows the voltage of the upper P-ch device to range from millivolts to hundreds of volts. The output current is only limited by the rating of the transistors. I have used this circuit beyond 2MHz.


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