What is a MOSFET? How MOSFETs Work? (MOSFET Tutorial)

Hi guys! In this video, I will explain the basic structure and working principle of MOSFETs used in switching, boosting or power balancing tasks in DC-DC converter circuits, motor driver circuits and many more power electronics circuits. MOSFETs are the most widely used field-effect transistors that operate with voltage control.
We can examine FETs in two groups as you can see here. We had a lesson in which I explained JFET before. I will explain the MOSFET in this trouble. The abbreviation of MOSFET comes from the initials of the Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor words.
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This is exactly what I needed to know, it really dumbs down the information about the function of a mosfet into digestable and useful information I can actually use thank you!!

[@L3X369]

Perfect explanation! And The example Mosfet Driver Circuit at the end of the video, made me understand it's use cases even better. Thank you!

[@RaginKavu]

You forgot about the even less known Boron-Oxide Barium Field Effect Transistor, or BOBaFET. It seems that there is even a whole book about it. Jokes aside, nice video!

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As a guitarist, the MOSFET distortion pedal is a very sought after tone. I have no clue why, but it gives the circuit a very unique flavor of clipping and is very popular in the blues/rock/classic metal genres. That's what brought me here.

[@Poparad]

From what I gather, it's the very fast switching rate that the MOSFET is capable of (which is one reason why it's commonly used in high-voltage power situations). Interesting that it's desirable for distortion since most tubes (12ax7, etc) are the opposite and have very sluggish responses. This is one of the reasons why the famed LM308 Opamp in Rats and Tube Screamers is supposedly so desirable.

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I also started studying stuff like this because I play the guitar and wanted to build my own amps and pedals. I did build a distortion pedal with an LM386 and it sounded great. Sounded like a fuzz pedal. It was great.

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[@WJV9]

Some bipolar transistors can also transmit large currents at high voltages. Note that most inverter motor controllers use IGBT transistors which are a hybrid of MOSFET and BiPolar transistors.

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[@alexjenner1108]

2:25 the electronic ignition in your car is highly likely to be using a BJT to fire the coil. In the GM HEI module it would be a MJ10012 or similar and would be conducting up to around 6 Amps. Almost every solid state audio amplifier from the 1960s to well into the 1980s was using bipolar transistors. High power mosfets became more popular later on. During the same period, bipolar power transistors were used in almost all mobile two-way radio equipment in the RF power transmitter stages, until power mosfet pricing and performance improved. There are plenty of high current bipolar transistors.

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Don't let the direction of current flow bother you. Think of one direction as electron-flow and the other as hole-flow. Hole-flow is aka conventional-flow and a hole can be thought of as where the electron flowing in the opposite direction used to be.

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Excellent video, can you do a 2nd video by chance on how to measure a MOSFET to determ if it is BAD or OK ?

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[@notmuch_23]

With a logic-level MOSFET, the circuit with the Arduino Uno would be just fine. however, with a power MOSFET (the kind that can control large currents), that would fry the microcontroller with the inrush current (gate forms a capacitor with the junction). In those cases, one needs to use a gate driver, which I think would be a good follow-up video subject. I've used MOSFETs to modify flywheel foam dart and ball blasters, since the motors I used have a 28 A stall current.

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Hello, what studies are required to master the operation of this electrical board with its components?

[@_specialneeds]

I have often used the IRFzed44N.

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[@xouenm]

If there's JFET and MOSFET, what about BOBAFET? Kidding aside, I love your explanation between these two. Thank you.

[@satipsrl5207]

Using the pot to variable polarize the gate is same to control the speed of your car with a valve from fuel tank to the carb or injection pump .Did you heard pulse with modulation sometimes?

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[@MonoChorMe]

Here's an easy way to memorize: NPN = "Never Points iN" ( ⬅⭕) PNP = "Points iN Proudly" ( ➡⭕)

[@tunkunrunk]

afters weeks of searching for a video that easily explains mosfets , I came across your video . Thanks a lot !! but can you make a video about mosfets with more than 3 pins , especially 8 pins mosfets ?

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[@suntexi]

One thing that was drummed into me, working with them, was how fragile MOSFETs are in relation to high voltage. This why, when handling them, you should wear an earthing strap to short out static which may be many thousands of volts; no power or danger to humans but deadly to these devices and their packaging is conductive carbon foam.

[@RockDog101]

I'm not an electrician or an engineer (that will probably become obvious in a moment) but it sounds to me like they got the drain and source mixed up. In the faucet analogy, why wouldn't the pipe leading into the spigot be the source? Is that not where the water flow is coming from?

[@laysleal13]

You're right, they mixed up

[@RobDuarte]

@@laysleal13 It's not mixed up. This is called "conventional current". See the comment below about Ben Franklin.

[@prattacaster]

People it's not right or wrong, you can connect a p channel MOSFET source to a positive voltage and have the drain on negative, so then which way is current flowing? Well, drain to source right? So without more context to the application you can't say whether it's wrong or right. It's just a rough visual of how the device generally works, don't try to hook your FET up to the water spigot.

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[@zakariahforbes1559]

Wouldn't it be better to have a diode on the output of the uController to prevent reverse current?

[@waynegarfield6607]

It sounds like a mosfet is a like a bypass valve. Access to full power ( source ) but if only a partial speed is wanted it sends the unwanted current to drain thereby bypassing the unwanted voltage / current to a different loop and circulating it not wasting in in heat like a potentiometer.

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[@gpetheri]

So when you turn on a tap, water flows from the drain to the source of the water?? That's where I switched off....

[@prestonbecker8784]

In an N-type MOSFET, electrons flow internally from the source to the drain, but conventional current flows opposite, from the drain to the source. So, if we choose to have water flowing in the direction of conventional current (as opposed to having it represent the flow of electrons) then that diagram would be correct, with water flowing from drain to source. It may be confusing, but that is the fault of 1980's electrical engineers, not the channel author.

[@ChadDoebelin]

@@prestonbecker8784 the channel author should have used an Pchannel then, or used a diagram that was different, this is absolutely the choice of the channel author. This choice made it confusing for their viewers. Not the "1980's electrical engineers" you are attempting to misdirect the problem at.

[@aries6776]

That's because there are two types of MOSFET, a P channel would go like you think from Source to Drain, a N channel (far more common) goes from Drain to Source. I agree not the best analogy.

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I'd like to see some vids on reverse polarity and short protection. Also latching.

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This is how a MOSFET works, Not how to build a spce craft... Don't just buy the book, read the words... ;)

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I couldn't agree more, simple and practical knowledge. Add another sub for sure. Edit; It's really annoying me that I can't remember the term for power control using this method.....oh, hang on, the lazy little hamster that powers my brain just had a run on the wheel, Pulse Width Modulation, I feel so very much better now! Pax.

[@johnstonewall917]

2N3055s have 15A continuous and Vceo of 60 volts. First used well over 50 years ago

[@bunkie2100]

I was going to mention this. Back when I was building power amplifiers in the late 1970s I had a large range of both NPN and PNP BJT transistors from which to choose with collector current ratings over 15 amps.

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@@bunkie2100 I was working on VHF and UHF mobile network transmitters in the 1980s, no mosfets there either.

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[@electronic-repairs]

In the last schematic of the DC MOTOR controller DRIVER module. If driving LEDS the schematic is correct. But if used as a motor controller there should be a Shottkey Diode over the motor to prevent spikes from the coil blowing up mosfet. ??

[@peterduxbury927]

Yes, I agree that a diode (as substituted for the resistor) would be better at controlling the back-EMF as developed by the Motor - when the Motor is turned-off

[@lawrencetate145]

I'd like to see a simple bare-bones MOSFET configuration like this for audio. There are 10s of thousands of "audio amplifier" designs, but I'm curious about the absolute minimum to pass an audio signal by MOSFET. If there is already such a video, my apologies for not looking first. :-)

[@b43xoit]

What semiconductors are used for higher-power applications, e. g. electric vehicles and hybrids, locomotives, and DC power transmission between AC grids?

[@endurofan9854]

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[@Alacritous]

IGBT are used for higher power applications.

[@jamescole3152]

At 6:37 with the PWM you don't show any positive leads to micro controller. I don't know maybe it has a separate power source. You show 2 negative leads going to it.

[@juancarlossaavedra6757]

There is a mistake @5:44 . The electron charge is NEGATIVE so the current must flow the other way around as shown.

[@henryj.8528]

Because Ben Franklin thought electricity flowed from positive to negative, early electrical diagrams showed the flow from positive to negative. Later of course they figured out it was negative to positive. But in circuit diagrams, usually the "conventional" current is still shown flowing from positive to negative. It's the convention. And it's confusing. But it's the norm in electrical engineering.

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Electrons flow from the negative to the positive round a DC circuit

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@@jamesslick4790 too much literture too change so easier and less confusing to keep using conventional

[@Dorfapoligetik]

They don't change it because they will not that to many people think about it. when you think deeper about the true direction of the flow, that will show that everything they teach about electron movement is false and in reality they know nothing about they have only theories! about how electricity works.

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@@Toxxxic_ Just have a program change the literature. Going forward it doesn't make sense -- to me -- to keep the traditional concept of current flow when electron flow makes more sense.

[@willbohland3698]

You can find the whole acronym MOSFET in the mosfet symbol. That's crazy.

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[@ahndeux]

6:00 That circuit would blow the MOSFET easily if it doesn't have protection against back EMF from the motors. Anytime the motor is shut off, the collapse of the magnetic fields generate a current in the reverse direction. Typically, you need to add a diode from drain to source wired in reverse to prevent the the MOSFET from blowing. The only time you don't need it is when the MOSFET has internal protection. Some MOSFET circuits that requires an external PWM signal to switch the MOSFET include optoisolators to prevent damage to the MOSFET. Who knows what type of signal people may use as an input. By putting in optoisolators, you decouple the two circuits and prevent external signals from damaging the FET. Its another layer of protection that is used in robust designs. Its common for MOSFETs to blow if its not designed properly. Its almost job security as soon as I look at some of the schematics.

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[@d614gakadoug9]

All power MOSFETs have in inverse diode between drain and source. It is there because of the way FETs are fabricated. In the early days of FETs they were just sort of there. Now they are generally carefully characterized and can be used to advantage. The current in an inductor does not change direction when the field collapses. The polarity of the voltage changes but the direction of current flow stays the same. An inverse diode across the FET doesn't cope with that, however the internal body diode behaves similar to a zener and _may_ be able to handle the current.

[@mach1553]

5:15 "If we talk about this circuit, since there's no damage to the potentiometer, this circuit will work smoothly even if there's no resistor." First the resistor is there to protect the MOSFET - Now it's ok to run w/o it since the potentiometer's still good.🤔

[@jakejoyride]

Yeah it seems teacher had no idea what he is talking about

[@IMelkor42]

I still don't understand why a resistor needs to be there.

[@zymagoras]

You need logic level MOSFET to control circuit using Arduino. Most MOSFETS 10v or more at the gate.

[@Afrocanuk]

@ 4:39, it will be interesting to see how that 10KΩ resistor was calculated.

[@whawaii]

I'd say it's because the potentiometer is a 10KΩ. In effect this creates a total variable resistance of 20KΩ that has a physical limit set at 50%. Using the principles of a voltage divider, the voltage at the slider would vary between 4.5V to 9V when measured in reference to ground (which is the negative). And most likely to prevent a high current or short situation between the DRAIN and the GATE.

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[@coffeeisgood102]

Nice video but I am wondering why you didn’t use a diode to protect the circuit instead of the resistor.

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