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ProsforBJT: WhydoanalogchipsuseBJTtransistorandnotFET
transistorliketheirdigitalcounterparts?
BJT'satthesamephysicaldimensionsandpricecanusuallygiveyoualothigherspeed,as
WhyFETisthermallystablethanBJT?
theyhaveverylittleinputcapacitance.
WhatisthedifferencebetweenBJTandFET?
BJT'scangiveyoualothighergain.Justtakeabunchofcomponentsandcomparethem,
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BJT'sarecapableofhandlinghigheroutputcurrentsforsignaloutputsandcanhave
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BJT'sarecurrentoperateddevicesratherthanvoltageoperated.Mostofthetimethis
meanshigherpowerconsumption.
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BJT'shaveaninputoutputrelationshipthatcanbebasicallyinvertedbybiasingthe
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BJT'shavelowerinputimpedance.Thismeansahigheroutputimpedancedevicemay
notcoupleverywelltotheinputofaBJTamplifier.

BJT'sarehardertoscale.FETsareeasy.
Related:BJT'shaveprettysignificantvariationsfromtransistortotransistor,whileFETs
don'tasmuch.
It'shardertomakeagoodcurrentmirroroutofaBJTthanaFET.

ProsforMOSFET:

They'rereallyeasytoscale.Wantpreciselyhalfthecurrent?Justmakethegatehalfas
wide.

Highinputimpedance.Atlowfrequencies,essentiallyinfinite.

Sincetheoutputsarecontrolledbyinputvoltageinsteadofinputcurrent,theyconsume
canconsumeverylittlepower.ThereasonCMOSlogicwonoutoverotherprocess
technologiesispowerconsumption,combinedwithscalability.InaCMOScircuit,gateto
gatepowerisonlyconsumedwhenthecircuitswitchesstates,whileotherlogicforms
consumepowertostayinan"on"or"off"position.

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ConsideringthatmostdigitalcircuitsareCMOS,usingFETSforanalogcircuitdesignis
much,muchcheaperthanusingBJT'sbecauseitdoesn'trequireawholeextrasetof
processsteps.

It'sprettyeasytomakeMOSFETsnearlyidentical.Transistortotransistormatchingis
simple.

MOSFETsareeasiertodesignstablecircuitswith.Unlessyouaddfeedback,theydon'tall
ofasuddenactupsidedownandgounstable.

ConsforMOSFET:

NotashighoffidelityasBJT,sincethegainwillvaryslightlyasyouincreasetheinput
voltage(thatis,itwillgeneratesomeveryweakharmonics).

Inputcapacitance.Thehigherthegain,thegreatertheinputcapacitancethankstothe
Millereffect .

Can'tdrivealowimpedanceloadverywell.

Lowgainperpart,whichoftenmeansmoreamplificationstagesarenecessaryforhigher
gain,evenwhenusingadvanceddesigntechniques.Eachamplificationstageaddsnoise
thatis,youcannever,evergetabettersignaltonoiseratioattheoutputthanatthe
input.

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