Amateur Extra · FCC ELEMENT 4

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Amateur Extra · FCC Element 4 · answer reveals automatically

How does DC input impedance at the gate of a field-effect transistor (FET) compare with that of a bipolar transistor?

AnswerAn FET has higher input impedance

The insulated or reverse-biased gate structure of an FET draws very little DC current, so an FET generally has much higher DC input impedance than a bipolar transistor.