MPF102 IDSS Calculation

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Joined Dec 20, 2007
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IDSS is when the gate is connected to the source. But your circuit is different.
It biases the source at a voltage higher than the gate so the Jfet is partially turned on with a "IDQ" which is its quiescent current, its Q-point.

Look at the huge range of IDSS in its datasheet, from 2mA to 20mA. Each one is different.

I think you want to calculate the quiescent current when the IDSS of the Jfet is many different values.

The datasheet does not have enough information to accurately calculate it.
 
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