Here is an ideal plot of Drain Voltage vs.

Drain Current for different Gate Voltages

g m,sat

I D
|V constant
Vg D

fT

g m,sat
2 C ox Z L

where C ox

3.9 8.854 10 14
d ox

Using the changes in drain current over the changes in gate voltage, we were able to
calculate the transconductance of several MOSFETs with different gate lengths. From the
transconductance, we could then calculate the cutoff frequencies.
LxZ
10 x 50
15 x 50
20 x 50
25 x 50
35 x 50
50 x 50

gm,sat (S)
0.0004624
0.0003348
0.00024527
0.00021803
0.00015812
0.00012854

fT (Hz)
426.2E+6
205.8E+6
113.0E+6
80.4E+6
41.6E+6
23.7E+6

1/L
(1/um)
0.1
0.066667
0.05
0.04
0.028571
0.02

L is gate length and Z is gate width, the

dimension between the source and drain.

Notice how the cutoff frequency

increases almost by two as the gate
length shrinks by half. This is the sign
of some wonderful MOSFETs.

This shows the relationship between gate length and drain current for Vd = 10V. The gate
width was held constant at 50 m. Notice again how the drain current increases as the
gate length shrinks.