This is a simple circuit where a n channel enhancement mode mosfet will turn on or off a light.
N channel mosfet high side switch circuit.
In the low side configuration the load is connected between the drain and v while the source.
For an n channel mosfet the source connects to ground and the drain connects to the negative side of the load.
The main problem in using an n channel mosfet in a high side switch is that in order for the mosfet to switch off once it has been switched on is that the voltage on the gate terminal of the mosfet must be made higher than the supply voltage.
In order to do this the gate voltage must be magnified in some way.
For that matter the first circuit drawings that describe the negative vgs using only a positive supply for a p channel mosfet are drawn using n channel mosfets.
Then the p channel mosfet is used to switch the positive supply to the motor for forward direction high side switching while the n channel mosfet is used to switch the negative supply to the motor for reverse direction low side switching.
There are a variety of configurations for driving the two mosfets with many different applications.
While you can use a jfet for this circuit an enhancement mode mosfet works better.
The n channel high side switch.
2 n channel mosfet configured as high side switch you can quite easily see the difference between the high side configuration and the low side configuration.
The opposite of the low side switch is the high side switch.
Although the p channel mosfet cannot complement the n channel in both on resistance and capacitance simultaneously such combinations as the low threshold p channel tp0610 and the n channel 2n7000.
Assume the device is initially off.
Used as a high side switch a p channel mosfet in a totem pole arrangement with an n channel mosfet will simulate a high current high power cmos complementary mos arrangement.
To switch v with a n channel mosfet use a n channel mosfet with drain connected to v and the load connected to source.
There s a catch with this arrangement though the mosfet switches on based on the vgs threshold being reached and the source voltage in this arrangement changes between off 0v and on vin.
