An analytical method is presented to predict the I(d)-V(d) characteris
tics and threshold voltage of narrow gate depletion mode MOSFET. It is
shown that the threshold voltage expression developed is simple and v
alid for all gate width. The generalized expressions of threshold volt
age and drain current in linear and saturation region are compared wit
h the experimental results of wide channel depletion mode MOSFETs and
the increase of threshold voltage and reduction of drain current with
gate width is established as predicted by other experimental/simulatio
n results.