1. What two quantities are plotted against each other on a MOSFET's forward output characteristic curve?
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2. When measuring the output characteristics, which quantity is stepped and held constant for each individual curve?
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3. The upward slope of the drain current in the 'saturation' region (the 'flat' part of the curve) is modeled by which SPICE parameter?
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4. What physical phenomenon does the `LAMBDA` parameter account for?
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5. How is the `LAMBDA` parameter (or the related Early Voltage) graphically determined from the output plot?
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6. The *slope* of the output curve in the deep *linear* (or ohmic) region, near zero drain voltage, is primarily used to extract what?
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7. In LEVEL 2 and 3, parameters like `VMAX` are used to model velocity saturation. How does this effect change the *shape* of the output curve compared to the simple LEVEL 1 model?
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8. If the vertical spacing between output curves *decreases* at high gate voltages (for the same constant step in gate voltage), what phenomenon (modeled in LEVEL 3) is this visualizing?
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9. The region of the plot at low drain voltage, where the current rises with voltage, is known as the:
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10. In LEVEL 3 and 6, parasitic drain (`RD`) and source (`RS`) resistances are explicitly modeled because they are needed to accurately fit which part of the curve?
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