This transistor connects between v and the load.
N channel mosfet high side switch circuit.
There are a variety of configurations for driving the two mosfets with many different applications.
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.
Conversely if you are doing a low side switch pulls the load low or to ground an n channel device would be chosen.
Drive circuits for the high side switches are called high side drivers and are more complicated than low side drivers because of the required voltage translation to the supply and because it is more difficult to turn off a floating switch.
To switch v with a n channel mosfet use a n channel mosfet with drain connected to v and the load connected to source.
If you are doing a high side switch pulls the load high or positive to turn it on a p channel device would be chosen.
The opposite of the low side switch is the high side switch.
In order to do this the gate voltage must be magnified in some way.
While you can use a jfet for this circuit an enhancement mode mosfet works better.
In the low side configuration the load is connected between the drain and v while the 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.
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.
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.
Consider the source as the input and the drain as the output.
For an n channel mosfet the source connects to ground and the drain connects to the negative side of the load.
The n channel high side switch.