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Power MOSFET Tutorial – Part 2

V (BR)DSS (sometimes called BVDSS) is the drain-source voltage at which no more than the specified drain current will flow at the specified temperature and with zero gate-source voltage. This tracks ...
Electronic Design

MOSFET Design Basics You Need To Know (Part 2)

Details about avalanche and flyback-type converters. MOSFETs and linear mode. In Part 1, we discussed the body diode, which is a PN junction diode that lies inside of the MOSFET, between the n- region ...
Electronic Design

Semiconductor Back-to-Basics: Power MOSFETs

Power MOSFETs (Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors) are three-terminal silicon devices that function by applying a signal to the gate that controls current conduction between source and ...
New Electronics

Making sense of mosfet datasheets

An engineer once told me that he never looks at the first page of mosfet datasheets since the 'practical' information doesn't begin until page 2. In fact, every page of a mosfet datasheet contains ...
Circuit Digest

Reverse Polarity Protection Circuit Using P-Channel MOSFET

Reverse polarity is one of the most common causes of circuit failure, from hobby projects to industrial systems. The good news is that a well-designed reverse polarity protection using MOSFET ...
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Power MOSFET tutorial, Part 1

Power MOSFETs are well known for superior switching speed, and they require very little gate drive power because of the insulated gate. In these respects, power MOSFETs approach the characteristics of ...