EDN

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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
EDN

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 ...
Electronic Design

MOSFET Design Basics You Need To Know (Part 1)

Paul Schimel discusses the nuances of these MOSFET bugaboos and how to mitigate them from the start with solid design practices. MOSFET ABCs. MOSFET false turn-on mechanisms. Turn-on from excessive ...