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Re: MOSFET Follies

6/28/2000 9:13 PM
Stephen Conner
Re: MOSFET Follies
quote:
"if you do your gate drive correctly, the N-channel MOSFET still blocks current flow."
 
 
Remember every power MOSFET has a built-in diode between drain and source. As soon as you take the drain more negative (for N-channel) than the source it will conduct.  
 
Steve C.

 
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