EDN's Best of Power: Switching Semiconductors
By Staff -- EDN, May 15, 2008
These switching semiconductors, which are mostly MOSFETs, boast two major sets of features: High switching speeds and low forward resistances. It used to be enough for a switching FET to switch large amounts of power at a fairly high speed; now, manufacturers offer higher performance FETs as a simple way to increase power-supply efficiency by using more efficient switching devices.
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"MOSFET/IGBT driver eliminates need for a negative-gate driver"
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"International Rectifier IRF6716M and IRF6712S: DirectFET MOSFET chip set has a low on-resistance"
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"Vishay Intertechnology PolarPAK: Power MOSFETs feature double-sided cooling"
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"Vishay Intertechnology Siliconix: P-channel MOSFETs have a low on-resistance"
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"Infineon Technologies CoolMOS CP 500V: MOSFET reduces switching losses"
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"STMicroelectronics STD11NM60N: High-efficiency power MOSFET drives high currents at low VGS"
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"STMicroelectronics STV300NH02L: Power MOSFET suits ORing applications"
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"On Semiconductor NSSxxx: PNP and NPN devices have low saturation voltage"
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"Vishay Intertechnology: P-channel power MOSFETs come in PowerPAK ChipFET packages";
Blog post at EDN's PowerSource: "MOSFETs get their 15 minutes of fame at APEC"
 This article comes fromEDN's BEST OF POWER A special supplement to EDN |
