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Board Level Evaluation of Power Quad Flat No-Lead (PQFN) Packages
Evaluations in surface mount board assembly are conducted for two advanced packages, the PQFN3x3 and PQFN5x6. (2008-2009) |
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Applying Power MOSFETs in an Unclamped Inductive Switching Environment (2006)
Online seminar explains Unclamped Inductive Switching (UIS) , why it's important to the designer, and understanding the UIS failure mechanism with a power MOSFET. (2006) |
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Understanding Modern Power MOSFETs
Driven by new energy efficiency regulations, system designers are increasingly adopting synchronous Buck controllers and half-bridge structures. This presents the designer with new challenge of designing with power MOSFETs. This presentation provides a basic understanding of MOSFETs with more detailed explanation of synchronous Buck and half-bridge structures. (2006) |
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Tips and Tricks to get More out of your SPICE Simulations
Circuit simulation tools are useful supplements to breadboarding for gaining fast and detailed design insight. This seminar provides a collection of tips and tricks used by the Fairchild GPRC team. (2007) |
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Using MOSFET Selection to Minimize Losses in Low-Output-Voltage DC-DC Converters
This paper highlights the role of the Power MOSFET in achieving high efficiency converter design. The MOSFET-to-circuit interaction is discussed in detail with the aid of TCAD mixed-mode simulations. (2008-2009) |
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Driving and Layout Requirements for Fast Switching MOSFETs
The objective of this paper is to describe the driving methods and layout requirements for fast switching MOSFETs. Power MOSFET technology continues to evolve towards higher cell density for lower on-resistance. However, there are silicon limits for a significant reduction in the on-resistance with the conventional planar MOSFET technology due to the exponential increase in onresistance with increasing breakdown voltage. One approach to overcome this limitation is to use Super-Junction technology in high voltage power MOSFETs. This technology dramatically reduces both on-resistance and parasitic capacitances. With smaller parasitic capacitances, these Super-Junction MOSFETs have extremely fast switching characteristics and as a result, reduced switching losses. This switching behavior occurs with greater dv/dt and di/dt that affects switching performance through parasitic components in the devices and on the printed circuit board and influences the EMI performance of the entire system. |