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Posts tagged semiconductor-device

Synonyms: semiconductor-devices

Subtag of component · 3 child tags

Anything related to semiconductor devices, i.e. electronic components fabricated using semiconductor materials.

This tag is for questions about semiconductor devices in general. Please, don't use this tag for questions about a specific component type. If available, use a more specific tag instead.

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Q&A DAC controlled high side current source.

I'm designing a high side current source that can be controlled with a Digital-to-analog and can source up to 100mA with voltage supply up to 36V. By high side I mean one side of load will be alwa...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by DeadMouse‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Why are there more N type than P type MOSFETs?

I was looking at different transistors, especially MOSFETS and I saw that N type MOSFETs seem to be way more popular to be used in circuit design. Is there a reason for that, or am I mistaken?

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by crusadEEr‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

Question MOSFET
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Q&A Low-frequency PWM-controlled Mosfet heater circuit

The circuit above is used to control a 240W ceramic heater by means of a PWM signal at 30Hz, generated by a microcontroller, with 5V logic. The input is a standard 280W AC-DC external power adapt...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by francesco‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Pete W‭

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Q&A MOSFET not turning completely off

Hello everyone, I have a simple circuit in which I control some LEDs via an MCU and DMG2302UK ( N-channel MOSFET ) The EN pin is connected to an MCU gpio pin that works at 3.3V. The circuit wo...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by AhmedMobarez‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

Question MOSFET
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Q&A Confusion with Wikipedia article on multivibrator circuit [closed]

A while ago I made a question about the monostable multivibrator .Lets get a picture of it: When switch is closed it enters its unstable state and it eventually returns to the stable state Howe...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  closed 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Help with differential to single ended voltage converter

Hello I don't understand how this differential to single-ended voltage converter can work. What I don't understand is why we place a current mirror(a current mirror copies the current flowing thr...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Circuit fantasist‭

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Q&A MOSFET differential to single ended converter intuition

How does the differential to single ended converter work? In order for the circuit to work, Q1 and Q3 must be in the saturation region and depending on the voltage inputs, one of Q2 and Q4 will be...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Peter Mortensen‭

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Q&A What is the difference between emitter and collector of a transistor?

In all descriptions of how (non-FET) transistors work I've seen, there is an inherent symmetry: There's either an n-doped layer between two p-doped, or a p-doped between two n-doped, and the descri...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by celtschk‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

Question transistor
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Q&A Battery voltage: to boost or to connect in series.

Background. I have a legacy battery system that is comprised of twenty-four 12V Li-ion battery modules (self-protected), enclosed in a shell with the charging connection provided as a common groun...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by DSI‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A JFET equation of current

Is this equation valid only when a JFET in saturation mode , correct? because in the ohmic region the JFET acts like a voltage controlled resistor and increase in VDS increases the resistance of th...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by MissMulan‭

Question voltage current JFET
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Q&A Confused about the amplitude and shape of output voltage pulse

In the circuit below, I am applying a $3.3Vpp$, $63kHz$, 50% Duty Cycle, PWM input signal at the gate of the mosfet and I am expecting to see a similar waveform with different amplitude at the LED...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Georgian‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by coquelicot‭

Question LED PWM
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Q&A High Power Switch - High Side vs. Low Side Switching

Imagine a battery pack with <=60VDC of maximum voltage and a load of up to 10kW of power(the PMSM inverter with the input capacitance of up to 1mF). The load is not always known - could be 100uF...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by 2kind‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

Question MOSFET switching
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Q&A Using FET based followers and design rules

Usually, voltage followers are built with bipolar transistors (or with opamps if better precision is needed). In this case, the simple rule says that the transistor emitter "follows" the input vol...

5 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by coquelicot‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by TonyStewart‭

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Q&A How to define Vsat for MOSFET as a switch?

I was looking at this design: It uses MC34063 as switching controller. I wanted to adapt this circuit, and I was busy trying to pick R1 value. The datasheet has following formulas: The issue I hav...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Kranulis‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Andy aka‭

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Q&A How to avoid shoot-through in MOSFET bridge drivers

I'm using a variable duty cycle square-wave oscillator to drive a half-bridge MOSFET pair like this. Upper MOSFET is P-channel type, lower MOSFET is N-channel type: - And, I think I'm getting shoo...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Andy aka‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Andy aka‭