EDN

Short-Circuit Protection With a MOSFET

If you have an application in which a MOSFET is already used to switch a load, it is relatively easy to add short-circuit or overload protection. Here we make use of the internal resistance RDS(ON), ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Short-Circuit Ruggedness In SiC MOSFETs

Trench-based silicon carbide power MOSFETs (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors) represent a dramatic improvement in the Figure of Merit (FOM) values of power conversion switching ...
EDN

MOSFET-driver relay has a high short-circuit current

These dual-photovoltaic MOSFET-driver SSRs (solid-state relays) provide a 14.6V open-circuit voltage and 42A short-circuit current. The VO1263AB suits MOSFET and SCR (silicon-controlled-rectifier) ...
Electronic Design

High-Side Load Driver Enhances Short-Circuit Protection

This article is part of the Ideas for Design Series: Vol. 3, No. 8. This circuit builds on a previous idea in which the addition of an optocoupler to a microcontroller output converted a “dumb” ...

Vishay Intertechnology Automotive Grade Photovoltaic MOSFET Driver Boosts Reliability and Lowers Costs in High Voltage Systems

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today introduced a new Automotive Grade photovoltaic MOSFET driver that is the first ...