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Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET?

From Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu>
Newsgroups sci.electronics.design
Subject Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET?
Date 2016-10-01 17:29 +0000
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On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:07:16 -0700, Winfield Hill wrote:

> Frank Miles wrote...
>> Frank Miles wrote:
>>>   [ snip ]
>>> The breakpoint is around 1MHz, so distortion may be tolerable.
>>
>>Early testing looks very good!  Stability seems fine with a few
>>different loads, distortion (at least as viewed on the 'scope) is
>>negligible, and BW and slew rates are at least twice as fast as I need. 
>>This is with gate resistors around 240 ohms (no beads, at least not
>>yet).
>>
>>It would still be nice to have a better understanding of why these
>>resistors are needed.  For now I'll content myself with a fuller testing
>>with more reactive loads.  Hopefully that will shake out any weaknesses.
>>
>>Thanks Phil and everyone else that contributed to the discussion!
>>   -F
> 
>  I wasn't in the discussion, but would like to point out / remind anyone
>  interested, of my 200 W amplifier project of last fall.  This has a
>  1000 V/us slew rate and a DC to 10 MHz response (-3dB rolloff
>  frequency).
>  But ahem, it doesn't use lateral MOSFETs.

I'm sorry, Win - I didn't recall that.  I have no vested interest in the
lateral MOSFETS.  Is there a web link or at least a title that I might
search for?
  Thanks!

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Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> - 2016-09-28 17:46 +0000
  Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-09-28 11:35 -0700
    Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> - 2016-09-28 22:22 +0000
      Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-09-28 17:20 -0700
  Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-09-28 19:16 -0700
    Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 23:07 -0700
      Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-09-29 12:51 -0700
  Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 19:52 -0700
    Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-09-28 20:13 -0700
      Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-09-29 12:52 -0700
    Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> - 2016-09-29 16:41 +0000
      Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> - 2016-09-29 18:52 -0700
        Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? boB <boB@theresnoplacelikehome.com> - 2016-09-30 00:54 -0700
          Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> - 2016-09-30 15:57 +0000
        Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> - 2016-09-30 15:53 +0000
          Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2016-09-30 09:19 -0700
          Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> - 2016-09-30 20:04 +0000
            Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-09-30 14:07 -0700
              Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? dplatt@coop.radagast.org (Dave Platt) - 2016-09-30 14:52 -0700
              Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> - 2016-10-01 17:29 +0000
                Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-10-01 12:19 -0700
                Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> - 2016-10-02 02:59 +0000
                Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 21:10 -0700
                Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> - 2016-10-03 00:20 +0000
                Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-10-02 09:43 -0700
                Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> - 2016-10-03 00:33 +0000
          Re: Gate resistor for lateral power MOSFET? Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 22:40 -0700

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