gate resistance for fet

praondevou

Joined Jul 9, 2011
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If you are referring to a gate resistor with e.g. an anti-parallel diode, this is to change the switching behaviour of the FET, especially important in power MOSFETs. Heat dissipation of the FET, the driver and noise generated by the transistor's switching have to be considered when designing gate drives.

There are many things to consider and I recommend you read http://focus.ti.com/lit/ml/slup169/slup169.pdf
which will give ALL the answers you want (and all you don't want, too)
 
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