help me control mosfet PAO4614

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AKFD

Joined Apr 14, 2025
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Does this circuit protect the mosfet gate via diode D4?
I need 24v->30v power supply is that ok?
What is the maximum switching speed of this circuit?
 
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Does this circuit protect the mosfet gate via diode D4?
I need 24v->30v power supply is that ok?
What is the maximum switching speed of this circuit?
1)Yes, the zener protects the Gate of mosfet nicely.

2)It should work with 30V with any problems.

3)Since the Gate is discharged through 10k resistor only (slow), it will work up to 1KHz only. Also, at 3A current expect a significant switching losses since the mosfet will be in linear region too much time.

I would use a npn-pnp buffer as people here recommended you.
 

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AKFD

Joined Apr 14, 2025
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1)Yes, the zener protects the Gate of mosfet nicely.

2)It should work with 30V with any problems.

3)Since the Gate is discharged through 10k resistor only (slow), it will work up to 1KHz only. Also, at 3A current expect a significant switching losses since the mosfet will be in linear region too much time.

I would use a npn-pnp buffer as people here recommended you.
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Is this circuit correct?
 

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AKFD

Joined Apr 14, 2025
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Please help me check if this circuit runs at 350khz ok?
I need to supply power from 12V to 48V with gate protection how?
How much current through Q4 Q3?
 

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AKFD

Joined Apr 14, 2025
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At 48V Vcc the current through R38 will be (48-12)/100=360mA. That makes quite high losses, about P=R.I.I=100x0.36^2=13W on R38 and about 4.3W on zener&R37.
But it would work.
how to check switching speed
What is the switching frequency of my circuit with a 24V supply?
 
how to check switching speed
What is the switching frequency of my circuit with a 24V supply?
If you are satisfied with 3Watt losses….You can use a simulator with real transistors models like LTspice, etc..
It will show you the delay between input pulse (from Mcu) and load current. I prefer the delay to be less than 1/20 of pulse width, but some folks may have no problem with 1/10.

In numbers:
If pulse width is 20us i tolerate a 1us delay.

Also the simulator shows you the mosfet turning off transition, how much switching losses on mosfet you can expect.

Roughly, from my practice with 100 ohms in gate you can go up to 10khz.
 
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Ian0

Joined Aug 7, 2020
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It's slightly more complicated than this in real life, but a good approximation to the switching time is the RC time constant of the MOSFET's gate capacitance and the drive resistance. In you case, the drive resistance is equal to R37 in parallel with R38.
 
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