Maximum Vds Reverse Voltage Applied on a MOSFET

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denismoreno

Joined Apr 24, 2022
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Hello,
I want to design a back to back MOSFET circuit. If I simplify it, it look like this:

I'd like to know what is the maximum voltage I can apply on bothe transistors. I ask specifically what are the voltages of the transistors I choose. Does the voltage divides evenly when they are both close so I can take a transistor with lower vds?
Thank you.
 

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Irving

Joined Jan 30, 2016
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Why do you need this to be bidirectional? What is M2 doing for you? In this circuit M2's internal drain-source diode is forward biassed if M2 is off, so M1 sees -(Vdd - 0.5v) approx Vds.
 

BobTPH

Joined Jun 5, 2013
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The voltage does not divide evenly, one of them is always acting as a forward biased diode dropping less than a volt.

Bob
 
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