Hello everyone,
I can't seem to find it (the purpose of R1). What if I used a zener diode between the gate and source of an N-FET, and eliminated R1, would the circuit not work? I read that this resistor is to discharge the charges stored on the capacitor in the MOSFET, how true is that, and is it really necessary?
I know that sometimes R1 is used in series with another resistor to form a voltage divider to turn on the mosfet. Could it be a pull down resistor?
I can't seem to find it (the purpose of R1). What if I used a zener diode between the gate and source of an N-FET, and eliminated R1, would the circuit not work? I read that this resistor is to discharge the charges stored on the capacitor in the MOSFET, how true is that, and is it really necessary?
I know that sometimes R1 is used in series with another resistor to form a voltage divider to turn on the mosfet. Could it be a pull down resistor?