Datasheets of MOSFET: Electrical Characteristics

<Thermal Characteristics>
Used to calculate channel temperature

Thermal Characteristics

<Electrical characteristics>

  • Gate leakage current (IGSS)
    Cut-off current from gate to source
  • Drain cut-off current (IDSS)
    Cut-off current from drain to source
  • Drain-source breakdown voltage (V(BR)DSS)
    Breakdown voltage between drain and  source
    Gate and source are shorted so as not to make a channel.
  • Gate threshold voltage (Vth)
    Gate-source voltage that can send designated drain current
  • Drain source ON resistance (RDS(ON))
    It corresponds to collector-emitter saturation voltage (VCE(sat)) of bipolar transistor. Voltage drop is expressed as resistance under designated condition. It has positive thermal coefficient.
  • Forward transfer admittance (|Yfs|)
    The ratio of change of output current to change of gate input voltage. Its unit is “S: siemens”,  same as [A]/[V].

 

Electrical characteristics

Chapter III : Transistors

Types of Transistors
Bipolar Transistors (BJTs)
Bias Resistor Built-in Transistors (BRTs)
Junction Field-Effect Transistors (JFETs)
Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors (MOSFETs)
Differences between BJT and MOSFET
Structure and Operation of MOSFET
MOSFET Performance Improvement: Decision Factors of RDS(ON)
MOSFET Performance Improvement: Approach to Low RDS(ON)
MOSFET Performance Improvement: Super-Junction MOSFETs (SJ-MOS)
Summary of MOSFET Features by Structure
Performance of MOSFETs: Drain Current and Power Dissipation
Performance of MOSFETs: Avalanche Capability
Performance of MOSFETs: Characteristic of Capacitance
Performance of MOSFETs: Safe Operating Area(or Area of Safe Operation)
Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs)
Operation of Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs)
Performance Improvement of IGBTs: Evolution of Vertical Design
What are RC-IGBTs and IEGTs?
Application of IGBTs
Comparison of Forward Characteristics of IGBTs and MOSFETs
Comparison of Transistors by Structure
Datasheets of MOSFET: Maximum Ratings
Datasheets of MOSFET: Capacitance and Switching Characteristics
Datasheets of MOSFET: Body Diode

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