Re: "Flyback" Driver - Why are my MOSFETS hot? (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:17:56 +0930
From: Matthew Smith <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: "Flyback" Driver - Why are my MOSFETS hot? (fwd)

Malcom Watts wrote:
> It would be a good idea to lower the value of that gate resistor to
> somewhere around 10 - 20 Ohms. That should speed switching up no end.
> And I still maintain that a single MOSFET is adequate for your design
> given what I know about the transformer.

Okay - I'll take the board down to a single MOSFET (they can handle 5A a piece)
and will drop that resistor value.

I will report back...

Cheers

M

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Matthew Smith
Kadina Business Consultancy
South Australia