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Fairchild Introduces the First Intelligent Power Switch Integrating a Low-Current IC and a p-Channel MOSFET for Slew Rate Control Up to 3 A

Fairchild Semiconductor announced the FDC6901L, a one-of-a-kind power switch integrating an advanced Trench technology p-channel MOSFET with a slew-rate controller IC. The result is an intelligent ...
EDN

P Channel and N Channel MOSFETs in Switched Mode Power Supply Applications

MOSFETs have been the chosen transistor technology in most Switched Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) since the mid 1980’s. MOSFETs are used as the main switching transistor as well as to improve efficiency ...
Electronic Design

P-Channel Power MOSFETs Approach N-Channel Performance

The source voltage of a P-channel device is stationary when the device operates as an HS switch. Conversely, the source voltage of an N-channel device used as an HS switch varies between the low side ...
Electronic Design

Applying MOSFETs to Today’s Power-Switching Designs

In the wake of gallium-nitride (GaN) transistor introductions, a number of semiconductor makers have begun to reassess the role played by conventional MOSFETs. The introduction of GaN devices doesn’t ...