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MOSFET as a digital switch
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Ned Konz email (remove spam text)
On Thursday 13 February 2003 09:09 am, you wrote:
> All this talk of FET's is bringing back some fuzzy memories of it
> when in class. Thats what happens when you just do digital design
> for years.
>
> These are bidirectional devices right? Such that it doesnt matter
> if the load is attached to the drain or source? Or does it matter?
Yes, because there is a "body diode" between D and S.
On a N-channel device, the body diode will conduct (even if the
transistor is OFF) when the S becomes more than a little positive
than the D.
P channel devices are reversed from that.
So when there's a real bidirectional current flow requirement, people
tend to use two FETs with their diodes back to back.
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