Editor's note: Linear Integrated Systems co-founder, John H. Hall, is an industry veteran who is still hands on when it comes to innovations like the latest JFET, LSK489. Anyone using an electronic ...

V (BR)DSS (sometimes called BVDSS) is the drain-source voltage at which no more than the specified drain current will flow at the specified temperature and with zero gate-source voltage. This tracks ...

The following figures are datasheet plots of the Vishay SiE848DF that is an N-channel, 30-V trench power MOSFET housed in a PolarPAK package. The MOSFET is package-limited at 60 A and 25° C. What is ...

The power semiconductor evolution started with germanium and selenium devices that succumbed to silicon types around the 1950s. Broader silicon usage stemmed from its improved physical properties ...

I have had mixed success with the seemingly simple op-amp and power mosfet current sink, but i think I am going to have another go. The idea is that feedback around the op-amp makes it impose Vin ...