The addition of Q₁ increases the gate-pulldown current, limiting the short-circuit-current duration to less than 0.5 µsec

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• Article «Minimize the short-circuit current pulse in a hot-swap controller»
• Figure 1. A typical hot-swap controller circuit exhibits a 30-µsec short-circuit current pulse of 400 A peak
• Figure 3. The addition of Q₁ increases the gate-pulldown current, limiting the short-circuit-current duration to less than 0.5 µsec
• Figure 5. This hot-swap controller has fast limiting of short-circuit current peaks