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A simple high-voltage MOSFET inverter solves the problem of driving a high-side MOSFET, using a low-voltage transistor, Q 1 , and a special arrangement involving D 6 (Figure 1). This inverter is much faster than those that optocouplers drive, so ...

The residual-current circuit breaker in Figure 1 continuously monitors the supply lines for any leakage current and immediately disconnects the supply if necessary. Load-supply wires, both live and neutral, pass through the magnetic core of the ...

P-channel MOSFETs can simplify designs when you use them as high-side switches on circuits with voltages exceeding 100 V dc. When driving a MOSFET, you must rapidly charge and discharge the input capacitance between its gate and its source to ...

Electronic Design In this Idea for Design, using a comparator-based switch-mode driver circuit of a solenoid improves efficiency by tailoring the drive to the pull-in versus hold-mode current requirements. Several years ago, Paul Rako, in ...

Rajkumar Sharma Electronics-lab.com This project is based on STK984-090A from ON Semiconductor which is a fully-integrated inverter with current rating 20 A and supply voltage 40 V DC (Figure 1). It has been designed to drive the Brushless DC ...

Carl Spearow EDN High-side drivers find common use in driving grounded solenoid coils and other loads. Short-circuit protection for such drivers is essential for avoiding damage from wiring faults and other causes. Polymer fuses are generally too ...

Mikhail Shustov, Tomsk A simple driver circuit of bipolar pulses with separate and independent frequency adjustment and duty cycle is given. Bipolar pulses are mainly used to switch transistors alternately in bridge and half-bridge voltage ...

George Qian, Michael Wu, Analog Devices Design Note 1047 Introduction Isolated flyback converters are used in automotive, industrial, medical and telecom applications where the power supply must be reliable, easy-to-use, high voltage and isolated, ...

Tim Regan Electronic Design Environmental concerns are spurring the development of clean transportation alternatives. Most popular are full electric and hybrid electric motor vehicles, which use stacks of lithium-ion battery cells as the electric ...

Phill Leyva EDN Although relatively expensive, monofilar-wound, bipolar stepper motors provide strong torque for a given physical size. However, each of the motor's two windings requires eight driving transistors connected in groups of four in ...