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Generally, a small high-side MOSFET is desired to
reduce switching losses at high input voltages.
However, the R
DS(ON)
required to stay within package
power-dissipation often limits how small the MOSFET
can be. Again, the optimum occurs when the switching
losses equal the conduction (R
DS(ON)
) losses. High-
side switching losses don鈥檛 usually become an issue
until the input is greater than approximately 15V.
Calculating the power dissipation of the high-side
MOSFET (N
H
) due to switching losses is difficult since it
must allow for difficult quantifying factors that influence
the turn-on and turn-off times. These factors include the
internal gate resistance, gate charge, threshold volt-
age, source inductance, and PC board layout charac-
teristics. The following switching-loss calculation
provides only a very rough estimate and is no substi-
tute for breadboard evaluation, preferably including
verification using a thermocouple mounted on N
H
:
PD (N
H
Switching)
=
2
Power MOSFET Selection
Most of the following MOSFET guidelines focus on the
challenge of obtaining high load-current capability
when using high-voltage (>20V) AC adapters. Low-cur-
rent applications usually require less attention.
The high-side MOSFET (N
H
) must be able to dissipate
the resistive losses plus the switching losses at both
V
IN(MIN)
and V
IN(MAX)
. Calculate both of these sums.
Ideally, the losses at V
IN(MIN)
should be roughly equal
to losses at V
IN(MAX)
, with lower losses in between. If
the losses at V
IN(MIN)
are significantly higher than the
losses at V
IN(MAX)
, consider increasing the size of N
H
.
Conversely, if the losses at V
IN(MAX)
are significantly
higher than the losses at V
IN(MIN)
, consider reducing
the size of N
H
. If V
IN
does not vary over a wide range,
24
(
V
IN(MAX)
)
2
C
RSS
f
SW
I
LOAD
I
GATE
畏
where C
RSS
is the reverse transfer capacitance of N
H
and I
GATE
is the peak gate-drive source/sink current
(1A typ).
Switching losses in the high-side MOSFET can become
an insidious heat problem when maximum AC adapter
voltages are applied, due to the squared term in the C
2
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V
IN
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fSW
switching-loss equation. If the high-side
MOSFET chosen for adequate R
DS(ON)
at low battery
voltages becomes extraordinarily hot when biased from
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