??? 11/29/06 03:44 Modified: 11/29/06 03:53 Read: times |
#128640 - Hhm, but this paralleling is widely used! Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Erik said:
To rely on paralelling pins for more current it would require that the Vce(sat) for all transistors was identical, just look at a datasheet for any transistor to see they are not. The net result (typically) will be that the transistor with the lowest Vce(sat) will handle most of the current and eventually give up the ghost and then another will be the one with the lowest ... and then another..... Paralleling of transistors in this way is widely used, though! Don't forget, that Uce(sat) is not constant, but depends on actual collector emitter current, in a way, that Uce(sat) increases with increasing collector emitter current. This tendency prevents, that only one transistor will carry the whole current and makes, that the current more or else evenly distributes over the paralleled transistors. If all these transistors are not sitting on the same die, it can be helpful sometimes, to enhance this distributing by artificially increasing the collector emitter path resistance of each transistor, by simply inserting a small resistance at each collector before feeding them together. This, to manage manufacturing tolerances. The same is true for NPN, PNP, NMOS and PMOS transistors. Kai |
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who can tell | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
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more information | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
To... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Yes but | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
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Nothing | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Level? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
What will happen | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Improper load? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Jez see this | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Hhm, but this paralleling is widely used! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Parallel MOS transistors are fine | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Perfectly safe? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Reasonably safe | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
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What it does | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Just out of interest lynn, | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
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