The Application Of Conductivity-Modulated Field-Effect
Transistors
Application Note May 1992 AN7332.
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Summary
The development of conductivity-modulated field-effect
transistors, FETs, makes available to the system designer another solid-state device that can be used to implement power switching control.
This paper reviews differences between the standard and the newly developed FET.
It shows the significant advantages that the conductivitymodulated FET has over the standard FET.
Several applications are presented to show that this new type of device works well in practical situations.
The relative immaturity of the conductivity-modulated FET may limit its initial utilization.
But as the famil...