• DocumentCode
    913147
  • Title

    Output characteristic stabilisation of power MOSFETs

  • Author

    Abdala, M.A. ; Jones, B.K.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Lancaster, Department of Physics, Lancaster, UK
  • Volume
    135
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    8/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    91
  • Lastpage
    93
  • Abstract
    The saturation current of a biased MOS transistor decreases as the temperature is raised. Thus self-heating results in a negative equilibrium output conductance and the possibility of instability in the circuit. Experiments are reported to show that this effect can be relieved over a wide range of bias conditions using a controlled substrate bias driven from an integrated MOS sensor.
  • Keywords
    compensation; field effect transistor circuits; insulated gate field effect transistors; power integrated circuits; power transistors; stability; DMOS type; bias conditions; biased MOS transistor; controlled substrate bias; integrated MOS sensor; monolithic IC; negative differential conductance compensation; negative equilibrium output conductance; output characteristic stabilisation; power MOSFETs; saturation current; self-heating; temperature compensation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State and Electron Devices, IEE Proceedings I
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0143-7100
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ip-i-1.1988.0016
  • Filename
    4644458