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Equations for FET losses

Do you have the equations used by SwitcherPro to calculate FET power for both top and botom FETs in the Stress tab? Thanks!

  • John,

    Yes we do have equations, but we have not found it necessary to publish them.  Essentially we consider all types of losses for FET's. They include

    • Conduction losses through FET's
    • Switching losses
    • Gate charging/dischargind losses
    • Losses in Coss of FET's
    • Reverse recovery losses for lower FET/Diode
    • Forward diode drop loss

    These losses cause the IC/FET to heat up, which in turn causes the FET Rdson to increase.  We find a self-consistent solution to the problem of power-dissipation & temperature rise.

    I hope this answers your questions,

    Surinder