Deptt of Electrical Engineering

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

[DEVICE SWITCHING CHARACTERISTIC]

PE LAB - 04

Aabid Ahmad Dar

aabidahmad@iisc.ac.in
 1. Experimental Results

Circuit Schematic:

Part
Circuit
S.No. Number/
Components
Specifications
1 External DC Soure 15 V
Gate Voltage 555 Timer O/P
2
Source (0 - 15 V)
IRF840
3 MOSFET VDS (V) = 500 ;
ID =8-10 A
RFUH30TS6S
4 Diode VR = 600 V ;
ID = 30 A
5 Inductance 200 µH
Gate Resistor
(ohm)
6 Gate Resistance
Rg = 22, 47,
100
Rsen = 1 ohm,
6 Sense Resistances
5W
7 Load 10 ohm
Fig: Circuit Schematic for measuring Switching loss
Fig: Circuit Components
 Waveforms:

VDS

ID

Turn on switching transition:

VDS VDS
ID

ID VDS*ID
VDS * ID Curve during on transition:
 Turn Off switching transition:

VDS ID
VDS
ID
VDS * ID