13 January 2010

Power mosfet offers low on resistance

  • Power mosfet offers low on resistance

Vishay Intertechnology claims its 12-V p-channel TrenchFET Gen III power mosfet has the industry's lowest on resistance for a p-channel device in the thermally enhanced PowerPAK SC-75, which features a 1.6 x 1.6mm footprint area.

The SiB455EDK is the latest product built on TrenchFET Gen III p-channel technology, which uses self aligning process techniques to pack 1billion transistor cells into each square inch of silicon. This technology allows a fine submicron pitch process that Vishay says cuts the industry's best on resistance for a p-channel mosfet in half.
The SiB455EDK offers on resistance of 27mO at 4.5V, 39 mO at 2.5V, 69 mO at 1.8V, and 130mO at 1.5V. According to Vishay, these values are 55% lower at 4.5V, 52% lower at 2.5V, and 39% lower at 1.8V than the previously leading 12V p-channel device.

The mosfet will be used as load, PA, and battery switches in handheld devices such as cell phones, smart phones, PDAs, and MP3 players. The low on resistance of the SiB455EDK translates into lower conduction losses, saving power and prolonging battery life between charges in these devices, while its PowerPAK SC-75 package saves space for other product features or to enable smaller end products.

The device has a gate source voltage of 10V and an on resistance rating at 1.5V. This allows it to be used in applications that encounter higher gate drive voltage variation due to surges, spikes, noise, or overvoltages, while providing safer designs for smaller input voltages.

To reduce field failures due to ESD, the device features typical ESD protection of 1500V. The mosfet is halogen free in accordance with IEC 61249-2-21 and compliant to RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC.

Author
Chris Shaw

Supporting Information

Websites
http://www.vishay.com

Companies
Vishay Intertechnology Inc

This material is protected by Findlay Media copyright
See Terms and Conditions.
One-off usage is permitted but bulk copying is not.
For multiple copies contact the sales team.

Do you have any comments about this article?

Add your comments

Name
 
Email
 
Comments
 

Your comments/feedback may be edited prior to publishing. Not all entries will be published.
Please view our Terms and Conditions before leaving a comment.

 

Related Articles

Infineon expands partnership

Infineon Technologies and Fairchild Semiconductor have signed a deal to expand ...

ST 'revolutionary' controller

STMicroelectronics claims its new power supply controller will enable more ...

Benchmark in miniaturisation

NXP Semiconductors has announced a breakthrough in miniaturisation with the ...

The zero Watt standard

With standby power consumption representing a significant proportion of ...

Efficiency drive

Gallium nitride has long been known to have useful properties when it comes to ...

A switch in focus

There is an amazing amount of fundamental technology research undertaken in UK ...

Mastering power modules

With the strong upsurge in the need for power electronics in applications such ...

Test and repair solution

Many large SoC designs today incorporate several third party IP cores that ...

Energy Debugging Tools

This whitepaper will discuss the growing number of embedded systems ...

GaN fet driver ICs

Texas Instruments has introduced a low side gate driver for use with mosfets ...

Wideband I/Q demodulator

Linear Technology has launched the LTC5585, an ultrawide bandwidth direct ...

Semikron inverter platform

Hertford based Semikron has introduced an inverter platform designed to offer ...

embedded world 2012

Taking place from 28 February to 1 March 2012.

2.5Gb/s repeater/retimer

Sanjay introduces TI's 12.5 Gbps pin-compatible repeater and retimers plus ...

28Gb/s retimer preview

Nate and Jitendra preview TI's 25 - 28 Gbps retimer technology.

C2000 architecture

The C2000 family of microcontrollers contains a unique mix of innovative and ...

Changing the shape of consumer electronics

Composites have found use in many applications over the years, but they have ...

Power to the people

A breakthrough in battery technology could have broad implications.

Regulated power?

Power supply specialists will no doubt be raising an eyebrow at a report which ...

Steve Edwards, cto, CWE

Graham Pitcher finds out that COTS is now being applied at the system level.

Rick Clemmer, ceo, NXP

Rick Clemmer believes high performance mixed signal is just one of the sectors ...

Dave Bell, president, Intersil

Intersil's president updates Graham Pitcher on the company's progress in ...